Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26247132-20150810212747

From this comment: "Just curious, if he hadn't "lied" to Clarke about Raven and hadn't slept with her, would you have liked his character?"

Nope, because he still contributed very little to the betterment of the Delinquents and he had a personality I found unlikable and grating. Skipping over the cheating and not even touching on the two drop ship dead kids, Delano, Mel, or the massacre and fallout:
 * Poor character creation: his only useful attribute, his "Tracker" skills, was dubious at best.
 * He was a cocky show-off from doing back-flips to bragging about his knowledge of various things. Seriously, take a chill pill.
 * He was always whining, complaining, and disagreeing about everything to anyone who would indulge him. Every time he opened his mouth, I would cringe in annoyance. Hell, he couldn't even make it through Unity Day without commenting on it being a lie. Total Debbie Downer. Shut up, Finn.
 * He had to be coerced into contributing anything beneficial to the group from looking for Jasper to planting the bomb on the bridge to Raven telling him to search for Clarke and the rest of the Delinquents in 2x02.
 * He didn't want to share the bunker and supplies he found with anyone else. This was while Bellamy was busy organizing the Delinquents into building walls and creating a community and showing the Ark they could survive without them, Octavia was busy making weapons, Monty was busy trying to communicate with the Ark, and Raven was busy trying to get to earth. And he was especially not happy when Clarke told Raven about his bunker (although I'm not sure if this was because he wanted to keep their love nest a secret or because he didn't want Raven finding out about the bunker for some other reason).
 * He tossed all the rations in the fire instead of figuring out it was just the jobi nuts causing the hallucinations. Besides, what gives him the right to decide for the rest of the Delinquents that they don't get to enjoy getting high off jobi nuts recreationally if they want?
 * He set up a meeting with the Grounders but held Clarke hostage to his will by not telling her where or any other details so she had to follow along with him and "trust" him. Maybe if he hadn't cheated then he would have been trustworthy so Clarke would have never called for Bellamy as backup and who knows what might have happened instead (maybe Anya would have tried to kill them all anyway or maybe they would have had a temporary truce).
 * He really treated Raven pretty horribly regardless of him sleeping with Clarke. He was obviously over and done with the relationship long before landing on earth yet he kept stringing Raven along, cowardly forcing her to do the actual breaking up.
 * His pining after Clarke was obnoxious and tiring and was pretty much his only plot point. I was over it before it even began but was really sick of it by 1x08 and yet it continued on until 2x09 (his ghost even came back to haunt her!)

vs. things he did worthwhile: And that's about all I can think of.... 
 * Took care of Raven when they were younger and was the reason for Raven coming to earth
 * Got coagulant for Raven from Lincoln and with Lincoln, used Bellamy's idea of the Reapers to help fight the battle in WAG2
 * Saved Bellamy from Tristan in WAG2