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There is a review of "Spacewalker" that reflects on Finn as a character. I think it's the best way to realize his significance. I can't paste a link here, but you can cut and paste it.

www.mythconception.net/#!single-post/cp8e/53F2C1F6-3AEB-4D7E-4D7E-9877-250BB4068161.

If this doesn't work, try googling Mythconceptions, and click on the "Spacewalker" review.

I found Finn to be a counterpoint to the bad boys, who included Bellamy at the time. He was a sort of moral compass. But I think the writers might have been laying the foundation for what happens in Season two. The theme was about lost innocence in war. Finn was so idealistic and sometimes naive. He was a pacifist and a romantic. Then all of his ideals and  values got shattered; so I think he was the one most traumatised by the war. The one thing that he had to hold onto that made sense to him was his love for Clarke. When she went missing and he thought she was dead, it broke him and led to his tragic end. So with Finn, you have the story of the tragic hero. I guess a lot of people found the anti-heroes more interesting. But I'm a romantic, too; so I could identify with Finn more.

I, personally, found Finn to have a boyish charm. Yet, he could also be manly and courageous. I understood his conflict with his love for Raven and being inlove with Clarke. So that whole love triangle thing never offended me like it did some people. Finn was so often misunderstood. I loved his contrast to the other characters, and with Thomas Mcdonell's good looks, the character stole my heart.