#yin and war basically balance and complement each other

[shanblackrx]

(first two pics is Yin talking)

In all my years of following thai BL actors, I can't for the life of me think of anyone else as sensible and artistic as War is. As an artist myself, I truly appreciate whenever he talks about art and craft, and even life in general, because he's always so earnest, and since he hungers so deeply for knowledge and understanding of things, it's interesting to see moments like this through his own lenses.

Whenever he talks about art and life, it's usually so deep and beautiful it almost doesn't seem like he's a fucking hyperactive gremlin plugged in a high voltage fully charged battery 24/7

War Wanarat, please never change.

[reylooo]

Interview with Reylooo: “My personal journey with Reylo”

Here’s the full version of the my interview from Polygon, with journalist Julia Alexander asking me (Melrose, a.k.a Reylooo) the questions. Enjoy!=)

1) Why do you believe in the Reylo ship?

A big part of my fascination has to do with their amazing chemistry and the fact that circumstances are on their side. When speaking about concepts, their different backgrounds and views remind you of yin & yang, light & dark, good & evil etc. They challenge but complement each other, because that's what opposites do – they collide and attract each other. Not to mention, despite their differences, they have things in common like abandonment issues and an understanding of the Force that no one else has. Things that make them relate to one another, and if only they could work out their differences, they would be able to find a partner and a belonging, something they've desperately been seeking all their life. To me, they're soulmates, two halves made for each other and destined to be together. But their story will not be an easy one, there are obstacles that need to be overcome, which will make this sequel trilogy much more interesting. Because we want to see a new kind of love story and a ”enemies to lovers” trope hasn't been made in a Star Wars movie before. This is why I've shipped them ever since The Force Awakens.

2) How do you think The Last Jedi plays into that?

Being the second installment in this sequel trilogy, we get to find out more about the characters and their backgrounds. But I have to say that never in my wildest dreams did I think we would get all the interactions between Kylo and Rey that we did. The Last Jedi basically confirmed that there is indeed a romantic drama in store for them, and the Reylo fandom is more than happy about it. Validation feels good, even though I still have to pinch myself to make sure it's not a dream.

3) How do you - and the community - respond to criticism from people over the Reylo ship?

It depends on what the criticism is and how it is expressed. But most of us shippers have always been civilized and mature enough to respect other people's opinions when it comes to Reylo, even if they speak against our ship. But respect must go both ways, and for years we've wanted people to respect our reasons for shipping Reylo, even if they disagree. Unfortunately, the ”haters” haven't been able to do that and so we've been forced to defend ourselves when hate has gone from shipping to insulting someone on a personal level. What we've learned during these past two years is that most of the time there's no point in trying to engage a dialogue with them, since they won't even listen to what we have to say. But we're always open to explain, discuss and have interesting conversations with people who respect our shipping.

4) Have you ever dealt with harassment because of the ship?

Yes, and unfortunately a big part of the Reylo fandom have as well. We've been called everything from racists to sympathizers of abuse which of course, we're not. Some of these Reylo haters have even gone as far as sending us messages with all kinds of threats, so it's been awful to see the lengths these people have gone to make their hateful point known – but ironic, since the ones accusing of us loving an "abusive" couple, have been abusing shippers themselves. People have to remember that at the end of the day, it's just a fictional couple we're talking about here. You have to be able to separate fiction from reality.

5) Although it seems very unlikely, how will the reaction to Reylo change if we learn they're both Skywalkers in Episode 9? (Again, very unlikely).

I believe it would be devastating for some shippers and disappointing to others. Because a big opportunity and potential would have gone to waste. Most of us would wish that instead of going down the easy route and making Rey a Skywalker, we could have a complex and more interesting storyline about a villain and heroine having to challenge each other, grow and overcome obstacles in order to be together and bring balance to the Force.

6) What's your favorite part of shipping these two and belonging to a community?

It's probably the fact that they, as a couple, have the opportunity to bring something new and iconic to the Star Wars saga, and maybe even cinematic history. Enemies to lovers? I haven't seen that many movies explore this trope... Another wonderful thing is the creative side of the Reylo fandom. Everyday people make amazing fanarts, gifs, metas, fanvideos and fanfictions in their honor. And that's probably the best part of belonging to a community like ours, or any fandom in general. You get to receive so many good things from it, and at the same time you share this experience with lots of people across the globe. You can even make new friends here, which is a beautiful thing. It's just amazing how much a fictional couple like Reylo can give and engage us.