Okay. We'll see what happens. Thanks for going out of your way to explain.
[ He isn't about to say it's totally cool and no big deal, because does he believe this yet, 100%? Not quite. But there's a lot to chock up to Finn's threshold when he's still keyed up about something. The longer things go without an overdramatic magical-fascists attack, hour by hour, the better he's gonna be about this. Getting the clarification at all is a big point in Taako's favor.
Also noted: the other guy from the post is in fact "oh yeah my friend would totally build a death trap literally right here" Loki. ]
How did you meet Rey?
[ meeting poe is easy as hell, poe goes out of his way making friends. rey is always a special case. ]
She works for my main man, Cisco. We kinda ran into each other through him.
[This is a lie. They met during the memory bullshit, but Taako isn't the type to snitch about that sort of thing, even to a friend of Rey's. If she wants to tell Finn the truth, that's fine, but he won't be the one the spill.
Cisco is his main man, though, that's definitely true.]
[ That's three for three on generally trustworthy people who would probably vouch for him. Which is good, if he's good. Finn doesn't take references from just anybody out there. ]
I think I don't understand you. I think you like it that way.
I'm just some dude, kinda weird I guess but not like, anything completely whack. I don't give much of a fuck what people think about me, is that throwing you off?
[aka: Taako does whatever the fuck he wants, expectations or reactions be damned.]
I don't know. Maybe. I don't know anyone like that. Nonconformity is nonconformity, but I figured it can only go so far before people have to care how it looks.
For the record, when I pictured it, the line was usually somewhere before pretending they want to overthrow a quarantined moon.
[ He's getting over it. Ish. As much as he gets over or chills out about anything.
Even with Rey and Poe, there are holdovers of putting on fronts, of having things on their shoulders that they don't want people seeing. Of course he only knows like 6 people and only 2 of them particularly well by any standards, so.
Local lawful alignment attempts to understand chaotic alignment tonight at 11. ]
I'll tell you the secret to like understanding all the shit I do
99% of my motivation is getting attention 🤷
[There could be a contradiction in this, about wanting attention while not caring what people think, but at the end of the day Taako wants people to like the genuine version of himself. He's never going to water himself down to be more palatable.]
[Finn is kinda intense but Taako is reserving judgements until he knows him better, and he would like to get to know him better, since Poe and Rey are both pretty rad.]
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[ And quickly following that: ]
I've definitely heard I'm a hard sell on humor, but I can't see how it was supposed to be funny.
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[tbh it was mostly Loki with that particular angle, but Taako isn't such a dick he can't accept a little responsiblity.]
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[ If there's a motto that truly covers the Star Wars Spread, it's "I don't trust like that."
He... appreciates the gesture, still. Even if it's more of an assignment. ]
The two of you were a lot less long-winded than them, though. If it helps.
love when i forget to close my html
But, yeah, not evil. I mean, Loki's a dick and so am I, but I'm way too lazy for any kind of world domination
look it adds flair
[ He isn't about to say it's totally cool and no big deal, because does he believe this yet, 100%? Not quite. But there's a lot to chock up to Finn's threshold when he's still keyed up about something. The longer things go without an overdramatic magical-fascists attack, hour by hour, the better he's gonna be about this. Getting the clarification at all is a big point in Taako's favor.
Also noted: the other guy from the post is in fact "oh yeah my friend would totally build a death trap literally right here" Loki. ]
How did you meet Rey?
[ meeting poe is easy as hell, poe goes out of his way making friends. rey is always a special case. ]
i appreciate the lie ty
We kinda ran into each other through him.
[This is a lie. They met during the memory bullshit, but Taako isn't the type to snitch about that sort of thing, even to a friend of Rey's. If she wants to tell Finn the truth, that's fine, but he won't be the one the spill.
Cisco is his main man, though, that's definitely true.]
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[ That's three for three on generally trustworthy people who would probably vouch for him. Which is good, if he's good. Finn doesn't take references from just anybody out there. ]
I think I don't understand you.
I think you like it that way.
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I mean, I do love to cultivate an air of mystery
But I'm sure a lotta people would tell you I'm a pretty easy person to read. What about me is baffling you, my dude?
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I don't think there's anything that doesn't? I don't understand anything about you. I don't know you.
Except that you use magic and have a bad sense of humor. Maybe that just means I'm bad at reading you.
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I'm just some dude, kinda weird I guess but not like, anything completely whack. I don't give much of a fuck what people think about me, is that throwing you off?
[aka: Taako does whatever the fuck he wants, expectations or reactions be damned.]
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I don't know. Maybe. I don't know anyone like that. Nonconformity is nonconformity, but I figured it can only go so far before people have to care how it looks.
For the record, when I pictured it, the line was usually somewhere before pretending they want to overthrow a quarantined moon.
[ He's getting over it. Ish. As much as he gets over or chills out about anything.
Even with Rey and Poe, there are holdovers of putting on fronts, of having things on their shoulders that they don't want people seeing. Of course he only knows like 6 people and only 2 of them particularly well by any standards, so.
Local lawful alignment attempts to understand chaotic alignment tonight at 11. ]
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99% of my motivation is getting attention 🤷
[There could be a contradiction in this, about wanting attention while not caring what people think, but at the end of the day Taako wants people to like the genuine version of himself. He's never going to water himself down to be more palatable.]
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Right. I'll try to keep that in mind.
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So we're good, right?
[Finn is kinda intense but Taako is reserving judgements until he knows him better, and he would like to get to know him better, since Poe and Rey are both pretty rad.]
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Yeah. We're good. No subjugation in the works.
I'll be holding you to that.
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Taako's pretty big on freedom
[He also occasionally talks about himself in the third person like a fucking weirdo.]
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[ Taako is an absolute fucking weirdo. Lesson learned. ]
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Thanks for being cool about it 😘 See you around, darling