ereini0n:

apprentixe:

ok so I watched TFA after not having seen it for ages and I was taken aback by how angry hux is under the surface. just… simmering. I remember discussing this way back when but I guess I kind of forgot. fanon can take on on a life of its own, and in fic hux is often written as being very steely and calm (guilty of this myself.) and to a degree, he is. but I think it’s worth nothing that this is hard-won: he puts in the effort to maintain his composure. this discipline is important to him. he isn’t naturally the icy, unruffled villain, at least not once you take a good look at him. he isn’t a first order tarkin. in phasma he’s described thus: “confidence, vitality, sureness… and yet there’s something cruel and savage in the man.” I’m interested (and hopeful) to see more of this duality in TLJ. 

I also think that calmness is a facade he wears like another greatcoat.

He’s not an “independent contractor” like Ren – he must serve as example to thousands of soldiers, and if he expects them to conform, and desert their individuality, he must serve as example of a perfect ice-cold machine.

But that’s not what he is underneath.

He’s like Dupont in ‘Equilibrium’, who doesn’t take the feelings-suppressing drug, but in public must pretend that he does, to lead by example.

Hux feels everything, but he’s seen what chaos comes from people who act on those feelings (his own co-commander is the latest example), and he has no choice but to hide behind his own mask.