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@briarlily.bsky.social

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reylo, star wars, & other nonsense. bonus darklina, ghoulcy. lots of monsters & romance. occasionally NSFW (21+) thewayofthetrashcompactor on tumblr/ao3 One more damn site and all my socializing will be done by carrier pigeon

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Briar 🦋🌗 @briarlily.bsky.social · Nov 9

Hello! I'm Briar. Briarlily on discord, tumblr, & ao3, with Reylo specific handles as thewayofthetrashcompactor on tumblr & ao3. I'm a very slow writer & also post Darklina, Hellcheer, & similar ships. Occasionally very NSFW

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Briar 🦋🌗 @briarlily.bsky.social · 3h

Yeahhhh, that really doesn't track for me given her track record and resources. Plus idk that wuthering heights would pitch as a cash cow. Not impossible, but it reads as very unlikely imo.

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Briar 🦋🌗 @briarlily.bsky.social · 3h

She should've just made an original film and truly the only reason not to is ragebait. But yeah, very aesthetic. (I'm going to fight people over the costuming though. Lacing a corset over bare skin in the trailer is just emblematic of so much laziness)

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Nobo💖Comms open @probonobo.bsky.social · 4h

A Reylo a day or whatever the saying is

#reyloww #reylo #reyloart #starwars

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Grandpa 👻 @onlysoulhere.bsky.social · 5h

💕 #ghoulcy #vaultghoul #Fallout

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Michelle C. Harris @michelle-c-harris.bsky.social · 4h

I finished pass pages for A LATTE LIKE LOVE and I had some thoughts about the process.

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Carly Lane-Perry @carlylane.bsky.social · 7h

I was already in the bag for del Toro, but this is an epic retelling, with gorgeous production design and a heartwrenching score from Desplat. Isaac’s Victor skillfully captures the brilliance and arrogance of the character, but Elordi’s Monster is magnificent and the story’s beating heart.

Carly Lane-Perry @carlylane.bsky.social · 10h

Ready to plug myself directly into GDT’s brain for the next 2.5 hours. #Frankenstein

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Rotten Tomatoes @rottentomatoes.com · 14h

Experience #KPopDemonHunters: A Sing-Along Event again on the big screen this Halloween.

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ghostie (𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔱) 👻🇨🇦 @ssadghostt.bsky.social · 17h

🐦‍⬛𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓀 & 𝓇𝑜𝓈𝑒🥀
rated e | 28k words
𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝟜
» when you give a demon hot chocolate…he’ll ask for a spoon

archiveofourown.org/works/723545... #reylo #reylofic #reyloween

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nine @ninepiecesofcrait.bsky.social · 10h

i betaed @janejanajuno.bsky.social's reyloween fic and it was just as wonderful to read again! so atmospheric and moody!! i'm dying to see where it goes next. (see what i did there) #reylowrw

archiveofourown.org/works/72357216

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🎃Spooky Bree👻 @ishipstarwars.bsky.social · 9h

Happy Beast Day! Let's celebrate with some Breylo monsterfucking 😁

archiveofourown.org/works/72513601/

#KeepMeFic #Reyloween

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claire 🐊 @palesspareshirt.bsky.social · 7h

i can’t believe is actually what happened

claire 🐊 @palesspareshirt.bsky.social · Jun 19

what he’s thinking about btw

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Moem @moem.bsky.social · 18h

This is how I imagine Ben in his room later that night after the 🗡️incident🗡️

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Moem @moem.bsky.social · 14h

Pirate Rey on her way to claim her husband

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𝓹𝓲𝔁𝓲𝓮 ୨ৎ⋆˚࿔ @dyadicpixie.bsky.social · 15h

Long weekend = surprise chapter
Chapter 8 of ‘where poison trees bloom’ is up 🥀🕊️
Christmas time is upon us. Rey is a horse girl, and Lord Solo refuses to let his fiancée suffer in silence #reylo #reylofic

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/678230...

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𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓎🍯 @thehoneydoll.bsky.social · 13h

BOUND
#reylo . e . chapter 3
Realization hits her with stunning clarity and a misery so deep it overshadows his own unhappiness through the bond they now share: your Alpha doesn’t want you.

🔗 archiveofourown.org/works/723542...

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mytbrisgrowing @mytbrisgrowing.bsky.social · 14h

#clydephee #reyloween

Beast 🐺

It’s obvious from their overly loud conversation, what brings this group of newcomers to the tavern. A shared revulsion towards what they don’t understand. The need for liquid courage in what will ultimately be a futile endeavour.

“Don’t you worry, little lady,” one of them says to the barmaid with a wink. “We’ll keep you safe from the Boone Beast. Going hunting for it tonight.”

She gives the man a fake smile then locks eyes with the bartender across the room.

Good thing the Boone Beast will be otherwise occupied later this evening—in the bed of their shared cottage.

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grace @echofarandfaint.bsky.social · 9h

a little Edwardian au ficlet for today's #reyloween prompt

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bee ⋆˙⟡♡ @thetenderest.bsky.social · 6h

miserable kitty!ben (but tolerating the bow because it's gets him a lot of rey's attention)

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amp @kyloremus.bsky.social · 8h

edit of the day: kidnapped clyde logan apparently

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kate @janejanajuno.bsky.social · 12h

kylo ben and rey at the end of tlj 😔

tumblr post from user targetedknowledge of a picture of two mice - one grey, one white - on a charcoal couch. they are almost separated by a whole couch cushion and are facing away from one another. it says “we are not on squeaking terms rn”

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ghostie (𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔱) 👻🇨🇦 @ssadghostt.bsky.social · 9h

they said you might bite #reylofic

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aDamn_overDriver @damnoverdrive.bsky.social · 10h

Almost done...

#Kyloren #reyloww #reyloart #myart

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🦋Linzy @ohmyfandoms31.bsky.social · 22h

Day 15! Beast

In which Rey is a beast and Ben a little nerd who wants to study and learn from her.
#reyloween #reylo
archiveofourown.org/works/716823...

He came to her one evening as she sat reading the message the bones showed her. She looked up at him through shaggy fur, snout sniffing the air as he came close. He smelled of vellum and ink, but he didn’t have the look of a man of the cloth. She let out a low growl, but it only stopped him for a moment.

“I’m not here to hurt you,” he said, raising both hands in front of him.

“You couldn’t even if you tried.”

He stopped then. She sat fully back, resting her weight fully back on her hind haunches. And then— He smiled at her. His grin revealed snaggled teeth that made him look so very much like a boy.

“I came to learn,” he said, taking another step closer. “The old texts speak of your power. I want to understand it.”
She laughed, a sound low and bitter. “Power has a price, boy. What would you trade for it?”
He seemed to weigh it for a moment before asking, “What did you trade?”
She remembered a time, long ago, when she hadn’t been the beast she was now. There had been monsters, and she’d had some magic. The village had begged her to help, and she had turned to the spirits. They gave her power, but took away her humanity. The same people she had sought to save cast her out. Still she kept the other monsters at bay.
“My name,” she said flatly.
“I can give you mine.” he responded in a heartbeat.
She titled her great head to the side and considered.

“We can start with that. What are you called?”
“Ben,” he said, lowering himself to sit before her.
That was how it began: Lessons in the dark, by firelight, where she taught him to read the bones, to listen to the hum beneath the earth. She watched him carefully, suspicious at first, then with growing warmth. He listened when she spoke. He never flinched at her monstrous hands. Sometime, when he looked at her, she felt her chest squeeze and she began to wish, and hope, and dream for soft touches and the gentle press of lips.
One night, as rain whispered against the roof, he reached for her wrist. “Would you undo it,” he asked softly, “the curse? If you could?”
Whatever was left of her heart felt like it was breaking. Of course, who would ever love her as she was?
She met his gaze, the dim light glinting off her sharp teeth. “I am what I am.”
He smiled faintly. “Then you’re the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen — cursed or not.”
His other hand came and fisted in her fur, pulling her down to him. His lips met hers, and while not a perfect fit, they both sank into it. She drew back, looking down the length of her muzzle at him. Her voice was barely a whisper.
“Rey,” she said. “They called me Rey.”

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Cinnamon 🥢🦋 @cinnamonchopsticks.bsky.social · 1d

Reading sooo much published Reylo lately because the queens have been busy!

- Princess of Blood
- Mate
- Hot for Slayer (So good! Perfect for October! No notes!)
- First
- Re-read: Dead Romantics

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Artofcrumbs 🤍panville dramione reylo @artofcrumbs.bsky.social · 20h

Ghost costume with Kylo #reylo

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