[ space slave army has nothing on interaction with waitresses who just don't give a fuck. he hates it. but he does it.
and you know what, it's fine for poe to stare at the table, because it leaves more room for finn to stare at him. maybe it's more caps for the gallery.
it's not. poe looks certifiably Done. he looks miserable. he looks like he maybe has no idea what he's doing or why he's here. like he almost wishes that he could even want to be a person who wants to give up. and this speaks to finn more clearly than "everything is gonna work out" and "you're not going back ever" and "i have a plan".
honestly, they couldn't actually take the empathy out of him if they'd had him in reconditioning for a year. there are reflections here of things he still does know what to do with.
being also impulsive and half on a date with the abyss, finn uhhh
goes??? for the hand grab? he thinks he's doing it right? it's literally the first impulse that crossed his brain. want to help, not sure how, grab hand. his face says maybe he is prepared to have his moderately gay content brushed off. and he maybe can't maintain eye contact for very long bc he definitely has no idea what he's doing, but you know what. it's already happening and at this point he's committed to Trying. ]
We're a team now. [ wow. romantic. how does he say 'i plan to try very hard to make sure you don't die because you're good and i can tell and i'm sorry i keep making this hard for you.' by not fuckin saying it at all, what's the next best sentiment that might cover it. ] I look out for my team.
[ there there.... poe rebelman. he guesses. he probably could have just said Thanks at any point.
it should scare him more to say that. he got in hot water for that exact kind of empathetic bullshit with slip, and he should definitely know better, but he can't look at poe's face and know better at the same, currently. ]
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and you know what, it's fine for poe to stare at the table, because it leaves more room for finn to stare at him. maybe it's more caps for the gallery.
it's not. poe looks certifiably Done. he looks miserable. he looks like he maybe has no idea what he's doing or why he's here. like he almost wishes that he could even want to be a person who wants to give up. and this speaks to finn more clearly than "everything is gonna work out" and "you're not going back ever" and "i have a plan".
honestly, they couldn't actually take the empathy out of him if they'd had him in reconditioning for a year. there are reflections here of things he still does know what to do with.
being also impulsive and half on a date with the abyss, finn uhhh
goes??? for the hand grab? he thinks he's doing it right? it's literally the first impulse that crossed his brain. want to help, not sure how, grab hand. his face says maybe he is prepared to have his moderately gay content brushed off. and he maybe can't maintain eye contact for very long bc he definitely has no idea what he's doing, but you know what. it's already happening and at this point he's committed to Trying. ]
We're a team now. [ wow. romantic. how does he say 'i plan to try very hard to make sure you don't die because you're good and i can tell and i'm sorry i keep making this hard for you.' by not fuckin saying it at all, what's the next best sentiment that might cover it. ] I look out for my team.
[ there there.... poe rebelman. he guesses. he probably could have just said Thanks at any point.
it should scare him more to say that. he got in hot water for that exact kind of empathetic bullshit with slip, and he should definitely know better, but he can't look at poe's face and know better at the same, currently. ]