User blog comment:ILoveRichardHarmon/Finn dead/@comment-26500342-20151118033551

I think the difference between people not forgiving Finn whereas they have been more lenient with other characters comes down to the fact that Finn murdered innocent people, seemingly unprovoked. Yes, he thought they had Clarke. But they were unarmed. They posed no threat to him or Murphy. And still, he continued to shoot them for attempting to make a break for it (can you blame them?). Something he could have done better was have Murphy watch the Grounders as he searched their camp.

Let's take Bellamy's actions now. The only deaths he was responsible for was those he killed in self-defense (ex. Dax), due to him breaking the radio, and the people in Mount Weather. First of all, he had no idea that 320 people would die due to his actions when he destroyed that radio. And when he found at that they would, he made an effort to send a message to the Ark so that they would not kill those people. It failed, but that blood isn't on his hands -- it is on Jaha, Kane, and Abby's. Sure, he acted selfishly by destroying that radio, but only because he didn't want to die. It was a douchey move, but forgivable. He didn't kill those people; he had no knowledge they would even die.

As for Mount Weather, they left him and Clarke with no choice but to irradiate Mount Weather or surrender. It was a provoked attack. They had a reason, even if it wasn't necessarily a heroic thing to do.

Murphy, on the other hand, has a lot less blood on his hands, but maybe it's less forgivable. I'd argue that those deaths were provoked, but not really justifiable. Honestly, I think the only reason his murders are overlooked is because he is a less major character. In fact, his character has changed so drastically some people probably don't even remember he killed anyone.

Now, I don't mean to offend because I'm assuming you like Finn, but the reason people probably don't care as much about his death and are less willing to forgive him is because a lot of people just didn't like Finn. For Season 1, he was a pretty flat character, mainly providing conflict through the love triangle with Raven and Clarke and, otherwise, his conflicted romance with Clarke for the remainder of the season. Unfortunately, their romance fell pretty flat among viewers and many people had created their own ships excluding Finn. For this reason, there was little sympathy for Finn's death.

I, personally, wasn't a huge fan of Finn in Season 1, but I started to like him more in Season 2. The character development for him was very effective and it furthered the plot. I would say that if he had not died, Clarke wouldn't have fallen into that downward spiral (or it wouldn't be nearly as drastic) and the entire plot probably would have changed. I don't see anything wrong with his death.