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Ch. 11 is now up! Ben & Rey have a very important conversation followed by some also very important smut~

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The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.

Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.

Yes, THAT Pope.

Sometimes when I sit down to write but don't really feel like it, I go to bsky and scroll my feed until I'm like "wait wait wait I have to go write about these two idiots right tf now"

"It’s the culmination of what women have wanted to see on screen forever: not being saved, not saving a man, but being f*ing listened to." 👏

Let Him Live II The female gaze, Adam Driver, and the vindication of the Reylos

Part 2 of my 3-part series on the sequels is live 🫶

This one goes out to the Reylos.

Read here:
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#starwars #reylo #bensololives #TheHuntforBenSolo

I'm so fucking tired of generative ai bullshit. Already, you can't trust that anything you see was made by humans. And now they want us to make our own content w/o doing any of the creative work? Not to mention, the environmental impact. God I'm tired...

hey I have your Tuesday smut fix 😏 Ch. 10 of Song & Silence up now!
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Here’s a little bit of goodness to get you through the chaos of real life. For context, see Ch. 6 of That Trinket of Mine 😉 archiveofourown.org/works/639463... #reylosss

Ooh, I love detailed story analyses! Can't wait to read the other essays in this series

UPDATE: Ch. 9

We finally meet Lor, and Ben receives several *ahem* pictures from Rey 😏 #reylo #reylofanfiction

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Exactly!!! And we're still clamoring! Get that boy a movie NOW

#TheHuntForBenSolo

the cold shock of regret

🩷☺️

Ch. 8 of Song & Silence is HERE! The angst is strong with this one, but so is the hurt/comfort! #reylo #reylofanfiction

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sometimes I just think about ben solo’s smile and how rey ran her thumb along it so tenderly because it was her first time seeing it and I just cry about it a little*
*a lot

At around minute 20, to the Reylos:

"I'm gonna tell you, now is the time to care. They will notice. You need to be loud. You need to bring back your Reylo flag. And I know it's scary... nobody wants to be disappointed again...but I'm gonna tell you: WE KNOW HE'S ALIVE" 🥲
#thehuntforbensolo

I shared this snippet ages ago, and we are FINALLY about to get to this chapter in Song & Silence! (New chapter posted yesterday icymi…)

Anyway, yes your honor 🫡 there is cheese

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Yesss add to the discourse about ben solo and whether or not he should return, add to it, ADD TO IT. You're only fueling the fires! If we talk about it loud enough, maybe they'll listen and bob iger will change his mind!!! *cackles maniacally*

#thehuntforbensolo

🎉UPDATE: Ch. 7, featuring a little angst and plenty of smut!

(Also, posting these last two chapters is getting me SO excited for U.S. Thanksgiving ☺️)

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Not me literally in the middle of reading the best post-TROS fix-it fic I've ever read when this news hits.

Prisons of Our Making by lucymonster: archiveofourown.org/works/663901...

oh my godddddddd i'm sweating so much i had to take off my sweater

You know that feeling when words just pour out of you onto the page? That's been me for the last hour, and it's the BEST high.

I am absolutely eating up Unsinkable Grief by @porglife.bsky.social right now. Titanic aftermath, heavy grief, so so so sad and I can't WAIT for the next chapter

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I am absolutely eating up Unsinkable Grief by @porglife.bsky.social right now. Titanic aftermath, heavy grief, so so so sad and I can't WAIT for the next chapter

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✨Update: Ch. 6✨

Thanksgiving at Ben's parents' house, ft. angst, fluff, and angst again

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I don't have any previews for you at the moment, but Ch. 6 of Song & Silence should be up tomorrow!! 😁

I guess my random titanic dream from last night was aptly timed! Can’t wait to read it!!

Oh okay, thanks but I’m not interested

Depends haha. What do you wanna chat about?

Steadily working on Ch. 6! Here’s a snippet of the phone conversation between Ben and Leia before Thanksgiving ☺️

#reylosss