…Okay, not really. But I am going to be severely put out.

I’ll admit that I’ve been a die-hard Rey x Ren shipper since The Force Awakens. There’s never been a Sith/Jedi hook-up in the movies before, and just the idea of it is hot as fuck. Although I’m under no illusions that they will actually end up together—despite Episode 8’s vicious teasing with the mind-links—the thought of Rey getting paired up with Poe of all people makes me want to go crawl under a space rock and never come out.

Let’s see here: shirtless Knight of Ren, or dunder-headed Resistance pilot? Even if there’s a chance Rey might still be related to him, the choice is clear.

On a more realistic note, up until the final scenes of The Last Jedi, I’d been operating under the assumption that Rey and Finn would be the main couple this Star Wars arc. And I was cool with that. Finn’s obviously a major character–and a compelling one at that.

The random and frankly annoying team-up with Rose in Episode 8 threw me for a bit of a loop, but I shrugged it off thinking, “Okay, they’re just trying to throw in another love interest to spice up the inevitable Finn x Rey match-up.” In other words–a good old-fashioned love triangle.

But then right before the end of the movie, Rey and Poe all of a sudden have this prolonged eye contact aboard the Millennium Falcon, and it was like I had the rug pulled out from under me. It wasn’t just a look of recognition or respect. It wasn’t just your run-of-the-mill staring contest. It was a full-on, tension-laden MOMENT.

There’s no way an interaction like that doesn’t hold some heavy meaning. And from what I’ve read online since watching the movie, I’m not alone in this line of thinking.

So I beg of you–J.J. Abrams, Rian Johnson, Universe–please, please don’t do this to me. Not only do Rey and Poe have essentially zero interaction in Episodes 7 and 8, but Poe is a total dunce. He’s like a poor man’s Han Solo. The best thing he ever did was bring BB-8 into the picture.

Honestly, Poe wasn’t that bad in Episode 7. He did play a key role in destroying Starkiller Base. But his litany of screw-ups in Episode 8 made me lose all respect for him. Early on in the film, his recklessness and immaturity results in the whole bomber crew getting wiped out, and his petty insubordination at being justifiably passed over in favor of Vice Admiral Holdo not only results in more needless deaths but nearly gets Finn and Rose killed as well. And of course the offensive he leads against Kylo Ren and his forces fails spectacularly. Basically he just sucks at everything in Episode 8, and yet Rey is looking at him all misty-eyed at the end of the movie after SHE saves his fleeing ass?? How the hell does that make sense?

Please. Poe Dameron is a hot-head and a moron, and our kick-ass heroine deserves lightyears better than that.