# Reylo Reylo is the shipping name for fan fiction, art and speculation about a romance between Star Wars characters Rey and Kylo Ren, sparked by Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver's on-screen chemistry starting with 2015's The Force Awakens. What began as niche FanFiction.net posts before the film even opened grew into one of the loudest fandoms of the sequel trilogy era. ## Origin Kylo Ren and Rey shipping actually predates the movie that put the characters in the same room. LucasFilm announced Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver in the roles in 2014, and on October 4th, 2015, FanFiction.net writer AmazingGraceless posted the earliest documented Reylo fic, titled 'A Drink Called Loneliness,' about two months before Star Wars: The Force Awakens hit theaters[2]. Once the film opened that December and audiences saw Kylo interrogating Rey and dueling her in the snow, the pairing jumped to visual platforms fast. - **Platform:** FanFiction.net (origin) / Tumblr, DeviantArt (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2015 ## Overview Reylo pairs Rey, the scavenger-turned-Jedi, with Kylo Ren, the fallen First Order apprentice also known by his birth name Ben Solo[2]. Content ranges from soft romantic fan art of the two kissing or holding hands to slow-burn enemies-to-lovers fan fiction that reads their canonical antagonism as unresolved sexual tension. Fans point to the Force-linked telepathic scenes in The Last Jedi, Kylo's line telling Rey she is a nobody 'not to me,' and the shirtless hut scene as the beats that pushed the pairing into mainstream fandom discourse[1]. The Star Wars fandom split loudly along Reylo and anti-Reylo lines, with detractors arguing the pairing romanticizes abuse because Kylo tortures and threatens Rey across the trilogy, while supporters frame his arc as a redemption story[3]. That fight became its own meta-meme, with dueling Urban Dictionary entries capturing shippers gushing over the couple and critics mocking them for glossing over the tree-throwing[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Reylo? Reylo is the fan shipping name for a romantic pairing of Star Wars characters Rey and Kylo Ren (Ben Solo), covering fan fiction, art and memes about the two[2]. ### Where did Reylo come from? The earliest documented Reylo work is 'A Drink Called Loneliness,' a fan fic posted to FanFiction.net by writer AmazingGraceless on October 4th, 2015, before The Force Awakens even opened[2]. ### What does Reylo mean? Reylo is a portmanteau of the character names Rey and Kylo Ren, used by fans to label content shipping the two Star Wars sequel-trilogy leads[3]. ### How do you use Reylo? Fans typically use Reylo as a tag or hashtag on fan art, fan fiction and memes about the pairing, often referencing the Force-connection scenes and 'not to me' line from The Last Jedi[1]. ### Is Reylo still popular? The pairing peaked around The Last Jedi in 2017, when Bustle and other outlets covered viral Reylo memes and tweets, and stayed active through the 2019 release of The Rise of Skywalker[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.bustle.com/p/16-rey-kylo-ren-memes-tweets-that-prove-the-last-jedi-was-all-about-reylo-7643922]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reylo]() 3. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Reylo]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/reylo Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library