Hakuouki And Mocha

Maybe one of the reasons Kylo wants to be like Vader is because unlike him, Luke thought Vader was worth saving

I’ve never been a redemption stan, but I gotta say I hope Kylo gets the help he needs and the happy ending he deserves cuz honestly he’s the most miserable Star Wars character I’ve ever seen. Even kill-the-younglings-Anakin had a support base with people who tried to help him, but brickhouse-with-a-baby-face has nothing. Like he’s completely alone and everyone’s given up on him and he fails at everything. He got separated from him family, his uncle basically tried to kill him for being depressed, he was traumatized by a child predator and killed his dad because said predator told him to and the predator was all he had. He’s completely emotionally stunted, and the only thing he’s got going for him is raw physical power which makes people pass him around like a sack of meat. JESUS, this dude has NEVER had a break, no WONDER he’s a hot mess, he’s literally being punished for the karmic mess his grandfather left behind JUST GIVE HIM A CHANCE-

If you think about it, we sort of get the life story of Kylo Ren in microcosm within the first minute of his appearance in the movie.

His master attacks him for not being literally perfect according to his master’s standards, and when he tries to stand up for himself, challenge this assessment for the bullshit that it is? He’s attacked out of the blue without so much as a change to properly defend himself or assert his autonomy. And the one affectation that he chose for himself (judging by Snoke’s truly epic sneer at any right)? For that he’s called ridiculous and childish.

People talk about Kylo like he had some life of privilege because of who his parents were, but a cage of gold and gilded genetics is still a cage no matter how you slice it.

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I just genuinely feel incredibly sorry for him. I never thought I’d fight tooth-and-nail for redemption bUT HERE WE ARE.