Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25176701-20150119013621/@comment-7971816-20150119221632

Good points. I really enjoyed reading your opinions.

My opinion :

Firstly, Bellamy did not know that 320 people would die. And they did try to stop the culling. They just simply weren't in time. That's a huge difference. Also, Bellamy was a selfish person in S1 because of Octavia. I might be clouded in judgement by the books, but he did not want adults down because of what the adults would do to him, and subsequently his sister. That's not 100% selfish.

Also, Bellamy did it knowing well enough that he was doing a bad thing. He knew what to do to execute his plan. Finn literally picked up a gun and started shooting because he could no longer handle all the questionmarks. To me, that is the bigger crime. I'm not saying Bellamy didn't do a TERRIBLE thing, but in the end it could have been prevented and he did not do it 'just because he wasn't given what he wanted'. And I think that in that light, Finn did make the bigger mistake.

You also need to keep in mind ; from pilot to the culling Bellamy didn't really change much. It was in line with his character. Finn was a peacemaker. It was not what he usually did, which is why the blow of that action is harder.