Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25112275-20141218163520/@comment-24.99.67.19-20150106184855

First to FloaterJ, you said that doing things like killing characters makes you want to come back and see more. It has had the exact opposite effect on me. I won't deny that this is a good show. I like it, and Finn's death was very effective. But the character meant so much to me that I'm not sure I can handle coming back. I'll be wanting scenes with Finn, and knowing he's gone from the show for good, will just keep that wound open. Even if I manage to watch, my enthusiasm for the show took a huge dive, and I'm indifferent now to a 3rd season.

One thing that was clear about Finn was that he was a romantic and an idealist. So yes, love meant a lot to him, even the less romantic love he eventually felt for Raven. So regardless of how long he'd known her, I found his love for Clarke believable. This part of his nature informed the choices he made. Right down to the end, he was always acting out of love. He also seemed to have a low tolerance for frustration. Remember how he was throwing things when Monty fried the wristbands? There are other examples of that, too. He didn't cope with stress all that well. It seems the writers built on these two aspects of his personality to legitimize his committing mass murder,  I still found his descent rather rushed, though.

I think in season 1, Finn served as a moral counterpoint to the other characters; although sometimes he was a bit naive in his idealism. But if Finn wasn't more interesting (although I thought he was), it's due to lazy writing, IMO. It could be that he was put there just to bring him to this gut wrenching end,( in addition to the writers being able to  say, "We're special because we're not affraid to kill off a main character.")  That, to me, has a note of cruelty.

Anyway, Rothenberg confirmed that Clarke really did love Finn. I never doubted it. I could see that in her behavior whenever she was in danger of losing him. Some people thought words would have been louder than action, I guess. They needed to hear it, and so, by the way, did Finn. Clarke's flaw is that she wasted so much time holding back when they had so little of it to be together.