Finn Centric Recommendations
Finn Centric Recommendations (or Finn Recs: A Star Wars Collection) is a Archive of Our Own collection dedicated Star Wars collection predominantly focused on stories about Finn (FN-2187) from the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker) which began in 2015 and ended in 2019.
The Star Wars fanfiction subset is unsurprisingly bereft of literature that treats Finn like a fully dimensional human being, and doesn't reduce him solely to an object in a ship where their favorite character (typically Poe Dameron or Rey) is the real center of attention. This has only gotten worse since 2017. Fics will most likely taper off now that the trilogy has ended with Finn unrealized as a character, but I know there are Finn Stans out there writing the best fics for the character around, so I would urge you to please submit your works here for people to read and enjoy.
Recommendations were posted on the tumblr blog @hisnameisfinn before its deletion in 2018. Despite the deletion of the blog on tumblr, we still accept submissions that follow the guideline: Stories are focused on Finn (FN-2187), be they romantic or otherwise.
(Open, Moderated)
Random works
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Ghosts of Past and Present by OrmondSacker
Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
29 Oct 2016
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During his coma Finn comes into contact with some illustrious and long dead beings.
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This is Home by primasveraas
Fandoms: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
16 Feb 2020
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Finn knows he's welcome among the Resistance. But it's never quite that easy; his past makes friendship and love and daily life complicated, even if he desperately wants to fit in.
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does this fire carve me by jaqhad (kyrilu)
Fandoms: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Phasma - Delilah S. Dawson
28 Jan 2020
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“The First Order doesn’t take away our sense of kindness. They sharpen it like a vibroknife and tell us where to aim.”
Or: Finn grapples with his past as a stormtrooper and his growing feelings for a certain pilot with nice hair.
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Long Live the King by pastandfuturequeen
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
24 Jul 2017
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Finn is about to be crowned King - bearing the legacy of his father and mother before him. He's nervous, and he needs some encouragement before he takes the crown.
Finn Week 2017: Day 1 - Historical AU
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- Part 1 of SW Finn Week 2017
- Part 1 of King Finn of the British Isles
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Death, yet the Force by OrmondSacker
Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars - All Media Types
14 Nov 2017
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To touch the Force is to touch life, death and all their lessons.
Random bookmarks
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a trip around the sun by hjea
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
27 Dec 2015
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Finn and Rey decide to choose birthdays for themselves.
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Occupational Safety by shadydave
Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
31 Dec 2015
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"Like they’re going to make sure no one ever falls down the thermal exhaust shaft."
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- Part 1 of Occupational Safety
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The faces of my brothers by indoissetep
Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
19 Mar 2016
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Finn does not talk about the other boys in his fire-team. He does not like to think about them. About how, for twenty years, the four of them were no less than brothers.
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Lightsaber by talewind
Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars - All Media Types
04 Jan 2016
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Rey has a gift for Finn. Finn has reservations.
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Finn dreams of his childhood and a larger hand around his own.
He was loved, and he was stolen.