Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25176701-20150119013621/@comment-25176701-20150410180818

Finn
"Finn having a mental disorder is nonsense"- No, he actually did have PTSD. He showed many symptoms of it.

"Finn his motivation were not for the 47 but for Clarke"- He went to the village looking for Clarke, however, he didn't kill all those people because of Clarke. He killed them because he snapped due to his PTSD.

"seeing this thought he was going kill them all so why not put up a fight if you're already going to die."- The thing is, they weren't going to die if they had just stayed put like they were told! Finn only started shooting once they started running towards him (with the exception of the first guy who tried to run away). Finn was starting to leave the village but they were impatient and couldn't wait like another 5 minutes for him to finish leaving the village. If they would have listened to Nyko, they'd still be alive. After Finn shot the first man who was running, he did not continue shooting because the other Grounders did not run towards him. Finn began leaving the village again but this time Artigas ran towards him and tried to kill him. Finn, out of fear, shot him. Finn stopped shooting again because the other Grounders remained where they were. However, he only started shooting for a third time once the mob of angry Grounders tried to kill him because he killed two of their own. In conclusion, since Finn was only shooting at the Grounders MOVING it was a stupid idea for the Grounders to do the SAME EXACT thing that caused the first two people to die.

Bellamy
"it was not just his but also Kane's they equally share the blame"- I disagree. Kane does share some blame but not as much as Bellamy. What Kane did wasn't selfish. He was thinking about the survival of his people. He went by the "Sacrifice the few to save the many" motto. I never agreed with that motto, however, many characters on the show must agree with it. It occurred many times (The Culling, handing Finn over to the Grounders, Tondc bombing, pulling the lever that killed the innocents in BMHBP2, Lexa's deal with the MM, Jaha throwing Craig over the side of the boat, Jaha wanting to abandon the 47 in Mount Weather and lead his people to The City of Light, etc). The Ark was dying and Bellamy knew this, yet he proceeded to destroy the radio. I don't care if it was indirectly, but he killed those 320 innocent people. If Bellamy never would have destroyed the radio, the Culling never would have happened.

Conclusion
"They screwed up that's it Bellamy and Kane got away with it Finn didn't"- That's what bothers me the most, though. Bellamy didn't even get into trouble for killing those 320 Ark citizens for his own selfish reasons. Maybe he does have to live his whole life knowing that he caused those deaths, and maybe he did redeem himself by the end of Season Two. However, in real life, he would not have been pardoned for it since he he destroyed that radio on purpose and not accident. Everyone also knew what Kane and Finn did. Bellamy kept his massacre a secret. To me, that is cowardly. He should have at least told people that it was his fault. Kane has to live his whole life thinking the massacre was all his fault, when really it was Bellamy's fault, too.

As for Finn, I didn't like how he got to walk around camp after the massacre took place. He should have been put in prison (until the war with the MM was over) so he could not hurt anyone else. I don't think he deserved to die, though. The war changed him. It messed him up, badly. He didn't ask for that. He didn't choose to be a victim of the Grounders' violence. We know he was a peace-loving, good person in Season One. He cared about peace so much that he died to make it happen and to keep his people safe.