One of my most least favorite things about TLJ was how Rey and Finn’a relationship seemed to just be forgotten and left behind. In my opinion, they were absolutely amazing together, but what happened to it? Any opinions, views, criticisms, theories, etc. so long as they’re respectful are welcome and much appreciated.
Whatever happened to Finn and Rey’s romance?
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Until about a week prior to TLJ, story-wise, Finn had been so dehumanized by the FO throughout his entire lifetime, he hadn't even given himself a name. In other words, regardless of how old he appears, emotionally speaking, he's probably a severely traumatized adolescent at best. So, he's probably not ready for any kind of romantic relationship. He's basically 7 of 9 a week after her de-Borgification.
... Granted, at no point in either movie has he remotely acted like anyone who's spent a day in a military, so despite Boyega's charismatic performance, his character has been a complete failure from the start. Basically, I won't ever be able to take him seriously until the writers do, nor will I care in the meantime.
... Granted, at no point in either movie has he remotely acted like anyone who's spent a day in a military, so despite Boyega's charismatic performance, his character has been a complete failure from the start. Basically, I won't ever be able to take him seriously until the writers do, nor will I care in the meantime.
A hug after finding each other on the Starkiller base...I think that's as close as we get.
Yeah. I never saw a romance developing between Rey and Finn myself. Now, Finn and Poe, on the other hand, that seemed a very obvious thing in TFA only to be completely ignored in TLJ.
Yeah, what romantic relationship?
Fin was head over heals for Rey.
Rey didn't notice.
Rey didn't notice.
Finn appeared to have a crush on Rey but I don't think they were ever romantically involved. I was hoping they might in TLJ but it wasn't to be, I suppose. I don't mind Rose/Finn but I absolutely do not like Reylo.
"Whatever happened to Finn and Rey’s romance?"
What romance?
Fan-shipping does not equal a Canonical romance plot.
What romance?
Fan-shipping does not equal a Canonical romance plot.
He doesn't act like he's been in the military, let alone a completely draconian military where your every thought and action is policed and controlled.
That said, Boyega is definitely great and I found Finn to be one of the bright spots of the messy TFA. I found him to be one of the most emotionally accessible characters in the entire franchise.
Yes, there is a whiff of a crush from Finn to Rey, but other than that, just friendship.
One of my few gripes about TLJ was buying that Rey and Poe hadn't met before and I didn't like what was clearly supposed to be a spark of attraction between the two of them during that first encounter.
Rey/Poe would be the least interesting pairing they could do. Bleh.
In my mind, DRUGGED Rey was in a box the size of an oil drum for ten years plus, being brain washed on an iPAD and trained to be a storm trooper.
They open the can, and he should be good to go as a perfect killing machine.
They open the can, and he should be good to go as a perfect killing machine.
Because he had already decided to not fight for the First Order. He had a stronger commitment to his squadmates, and watching one die was the breaking point for him.
If its there (I must have missed it on my two rewatchings) then I don't see it being followed through.
He followed her on a suicide mission.
There was no reason for the two of them to stay in proximity for more than a few minutes unless, he'd noticed that Rey is above average attractive, and he'd been locked in a can for the last 10 years, so this was the first young woman Finn had seen ever, if his life before the can had been erased.
Phasma is a girl?
Part of his brainwashing should have forbidden fraternizing in the ranks?
There was no reason for the two of them to stay in proximity for more than a few minutes unless, he'd noticed that Rey is above average attractive, and he'd been locked in a can for the last 10 years, so this was the first young woman Finn had seen ever, if his life before the can had been erased.
Phasma is a girl?
Part of his brainwashing should have forbidden fraternizing in the ranks?
Doesn't matter. He acts just like a normal, goofy dude. Doesn't matter that he changed his mind, it was still the only life he had theoretically known but he doesn't act like someone who is seeing the "real world" for the first time. Like, at all.
Which part did you miss? That they met for the first time or that there are major vibes coming off of them when they do?
Agree to disagree on that point.
The major vibes part. Regardless, I'm doubtful it will come to anything.
Come on! If you didn't know he was an ex-stormtrooper, the moment he leaves the FO ship, he's just like a goofy, ordinary guy. You'd never guess that was his backstory. At all.
I tend to agree and I really hope you're right. At this point, it's way too late in the life of the franchise to suddenly make ANY romantic pairing happen, except maybe Finn/Rose. Anything else would feel forced and too little, too late.
The seeds for Han/Leia, by contrast, were planted in the first film in the OT. (then again, so were the seeds for Luke/Leia!)
It's a life he wants to turn his back on, to "run away" as noted. I would not describe him as a "goofy, ordinary, guy."
If you lived in France all your life, but jumped ship in the US to search for a better life, you'd still speak, talk walk and act like a Frenchman. You don't flip a switch and become a different person in a blink.
He's very goofy. Most of the humor in TFA comes from Finn. What movie were you watching?
