Talking and laughing would be good enough for me for a start. Establishing them as friends for a while now, especially since there’s been a time skip and they’ll have gone through some shit together offscreen.
I want Poe wingmanning for Finn and Rey, poking at Rey to talk to Finn about her feelings. She swats at Poe, too nervous to talk to her own best friend.
I want Finn and Rey doing the same for Poe, encouraging him to ask out Lando’s super-cute aide (who also happens to be Lando’s son and is played by Chadwick Boseman i can dream ok) and, when Poe insists the guy is out of his league, take matters into their own hands by trapping Poe into talking to him alone.
I want them to have real drama together, like Finn wants to help the Stormtrooper uprising and Rey, still upset about his attempted self-sacrifice at Crait, is strongly against his taking such a risk. Poe tries to mediate and strategize, but his worry for Finn still shines through. And, of course, they’re coming with him and won’t hear his objections.
I want them in ACTION together, Poe in sniper mode again and Finn and Rey cutting a swathe through the enemy with Poe watching their back.
I would love it if they confronted Kylo Ren together, the three people he tortured, wounded, and manipulated facing him off side by side, the true successors to the heroic trio he would have all butchered if he weren’t such a flop.
I want to see them celebrating together, hugging and kissing. I want to see Finn spin Rose around in the air, I want to see Rey squeeze Poe until he begs for mercy, I want Finn and Rey to share an epic victory kiss (and Rey would be the one to dip him, of course). I want them to revel in the joy of victory and of being alive with each other in a galaxy that is once again free from terror.
I loved everything about this list!
Side note: In the TFA visual guide it says Poe has his mother’s ring as a necklace that he intends to give to his partner one day.
Imagine if we see one of Lando’s kids wearing Poe’s mother’s ring and we don’t find out till a little bit in the film that Poe got married to him and the baby casting notice is a refugee baby Poe and his husband adopted
It’s a tinfoil hat theory, but I think it’s sweet.
*dies from sweetness overload* Also it would be a way to overcome Disney’s homophobia by having nothing too overt on screen while also making it BLINDINGLY clear.
The marriage and adoption could have happened before EP-IX.
Star Treck Beyond did it and JJ produced the film and he loved the idea.
JJ loved the idea that Sulu was a gay character and liked how it was handled in a way that wasn’t controversial, but natural. If that’s the direction JJ and Oscar want for Poe, I can see that happening.
I feel like Disney could fix what they did to Valkyrie when they cut the short clip that confirmed she was bi-sexual.
Maybe the Rebels gain refuge on Cloud City with Lando, and Poe’s counterpart in coordinating their resources is Lando’s heir Ekino. Or maybe Leia decides to take a page out of their enemies’ playbook and the Resistance become a mobile strike force (I mean there are few enough of them left…), with Ekino being Lando’s liaison. Poe and Ekino grow close as they talk supplies and strategy, and Poe sometimes wonders what this devastatingly handsome man who is brave enough and generous enough to pour his fortune into and risk his life for the fight against the FO sees in him. He wonders if this make him a gold digger while Finn and Rey inform him that he is ridiculous. Ekino himself can’t believe that this daredevil and hero, the acclaimed pilot who flew so many missions for THE Leia Organa, actually returns his feelings.
Their feelings get a little complicated and they start seeing each other less. When begging Poe to just talk to Ekino doesn’t work Finn and Rey trap them into a one-on-one meeting, and Ekino confesses to Poe that a part of him always sought meaning in his life beyond his riches, that he yearned to live up to and even surpass his father’s heroism. But now that the universe has tragically given him all too much of an opportunity he is afraid, though glad to serve, all the more because he has a new fear–losing Poe. They lean into a long, sweet, kiss.
By this time Kes has barged his way into the Resistance despite Poe’s entreaties and threats to stay safe on the family farm. ”M’ijo, I’ve been here before. If you think anywhere is safe try turning on the holos for five minutes.” He, Leia, and Lando exchange knowing looks as they watch Poe and Ekino falling deeper and deeper for each other. They, along with Lando’s spouses Kaasha and Lobot, plus a holoimage of a smiling Shara that Kes carries everywhere, are there for the ceremony when Poe gives Shara’s ring to Ekino and Ekino, in true Calrissian fashion, gifts him with a dashing cape.
Why the hell you trying to give me diabetes with that sweet shit? Black Squadron at the wedding cheering Poe on like goofballs. Jessika and Rose sharing a dance, Finn being the best man, Rey talking Poe out of cold feet, Kes and Leia bonding over their lost spouses and having a sweet friendship, Rey and Finn realizing their relationship might go deeper than friendship, Chewie in a space Tux, and Poe happy!
Fuck we need some fics. Give Poe a husband, you cowards!
I thought I was the only one who shipped Jess and Rose! It’s awkward because I previously shipped Jessika with Paige; put the two headcanons together and you get one fucked-up tragic premise. And aaahhhh I love wedding romances so much–Finn and Rey dancing together to slow music, looking into each others’ eyes, each wanting to speak but afraid to, yet their eyes say it all…
Karé is in the wedding party and catches the eye of Ekino’s maid of honor, his sister Yamina, who is an artist of galactic acclaim and gives a stunningly beautiful performance at the wedding that leaves everyone in tears. Yamina is played by Janelle Monáe with sky-blue hair and no body paint, because this is CANONICALLY how Twi’lek genes work when mixed with human ones.
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Finnrey!
As usual, I got my monthly gift from @sephiramy . Finn is Krypton’s favorite son and Rey is his favorite lady. This is honestly utterly adorable and I couldn’t be happier.
So someone stole this art from my blog so please reblog this post. This is the orginal art in its original state
Can someone do a where are they now? Please I hope they love IX!
They got married and were featured in Brides.com last year! (Link) They gave all the guests lightsabers at the reception I can’t with these nerds 😂 They were raising money at the time for Victor (Finn) to adopt Addie (Baby-8), and it looks like that went without a hitch because the Brides.com article refers to Addie as their daughter. Yay!!!
Another fact I haven’t seen discussed much is that they are members of the LDS church and were married at Newport Beach Temple (link). They seem like such a loving, committed couple and parents, and I’m endlessly happy for them. TFA was worth it if only for these two to go viral and raise money for the adoption 😢
Finn didn’t have many sexual encounters, unlike some of his First Order cohorts, he didn’t have the luxury of starting a relationship; but he certainly wasn’t a prude. He discovered practice of pleasuring himself during his adolescence – he would spend hours in bed touching himself imagining the day his future soulmates hands would touch him so sacred and intimately.
Rey touching him was much different than he imagined; as the hands weren’t soft; but rough from hard work. But she worked him just the way he liked it slow and delicately causing harsh breaths to leave his lips and gently slip his fingers through her hair. This what he loved about her; they were still learning about each other, what they liked, what they desired, and yet she knew him so well.
Send me a NSFW headcanon and I’ll write a 5 sentence ficlet about it 👀👅
There are a lot of weird arguments made against FinnRey but I think the weirdest is the idea that their obvious close friendship precludes a romance. Leaving aside the real world fact that a friendship is one of the most solid possible foundations for love, this argument suggests it doesn’t work in fiction for two reasons:
Firstly, that friends-to-lovers isn’t a popular romance trope unlike, say, enemies-to-lovers. Which is honestly such bollocks I don’t know where to start. Best friends falling in love is the entire plot of When Harry Met Sally, which is one of the most successful and influencial romcoms of all time. Not to mention Mulder and Scully – the ship that literally launched shipping.
And then there’s the argument that friends-to-lovers romances are dull and lacking in drama. To which I can only say, have you ever fallen in love with a close friend? Omg, it’s agonising!
There’s SO MUCH dramatic potential in friends who fall in love, each believing it’s unrequited. Because how do you know what’s love and what’s friendship?
When Rey hugs Finn and she holds it just a little longer and he so much wants to believe it means that she feels the same as him, but he knows he’s just kidding himself because isn’t that the way she’s always hugged him.
When Poe teases Rey about Finn holding her hand and she blushes and for fuck’s sake it’s blindingly obvious to everyone that they’re head over heels for each other. But Rey just brushes it off as Finn being Finn.
And then they *stop* hugging and holding hands and touching because they just can’t bear longing for it to be what they’re convinced it isn’t. But then they start wondering why the other one is suddenly so distant and oh, oh, what if they’ve fallen in love with someone else?
Falling for an enemy would be a physical risk, yeah . Kylo Ren could hurt Rey – he already has and no doubt will again .
But falling in love with Finn is much much more dangerous. If she messes up, if she tells him how she feels and he doesn’t return it, she hasn’t just lost the love of her life – she’s lost her best friend too.
If that isn’t drama, I don’t know what is.
Not only do they have potential for relationship drama, they each have their own traumas and fears to work through, too. They’re honestly one of the best relationships, romantic or platonic, I have seen in fiction.
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