[ SECRET POST #3986 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3986 ⌋

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Fandom Squee

[(Anonymous)]

Finnpoe / Stormpilot is the best ship from the Sequel Trilogy. I'm not going to talk about the fandom and its shippers, because I know people here have strong opinions about it.

Take Finn - a former Stormtrooper, raised as a human weapon ever since he was a baby, a number stripped of any real identity. He's a good stormtrooper : can actually shoot, brilliant tactician. And yet his best weapons are his empathy, his sense of morality and his kindness. He won't blindly follow orders and he won't shoot innocents. He has flaws, too - sometimes his emotions take over, but it's so human and it feels so new after years where the action hero standard was "stoic, quipping badass dude". He's a great character, and a great protagonist.

Now take Poe - this guy is probably moderator of r/wholesomemes if it exists in a galaxy far, far away. Ever since he meets Finn, he's all about that sweet positive reinforcement - telling him how nice his shot was, asking him about his name. Treating him like a human being and a friend, when he didn't have to - they just teamed up at the beginning because they needed each other for their personal goals, and they could have just left it at that. After all, Finn is "just" a defector from the First Order who just tortured Poe, right? Yet Poe goes the extra mile, and reaches out to Finn, helping him on his path to self-discovery.
Even without his relationship with Finn, Poe's great. Sassing Kylo like his idol Leia Organa, resisting torture, incredibly supportive of his astromech and his squadron.

No you take them together - and you have the POWER COUPLE OF THE RESISTANCE. Fire-forged friend, escaping Hell (the First Order) together. Syncing to each other so they can (almost) fly to safety, MINUTES after meeting each other. Poe understanding what Finn needs (a name, a sense of humanity, his help later so he can save Rey) and giving it to him without asking for anything in return. And Finn, even though he's found Rey on Starkiller Base, sees that the Resistance's X-Wings are in trouble, and his first reaction is to say "We need to help them!" because he can't just ignore the battle going on anymore. Finn and Poe would be such a wholesome, supportive relationship, built on communication (they're so good at understanding each other already!). Together, they can take on whatever the world decides to throw at them. Individually, they're badass, but together, they're an unstoppable First Order-destroying machine. And when all he's said and done, you'll best believe that Poe and Finn will probably spend a few years exploring the Galaxy, Finn catching up with everything he missed in the FO with Poe at his side. And afterwards, they will settle down, and live happily ever after.

Re: Fandom Squee

[(Anonymous)]

I've been meaning to check their tag for fic since I watched that. The flirty little comment about the jacket was too darn cute.

Re: Fandom Squee

[(Anonymous)]

I thought the concept of Finn was really interesting. What I wanted most was to see humanizing for all the Stormtoopers and I thought Finn would be a great entry-point for that (i.e. that he would be really bothered to fire on his fellow Stormtroopers or there would be obvious history or what not) but they didn't really do that in the movie. BUT, I hope there will be more of that in TLJ and #9.

I love Poe too. My favorite relationship for him is the one he has with Leia. Have you been reading the Poe comic? Because it's awesome. There's some speculation about where his character is heading for TLJ that has me pumped.

Re: Fandom Squee

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly Finn going ham on the troopers on Takodana has bothered me for a long time. I've kind of made peace with that in the sense that Finn knows he's a traitor and that he will be killed on sight. So he's in a kill or be killed situation. However if it was up to me, I would have not shot the Takodana battle the same way. I would have cut that shot of Finn stabbing that trooper which was pretty brutal lol. There are a few times where Finn is a bit inconsistent (he seems to me that he carries the idiot ball when he starts having scenes with Rey).

I do love the Poe comics! I have yet to catch up on the very latest one, but it's nice to see Poe grow from pilot to Commander through the hardships he and his squadron face.

Re: Fandom Squee

[(Anonymous)]

I'm trying to tamp down on my expectations/hope but I usually give Finn a pass in TFA because so little time has passed and he's being thrown every which way and not given much time to think about what to do or what he has done. I'm really hoping that the next two movies will give us more (or they release a book that really digs into it, but I expect that won't come out while the movies are still holding information back).

The last Poe issue was great, and it looks like the next one will be even better.

Re: Fandom Squee

[fishnchips]

I don't even actively ship Stormpilot but I agree with this comment.

Re: Fandom Squee

[(Anonymous)]

YES. This is exactly what makes it feel so special. Wholesome and human heroes.apart, power couple together! 💚💚