#the conflict of being loved so earnestly even when that love hurts because the Traveller is far beyond humans and doesn’t quite get it

[luna-light-eclipse]

YOU SAID YOU HAD NO ASKS AND IM FIXING THIS.

LITTLE TRAVELLER WOLF. remember. I Do. i remember everything, luna. And am i still thinking about the light-suppression cuffs and the moths and the Eliksni and--

Think about it again,,, always bleeding a liquid light, trying to stop the hatchlings from trying to eat it (still crying). the family that basically adopted them while they were out of it, and who they stayed with when they were themself again. the wolf plushie...

I never forget,,,

Saladin watching someone he’s always seen as a powerful warrior deteriorate into something almost akin to a child but it is not quite that either- no it is something else, something wrong. A slow acting poison ending in death set upon Wolf by the people they should have been able to trust the most.

Do you remember Wolf in the wilds? Travelling alone to a destination they don’t remember? Resting in hunter hideouts they had made or been trusted with, admiring the light of the stars, and the moths of course.

The Traveller only wanted its favoured guardian back, taken from it for being too good, too powerful. It can do nothing but give away as much as it can until its power is warping the foundations of Wolf’s body and soul into a form that cannot remember itself. Saladin looks upon Wolf whose arms glow with bright white Light, whose fingertips are ever so slowly beginning to melt into nothing. At the near ever-present liquid Light tears running down one side of their face out from under freshly replaced bandages. Their body is covered in fissures, bodies shouldn’t do that they think- for a moment until the very capability of thought is gone again.

This Light is a gift. Each time Wolf looks upon their wounds they know that they are loved. This Light is a gift that leaves everyone questioning if Wolf is even human anymore. They can see through walls, hear what no one else can. The Traveller speaks, they alone hear it.

Then once they are free from their quite literal shackles they remember the hands that stemmed their bleeding, who cried once their blood stopped running red, who walked them through the city and bought them the one thing they had ever wanted.

Eliksni arrive to the city and Wolf can feel the Traveller welcome them, even if the humans do not. It is awkward, always, for they worship the traveller and it’s Light is Wolf’s body. There is little else left. Though they are not alone in their stilted interactions with Wolf- no one is quite sure about how they are supposed to speak to them, to the one the Traveller loves. Except for the ones who held them together when no one else would, those ones still treated them as human.

The Eliksni endure the animosity thrown at them. Ask for nothing from no one. They have endured, they do not need gifts to survive. But the Traveller still answers their silence, through Wolf’s voice it tells them that they’ve found peace, finally, they’ve done good, they can have the Light now.

…But not in so many words, Wolf has never been one to speak after all. Let everyone decipher their actions instead.

#luna’s brainbox #content box #destiny #destiny 2 #Little Traveller Wolf #HI YES I AM SO SANE ABOUT THIS AU #an ask for me? #:D #all these emotions do no justice to Wolf walking up to Misraaks and giving him a Ghost that they formed IN THEIR HANDS then just leaving. #and also Wolf holding hatchlings my beloved #SO SO SANE ABOUT THIS AU #the weird religious vibes that I adore writing (I know some people would be weirded out by this but I just can’t help myself) #the found family #the guilt for mistakes made and the aftermath of that #the conflict of being loved so earnestly even when that love hurts because the Traveller is far beyond humans and doesn’t quite get it #they’re trying but that disconnect is there and permanent #chews on AU and rotates it in my mind

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Star Wars: 10 Most Heroic Things Kylo Ren Has Done

Adam Driver's Kylo Ren may have originally been the Star Wars sequel trilogy's villain. But the former Ben Solo has plenty of heroic moments, too.

The Star Wars sequel trilogy featured many new and exciting characters, but one of the most successful and acclaimed of them has been Adam Driver's Kylo Ren, also known as Ben Solo. The lost son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, Kylo Ren, is a character that has struggled with the pull to the light for his entire life, even as he tries to cling to the darkness he feels he deserves.

But over the course of the trilogy, and in the second and third films, in particular, Kylo proves that there is goodness within him after all. At the end of the day, he's much more than the villain the first film frames him as. He's a hero, even if an unconventional, possibly Byronic one.

10. Argued For Sparing Hosnian Prime

The world of Star Wars features, just like the title suggests, serious battles within the world of a galaxy far, far away. But The Force Awakens makes it clear very early on that, even though Kylo Ren may be a dark side user, he's not as active a participant in the battles being waged within the Star Wars universe.

During a meeting with Supreme Leader Snoke and his rival within the First Order, General Hux, Kylo earnestly advocates for not using Starkiller Base to destroy Hosnian Prime. It's Hux's suggestion that Snoke orders the First Order to follow, and Kylo is forced to be an unwilling bystander to the destruction he just sought to prevent.

9. Offered Compassion To Rey Through Their Force Bond

It would have been easy for the sequel trilogy to feature a one-dimensional villain, a character devoid of conflict and feelings. And to be fair, there are characters that fill that role, such as Hux, Snoke, and Palpatine. But Kylo Ren was never meant to serve that purpose, and that becomes particularly clear in The Last Jedi.

The film establishes the complex Force Bond between Kylo and the scavenger Rey, a bond that allows them to grow close to one another and share intimate secrets and displays of compassion, including assuring one another that they're not alone in the world.

8. Spared The Resistance Fleet With Leia On It

In the opening act of The Last Jedi, the Resistance finds themselves under attack by and particularly vulnerable to the First Order. Ship after ship is taken out, with Kylo Ren even leading part of the campaign. But in a pivotal moment, Kylo shows his internal struggles, and his heroic tendencies, too.

When he realizes that his mother, General Leia Organa, is on the fleet ship he had been preparing to attack, Kylo goes against his presumed directive, choosing not to fire on the ship because of his deep emotional loyalty.

7. Healed Rey

The climactic confrontation between Rey and Emperor Palpatine might be one of the most disappointing parts of an overall disappointing movie. But what results from their showdown leads to one of Ben's greatest moments of heroism. After dragging himself back to the surface, Ben hauls himself over to seek out Rey, finding her seemingly having succumbed to her injuries.

And then, in a display of true selflessness and strength, Ben taps into the strength of the Force, and their dyad bond within it, to use the strength of his own life force to heal Rey and bring her back to life.

6. Killed His Own Knights

The Knights of Ren are some of the most frustrating parts of the sequel trilogy, as they're never developed beyond being faceless thugs who act at the behest of their leader, Kylo Ren. But all of that changes in the final act of The Rise of Skywalker, when Kylo Ren turns to the light and becomes Ben Solo once more.

5. Confronted Palpatine

Whether you think Palpatine served an actual purpose in The Rise of Skywalker or not, there's no denying that he did manage to provide Kylo Ren with some serious dramatic material, including in the film's opening sequence. After fighting Sith loyalists on Mustafar, Kylo travels to Exegol to unearth the source of the secret messages from the Emperor.

And as soon as he comes into contact with Palpatine, Kylo is willing to go on the attack, threatening to kill the decrepit Sith without so much as a moment's hesitation. And of course, he once again confronts the Emperor in the film's final act.

4. Killed Snoke

When Kylo Ren entered Snoke's throne room in the final act of The Last Jedi, he did so with the intent of bringing a captive Rey to his leader. Given how ominous things look for much of the scene, no one could have expected what actually would happen.

After developing a deeply personal and private bond with Rey over the course of the film, Kylo enters into this confrontation with Snoke not exactly as loyal to his master as Snoke would have believed. So when Snoke encourages Kylo to strike down his true enemy, Kylo taps into that heroic, empathetic side and kills the corrupt leader instead.

3. Dragged Himself Out Of A Pit To Help Save The Day

The Rise of Skywalker is a movie that is polarizing at best. But without question, one feature of the film that has received universal praise is the depiction of Ben Solo in the few minutes of screentime he is allotted after returning to the light. Adam Driver's raw intensity in his portrayal is breathtaking, and heartbreaking, too.

This is especially apparent in one particular moment when, after being flung into a pit by the Emperor and being seriously hurt in the process, Ben nevertheless manages to find the strength and selfless heroism necessary to drag himself out of the pit, in order to seek out an ailing Rey.

2. Chose Light Over Darkness

Given the framing of Kylo's journey in the first two films of the trilogy, it was clear that he was headed for a redemption arc, regardless of however it ended. The Rise of Skywalker delivered on that in one particularly moving scene, when a struggling Kylo finds himself visited by the memory of his father, Han Solo.

In this moment, Kylo relives the last moment he shared with his father and chooses to embrace the light within him this time around. In that moment, he accepts his father's love and forgiveness, returns to the light, and becomes Ben Solo once more.

1. Sacrificed Himself To Save Rey

Which, of course, brings us to Ben's final act, and the most heroic thing he ever did. In healing Rey, Ben uses all of his life force to bring her back, draining himself of his own life in the process. After the two young lovers wordlessly embrace, sharing a kiss and tearful smiles, Ben succumbs to his own wounds and becomes one with the Force.

He allowed himself to be saved by the love of his family, and in his death, saved Rey with the strength of his own love. It doesn't get much more heroic than that, even if their story deserved a different ending.

#kylo ren #star wars