jadelotusflower:

electronicdelusionstarlight:

Ok, but how did Kyle go from “My uncle tried to kill me in my sleep, so I’m gona use the force to defend myself” to “let’s go grab a some of my buddies and kill the other students in their sleep as retaliation”?

Like, why bring down the Jedi Temple at all, the more human reaction to this situation was to fucking run not to become the sci fi equivalent of a School Shooter.

Unless he was already planning to become a school shooter and Luke just gave him an excuse to start his killing spree by (Out of Character) trying to kill his nephew in his sleep.

Leaving aside how colossally ridiculous and ooc it is that Luke, even for the briefest of moments, would contemplate killing Kylo, it’s treated like a gotcha moment – “the villain isn’t as bad as you think, he’s just having a normal reaction! Not his fault!”

But here’s the thing: Kylo has already turned.  He knows that he’s going to go on to do everything Luke sees in his vision. He knows that’s why Luke contemplates killing him.  He’s already Snoke’s lackey, he’s already turned a handful of Luke’s students too.  So the reaction to try and kill Luke and everyone else who won’t side with him, then burn the Temple to the ground isn’t a response to the shocking sight of Luke turning on him, an innocent  boy twenty three year old man.  It’s just doing what he already intended to do, just sooner and messier, to cover his tracks.