A Commander is privy to classified intel; a Captain is not. Just to clarify for those with no military background, THAT'S WHY SHE WOULDN"T TELL HIM. HE DIDN'T HAVE THE CLEARANCE AND WAS NOT ENTITLED TO KNOW.
Here's a great article about that arc in the film.
She's just fabulous and amazing and I need to watch it again with my expectation blinders OFF because honestly? It took me a bit to figure out where they were going with this movie. Once I did, I loved it, but yeah, not having that expectation of, "But...action guy! Plucky underdog hero! We love Poe! Don't we love Poe? What's happening?!?" that I went into it with.
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Date: 2017-12-22 02:34 am (UTC)And ROSE. I loved Rose so much.