Reylo

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English

Etymology

Blend of Rey +‎ Kylo.

Proper noun

Reylo

  1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Rey and Kylo Ren from Star Wars.
    • 2018, Kristina Busse, “Afterword: Fannish Affect and Its Aftermath”, in Rebecca Williams, editor, Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures, page 217:
      In The Force Awakens fandom, for example, there is a vocal contingent of anti-Reylo fans, []
    • 2018, anonymous author, “Letters to Editors”, in Lot's Wife, Monash University, Edition 2 (2018), page 3:
      It has now been a month since my last letter to you, and Reylo is closer to becoming canon than ever.
    • 2019, Emily Webb-Mortimer, "2019: year of the remake?", InQuire (University of Kent), 25 January 2019, page 15:
      The final instalment of this Star Wars trilogy will be in our cinemas in December to answer all our burning questions: will Reylo ever happen?
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Reylo.

Noun

Reylo (plural Reylos)

  1. (fandom slang) A shipper of Rey and Kylo Ren.
    Antonym: anti-Reylo
    • 2017 December 15, Ani Bundel, “More Than The Force Connects Kylo Ren & Rey In 'The Last Jedi' & It's Intense”, in Elite Daily:
      When Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out, the fandom found itself dividing across one really hard, bright line: the Reylos and the anti-Reylos.
    • 2020, Victoria Song, "How Fandom Destroyed and Protected Me", Gizmodo Australia, 3 February 2021:
      And with the Reylos, rose the Anti-Reylos who argued that the ship was indicative of racism and perpetuated abusive relationship tropes.
    • 2020, Alexandria P. Sutherland, "Star Wars, Parasocial Relationships and Breakups, and The Force...of Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of Tennessee, pages 29-30:
      She goes onto state that Reylos experienced harassment over the death of Kylo Ren, as well as inherently political harassment that included sexist and racist taunts.

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