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Yes, we agree on that. I don’t think he was trying to piss people off, I just think he has no idea what it is to not see yourself on screen, what horrors LGBTQ+ people have gone through, and how much they want to see people like themselves in a futuristic fantasy.
I’m someone that wasn’t on board with StormPilot initially, because Finn’s motivation was so directly tied to his romantic interest in Rey. But they could have just kept Poe single and built on it in comics or novels where it’s safer. Instead they chose to ensure that wasn’t the case. That, by itself, was also insulting. Isaac said he played the character gay, and it would have been incredible to have a gay hero and protagonist.
I’m not trying to get Hal to change his edit, but I’ll defend the choice I’ve made and that the actor made.