Star Wars - alikssepia

If the middle part of the trilogy is Adolescence, then TFA is Childhood, and the forthcoming EpIX will be Youth. The sequel trilogy, through the eyes of a Reylo, is a story of three encounters of Kylo and Rey whose appearance and behaviour refer to three different psychological ages.

Childhood—Adolescence—Youth

**Author's Note:**

* Inspired by [Детство — Отрочество — Юность](https://archiveofourown.org/works/14066223) by [alikssepia](https://archiveofourown.org/users/alikssepia/pseuds/alikssepia).

> This is a translation of my meta written originally in Russian. > > Many thanks to my beta [@SaturnineFeline](https://archiveofourown.org/users/SaturnineFeline) who helped smooth my style!

On December 14, 2017, my Reylo friends and I left the cinema theater with and without a present. We wanted to scream "It's canon!" but our throats wouldn't make a sound.

_Reylos after the movie_

What was it? It was as if we’d gotten everything (Force bond, Kylo's naked torso, touching hands, back to back fighting) but, at the same time, our victory seemed hollow: why did their relationship feel so rushed? Why does she slam the door right in his face? Did Reylo become canon and then immediately die?

Rey’s behavior was terribly strange:

1. After just a couple of Skype calls with Kylo, she quickly leapt to far-fetched conclusions such as 'Ben Solo lives'. 2. She attacked Luke, her aging master, from behind, even turning оn him with a lightsaber. 3. She refused to listen to him, jumped into the Falcon and went off to "save Ben Solo". 4. On the Supremacy, she tried to use her feminine charms — for naught. 5. Followed Kylo’s lead and fought the Praetorian guards together with him. 6. After this fight’s romantic overtones, she got disappointed in Kylo and flew away. 7. Slammed the door of the Falcon, and the door to herself, in Ren’s face.

Kylo did no better:

1. Secretly chatted with the girl via Skype. 2. Confused her with his half-naked body. 3. Touched her (hand). 4. Handed her over to Snoke at their first "date". 5. But quickly changed his mind and threw the whole galaxy to her feet. 6. ... while being casually rude. 7. Having been rejected, he got angry and promised to destroy her.

Is this the love story we all hoped to see оn-screen? Why such haste, when the story could have developed slowly and smoothly?

As an excuse for the galactic idiots (and the idiot scriptwriter who made them that way), I could оnly recall Rian Johnson's point which he constantly repeated in many ways in his [interviews](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/last-jedi-exclusive-rian-johnson-talks-snoke-kylo-ren/): this is a coming-of-age story, Rey and Kylo are “two sides of the same coin” going through the difficult period of adolescence.

Is it really, though? Let’s take a look at the adolescent stage of development.

**Typical adolescents**