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Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

I am not against the ship at all but can someone please tell me where Hux/Poe is coming from? Is it based in the real people who play them's relationship??

It seems mildly popular so it's going beyond rare pair status. Just curious, the movie is not fresh in my mind but I don't remember Hux and Poe ever even stepping foot on the same planet. (Although they were both on the ship when Poe was captured, I guess?)

Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

The actors were in a movie called Ex Machina (which I may have spelled wrong) together, and had a lot of chemistry both on film and especially during the press tour. It probably comes at least partly from that. (Like how there were lots of Bane/Blake fics for The Dark Knight Rising, despite the fact that the characters don't share any screentime, because of the actors' previous popularity together in Inception.)

Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

This.

Oscar and Domhnall had some adorable interviews together for Ex Machina. I don't know if I'd want to see Hux/Poe on that alone, but it sure makes me want some Oscar/Domhnall RPS.

Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

srsly

where is the rps?

Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

RPS usually makes me uncomfortable, but I'd get over that for Oscar/Domhnall. Going off of their interviews, I feel like they'd be very happy and giggly together.

Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

Domnhall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac starred in Ex Machina together, which is a movie about two guys sharing a house together for a week (and lady robots.) They have a really interesting dynamic in the movie, and clearly like each other in real life. Their interviews together are generally very funny, and Gleeson joked at one point about being excited to see Isaac and that they were going to hold hands walking down the street together.

Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

Is there a term for this?
Shipping characters who never met or deal with with eachother, because their actors played more shipable characters in another movie?

I remember lots and lots of Bane/John Blake fics over at Nolanverse Batman, and call me crazy, but I think that was due to the actors playing the very shipable Arthur and Eames in Inception, not because Bane's and Blake's chemisty.

Anyway I don't mind.

Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

Shipping characters who have never met or dealt with each other is kind of my bread and butter for some reason! It's not quite a pair the spares situation, as for me a lot of it comes from shipping more minor characters who don't get a lot of screentime period. A lot of it really will come down to actor chemistry offset though- sometimes because that's literally all you have to go off of.

I shipped Moriarty/Mycroft really hard (before they actually interacted in canon, and so believe you me that was Christmas) and a lot of the fuel was actor stuff offset.

Also in this instance, most of the Ex Machina fic is noncon. :/

Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

Moriarty/Mycroft was so easy to see as canon after that interaction, in a twisted dark way.

Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

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[(Anonymous)]

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[(Anonymous)]

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Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

Haha, wow, like no one has ever had more than one fandom in their life?

Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

This reddit AMA they did together probably didn't hurt either... http://romulanholiday.tumblr.com/post/116996322024

Re: Hux/Poe pairing?

[(Anonymous)]

That reddit AMA is a thing of beauty.

Their buzzfeed interview is just as wonderful: http://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinharris/oscar-isaac-domhnall-gleeson-ex-machina#.bhD5kBvNV