Mar. 17th, 2019

ljwrites: Star Wars Resistance logo with the words "Everybody needs to panic. Right Now!" (panic)

Kylo Ren/Ben Solo is often held up in fandom as an example of a mentally ill abuse survivor whose prospect redemption is said to be an inspiration and hope for fans who are mentally ill and/or have survived abuse. (I have talked before about fandoms' tendency to project marginalized identities on white guy characters.) His bouts of rage seem to be a major basis for this assertion, with the reasoning being that no one would be that irrationally angry if they were sane/neurotypical. His uncontrolled temper, these fans say, must be a sign of trauma, or borderline personality disorder, or some other neurodivergence.

Or maybe it's a sign of a deeply entitled and abusive person?

Abuse, trauma, Nazis, misogyny, suicide mention... )

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