Not sure if I’d like that either. I’ve never really liked shipping in general. Two fictional characters hooking up just seems like a completely inconsequential thing to get all worked up about. There are far more important issues with this movie that should be focused on instead.
I get that. I was against it until Abrams made LGBTQ+ representation part of the marketing campaign, only for it to be two unnamed characters in the background of a wide shot.
They had incredible chemistry, and Oscar Isaac not only wanted the romance but played scenes up with that intention. Zorri was only put in the film to solidify that both characters were straight… which is kinda insulting. Of all the things to bog the film down with, shouting “no homo” with a pointless cameo for one of the director’s friends while selling the opposite idea to the public was just messed up. I’ve adjusted my cuts to help fix this.
I guess I just don’t understand why the lesbian kiss at the end made you want to change Finn and Poe to be gay purely out of spite. It was a dumb PR move, but I don’t understand why the entire trilogy needs to be restructured because of it.
And I really don’t see how Zorri was intended to show that Poe is straight. Literally no interviews with the cast or crew support that idea, and I doubt that they’d go out of the way to piss some people off. It feels like one of those ideas that angry Twitter people came up with, and no one questioned it.