maybe the reason why it’s so hard to be sympathetic toward Kylo Ren for turning to the dark side is because Finn exists
like, Rian & Adam are both saying the reason why Kylo turned to the dark side is because 1. he felt neglected by his family 2. he was in a “confusing and dark part of his life” 3. he was targeted by Snoke at a young age
but like? Finn 1. doesn’t even HAVE a family because he was literally kidnapped from them as a child 2. he was raised by an evil organization, effectively making his entire life confusing and dark 3. since he was kidnapped AS A CHILD so he had just as much opportunity to be indoctrinated with evil and hate as Kylo did
idk, I just don’t see how people can make excuses for Kylo when what Finn went through was arguably worse and he not only actively chose to leave and not be a part of it, he was also a good few years younger than Kylo was when he made the decision
@ everyone reblogging this post and telling me that I hate mentally ill people because I don’t think murdering people and wiping out entire planets is an okay way to deal with being neglected by your parents
stop
umm excuse you??? some people??? commit genocide??? and murder their own parents??? to cope?????
also we shouldn’t assume that Finn has zero mental problems from his experiences. even if he seems totally okay on the outside he’s got to be traumatized from at least some of what happened to him.
(i feel like he does show it some, especially in the way he lies, which i recognize from personal experience as survival lying, not even very good lies, just enough to survive the moment, from when you were raised in a repressive situation)
but like even if he didn’t display any signs of trauma, Finn is not superhuman, he’s just a guy who went through terrible stuff and decided to do the right thing at great personal risk. and he probably is just as scarred by it all as anybody would be.
so you could accurately say that people ignoring Finn are hating on mentally ill people (or people whose lives have been irreparably damaged, if you want it more generalized) who decide to do the right thing despite everything that’s happened to them. i know people like that. it’s really fucking difficult and deserves huge respect.