That is so sweet and beautiful! Thank you for this wonderful piece on their begging friendship. I especially like Poe being so sweet and caring.

This is amazing! I love it a lot. The angst and also Poe crying and Finn not understanding. But I know that in time he will :-).

I love this story! :-)

You wrote an abused character so well. Delightful balance of the horrible and the normal.

This was amazing, I'd never even thought about Finn having those kinds of problems or thoughts but it makes a scary amount of sense, this story is really well written and totally deserves to be cannon :) it made me ridiculously sad but ended on a good note

I've been looking everywhere for really good Finn centric fics, and this is perfect. So good! You cover a number of things that the movie skimmed over, and I'd love to see you do another fic about this particular stormtrooper!

During the movie I kept waiting for the fallout of Finn's background to really hit, but it never did- he shot an unspecified number of stormtroopers without blinking an eye, he adapted to the Light side's modus operandi with no problems despite having spent his entire life with the First Order, who act like nutty Space Nazis, and no one ever mistrusted him despite the fact that he'd worked for the other side (I can understand people who had time to get to know him being cool with him, but everyone else? How has the Resistance managed to survive if everyone is so trusting?)

This is a fascinating take on how he would try and fail to adapt. He understands that the players have changed but is still following the same rules, and my heart broke for him multiple times. Similar to some of your other reviewers, I would love to see your take on how Finn copes with doing missions for the Resistance, perhaps with some members who aren't so sure of his motives as Poe is. You seem to be a fan of whump- your descriptions of how Finn felt were visceral and effective, making each scene better. Seeing Finn try to protect Poe above all else (maybe a little Poe whump) would be an amazing reversal of roles and super super sweet!

Sorry for getting in your face with prompts! I just am so happy to see something that isn't Reylo because *bleh*, and I love your writing style.

GAH. THIS FIC. SO GOOD. CAN'T EVEN. GAH. GAH. GAH. FEELS. GAH.

Why do you not have more reviews!?

My favourite line in the whole thing is "Finn had the best friends in the world". That nearly made me cry. Poe crying did that too. And Finn. And everything. And this fic is just so beautifully nuanced and wonderful. Gaaaaaaaaaah...*sound of internal screaming*

I'm going to get caramel icecream now and reread it while eating and will continue valiantly trying not to cry.

Oh my god. I think i'm still crying a little bit.
Damn.
This was amazing - very well-written, very believable, very in character, and very unexpected. Honestly, I was just as surprised (and heartbroken) as Poe was. It's awful to think that the human fluff that is Finn had to go through such cruel training, that other people had to go through that, that they were constantly dehumanized and undervalued, and I might have way too many feelings about this.
This was incredibly well done - heartbreaking, made me want to smother Finn in blankets, love and hot chocolate and protect him from the world, and also got me to think, which is one of the most precious things a story can give. If I could favorite this more than once, I'd do it faster than lightining.
Thank you for this!

Wow thats some serious stuff. You've really given a lot of thought to what being mentally programmed would do to a person. Fascinating! Decent writing, good characterization. Very well thought out and well executed.

Oh! I can see this happening. Poor Finn...

Poor Finn...

It's easy to see how he misunderstood the situation, given his previous experience, and equally easy to see why this hadn't occurred to either Poe or General Organa. You dealt with the spiralling situation in a very believable way and despite the heightened emotions everyone always felt in character.

I think one of my favourite parts was this line, because it tapped into the humour we saw onscreen and lightened the mood considerably;

"Finn wasn't sure if this time it was a thumbs up or if he was getting flipped off by a droid that came up to his knee"

I really enjoyed this.

wow, erm.. well, congratulations on this one-shot.
You literally made me cry with this one. I don't think I ever wanted to hug a character so much before, really really 'nice' work here, possible to get more in this direction?

MY SON! Oh my gosh. This was just so amazing and of course because my sweet beautiful space babes are involved, kinda frickin sad. I love it.

I've been wondering myself how easily Finn would adapt to life in the Resistance, so I really enjoyed reading your take on it. Especially when he just came clean about his expectations. Will there be a sequel? After he finally gets out of physical therapy maybe? Training and meeting yet more resistance fighters? Honestly, it would only make sense if there were some people who were resistant to his background and his being there. Hope to read more from you!

hahaha

It was a enjoyable fic to read. Loved it.