unforth-ninawaters:

@rosemoonweaver @ltleflrt and I know other people were involved in the convo but I’m blanking. I’ve been rubber necking your Last Jedi conversations and its got me thinking – the divide between people I know who are starting to feel the Reylo love and those who don’t seems to be entirely whether or not they think Adam Driver is hot. Like for me personally? Soooooo not my type…and I *definitely* do not ship it (though I’ll own especially early in the movie I really “saw it” as I hadn’t before…but still didn’t ship it…but folks who find him attractive seem way more drawn by it…

(And obvs no judgement ship and let ship I just thought it was interesting…)

That’s fair. I mean, it’s harder to ship things if ypu don’t find the people involved attractive at all, right?

But I must confess that it’s not the only thing I ship either. I like stormpilot and finnrose and finnpoerose (whatever that’s called lol) and finnrey, too.

I don’t know if I’ve said it publicly on my blog but for me, a lot of shipping comes down to the core feeling a ship has for me. Each ship has something unique about it that interests me. Reylo is no different. Sure, Daisy is gorgeous and Adam is hot but it’s not just looks.

And I would totally be up for discussing why I like it and why it appeals to me personally but I won’t wax poetic all over your post if you don’t want me to.

But yeah, attraction to actors is probably a factor for a fair number of people. I will say that I think the divide has more to do with whether or not people like Ben Solo/Kylo Ren w/in the SW fandom. But I’ve only been lurking for the past few months and I don’t have nearly enough information on that front. Perhaps it’s a bit of both?