Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25112275-20141218163520/@comment-24.99.67.19-20150104224828

I never completely disliked Bellamy even when he was acting like an ass. Somehow, he was always a bit charismatic. But watching how protective he was of Finn, and willing to risk his own life even, made me like him a lot more. But you're right about the double standard here. A deliberate act by Bellamy resulted in the deaths of 320 people. He has never answered for that. What Finn did was awful, but 18 pales in comparison. Yet, it was Finn who had to die. I think it was all about making an emotional impact, and the writers knew just how to do that with both Finn's crime and his death.

One other thing, Bellamy's act was completely selfish, trying to save his own skin. Finn had a breakdown. Lincoln said that we all have a monster inside us and we're responsible for what it does when we let it out. Well, if Finn let it out, it was the Grounders who woke it up with their vicious cruelty and violence. Not only do they share responsibilty for the deaths of those villagers, they, too, made war on the innocent, namely  a group of teeangers who were just trying to survive.