Talk:Finn Collins/@comment-173.226.71.162-20150506193335/@comment-26247132-20150622215501

By "no one liked him," I was hyperbolizing. :) But, out of all my personal friends who have seen the show, I can definitively state that not a single one of them liked Finn, either. I've posted most of my reasons in a few other places on this site but I'll try to sum them up here.
 * Yeah, there's the two kids died in the landing because they followed Finn out of their seats but what I actually disliked about that situation was Finn's response to their deaths. He was like, "whelp, he's dead. Let me go do some acrobatics off the side of the drop ship to impress all the pretty girls even though I have a long-time girlfriend still up in space."
 * He's a liar, even if they're just lies of omission, like not telling Clarke about Raven, not telling Raven about Clarke, not telling anyone else about the Unity Day meeting, etc....
 * He rarely interacted with any other Delinquents besides Clarke and Raven and he had no respect for Bellamy even after Bellamy proved himself time and time again to the point where Clarke even trusts him. Truth is, I always got the feeling that Finn expected to be in Bellamy's position and was pissed off that he wasn't Clarke's co-leader. Overall, he contributed very little to the betterment of the Delinquents (I can't think of a single beneficial thing he did besides being the reason Raven came to earth).
 * I was over the love-triangle plot the second Raven showed up onscreen (regardless of how differently they did it, it was still a stupid love triangle). This was also a major reason several of my friends disliked him, too. Since the majority of Finn's scenes revolved around either Raven or Clarke, the majority of his scenes revolved around their love triangle. Blech! Fast-forward! Why do I hate love triangles so much? Because at their core, love triangles are completely disrespectful to at least one of the people involved. In this case, Finn disrespected both Clarke and Raven. Thankfully, they both have high enough self-esteem that they put a kibosh in it and broke it off with him. In comparison, a love triangle done well would be Bellamy's because it was mutual between all parties so no disrespect involved.
 * He refused to leave Clarke alone no matter how many times she tells him she's not interested. He is obsessed with her in an entirely unhealthy manner that culminates in him massacring a village for her. One of my friends told me he hated the way Finn was so possessive over Clarke and it really made him uncomfortable for Clarke's safety (his sister was in an abusive relationship and it reminded him of that). When Finn massacred the village, my friend shouted out, "see? I told you he was dangerous!"
 * Personal opinion is that he often used "peace" as an excuse for his cowardice. There were a few times when I was like, "really? Peace? That's a flimsy excuse for not wanting to do that." Yes, this is entirely my perspective and it's fine if you disagree. In fact, with some good arguments, I might even be persuaded otherwise on this point.