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Ben Solo as a Troubled Child: The Importance of Isolation and Advocacy in Becoming Kylo Ren

Doesn’t get much lonelier than this.

First off - if you’re someone who can’t handle reading about mental problems, abusive situations, and the whole host of things that come attached to those, don’t read this. You’ve been warned.

This is a deeply personal meta for me, not only because this was something I wrote alongside the most recent chapter of Footnotes (where I did a lot of speculating on Whatever Happened to Baby Ben), but because I drew a lot from my own personal experience. A lot of thoughts I have here are probably similar to what many of of us have had who connected deeply with Kylo/Ben as a character. I’m by no means a mental health professional, everything here is anecdotal from my own life and experience as an educator. This is also SUPER long, so there’s another warning for you. I really don’t even expect people to read this, but I figured I already wrote all this, so what the hell. Here goes.

Ben Solo was a Troubled Child. Capital T and C. Because he was literally present since his infancy, how much Snoke impacted his becoming a Troubled Child is something we’ll never know. It’s entirely possible that he would have been a Troubled Child without his influence, though perhaps not as dramatically. I am both a former Troubled Child myself, and a teacher of many, many Troubled Children over the last several years, and think I can loan some insight on how things went just so, so wrong:

Ben Solo was a Troubled Child without an advocate.

Ben Solo was strategically isolated by Snoke.

Ben Solo will be redeemed because of Rey’s actions as his advocate.

I know so many of you are thinking “But Leia! Han! Luke! Ben Solo was a privileged child who had everything!” - let me back up and explain.

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Finally my phone let me play Asra's latest book

Because my shit phone kept doing this

And I bought all paid scenes of fucking course and squealed and had to stop several times to compose myself.

But that's besides the point, because at one point suddenly THIS babe shows up on my screen

And I swear to all heavens I literally gasped before she even opened her mouth. I just said softly "I wanna tap that. So bad. Please give them a route. Oh shit wait no please don't be a courtier. Please don't be a bad guy."

Guys I've got the HOTS for Nahara. Holy fucking hell she's all my kinks rolled into one. Golden girl ride me into the sunset!

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I SEE RO! THANK YOU, THIS IS ADORABLE! <3

*chili’s guy voice* hi welcome The Arcana!

based on @shadowegg ‘s post

Fan apprentices featured: @unlicenseddrsexymd @odric-master-swagtician @eristhenat @velnna @usagiboii @wvtchwood @macomico @miyonautica @gdcee @artisttothebone @viktoriaemiliak @rockboci @nln4 @tomebreakr @methodicalmadnessv1 @taciturn-sunday @drdevorakwrites @skeleson @otherwolves @littlefoxlubovitch @a-magpie-witchling-sideblog @pongodoodle @y3onartzzi @loafdog @gildedguilt @lorlocks @winsbuck @eamikkir @telvani @cicadagirl @estesmytea @larknnightingale @samael-bellamorte @thathomestuck @beetlebabby @unidentifiedspoon @clusterdino

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I wanted to practice animating some emotion and it went too far…!! But I had fun.

Animated in TVPaint

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I love it but can we talk about how the other little sketch below makes it look like Julian's wearing a brooch of his own face?

I wanted to make a more detailed drawing for his birthday, but for now I only have this sketch

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GIMME.

🐸☕*Graciously Sips Tea*☕🐸

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YOU'RE DOING AMAZING, SWEETIE.

Deleted Scene: Rose Bites The Hand That Taunts Her

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Blanket syndrome

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fuck them both, Save Saeran.

90% of the fandom: V was an angel who did nothing wrong and Rika was disgusting

9.9% of the fandom: Rika was an angel who did nothing wrong and V was disgusting

me, an intellectual: both V and Rika were shitty people who did a lot wrong and were terrible for each other

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Me: *banging pots together and screaming atop of my lungs* LET. THEM. KISS. LET. THEM. KISS.

Stormpilot in The Last Jedi

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Kylo Ren dual wielding

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Hello, please stop calling me out.

“Most of the Reylos are just Zutaras who are still bitter bc their ship didn’t become endgame!”

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Bitch, you damn right.

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“Funny little twitch” ForceSkyping story completed!

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these kids are all i can think about 

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watch me latch onto any traumatized character whose past even slightly resembles mine in some minute way at the speed of light

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The universe is indifferent. We ought not to be.

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Rosario is a black tailed siren, her claws blood red. She seduces sailors and steals their gold. There are legends of the treasure hidden under the Cádean sea, the gold glinting like a sun underwater when it catches the light. They also talk about the playful mermaid that sings sweet nothings to the passing ships in exchange for the tales of their travels. The oldest sailors warn against engaging in conversation with the saltwater women, because many fools have lost more than their hearts to them.

Monster Apprentices

Since I’m in a real Monstery Mood- yall should tell me what monsters your apprentices would be!! Any and all, I wanna know!

And I’ll share mine too~

Weston is a furry satyr, all the way, with long wavy horns. Nomadic, collects food as he goes along, and plays Ektara in relaxing times. I call him a satyr but he’d be similar to the Faun from Pan’s Labyrinth. 

Kishi is right alongside Nadia, a spidery mofo but a deathly poisonous black widow. He tends to be lazy, works as a servant in Nadia’s castle, and commonly falls asleep in the gardens when he isn’t working. (or when he’s supposed to be working)

Hansa would be a plant monster (haven’t introduced plants yet~!!) with daffodil like characteristics. Lives in Nadia’s gardens but also frequents visits to the forests around Muriel’s home. Takes care of local wildlife and is often found relaxing during the day and occasionally exploring the grounds at night. 

Tell me what monsters your apprentices would be!!