Shipping Wank in The Force Awakens

My question is if they would've said anything if people shipped Poe and Kylo as Poe was in the same position as Rey

Given how small the anti-Darkpilot (Kylo x Poe) tag is and how anti-Reylos, for all their raving about they don't like Darkpilot either, but don't waste a much of their time to rant about how "problematic" the ship is and how some of them turn out to actually ship it, you can bet your ass they probably would have no issue with that ship and/or actually be all too happy to write/read fics about Kylo Ren kidnapping Poe and making him bear his mpreg love-children (I hate saying that because I do read mpreg, but truth is truth).

That said, a lot of the shipping wank is definitely due to Fake Geek SJWs. Notice how many of the the most vocal and violent anti-Reylos have only watched TFA or at least watched the older films a long time ago and have very little memory of them, and tend to check off the SJW traits checklist. Older fans tend to know better that acting like Reylo is the worst thing in the Star Wars universe is ridiculous, given the type of romantic relationships that are rife within the EU and SW videogames.

I also think butthurt plays a role in the Reylo backlash. People can cry all they want about how shipping isn't a popularity contest, but I'm pretty certain that a good number Finnrey shippers are not at all happy their ship ain't popular, so they take it out on Reylo because it makes the perfect scapegoat, not because it's the most popular ship. Contrary to what people think, Reylo is only the third most popular TFA ship; the most popular is Stormpilot while Kylux takes second place. But of course, going after those either/both of those two ships can only end in disaster. Finnrey fans can't (really) go after Stormpilot, because no matter how "progressive" Finnrey is, it's still a heterosexual ship, and involves a pretty cis white woman (big no-no for tumblr that hates everything, white, het and/or cis), while Stormpilot is a slash ship between two "PoC." Plus, they probably know that no matter how popular Stormpilot is, it most likely won't end up canon because of Disney not wanting to upset the homophobes. Kylux? What's the point in gong after it? It doesn't interfere with Finnrey. There's a higher chance of it not becoming canon, not only because it's a slash ship but also because Kylo and Hux hate each other and one or both of them will end up dead. So there's Reylo: it's a white, cis, straight ship that not only interferes with Finnrey and is popular, it has some chance in becoming endgame. Despite what people think, Disney isn't a stranger to promoting unconventional/non-hero/hero ships nor is Abrams.

TL;DR, SJWs and butthurt Finnrey shippers who want their OTP to be the most liked ship and strategically pick their scapegoats are to blame for the shipping wank in the TFA fandom.

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