Tag: finn

lj-writes:

I just saw Finn described as a “psychopath” and now I feel ill.

@kyberfox Unclear, since it was an unsourced indirect quote in a Korean wiki article. On the other hand it’s just a blunter statement of the criticisms that he killed Stormtroopers and didn’t feel bad enough about it. That he’s unfeeling, violent, his seeming humanitarianism is for his self-image, etc. (The last one by a reylo “feminist”)

The article also questioned whether he actually had PTSD because, it claimed, the symptoms went away in the third act and he was cheering the deaths of Stormtroopers which um, no he wasn’t? TIE pilots aren’t Stormtroopers, and in any case SORRY HE DIDN’T WANT TO GET KILLED WHAT DO YOU WANT HIM TO DO

lastjedifinn:

Idk why y’all would think a stormtrooper rebellion is in any way the same as a Kale rom redemption arc lmao. One group was taken from birth and conditioned to live and die by the First Order. While the other…turned to Snoke in his quest for power and spat on any chance of redemption when he killed his father. And is actively rejecting the call to the light side, as you see in TFA. So like…let’s not go ahead and act as though stormtroopers rebelling and making the choice to say no. And getting that choice at all is the same as a white man being redeemed for killing countless people in his quest for power.

Also while I’m on the subject it is not at all easy to throw off years of conditioning lmao. Idk why I have to say this but no it isn’t simple. That is why it’s so amazing that Finn did it in TFA. That is part of the reason why Finn is such an amazing character. You can’t just look at people who’ve been forced into a system of abuse and tell them “just say no. It’s easy.” What the fuck is wrong with you.

A storyline like Finn’s. Like the stormtroopers themselves. Is powerful. It’s amazing. When treated with the nuance and importance that it deserves. Don’t try to tell me that this kind of storyline, this theme of rejecting your abusers and getting back the power to choose is in any way comparable to redeeming the so far unredeemable (and who doesn’t want to be redeemed!!) white man.

vampirehunterfinn:

In all seriousness though this scene with Kylo and Finn is so goddamn powerful like holy shit I still get goosebumps. The fact that Finn doesn’t turn to Kale at first, spends time making sure Rey is alive at the detriment to his own health (which has been a running theme in this movie. The fact that Finn does anything for his friends regardless of his own safety.) and then stays there for a solid minute with his back turned towards the enemy. He’d always been the best fighter, the best soldier. If he’d just curb that part of him that was so empathetic, that cared too much. I mean wow.

And then Kylo screams “traitor!” and you can see Finn physically react to that word. You can see him recoil just a bit before sitting up straight, can see his face turn towards determination where it had, moments before, been cloaked with desperation and terror. You can see the way his eyes settle, eyebrows furrowing and mouth sets into a thin line. He’s doing this. He’s doing this. And then he just stands (all without a word. No one is speaking. As though everything and everyone is holding their breath. And we are. Or at least I am.) And you see him turn, hand holding the lightsaber (and when did he grasp it? Automatic as it was, a weapon that had been near him the whole time) and it just ignites. Guided by his purpose, his determination, his belief that he’s not dying today. Not him. Not Rey. Not anyone else.

And when Kylo Ren hisses out, lightsaber in his own hand turning his face and the area around him dark red, a twisted fire that is inside him, that the lightsaber belongs to him. Finn doesn’t hesitate. He doesn’t hesitate and the words just come out of his mouth like water, powerful and smooth.

“Come and get it then.”

A statement. A declaration. A promise.