#star was xii

I think a lot about the fact that if either Finn or Poe’s genders were flipped, there would be no shortage of fans who shipped them after scenes like this

They support and care for each other, hell Poe gave Finn his real human name

It’s ridiculous because a glance like this

Or the reflexive protection perfectly encapsulated in this

Would essentially be a clear indicator a director planned to make a het relationship canon.

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Now I am all for boys being touchy platonically and having strong friendships, it can and should be normalized. However, when you could flip the gender of one character and ~*suddenly*~ have it become a swoon worthy romantic moment, I think that’s clearly something else.

Though I have little to no faith in Disney to make my boys canon, I can only hope one day in the near future, we will get the rep we as LGBT deserve in this casual, wholesome, friends to lovers way, without persecution, and without expressly having to have a dramatic coming out.

Sorry for the rant. I have a lot of feelings