TechieHux

neverforgetstarkiller:

batninja02:

People always say that Hux must be an evil, heartless monster because he murdered his father and felt no remorse, and compare that to Kylo’s reaction to killing his father.

But can I just remind everyone that Brendol Hux was mentally and physically abusive for all of Armitage Hux’s life, and so they had a completely different relationship to that of Han and Ben.

I’m not trying to make excuses for Hux or say that he was right to kill his father. I’m just saying that it’s a little unfair to compare the two situations.

I’m always amazed by people who sympathize with Ben but not Hux. No, Hux doesn’t show conflict anymore. Can you really expect him to?

At the end of the day, Ben’s parents did love him. Ben was misunderstood and all that, and I’m not going to try to downplay the struggles he went through.

But, Hux was actively abused by his father. He didn’t know his mother, which means he was either forced away from her by his father… Or, his mother didn’t want to keep him.

He didn’t meet anyone who stood up for him until he was eight years old. And, instead of loving him, they gifted him power. Power over other people. He was taught to use power and violence to protect himself. Rae Sloane validated that by offering to protect him from his father if Hux protected her from his child warriors. Then Sloane tells Brendol to teach Armitage everything he knows.

Brendol, probably the worst human being to exist in Star Wars. Brendol, the man who ran an Empire Academy for children, where he encouraged them to murder each other for favor. Brendol, the man who promised Phasma a better life for herself and her people, then instructed her to leave behind her one surviving friend. Then bombed her planet.

Armitage Hux is messed up. I don’t see him being redeemed. That’s why I sympathize so much. That’s why I feel so strongly about him. He was born in the wrong place at the wrong time to the wrong people, and it makes me so sad. He’s too far gone, and it’s too tragic for me to deal with.