Female fans: OMG Poe is so not your annoying macho asshole type of male action hero we are sick of! Don’t mess this up Lucasfilm, he could be such an amazing, badass, mature, sensitive man with confidence but also grace, IT’S A NEW AGE.
Oscar Isaac: I’m a fucking class act, Poe Dameron is a fucking class act. *whispers* And I’m just gonna keep saying he’s gay until it’s true.
The tie-in novels/comics: Poe is a good leader whose most influential heroes are women, he respects the hell out of women.
Rian Johnson: Nah I’m just gonna use this guy as a straw man to punish fanboys for loving macho asshole action heroes by having him put in his place by a white woman. You’re welcome feminists, I'm a GENIUS.
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