Talk:Finn Collins/@comment-88.153.7.15-20150513220243/@comment-76.17.103.248-20150519034835

Why single out Finn? Murphy murdered two of his own people with malice of forethought. Bellamy was responsible for the deaths of 320 people because he wanted to save his own skin. Finn, on the other hand, acted out of fear and extreme emotional destress. The mind is very complex. You can't put some people through the kind of trauma and emotional stress that Finn was subjected to and expect them not to be affected. Finn didn't have the resilience of Clark and Bellamy.

Besides, what "they" who didn't lock Finn up are you talking about? The ones who floated a father for stealing medicine for his sick child? The ones who, instead of couseling, locked up a child for "attacking" a guard after seeing her parents floated; the ones who locked up a teenage girl for being born? These people are the ones who sent 100 kids, like test monkeys, into an unknown environment where half of them were slaughtered, and others, like Finn, were traumatized and broken.

Abby was the one who broke the rules, armed Finn and a group of untrained teenagers and sent them off to confront who knows how many killer warriors. How could she and the other counsel members judge Finn without judging themselves. They and the hateful, violent grounders turned a peace loving, morally upright boy into a killer. Both groups were just as responsible for the deaths of those villagers as Finn.

Finn wasn't a psycho, but he probably was suffering from PTSD. If you really want to understand what happened to him psychologically, you should read the character analysis "Dissecting Finn", particularly the part under "TheTragic Hero" that deals with modern psychology. Finn was flawed like every other human being on earth, and he did a bad thing. But he didn't go there to kill those people. He wasn't a malicious villain. He tried to be a good person, and he deeply regretted his terrible mistake. But he was up against extreme circumstances and conflicts. Why are people so judgemental, unforgiving, and utterly lacking in compassion for this poor broken boy?

For the analysis, go to Tumblr.com, enter flavorsprincess in the search box in the upper left hand corner. You'll see the title "Dissecting Finn". Just click on it. You could also possibly try the link down below.