Do you think Rey and Kylo should get together?

— darth barbie (@D1VVA) September 4, 2019

No. Absolutely not.

Kylo Ren spent a good portion of both sequel films violating and gaslighting Rey because he had control. Because he had power. Because he sees her as inferior and something to possess, not love.

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— Michael Falkner (Creative Criticality) (@womprat99) September 5, 2019

Take a look at the abduction scene in the battle around Maz's castle in TFA. Kylo stalks Rey from the shadows, binds her and knocks her out with the Force, and then probes her mind.

He violates her agency in order to get what he wants.

It plays like a rape analogy.

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— Michael Falkner (Creative Criticality) (@womprat99) September 5, 2019

"You know I can take what I want."

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— Michael Falkner (Creative Criticality) (@womprat99) September 5, 2019

He's also offended that Rey has enough power (dare we say, privilege) to call the Skywalker saber to her during their confrontation in the Starkiller forest.

Moments earlier, he told Finn: "That lightsaber! It belongs to me!"

And then he's been denied by a woman.

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— Michael Falkner (Creative Criticality) (@womprat99) September 5, 2019

In The Last Jedi, Kylo gaslights Rey at nearly every opportunity.

Regarding her parents: "They were filthy junk traders. Sold you off for drinking money. They're dead in a pauper's grave in the Jakku desert. You come from nothing. You're nothing. But not to me."

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— Michael Falkner (Creative Criticality) (@womprat99) September 5, 2019

He reminds her that, in his view, Rey's parents dumped her on Jakku like trash. He tears her down in order to make her more receptive to his outstretched hand of support.

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— Michael Falkner (Creative Criticality) (@womprat99) September 5, 2019

Except that it's not support. He craves power over people. He wants nothing more than to subjugate her.

To control her.

To own her.

When she denies him, he frames her for Snoke's death. He promises Luke that he will destroy her.

That's not love.

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— Michael Falkner (Creative Criticality) (@womprat99) September 5, 2019

If Kylo and Rey end up together, it's an endorsement of an abusive relationship. It sends the message that all you need to win a woman's heart is to tear her down until you're all that's left for her.

We don't need that in this franchise. Rey doesn't either.

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— Michael Falkner (Creative Criticality) (@womprat99) September 5, 2019