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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 8876472" data-attributes="member: 3400">She corrects him about his own ship on issues that she knows about - specifically the modifications made on Jakku after it has left Han's possession. And Luke as a Jedi mentor is a particularly broken person because of his experiences. Rey's experiences with Han and Luke differ from Luke's with Han and Ben because they're ALL different people with different relationships. Following the exact same path, about being put in their place, wouldn't be better writing - that's what would be lazy.The problem isn't that she's better (though, let's face it from Empire, Han isn't the best mechanic, even with his own ship). The problem is they never given the opportunity to work together as that 'golden trio' until movie 3. Ray and Poe barely intersect in the first and the second movie completely separates them like with Empire but without giving them the Hoth segment first. The fact that Rey is particularly the separated one, more than even with Luke's separation in the original trilogy, doesn't mean or even show she's better at everything at all.It is sexist to hold Rey accountable for things that male characters skate by on whether it's Luke's immediate mastery of the Rebellion's most sophisticated star fighter or Anakin's antics. And those arguments come up SO often that it seems clear to me the difference is how the sex of the character interacts with the viewer's self-projection and heroic wish fulfillment and how resentful toxic fanboys get about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 8876472, member: 3400"] She corrects him about his own ship on issues that she knows about - specifically the modifications made on Jakku after it has left Han's possession. And Luke as a Jedi mentor is a particularly broken person because of his experiences. Rey's experiences with Han and Luke differ from Luke's with Han and Ben because they're [B]ALL[/B] different people with different relationships. Following the exact same path, about being put in their place, wouldn't be better writing - that's what would be lazy. The problem isn't that she's better (though, let's face it from Empire, Han [B]isn't[/B] the best mechanic, even with his own ship). The problem is they never given the opportunity to work together as that 'golden trio' until movie 3. Ray and Poe barely intersect in the first and the second movie completely separates them like with Empire but without giving them the Hoth segment first. The fact that Rey is particularly the separated one, more than even with Luke's separation in the original trilogy, doesn't mean or even show she's better at everything at all. It is sexist to hold Rey accountable for things that male characters skate by on whether it's Luke's immediate mastery of the Rebellion's most sophisticated star fighter or Anakin's antics. And those arguments come up [B]SO[/B] often that it seems clear to me the difference is how the sex of the character interacts with the viewer's self-projection and heroic wish fulfillment and how resentful toxic fanboys get about it. [/QUOTE]

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