GargouleMasthead managing editor-in-chief an isang, ‘content editorin-chief sofa champion production manager ‘ves huntsman merkar treasurer erin holliday carts & culture maya morgan & ema kelly opinions Iocashentsman meskar avant-garg Isobel carnegie Siam p. bryant polities sofia champion grace Kovacs copy-editor ‘bole moser distributor frida cerna sal annika Joshua bienstock ‘adtaiccalin ‘bhi jh, kitkeaton Honesty some peso nese Inever_seen_starwars 15 pois” ‘ing beter tod than berate people for tings they genuinely eps 30 hours ago 1 mean, 1 gt that i's 3 bg even Wars, ight? You cant be mare four. 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Serre ve songs ep me poses that aly poseaig tres eee quick playlist, : = repression efor ater, But this is more ike a Compliment side salad toa sour ace journeyWho Carries the Burden of a Fan Community? or, “god why do queer-and trans ppl have to save everything, our backs hurt so much, fuck.” Fam p. bryant Incase you haven't seen it yet, his is a spoiler tarning for the first two movies nthe third Ste Wars rflogu! Folks who write fanfiction are the absolute backbone ofthe creative economies that spaen from modern media, More specifically, hose writers with entities whose very same media Underrepresent thet. Inthe cas of tar Wars, one such pairing (eitimatey dub FinnPoe), provides the hagest, the faction in question usually Concerns the pairing ofthe ex-storm trooper Finn and the rebel statchld Poe Dameron Why I Love (American) Thanksgiving tuey stark ob, you thought Thanksgiving already happened? You thought yo were justified in ‘elebrating Christmas alread)? 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As the name would PINIONS To provide some context all throughout the first movie the origins and character ars ofthese to characters are indelibly intertwined. The basic recounting oftheir tale Superstar Poe Dameron i captured by evil nasty bos Ke Ron while oa mission Stormtrooper FN- defects from his brainwashed upbringing and saves Pc, stealing a THE Fighter and shooting out ofthe ship ater a realy cool and kinda sexy escape Dae, they bond lke nobody’s business. Poe ‘even gives Stormtrooper FN-1a name cause his ‘doesnt git roll ofthe tongue andi kinds fascist: Finn After their new enemy crash ands them 08 “aki the planet where the rest of the plot ‘atches up, they spend the rest ofthe movie trying to find eachother Both thinks the other has perished in « sandy doom; Finn finds only Poe's ack nthe wreckage, sn after focling stra veht, is [rounded bythe only notion of him ‘Eventually after moc shenanigans, they find each other again on the rebel planet of ‘avin 4, bome of Resistance. The st thing they ‘ois run towards each other and embrace ~ Poe Sees his jacket, Finn offers to give i back. Poe Tooks him over, ites is ip, and with a cheeky ‘rin, implores him to kep it. "Itlooks good on Sou", heads | kattors Note; Ifyou don't believe this isan securate retelling, watch the clip on YouTube Ana inthe second move, they take it all avay with the introduction ofa female love terest for Finn, who has no connection or sie for him asa person Also doesnot save him or havea viable ‘character are that intersects with itn And its then, at this pot tha fanfiction comes fin Saving te character ates thatthe directors have thrown aay They literally ba to try harder to make them aot fall a ove, and it tras so event to everyone else tha within fe Star Wars fandom, FinnPoe remains one o the most poplar paring. ‘Some of th bet iterature that Ihave read on ‘Wattpad.A03 (ucke) and FanFiction Net Ihave been about things that directors should have done, on stuff that was underserved. All for fre. ll forthe people, salable al the ime, “There's no point tots article other than to sy tht gy people rock and the straights need to get with Don't weit characters that lend {themselves to homosexuality and then make them straight that's e0 straight of you dude, Ae Jay-Zonce ssid AMABHBBBADS, ut that passin a Sarcophagus. They spend the rest ofthe movie saving each other and working up their posible relationship it youre hungry, welcome tomy bran. Tm act thinking about systemic racism and how it has plagued the course of American history. 'm thinking about Thanksgiving fod. ‘And ifyour grandmother ever stars to fat shame Jou, dont wory: you can aways drown Your Xorrows in endless sweet potato marshmallow casserole But only recently have I discovered why 1 hold such an aft fr this particular holiday 1 grew opin an interfaith hoaeehol my dad is Jewish ny mom i Quaker, Obvious perks we clebrated both Chanukah and Christmas, a J days of presents December. However even though [loved enting elt and waking upto treatlled Chstma stocking, Talways looked forward to Thanksgiving more than ether of thee holidays Thanks, Thanksgiving, A few woeks ago, my’ dad told me that when my brothers and were younger, he and my mom etively teed to not compete wth each other to ‘See who could have the dominant December olay Instead of going all-out for ether [Chanukah or Christmas they put their combined energy into Thanksgiving. As seealar holiday Thanksgiving ws the perfect opportunity for my parent to exert ther shared extra-ness and ove bt good food and eeat the most joyful, unified holiday sprit of al. We would invite both sides ofthe family everyone from my Jewish cousins to my Quaker grandmother. don't have large extended family on either of my parents’ sides, sobeing able to combine the two families for Thanksgiving created that large family chaos that Falways ened in cheesy holiday movies, This why Thanksgiving trumps all: i's a day of Jove and gratitude, with no religous affiliations. 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MY DOOR, N- Movies Make Me Want to be Dead i need a new hope lucas hunteman merkur Being highly opinionated person ie the most important quality for opinion editor. Thave a Jott thoughts about things In the words of my oommate"You have too many words about things Please stop explaining your 2.2. brainstorm abot calelating roughly how old Batman will bein the new Rober Pattinson remake. dont aretha they haven't cast Robin Set" But Id care that they havent east Robin The modern film franchise phenomenon has burt me out, Lean’ build any expectations about Rise ofthe Skywalker becatse lst ime | ‘went into» Star Wars fim, I aed oat hur Confused, and deeply regretting my overpriced ‘opening nah ticket. There was asx month period where Iwas tid, discussing what I trould have done diferent with anyone I could Tosp into «conversation But eventoally Thad 0 Stop. Thee was n closure for me. 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