#keefe is genuinely an incredibly cool character

[lucyshypemaster]

keefe was actually insane for this

[fintan-pyren]

You're a Fintan expert should I change his personality in my kotlc au or should be like canon Fintan (who I can't remember much of anyways lol) bc I'm planning it and he has a fairly important (antagonistic) role so I don't want to ruin him in the eyes of keepblr. Btw his ass is thin as hell this is non-negotiable

Okay you have like 4 moderately canon-compliant routes to go with here. Canon Fintan is a mix of all of these because Fintan's character is incredibly inconsistent.

"Fanon" Fintan (attributed to fanon but IMO also very much supported by canon)

Dramatic

Makes jokes about murder

Or puns about fire

He's mainly monologuing because he wants to be cool

He's just a silly little guy!

One who occasionally murders people

Genuinely a terrible person but he looks cool while committing the atrocities

This is like the comic book villain version of Fintan. His motives are mainly ignored. He's just there to be dramatic and cause problems for the protagonists, not to spark deep debates about the problems in the world

He's a less serious version of Fintan

Secretly Good Fintan

Solemn

Noble

Feels remorse for ruining the lives of all pyrokinetics and wants to fix his mistakes

Willing to sacrifice himself for the Neverseen

He monologues because he's genuinely trying to convince people to join his side

Blames himself for a lot

He knows that what he's doing is bad. He hates himself for it. He remembers every person he's harmed. But he's convinced himself that it's the only way to save the elven world.

Variation 1: He tries to conceal his guilt by acting dramatic and laughing and pretending he enjoys what he's doing but sometimes the facade cracks and you can see him crumble. He ensures he never cries openly and stays put together when he's around other people until the facade cracks.

Variation 2: His mind is slowly breaking from the guilt or from Sophie not fully healing his mind in Everblaze. He's trying to hold the pieces together just long enough for him to fix the world, but then he'll let go. He has no expectation of surviving past the rebellion.

(This version of Fintan works best if you want Fintante)

Fanatic Fintan

Focused on achieving a goal like restoring pyrokinesis or enslaving the humans

The key difference from Secretly Good Fintan is the lack of remorse

He wholeheartedly believes that he's doing the right thing and that the ends justify the means, no matter what

Able to kill without being affected by guilt

Relatively put together

He talks as though his actions are completely normal and reasonable

His motive might be a good one but the atrocities he commits in the process are clearly bad

(Also decently good for Fintante)

Just Straight-Up Murderous Fintan

Joined the Neverseen because he misses his pyrokinesis and the power it gave him

He won't send minions to do things for him—he wants to kill people himself

He might use a dagger instead of fire or use some sort of other close-range weapon to make the murder more personal

Remember how he tried to force Keefe to brand Sophie with the black swan monocle?

He has a motive but he commits many unnecessary atrocities for fun along the way

He would enjoy it if you let him get covered in blood at some point in the fic

Might be as a result of his mind shattering from guilt, or the insanity resulting from his craving for fire (see the prison scene in Exile for his explanation)

Any are fun. Secretly Good Fintan might be best for your purposes.