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finnobliterateshux:

I bet Finn is really good at taking compliments about his technical skill but as soon as someone hits him with a “you’re a good person” or a “you’re a kind-hearted man” he melts internally he can’t handle it! Because he’s used to compliments on skills he can hone, but compliments on his person are new and he’s not always sure what sparks such a compliment and it feels different from compliments on his skill. It feels better. It bubbles in his chest and he just! doesn’t! know! what to do with all that!

He’s never been complimented on his personality, only criticized for it. All his life being a good and empathetic person was a liability, not an asset. It is understandably an adjustment to make.

“You’re a good man, Finn.”

Imagine how strange that felt to him. The same traits that made him weak in the eyes of Phasma and the First Order, the thing that he was always told was holding him back and that he had to suppress, now had this gorgeous and amazing guy looking at him with stars in his eyes. Is it any wonder he changed the subject immediately without even acknowledging the compliment, because he didn’t know how to handle it (yet)?

jedifinnrey:

vivelareysistance:

wake, stand and feel your worth

happy birthday, @errrbodylovesfinn​!

[Caption: Four gifs of Finn from Star Wars with text overlay. The text reads, “We are wrought in breath and dirt / washed in second sight / woven through the earth / wreathed in rings of light”.]

poe: -well you better call your mama then, boyyyyyyy! [hangs up phone]
rey: that was really great poe
finn: yeah you really got em!
poe: thank you thank you it’s an art. here finn it’s your turn
finn: okay… [takes high tech phone and dials in a number with shaky hands]
poe: alright buddy nice and easy
finn: hi is this…. phasma?
poe: oh shit
rey: [laughing]
finn: hi yes I just wanted to inquire about your refrigerator and how it seems that it uhh….
poe: [whispering] come on buddy bring her home
finn: and the way it traumatized me from birth to the extent i still have nightmares about it daily and eventually i AM GOING TO MESS UP YOUR FRIDGE PHASMA KNOW THAT
rey: WHOO!
poe: uhh
finn: and also? your mom’s ugly! [slams phone shut] how was that?
poe: there are… some areas of improvement i guess but overall i liked your spirit
rey: YOU FUCKING CRUSHED IT FINN
finn: YEAH I DID REY!

diversehighfantasy:

i-just-like-commenting:

diversehighfantasy:

@chromiah

This is the kind of hostility I’m talking about.

You asked for examples, I gave examples, but they’re not good enough because they were telling the truth that Kylo is more important and the examples aren’t fans specifically saying “I want to see Finn sidelined because he’s black and I hate black people. White power!” That’s not how the vast majority of fandom racism works. It’s about implicit prioritization of whiteness, which is exactly what has been happening in the Star Wars fandom since January ‘16.

Wanting Finn to be treated like the main character he is is not using him as a weapon. Neither is noticing that, like Black characters in virtually every fandom, Finn is treated like he doesn’t matter, is boring, and is unnecessary. That’s not a weapon.

Reylo shippers saying Finn should have his “own movie” when he’s already the male protagonist in the ST (yes, including TLJ) is not supporting Finn, it’s supporting the idea that Finn doesn’t matter to the ST and would be a better character if he was cut out of it to focus on a character who just happens to be a white guy (what.are.the.odds). It’s not pro Finn. It’s same shit, different day.

To the person you’re replying to, literally the entire structure of The Last Jedi is based on the idea that Rey, Finn, and Poe are the new trio and the main characters. They are split up, each getting their own storyline, then brought back together for the big finale, with a camera panning over them saying they have everything they need…

Like, jeepers, Kylo exists to be the central conflict of Rey’s storyline just as Holdo is for Poe’s, and the unjust economic systems + Phasma is for Finn’s. And yeah, he got more screentime this time around because Rey’s story wound up becoming Luke’s story as well, and Kylo got to play double-villain as well. But stop looking at the awful posters and marketing and actually pay attention to how the film was built. Rey, Finn, and Poe are the main characters. Kylo is the villain who serves as the primary antagonist and foil to the main characters. That makes him important, yes, but he’s not a part of the new trio. Which is, again, Rey, Finn, and Poe.

Luke’s big speech spells it out, too. “This is not the end of the Resistance” (shot of Poe), “The war isn’t over” (shot of Finn), and “I am not the last jedi” (shot of Rey).

Oh, so Finn, Poe, and Rey were expressly made the heroic trio unlike what dipshits were saying about Finn, Rey, and “Ben” being a trio? 😂

plays-with-shadows:

Poe Dameron and Chirrut Imwe with Rainbow Lightsabers, inspired by what Oscar Isaac and Donnie Yen said in their interviews HERE.

Why does Chirrut get TWO rainbow lightsabers?
Because Donnie Yen can definitely wield two lightsabers!

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finnroseperfection:

xprincessrey:

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xprincessrey:

thelastjedicritical:

xprincessrey:

Reylo receipts .

I can’t believe they are just making jokes about racism now god I hate them so much

Why does she think she is allowed to speak over black and asian people who were uncomfortable with how these two characters were portrayed? And then make jokes about it?

Because she is the worst person ever she has said racist things about John ( and I think Kelly) I’m not black or Asian ( I’m Mexican ) but it made me uncomfortable how they where portrayed . It just so gross she think the racism is just a big joke to her just so she can’t shit her white ass ship .

I blocked her a long time ago. She’s super racist and problematic…

She told me she was making fun of Antis and that not okay . Saying fan who putting out antiblack stuff that was use for comedy is sick is racist .

@thelastjedicritical @xprincessrey I believe thesovereignprincess is Asian, as am I. You guys have been speaking over Asians and how upset they are about the way Rose has been treated by the fanbase. example 

And so many on here have reblogged that piece of fanart where someone said “fixed it” on the Finn x Rose scene where Rose saved Finn and replaced Rose with Poe. And calling Rose manipulative and abusive and a bitch and a downgrade from Rey? Again, Rose was doing her job, she stunned 3 other people that day. She is getting so much hate for that act but Rey hurt Finn in TFA and allowed BB-8 to hurt him, yet I’ve never seen Rey get called any of those sorts of names. 

Rose stuns Finn for trying to leave and that’s considered racist/problematic/abusive but Rey was able to assume Finn was a thief and treat him like one without giving the benefit of the doubt? I’d like for any of you to explain the discrepancy.

@finnroseperfection

Hi, asian here. 

The way rose is written is bad and it is very reflective of how real world asian communities (esp east asian communities) tend to be anti-black and generally racist to those of darker skin. If you are actually asian like you claim to be then you will be all too familiar with this in our community and really have no excuse why you ‘cant see how rose is anti black’.

There have been countless of black fans talking about the violent way rose treated finn and generally belittled him verbally is very reflective of how certain asians treat black people in real life due to their racism.

If you want someone else’s (better phrased) opinion on this, read @atoffandhisbobby‘s post on how Finn and Rose’s relationship and the way Rose is written as a character affected them as a Black Korean. 

if you want another asian fan’s view point on this i suggest you check out @lj-writes‘s blog. if you want another black fan’s view point on this i suggest you check out @diversehighfantasy.

I wonder why the idea that Finn was defenseless in that situation is so funny to @sovereignempress? Finn was unarmed and not threatening to Rose in any way. She was wrong to violently assault him, especially as a deserter because he was not part of the Resistance. In particular when unarmed Black people are murdered and assaulted at disproportionate rates because they are inherently seen as threats, Finn’s treatment is not something to laugh about.

And why is it funny that an Asian woman can be used in antiblack portrayals? One of the events that precipitated riots in Los Angeles was the 1991 killing of 15 year old Black teenager Latasha Harlins by Soon Ja Du, a Korean-American female shop owner. Du shot Harlins after an altercation, in the BACK OF THE HEAD, while Harlins was LEAVING. The physical altercation began with Du assaulting Harlins, because Du assumed the teenager was going to steal a carton of orange juice and did not see the money Harlins held in her hand to pay for it. Du was convicted of voluntary manslaughter but did not spend time in prison for her crime.

Antiblackness in the Asian community kills, and Asian women like me are a huge part of it. This is the context in which many Asians feel uncomfortable about Finn and Rose’s interactions and it is not funny (then again when is the Shitpress ever funny?). Not even going into @finnroseperfection ’s attempted derailment because no one said racist abuse against Rose/Kelly is ok or that Rey’s assault of Finn is justified.

Finn, the focal point in the conflict

kyberfox:

Since his rebellion at Tuanul at the very beginning of The Force Awakens, Finn has been posited as the center and in many ways focal point of the conflict between the Light and the Dark.

Not only is he the character that connects Rey and Poe, the two other members of the trio who have no interaction at all until the very last minutes of TLJ and even then their interactions makes it clear that their connecting point and relation to one another is Finn.

What is more he’s commands the interest of all the three main villains, not just Phasma and Hux who would have a natural interest in him, but Kylo is near obsessed with him in TFA. This is unlike any of the other trio members, Kylo’s interest in Poe is only for information and Hux and Phasma has no interest at all in Rey.

This not only makes Finn the bridge between the Jedi (Rey) and the Resistance (Poe) on the side of the Light, but also puts his squarely as the focal point of the conflict with the Dark side.

This position as the center of both military and Force related conflict is reinforced in TLJ at several points.

As previous mentioned he remains throughout the movie the bridge between the Jedi and the Resistance. He is the one who, when Leia is incapacitated, spares a thought as to how this will affect Rey and by extension the possibility of the Jedi being brought back.

His choice in this hopeless situation that the Resistance finds itself in, is to take the guiding beacon away so that Rey won’t run into an ambush when she returns. When he realizes that all is not lost he gives the beacon to Poe, entrusting him with that future as Finn himself once again runs off into danger.

Another point is in Luke’s words to Kylo where the movie cuts to each of our trio in turn, one for each line.

“The Rebellion is reborn today”, cut to Poe.

“The war is just beginning”, cut to Finn.

“And I will not be the last Jedi”m cut to Rey.

Again the story positions Finn in the middle of the conflict, a conflict that involves both a “mundane” military side and a Force side.

With all of this two points in TLJ become very interesting indeed.

The first is that Rey took the Jedi texts from the Force tree and it is Finn who discovers them in a drawer on board the Falcon.

The other is that when Anakin’s lightsaber broke so did the kyber crystal inside it, making a single legacy now divided into two parts indicating two future wielders. 

One we all expect will go to Rey. But with his position so squarely being set up to be both military and Force related, I think the second part belongs to Finn.

senatorfinn:

I mean you will all will jump at a meme making fun of Adam Driver not being nominated for some stupid because Star Wars fans are better than that, but have nothing to say to all the Adam Driver/Kylo fans on twitter harassing everybody and saying John Boyega did not deserve the award because he barely had any screentime. 

But honestly at least this finally has made you all come out and admit that Johnson was an asshole that cut the screentime from the blacklead just so he could drool over a fascist murderer. 

Or you are all just mad that even getting the shittiest storyline and barely any decent screen time John managed to take that role and outshone everybody else because Finn’s story even cut down will always be far more interesting that being told a 30 year old going around murdering people is “reliatable”.