#rosefinn

them: what about rey and kylo

Let’s not talk about a possible ending -

Rose & Finn Undercover in Canto Bight

The bow tie was out for him. The droid Poe - Captain Dameron - had supplied him with for the mission was either programmed to be a masochist or (and this was what Finn suspected), Poe himself had ordered the tiny bot’s nimble fingers be set to “strangle” when dressing Finn in one of the five smooth suits he’d been supplied with. Revenge for trying to get out of this mission, he supposed, and he dug his fingers around his collar to try and get some relief from the satin noose.

Noose. Fitting, he thought to himself, moving down the hallway of the Canto Bight hotel neither he nor his partner for this terror mission could ever dream of affording, but at least she’d gotten the less violent BB-8 to help her dress.

For the Resistance, and all that, his head auto-ducking while passing a giggling human-alien couple sloppily moving down the hallway. He sighed, pushing his sweaty palms down his tuxedo pants - forgetting their cost for a moment because he was wondering, for the eighteen millionth time in the past hour, why he and Rose were even on this stupid run Poe’d deemed of upmost importance after the death of General Organa.

“We need either DJ or the Master Codebreaker if we want to hack their systems, yeah?” A smart-ass smile and Finn felt his heart drop. “Your choice.” Finn’d felt Rose tense beside him, her tiny frame radiating quiet but resigned disapproval. “You guys are the only ones who know the place. What they both look like.” Poe spread his hands and sat wide-legged on the bridge’s command desk. “You in?” Rose spoke first. Agreed first. Of course she did, and within hours they were on a ship Finn was sure Poe’d stolen “for the cause”, a bunch of clothes cut to their measurements in an hour by a bunch of droids on board along with a cache of weapons Finn knew for sure were stolen - but at least he knew how to use them. They’d spoken little as they made their way to Canto Bight, the light speed pulling them out of their trajectory and into Cantonica’s orbit, but Finn clocked Rose’s gentle pulling of her Haysian Smelt necklace at a speed of about twice a minute. It was only when they got their docking clearance did Finn mutter “what the hell are we doing?” His response was a shrug, as she moved the landing gear into position - “what we’re supposed to.” Finn reached her room finally. They’d booked rooms apart, to avoid any of the guards recognising them from their last eventful excursion to the capital, but their forged documents, savvy clothing, ship and money spoke for them. He knocked, BB-8′s beeps happily moving towards the door and eventually opening it. “Hey buddy,” Finn said, patting the droid’s head to a chorus of happy chirps telling him Rose was in the side room finishing getting dressed. “So she is a girl after all,” Finn laughed, not entirely sure what the sentiment meant, but Poe’s eye rolling towards the women in his fleet taking “forever” to dress for occasions made Finn think it was appropriate here. Rose, in his experience, took about four seconds to get ready, and he was curious about the large bags holding her clothing for the mission that seemed to take up more space than both of them put together.

“You ready?” he called out, so not to startle her when she eventually came into the room. “I’m -” there was a small crash, causing Finn to stand and BB-8 to chirp-laugh. “It’s okay, yeah. Just - new territory. Two seconds.” Finn sat back down, ignoring BB-8 rolling in a conspiratorial way.

“You’re prepped?” Finn crossed his arms across his jacket. Uncomfortable. Hands on pants. Sweaty; expensive. How did people wear these things. “BB-8 briefed you, right?”

“Yeah, I -” another crash, smaller this time. “Geez, how do - yeah, I’m good. We act like patrons, using the cash the Resistance put forward to the casino for us. It’s enough for - what is this thing...no wait - um - yeah, it’s enough to get the owner’s attention. He’s already called up.”

Finn blinked, standing. “He did?” 

“About an hour ago.” An ‘ouch’ followed this, and Finn smiled.

“It went okay?”

Rose stuck her head around the corner and glared at him. Her hair was up, off her neck and in an elaborate Alderaanian style BB-8 must have pulled out in honour of General Organa. She had makeup on - something Finn had no idea about in general, but to him it seemed BB-8 had helped her apply it in all the right places. Red lips, rosy cheeks and then. Then, there were her eyes. Her dark, beautiful eyes highlighted by lashes and sparkles and Finn sat down abruptly without breaking eye contact. 

Her eyes, that now moved from regarding him crankily to a look of - something Finn wasn’t sure of; she seemed to look him up and down in his tuxedo of torture quickly before disappearing behind the wall. “Yes, Finn,” she almost squeaked, before a quick cough dispelled it and brought her patented ‘cranky-at-Finn’ voice back. “I handled it like the fancy lady I was supposed to be.”

Finn stood again and began pacing, feeling suddenly from Rose’s expression when seeing him like maybe he did look the part. “Play big spenders, get into the high rollers room, find the Master Codebreaker, bring him back. Easy. Right. So we’re ready?”

He’d not been ready for when she stepped around the corner into the room. She’s all white ice sparkles, soft curves in see-through fabric and a breath of beautiful, brunette fresh air - it’s like he’s been smacked in the face by an ice storm on Hoth or her home planet of Hays Minor. Heels peeked out from under the hem of the dress - a small wobble as she walked towards him, but she had quickly collected herself - and Finn feels his face going red. She looks..he’d shook his head, trying to clear it. The mission. It’s just Rose!, and he had a flash of her kissing him on Crait, except this time its under the stars of Canto Bight and she’s in a dress he’s not even sure how she got into it fits her so well. It’s just Rose, and he suddenly had wanted to remember this moment forever.

“What?” She looked visibly panicked for a moment, pulling at the delicate fabric, her hair, her face. “I look terrible? Ugh, I told BB-8 it was too much but -” 

“No.” Finn moved forward, offering his arm to her. “No. It’s -” and he again ducked his head, but for different reasons than in the hallway - “It’s perfect. You look...”

BB-8 beeped happily, saying what Finn was thinking out loud as if a mind reader.

“You shut-up!” they say in unison - was she thinking the same thing about him? - before laughing and the tension slightly alleviated. 

“Shall we?”

Rey went to save Ben

Ben saved Rey

Rose saved Finn

stormpilot is canon don’t @ me

rose and finn can stay a badass duo pls

reylo has good chemistry 🔥 but I need Ben to sort out his shit before it’s official (Adam Driver is a pure soul that deserves all the love in the world tbh)

luke sasswalker is my entire life

Rose Tico AND Finn having a prominent role in the main plot (REQUIRED)

Finn being Force sensitive (REQUIRED)

Rey being happy about Finn and Rose’s relationship

Rose being happy about Rey and Finn’s relationship

Rey getting a dual lightsaber

Rey and Rose being friends and interacting and passing the Bechdel test

EDIT: I forgot to mention bc it should never occur to anyone controlling what happens in ix but also

I AM NOT HATING ON ROSE!!

But Rose & Finn SHOULD NOT get together. That said let me get into my arguement.

Rose & Finn should not get together because Rose Tico is a major Finn Fan-girl. Rose does not know Finn properly, and she idealized what he might be like in her head before she even saw him. In order for the romance to make sense they should either:

Have Rose & Finn date, break-up do to fundemental differences, then return to the concept off not meeting your heros (also not dating/marrying someone you just met).

OR wait for the relationship to mature past the point of Finn being a war hero, let time pass, return after a year at war and say that Rose & Finn understand each other well enough to have a healthy relationship.

For me not even Rey & Finn make sense as a couple because Finn developed a strong attraction to Rey seemingly out of nowhere but force bond(?) and vanity. Finn also may not have had a normal relationship before. Finn put his neck on the line for Rey every chance he got, but Rey only got mad cause Ben nearly killed him and thats her connection to him.

I think it depends how you define “happen” though that is a complicated spoilery thing to explain. The short answer is: It didn’t not happen. Depending on how you define Reylo it in fact happened in spades. But this movie wasn’t really about traditional blockbuster romance in any direction. If anything, it was all more like watching kids on the playground. But: