Long time no see:/ I apologise, guys! Finally I’m back and here’s a quick pencil drawing after the long break. Oh, it’s so nice to be here again, I missed it so much.
“Holdo should have let Poe in on the plan!” is my least favorite TLJ criticism
When you watch the scenes, it’s pretty clear he’s in the wrong. It’s funny how quickly people forget chain of command when there’s a woman at the top of it.
First scene: Holdo has just assumed command maybe two minutes ago. Poe starts mansplaining the situation. “We’re dangerously low on fuel.” “Thank you for making me aware.” He keeps on ranting. It’s clear she’s looking at maps and analyzing the situation, but he won’t shut up. “We need a plan!” “Well, Leia just demoted you, so there’s no WE here. Go wait for my orders.”
Scene 2: Poe doesn’t even give her a chance to speak, makes assumptions when he sees she’s fueling the smaller ships, and calls her a traitor. As his commanding officer, she has no choice at that point but to have him removed.
The problem is that the audience is SO not used to seeing women in power that they assume Poe must be her equal. He’s not.
Not to mention that Holdo, who doesn’t know Poe at all except by reputation (which is that he’s reckless and was just demoted by Leia frikking Organa-Solo for disobeying her orders), would have no reason to tell him her top-secret plan to get them out of danger. He was not owed that information, especially since he had just disobeyed their General’s orders because he thought he had a better plan.
I love Poe, but Holdo wasn’t wrong not to tell him and Poe was wrong to be so focused on his flashy ideas of how war should work that he wasn’t willing to look at the big picture and let the people in charge make decisions.
I loved Pablo Hidalgo’s commentary on this from the weeks after TLJ came out.
Litmus Test For Boys: what are their opinions on Rose Tico and how willing are they to listen to basic reason on why Rose Tico is the best.
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