"It took me a while to realize it but Clarke, Bellamy, Raven; they consistently rationalize Finn's actions because they LIKE Finn. He's their friend. Yes, he killed 18 people but fuck them; they were Grounders and Grounders have been trying to kill us since we landed.
Abby doesn't want to give Finn up because of her relationships with Clarke and Raven; THEY care about him, so she does too. Sprinkle in a liberal amount of guilt over sending Finn out to find Clarke/sending the kids to the ground in the first place there we go.
Jaha, Kaine, the Ark survivors; they're ready to throw Finn to the wolves because fuck that guy! He's a murderer. EVEN WORSE, he's keeping the Grounder from accepting the truce. They don't really care about the people he killed- because, again, they're Grounders so fuck'em- but they care that his presence is keeping them from being safe.
The only group that treats the massacre with any weight are the Grounders because they are the only group that was personally effected.
For me, this line of thought changed the Finn storyline from a shoddy bore into a clever examination of moral myopia."
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"It took me a while to realize it but Clarke, Bellamy, Raven; they consistently rationalize Finn's actions because they LIKE Finn. He's their friend. Yes, he killed 18 people but fuck them; they were Grounders and Grounders have been trying to kill us since we landed.
Abby doesn't want to give Finn up because of her relationships with Clarke and Raven; THEY care about him, so she does too. Sprinkle in a liberal amount of guilt over sending Finn out to find Clarke/sending the kids to the ground in the first place there we go.
Jaha, Kaine, the Ark survivors; they're ready to throw Finn to the wolves because fuck that guy! He's a murderer. EVEN WORSE, he's keeping the Grounder from accepting the truce. They don't really care about the people he killed- because, again, they're Grounders so fuck'em- but they care that his presence is keeping them from being safe.
The only group that treats the massacre with any weight are the Grounders because they are the only group that was personally effected.
For me, this line of thought changed the Finn storyline from a shoddy bore into a clever examination of moral myopia."