It doesn't seem like an instinctive conclusion but to me a lot of things about Poe make sense if he is autistic (or otherwise neurodivergent):
-- his best friend is a droid -- he expresses emotions without restraint where most NT people would probably dial it back -- he makes a note of how well-made the TIE fighter is even while being shot at -- he doesn't seem disturbed by Kylo Ren's mask like other NT people might be (since facial features do not mean a lot to him anyway)
(I'm sure there are other connections I'm forgetting . . . )
I am open to gen, Finn/Poe(/Rey), Poe+Rey, Poe+Leia, or anyone else in the Resistance. I would prefer to read others being accepting and accommodating of Poe rather than thinking he is "weird" and having to be enlightened on neurodiversity. Rey is also easily read as autistic and I would love to see them bond over it, or maybe NT Finn not even realizing Poe is considered neurodivergent, he is just Poe.
Poe-centric, Poe/any - he is autistic/neurodivergent
-- his best friend is a droid
-- he expresses emotions without restraint where most NT people would probably dial it back
-- he makes a note of how well-made the TIE fighter is even while being shot at
-- he doesn't seem disturbed by Kylo Ren's mask like other NT people might be (since facial features do not mean a lot to him anyway)
(I'm sure there are other connections I'm forgetting . . . )
I am open to gen, Finn/Poe(/Rey), Poe+Rey, Poe+Leia, or anyone else in the Resistance. I would prefer to read others being accepting and accommodating of Poe rather than thinking he is "weird" and having to be enlightened on neurodiversity. Rey is also easily read as autistic and I would love to see them bond over it, or maybe NT Finn not even realizing Poe is considered neurodivergent, he is just Poe.