#kylux is real

[tomatette]

My little fanfic appreciation project - inspired by this glorious gif set by the immensely talented @reputayswift - all the fic featured here are linked below. Permission to use the text excerpts was given by the respective author(s). There are so many amazing fics for this ship it was really hard to pick only eight of them. Who knows, maybe I'll make more in the future. The fabulous art in the last gif you see was created by @littleststarfighter who kindly gave me permission to use her art in my gifs and edits. Thank you so much, Lucy! Tell me your favorite fic, and I might check them out :) Stargazer @nerdherderette [Rating: Teen and up - Words: 5,145 - Status: Complete] Siren Song @scaryfriend [Rating: Teen and up - Words: 15,044 - Status: WIP] Flyboys @gefionne [Rating: Explicit - Words: 301,442 - Status: Complete] i can see through you (see to the real you) @kyluxtrashcompactor [Rating: Explicit - Words: 77,179 - Status: WIP] all that you love will be carried away @ceruleancynic [Rating: Teen and up - Words: 32,163 (Series: 156,107) - Status: Complete] A Disappearance at Danvers @starkillersbae @eighthchiharu [Rating: Mature - Words: 51,877 - Status: Complete] First Order Hotline @onewhositswiththeturtles [Rating: Explicit - Words: 19,943 - Status: Complete] Dirty Laundry @jaynesilver [Rating: Explicit - Words: 5,840 - Status: Complete] Red Excels the Crimson @dragonflies-draw-flame [Rating: Explicit - Words: 4,611 - Status: Complete]

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#kylux #armitage hux #general hux #kylo ren #ben solo #star wars #allthestuffimade #fanfiction #huxlo #sw edit #starwarsblr #swsource #starwarsedit #star wars edit #sw gifs #fic rec #fanfic #ao3 #gif #gifset #book edit #usergif #bookedit #stargazer #siren song #flyboys #i can see through you (see the real you) #all that you love will be carried away #a disappearance at danvers #first order hotline

[akwardtractor]

Oh and if we look over here we can see an ancient art piece originally created in January of 2021!

#I’m being very real about how old this is #do you guys see what I mean about how bad at posting I am #kylo ren #ben solo #general hux #kylux #star wars #sw #fanart #digital art #art #tractor art

[argent-gale]

Oddly Nostalgic

I got a notification one of my blogs turned 7 yo today.

I haven't been on here in months but it got me reminiscing a little.

About how I'd eagerly await those reblog/like notifications.

About how I'd squee when I got a message notif.

I remember when I lived/breathed TWD and SW. Those fandoms injected a spark that made life so much more interesting.

I remember writing fics. Getting recs. BEING recd.

I remember chatting people overseas until legit 2 am my time on a worknight.

I'm not really involved in any fandom right now. My online fandom friends have drifted away. People I used to talk to multiple times a day have just...disappeared.

I get sad because I remember how it used to be. So fun. I remember thinking how boring my life was before I got so involved in my fandoms. Now that I'm not in them anymore it makes me sad because my life is once again dull.

I wish I could get excited over things again but I just can't.

I scrolled through my feed and saw some old "faces" and smiled remembering. I guess I should be grateful I had that time at all.

I packed away all my fandom merch and will probably sell/give it away. I spent so much money on that stuff, lol.

Anyway, just musing today.

#I miss being in a fandom #being active and excited #involved #having online friends that were so real and you cared about them #I even miss the occasional wacky fandom drama #TWD started it all #caryl #I was so in love with Daryl Dixon at one point it's cringe now #and then my love of Star Wars was reignited with TFA #Kylux #and then came Thrawn #now I just don't care

[kyluxtrashpit]

The thala-siren has fallen! No titty on titty action I suppose. The mouse droid as also seen a surprising boost as of late - will that continue? We will have to see!

Rules are the same: each poll will run for a day, with the least number of votes getting eliminated (and a tiebreaker poll occurring if there are multiple with the same low score). This is entirely for funnies, so I hope y’all will find it as hilarious as I do lmao

#we're gonna have to start cutting some real banger options soon #mixed emotions lmao #kylo ren #ben solo #kylux #my post #poll

[wulfhalls]

i'm blaming you and your kylux posting phase for making me going through a kylux phase again and not only that, also having to come to terms with them still hitting so hard. they were just perfect, i will die on that hill

it's so humiliating I know 😭😭😭✋️ like oh dummy still hasn't moved on from like 3 mins of screen time from almost a decade ago?? thicc dummy dumb still gets invested in a dynamic that has fuck all to do with anything even resembling canon post those 3 mins of screentime?? SAD!!!!

#asks #kylux #its the potential of it all I feel. this truly could have been something #also lets be real lets be honest i do enjoy pathetic white men. a lot

[kylo-skywalkerr]

I know a lot of the SW comics aren't canon, Dark Empire especially since Boba's alive in a different way + many more details, but Kylo's backstory makes a lot more sense with this particular set of comics.

One thing I feel like the sequels didn't get right was that it didn't show enough about the corruption of Ben Solo. About why Leia and Luke sensed something awful within young Ben. You can't tell me Luke would look at a 6 year old boy and see him as irredeemable when Vader was in his perspective.

With comic context, it makes more sense. Here's the exchange between Leia and Palpatine when he tries to claim her as an apprentice due to her more upfront and occasionally aggressive way of handling things:

(Side note: The line about him being able to enter one of his clones additionally justifies Snoke's existence.)

With this context, it makes sense that Ben's family would sense something very wrong with him. Palpatine is an irredeemable evil, simply corrupt because he eroded himself until there was nothing left but that evil. Luke, in a moment of fear, was going to end Ben Solo's life to stop the growing evil that was within him. Another thing it explains is why he always heard Palpatine's voice in his head. It was Ben's mind, but he was not alone. Palpatine tormented another Skywalker boy until he had him running into his arms once more, this time using Snoke.

These comics were released in 1991. In fact, while researching this, I found out that this comic was potentially an inspiration for the sequels, which makes this even more disappointing. These comics were great. They set up a great potential, but they run into the issue of execution.

The sequels had great ideas and characters to explore, but expecting the audience to simply know where your story is coming from is a bit dumb. This is the meat they should have shown in TFA, not throwing us into the halfway point of a story where everyone's favorite characters are plucked off one by one.

Yet I still very much enjoy the flavor that this adds to the life of young Ben Solo, who never had a damn chance from the moment he was conceived. For the love of god, someone get this wretched old man away from this poor family.

#Im pro sequels btw if it wasnt obvious we're just divorced #kylo ren #ben solo #star wars #emperor palpatine #leia organa #star wars comics #star wars sequals #star wars sequel trilogy #star wars analysis #ky rambles #not kylux #If somehow you read this far even into my tags thank you #and ben solo sweetheart ik you arent real #but im proud of you for somehow overcoming all of this bullshit and finding any way to have light in you #thats your family's resilience at work #*cough* and this is also why vaderkin would 100% stand by kylo instead of hating him #thanks for coming to my ted talk #and if i can make an honest opinion clear i think the biggest mistake they made was taking the focus off of the skywalkers #it was there but felt more like a b plot compared to rey and her friends #who i didnt give a shit about and still dont give a shit about

[9mothsinspace]

Hux: Whoever drank my caf, come forward and all will be forgiven.

Kylo and the entire First Order: ...

Hux: Smart. You know I would never forgive you.

#it was kylo #incorrect star wars #don't even know the show where this quote comes from but credit to them #can i tag this kylux? It's not strictly Kylux but let's be real everything Hux related is low key #kylux

[samaspic31]

I talk a lot of shit about the sequel trilogy, but I can never deny the hilariousness of the kylux dynamic. Gay fascist losers who suck very bad and fail constantly

#sam speaks #is hilariousness a real word idek #star wars #sequel trilogy #kylux

[general-fox-hux]

Kylo Ren: First impressions get locked in forever.

Kylo Ren: When I first met Hux, he said something that slightly rubbed me the wrong way.

Kylo Ren: Since then I've loved working with Hux, and he's frankly wonderful.

Kylo Ren: But I hate him.

#Kylo Ren #Armitage Hux #now this is the true and real #kylux #[The Office quotes]

[paramountives]

HI. NEW CHAPTER OF SILLY LITTLE STAR WAR FANFICTION.

p.s. this will take u to chapter four. if you have not read chapters one two or three, i’d recommend doing that. <3

#kylux #evil space guys my beloved #the mature rating is bc they swear sometimes?? and also for suicidal ideation. #people i know in real life read this so yknow. there’s stuff i can’t put in #ben solo #armitage hux #ok yeah cool got tags i think. have fun

[akwardtractor]

This year @dirtbag-linecook-kyloren and I worked on a Kylux Big Bang! Please enjoy chapter one, where Ben learns he might be a she and gets dunked on by her new crush, English teacher Hux.

#Emily said the caption should be Six months of screaming in real life and six months of smooching in Kylo’s #and she’s not wrong #kylo ren #general hux #ben solo #armitage hux #sw #star wars #kylux #kylux big bang #art #fanart #digital art #tractor art

[moinsbienquekaworu]

Remembering why I vibed so hard with Kylux fanfic Kylo is just making me want to rerereread Super Fade and All Hearts Come Home for Christmas and And All That Road Going and What We Want and From the Last Whelming Sea and finish the Structural Fabrications series and maybe even reread Dollars to Donuts

#god there's so many good kylux fics #i was so so into those two in 2018 2019 and last summer #like ugh!! #not to talk about my issues but actually i will #it's just #the kylo from fanfics is this uh #sad and a bit pathetic and kind of lonely and very very emotional guy #lost in his life even though he's powerful and nearing 30 #he feels kind of like a failure and he's a mess #and i wasn't necessarily doing super well when i was at the height of identifying with him :') #same reason i wen through parts 1&2 of pacify so quickly #harry at the beginning of pacify is Not Doing Well #and i was stressed because of school & covid #i slept like shit i had real problems with executive function and exams were approaching #and it was. complicated #also there's the snoke stuff. canon doesn't elaborate on it and that's an offense i have trouble forgiving (among many in the sequels lol) #like i Will Not Elaborate because this is tumblr but. snoke. #anyway yeah kylo & moon my little guys i identified with when i had problems #(moon for the same reason as kylo. in book 6 she was shy and there was darkstalker which. they didn't do anything with those two either.) #i don't identify with characters and media in general a lot but those two will always have a place in my heart #and hux was right there when i wanted to explore asexuality and aromanticism! hux beloved #the old ace kylux hcs i used to have.... #tbh i was right last year regarding what it would be like to grow up ace among the jedi #the sheer non-amatonormativeness of the jedi is a gift and i hate when people want them to be MORE amatonormative #let the monks not marry for the love fo god! #(i just mentioned asexuality but it also goes for aromanticism obviously. i just didn't think i was aro then!) #ANYWAY NIGHT RAMBLE OVER #like last night if you saw this no you didn't :) #wow i have a ramble tag now

[kyluxtrashpit]

I was gonna wait and hype it up a bit more but you know what, the thing is done, let's just fucking do it. Behold, chapter 1 of the thing. New updates will be posted weekly on Saturdays until complete

#kylux #kylo ren #armitage hux #general hux #fic #my fic #WEEEEEE IT'S HAPPENING IT'S HAPPENING #this doesn't even feel real lmfao #I spent almost as much time on this fic as I did on my fucking degree skdsldksl #okay now please go read this so my 3.5 years of labour does not go to waste lmfao

[blodyhands]

First post ! I don't fully understand tumblr yet so bear with me. But the star wars sequels brain rot is real and I need to share this shitpost I made with the world ! Enjoy some probably ooc kylux crumbs and phasma. Because I love her very much .

#kylux #star wars #kylo ren #general hux #fanart #kylux fanart #star wars sequel trilogy #captain phasma #phasma #uhhhh. i dont know how many tags im supposed to add #huxlo #armitage hux #ben solo #silly space gays

[olderthannetfic]

i saw this post today where this person was talking abt fandom racism and was pointing out some real issues within my fandom and favorite ship that I too had noticed… but then kept bringing it back to the lack of one particular other ship they liked, when it's like, no that's not the problem, and that ship is unpopular because those characters have zero romantic or sexual chemistry and barely any scenes together. (it was really funny that someone had reblogged this to take their 'lack of seeing this one character in a sexual way in fic miiight be racist' complaint to be like 'i think you're right! we should have more fic about [a long list of different ships involving that character with people they have ACTUAL chemistry with].' it was really funny. ofc op totally missed the point they were making there.) anyway i just feel like way too many useful conversations about this stuff are ruined by people making it about shipping or other really subjective fandom preferences. i get that this is because something like 'number of fics X ship or character has on ao3' is an objective measure, and something like 'level of orientalism in how a lot of people are writing this desi character' is not, but i wish people would realize it tends to alienate more people that it converts. and ime, it's often the people who maybe would most benefit from hearing those criticisms (e.g. are writing unintentionally racist stuff in their works, and are someone who would want to know about that and how to do it differently) who tune it out the second you make it into insulting their shipping preferences.

i mean, there WAS some real racism in the star wars sequels fandom, including among the fanfic/shipping side. not just the shitty dudes harassing kelly marie tran. we saw the really bizarre 'predator' language people directed at john boyega just for making some joke posts on instagram about disliking reylo and its shippers. it was the very classic racist thing where people see something as automatically more threatening when a black man does it. ....but how many people had already tuned all that out because the people most outspoken about the racism in the fandom kept reducing it to 'if you ship reylo over finnrey, or kylux over finnpoe, you're a racist'? it's like a boy who cried wolf thing. if you've shown that you can't uncouple serious discussions and concerns from just being pissy that your otp is not more popular, people are going to see you as someone who can't be taken seriously and then ignore you when you do have a real complaint. it's like how i'm sure that some of stitch's essays are thoughtful and important, but i have no desire to read stuff by someone who is infamous for harassing people just for what they ship. i don't feel like i can take any of that person's judgments about fandoms i'm not in, for instance, seriously.

that's not to say fandom preferences in shipping can't ever be influenced by racism (or other 'isms') but is it ever really *that* specifically that is the problem, or the broader pattern it is part of? and i feel like 'maybe fandom is a little too focused on het and slash ships between two young skinny conventionally attractive white people' is a message more people are open to than 'your specific white M/M or F/M otp is racist'

anyway it reminds me of the stuff i've seen sometimes in academic fandom studies about how you can't really honestly study a fandom where you're deeply mired in its discourse - you need to focus your work on fandoms that you're familiar with but not in that way. and i think that maybe also applies to some of these discussions about fandom racism and misogyny. maybe you're just going to have better takes on something when you're not deeply invested in other unrelated arguments about it, like about which ship is the most popular. like i could not care less about star wars shipping and have zero take in reylo vs. finnrey, so that's why i feel like i could trust my perception that the way a small minority of reylos were posting about john boyega's instagram posts was racist. it didn't matter if he was genuinely being a jerk to them or about their ship. he obviously wasn't a 'predator' and it was pretty telling language for a group of largely white people to use about a black man making fun of their ship on a different social media site.

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The laying pipe thing was blown so out of proportion, yes. Call it sexist, sure, but it wasn't fucking predatory.

[jessequinnfirstofhername]

The Rules:

Every twenty-four hours there will be another round. After every round, the ship in last place will be eliminated.

If there are multiple ships tying for last place, there will be a special elimination round. In these rounds, every ship in last place will be eliminated, even if all the ships have tied equally.

When there are only two ships remaining, they will face off against one another in a week-long poll to determine the victor.

If the ship that you consider the best isn't listed here, hit the 'the best polarizing ship is ___' option and reply to this post with the overlooked ship. The ship with the highest 'write-in' votes will be added to the next round. Unless the 'the best polarizing ship is ___' option is the least voted for, in which case it will be eliminated.

Addendum to Rule 4: Only polarizing ships are allowed. Yes, I'm sure your OTP is awesome, but if there's no proof of it being polarizing then it unfortunately cannot be added to the poll.

This is all for fun. Don't take it too seriously ;)

I did this idea before when I had, like, twelve followers. It was really fun, and the notes were hilarious...

...but, with my improved follower count and equally-improved poll-master skillz, I think we could cause some real chaos.

Fight, fight, fight!

...I mean, happy voting!

#star wars #reylo #kylux #reylux #obikin #anisoka #gingerpilot #gingerrose #jynnic #wolfwren #lukeleia #grand admiral thrawn #best polarizing star wars ship #round one