i drew all the resistance kids (as actual kids) ❤ – please don’t remove caption or repost without credit
Tag: poe dameron
A portrait commission of Poe Dameron for @jwaynedohnson !! Had so much fun with this.
I’ve been debating whether or not to speak up because I usually don’t? But I feel this is important.
As a Latinx, more specifically a 1st generation latinx immigrant raised in the usa, watching the last Jedi, especially Poe’s arc, was soul crushing.
Where I’m from watching a weathy well dressed white woman belittle and patronize a latinx is an everyday experience. Latinx suffer all sorts of indignities because we know with just a word from them we could lose our jobs or worse.
How many videos are there of white women shouting slurs at us, threating us with police and deportation because they’ve just assumed because we are latinx we must be undocumented? And those of us who are undocumented suffer the most at their hands. How many rich white women take advantage of undocumented latinx? How many of them have nannies and housemaids they hire and underpay? Your ‘angry white soccer mom’ meme mighy be funny to you but most undocumented latinx fear shitty people like her.
Its so easy for them to devastate someones life.
I could rave and rant about the shit my family and I have suffered at the hands of wealthy white women but instead I’ll remind you that over 50% of white women voters voted for Trump and Roy Moore.
They had every opportunity to make Holdo a strong statement against those percentages. They didn’t.
So if you watched tlj and hail Holdo as a feminist savior I’ve got bad news for you. Your white feminism isn’t cutting it anymore.
Finn can see the beauty of what would once have been.
Jedha, once majestic, and galactic center of spirituality, first forgotten by an apathetic galaxy that no longer cared, then occupied and stripped by the Empire, only to finally be reduced to a broken shadow of its former self by those who had already robbed it of its heart.
guess i should thank rain j for turning poe into the “toxic male character” 😦
This sucks this whole article sucks and I’m so fucking tired that Rian managed to take an amazing, incredible, compassionate character and just kneel him down for every white feminist to take their gross ass pot-shot at him I fucking hate Rian I hate Lucasfilm I hate Kathleen I hate Disney and I hate Star Wars for giving us this utter garbage
if you need a pick-me-up put on the radio and sing along, changing all “baby”s to “buddy”s and “BB”s as warranted.
i think its very valid that poe “antifa” dameron took holdos liberal ass quote about being the spark to restore the republic and made it “we are the spark that will light the fire TO BURN THE FIRST ORDER TO THE GROUND”
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!
Shara and Poe and BB-8 ❤️❤️❤️
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? 😂
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