welcome to my theory corkboard with strings and pins and stuff have you stopped today to think……
finn and jannah on those horse things for the VF photos… one white horse one black horse… yin and yang, balance, interconnected halves….
long lost force sensitive twins trope rise
I am speculating that they might represent different aspects of the relationship to the Force, but I love that idea, too!
oh that would be especially badass! these movies don’t get enough into how people actually like, relate to the Force and different ways that manifests, etc.
Like, I was originally thinking of Rey as a priestess and Finn as a prophet of the Force: Rey as the one who preserves and brings back the sacraments of the Force (the lightsaber, the sacred texts) and obeys its will even when she doesn’t understand or agree (don’t kill Kyle Ron? ugh but ok), and Finn as the one who has a unique relationship with the Force and renews its covenant (seems to have Force immunity, may have awakened the Force in Rey and possibly the stable children) while treating the Force in an intimate, even irreverent way (”We’ll use the Force!” “May the Force be with you” as a playful throwaway line).
Then I stumbled onto Jannah’s name meaning “paradise” in Arabic--seriously, most of the search results are about Islam and not SW--and really looked at her picture, and now I’m thinking of Jannah as more of the prophet figure and Finn as a regal one. She is the voice in the wilderness, staring into the far distance at a future only she can see, and while Finn has elements of Force spirituality his primary domain is war and defense, as a king’s has been throughout history. Saying things like the galaxy will rise up against the First Order, is willing to die for that belief? Definite political figure, with an even broader view than Poe whose primary concern is with the Resistance and its enemies. Poe leads; Finn rules. His possibly having unique connections to the Force is no hindrance to his being a kingly figure, since kings can have unusual spiritual powers such as healing hands.
*joins you in front of theory board, adding new pictures, rearranging strings, and gesticulating wildly*