lots of good posts out there are asking the question, âwhat is Poe and Leiaâs relationship like?â, and i believe this important discussion would be enhanced approximately 3000% by the knowledge that these two nerds are #space latinxs.
And yeah, the entire goddamned galaxy knows that Leia is a Skywalker and Skywalkers are as pasty as the snow on Hoth, but these are Leiaâs adopted parents:
(played by Jimmy Smits, whoâs Puerto Rican, and Rebecca Jackson Martinez, whoâs Filipina)
These were the people who changed her diaper, who fed her and sung her lullabies. Leia is an Organa, and totally an adopted #space latina.
And then Leia loses it all when Alderaan was destroyed. She lost bolero music and the smell of plantains sizzling in the pan. She lost thunderstorms on the beach and peanut vendors shouting in the streets. Â She might have gained a brother and a family tree, but her history is twisted and dark and none of it can replace the smile in her fatherâs voice as he called her nena.
Her friendship with Shara Bey has got to feel like getting a little bit of that back.
Just a little, because Yavin IV isnât Alderaan, but when Leia mutters âcoñoâ at a failing engine Shara says, âel modelo GX1 no incluye uno de esos.â Kes Dameron makes a mean tamale, and is only a little horrified when Leia calls them âpasteles.â (Kesâs tamales are sweeter than Leia remembers, made with corn like her dadâs side. Her momâs folks always made them with rice.)
This is the home where Poe Dameron is born. Â Leia is his general, but sheâs also the woman who called her dad a cabrĂłn when he wouldnât pass her the rum. Â She once yelled at Poe for twenty straight minutes because he pulled a risky maneuver mid-battle, shouting that Poeâs life is worth more than that, his plane is worth more than that, only to stop him out the door with a quiet, âpero fue de pinga.â Â Itâs a complicated relationship.
After all, itâs a cold galaxy. Â Space Latinxs gotta stick together.
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