[ star wars writers: we sort of forgot that poe had a canonical veteran father.
finn makes a face. it's a rare day when he doesn't make a face, because he is dramatic.
han solo was so easy... he just constantly argued with and judged him, which han probably missed having in his daily life after packing up a bindle and going back to his family-free depression mode. finn was in peak stressed form. no room for hero worship or thinking about his choices.
right now it's like, at all costs he must not approach this man like he would approach han solo. this is a parent parent. a parent in the parent position. not like a fellow soldier in the trenches becoming a friend who also happens to be older and have kids. a person poe always talks about as being a good and kind and wise person and a great dad.
someone... who deserves manners. ]
I'll settle for not not liking me. [ neutral is still in the safety zone. he can have a sustainable farm with poe and their droid children in his fantasies if his imaginary father in law is ambivalent.
finn gives poe's shoulder a squeeze. the intricate rituals... it occurred to him that he might be infecting poe with anxieties over a simple human interaction. ]
Even if he does have a problem, it's okay. Okay? I'm not gonna take it personally.
[ he doesn't want poe to worry that he'll think kes dameron is a jerk if he ends up going "i kinda don't want an ex-stormtrooper on my couch."
when someone has beef with him when they hear where he's from, it's usually just that they have a larger and more complex beef with the first order. which is a beef that finn also has. realistically, the hostile part doesn't usually last long before they're all doing epic handshakes about how much fascists suck.
it's never been an actual personal thing.
he actually kinda feels better reminding himself of that.
if he hadn't skipped his homework and had read all the sequel trilogy supplementary material, of course, he'd know that kes is a scholar and a saint and all this worrying has been for nothing. ]
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finn makes a face. it's a rare day when he doesn't make a face, because he is dramatic.
han solo was so easy... he just constantly argued with and judged him, which han probably missed having in his daily life after packing up a bindle and going back to his family-free depression mode. finn was in peak stressed form. no room for hero worship or thinking about his choices.
right now it's like, at all costs he must not approach this man like he would approach han solo. this is a parent parent. a parent in the parent position. not like a fellow soldier in the trenches becoming a friend who also happens to be older and have kids. a person poe always talks about as being a good and kind and wise person and a great dad.
someone... who deserves manners. ]
I'll settle for not not liking me. [ neutral is still in the safety zone. he can have a sustainable farm with poe and their droid children in his fantasies if his imaginary father in law is ambivalent.
finn gives poe's shoulder a squeeze. the intricate rituals... it occurred to him that he might be infecting poe with anxieties over a simple human interaction. ]
Even if he does have a problem, it's okay. Okay? I'm not gonna take it personally.
[ he doesn't want poe to worry that he'll think kes dameron is a jerk if he ends up going "i kinda don't want an ex-stormtrooper on my couch."
when someone has beef with him when they hear where he's from, it's usually just that they have a larger and more complex beef with the first order. which is a beef that finn also has. realistically, the hostile part doesn't usually last long before they're all doing epic handshakes about how much fascists suck.
it's never been an actual personal thing.
he actually kinda feels better reminding himself of that.
if he hadn't skipped his homework and had read all the sequel trilogy supplementary material, of course, he'd know that kes is a scholar and a saint and all this worrying has been for nothing. ]