#the ones i wish i could retroactively give siblings to are elaine (she has youngest daughter energy sooo bad) and

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Idk why my fav AU is forcing ur ocs to have extra siblings LMAOOO (I say this with love 💕 ) anyway, how do you think Finn’s story would be affected if he had a sibling(s)? Whether they be older or younger, how would it affect his choices? Would he still try to run away? Would they be close to eachother or distant? I miss talking to u so much brandiii 😭

i gave this a lot of thought before finn was introduced in the story!! i went back and forth about it actually. his parents never planned for finn to be an only child, but lucy had severe post partum depression (she wouldn't use those words back then, but that's what it was) that never really went away because she was never treated or supported in any way, so she just became more and more unsatisfied with being a mother. she's always been the self-aware one between finn's parents, and she knew she was not being a good parent even before things became abusive, so she didn't want to bring another kid into that environment.

that means that if finn were to ever have a sibling, it would have to happen really close together, and the second baby would be accidental. but even that, i'm thinking like... lucy definitely would have wanted an abortion. she was incredibly unhappy, not just as a mother but with herself in general, and i don't think there's anything that would make her want to go through it again. but this would've been in 1971 or 1972 in maine and i can't really find a solid answer on how easy it would've been to get an abortion in those years? because literally the next year, in 1973, roe v. wade gets enacted so the documentation is easy to find, but before that it's murky. anyway it doesn't matter because i genuinely think lucy would find a way. and if she couldn't find a way, i.... don't think she would still be alive right now, i'll just say that.

so i just don't see any way finn could've had a sibling unless they were twins, which i didn't like the idea of. it's important to finn's backstory that he felt alone. not just lonely, but he truly felt like no one saw him. he spent much of his life doing whatever he could to be liked, and when that failed, he did whatever he could to be untouchable so no one would know how badly he was hurting. so the idea of him having a sibling, especially a twin, who would have experienced many of the same things he did and would know him on such a deep level, just doesn't work. finn had that type of relationship with his grandma, but it was crucial that she passed away early on, leaving finn alone again. he had a close bond with steven forged by many shared experiences, but steven was hurting in his own way and pushed finn away, leaving him alone again. finn's cousin liz loved him and wanted to be closer to him, but she lived too far away to maintain that connection, leaving finn alone again. always alone. :(