#thank GOD for greg rucka is all im saying

[wickedpact]

just wanted to thank you for posting about all the podcast news, you are singlehandedly keeping this fandom on its feet AND keeping me from internally combusting

glad to be performing a service! (*´∀｀*)

[wingresistance]

T.R.O.S. initial thoughts - 

under the cut & subject to enhancements post a second viewing, of course

hello, hello, thank you for returning to my humble abode. i watched tros last night and slept on it before typing this out this morning so it’s been mulled over in my subconscious a bit, hopefully. the fact i’m able to sleep at all is a miracle. i remember the post tlj-debacle where i stayed up till 4am writing a 1500 word commentary on all of it. this is chill. 

the biggest takeaway from all of this is that it is very much a combination of what jj planned for the eighth movie and combined with the nine. it is a speedy run-through of ‘here’s what should’ve happened’ and ‘THIS IS MY VISION NOW’. pacing was definitely rushed and underdeveloped, esp points like rey palpatine or finn being force sensitive or even the trio interactions. while i understand there’s been a time-skip, tlj was just so bonkers and separated the trio to an extent that it’s definitely jarring to abruptly have them be thrown together in this one. still adored them though. i respect and actually like that they bicker, and while the execution was a bit odd, it does feel natural to their characters, especially with rey and poe’s personalities.

it was great, finally, to have that dynamic between those three, and i wished it could’ve been elaborated more. there are scenes that i’m not sure would’ve been necessary but also would not make sense if they were removed (again, because of the two-in-one scenario here).

i’ll leave the meta for other characters to other people or perhaps to another post. we’re going into poe centric territory here. 

pros

poe making strategic decisions and growing into himself as a leader. honestly let the man rest. but between ‘the rise of resistance’ and this, there’s more of a growth and him rising to the occasion, though the trajectory of how it happened or exactly what he has to grow from is not how i envisioned (read: poe was right in leading the mutiny in tlj). poe leading the flight team at the end battle is *chefs kiss* amazing. 

poe talking to leia after her death. i have been SAYING poe is leia’s parallel. him being her acting general and immediately co-delegating to finn? thank you.

poe utilizing his contacts and having street smart skills. im living my best life in terms of the verse i envisioned (we’ll talk about the backstory part in a bit). light speed skipping? we stan

poe flying the millennium falcon. yes. yes. yes. YES. 

cons

oh oscar, we’re really in it now.

the spice smuggling affairs of the past. ok, ok, which smart-aleck thought this was the best backstory to give the latino character? while i appreciate the more underbelly, gotta do what is necessary aka cassian andor vibe of that whole scene, i will say that the implication that poe has had that as a career some point in his life is bonkers. i’ve seen a couple theories thrown about on how that could’ve been an undercover resistance job, and i would’ve loved for that to be explained more than just left hanging and letting audiences assume what they wished. i have also in fact confirmed that they intended for him to have left his home at 16 and join this before leaving five years later and HONESTLY. i was, and am, mad about it, so I don’t know if i’ll do the undercover resistance concept or try something else. i will have to think further about this. WE DO NOT DISRESPECT KES DAMERON AND SHARA BEY IN THIS HOUSEHOLD. 

in any case, please read ‘before the awakening’ by greg rucka aka the master of poe storytelling. poe joined the new republic academy when he was young so disney just retconned themselves like they always do which NO SURPRISE.

his interactions with zorro bliss. while i liked her as a character and would love to know more about her, the forced straightness of it all. oof. i cringed so hard at the awkward flirting like god i can’t even comprehend. did i truly expect a finnpoe moment? no. but i would’ve preferred they left poe open-ended in terms of his sexuality than put this weird dynamic on him. i swear my face was stuck in a single expression for fifteen minutes after that. i can’t read it as that being a characteristically poe thing to do, and i just......nah. please don’t. was it even necessary? no, but disney took one look at finnpoe and went ‘gotta find my way out of this’. abusive and traumatizing relationship? yes. supportive lads with chemistry? nope. 

jj: oscar, please, please act straighter.

oscar: kiss my ass. also finn and poe are in a relationship

general. general. 

as a whole, while i did feel poe progressed, it really was like two steps backwards, one step forwards kinda thing, you can’t really scrutinize this movie too hard because it all falls to shambles once you do. it’s a lot of fluff, but i don’t feel like there was much weight to it. 

while i am not as mad at it as i was at the last one, i can’t really say much in terms of pros either. it’s not a well-executed nor written movie, but it was a ride from start to finish. i won’t be putting much stock by it for my own writing aside from elements here and there, but i’ve gone my own way since tlj and i’m not looking back. 

this is our canon now. we’re free.