As much as I can appreciate the beautiful, delicious angst of the reconditioning trope...I'm not convinced the First Order wouldn't see it as throwing good money after bad. So when Finn falls into the First Order's lap, they don't try to recondition him. They STUDY him. Invasive scans, psych tests, Force mental attacks, whatever. They want to figure out if they can quantify the personality traits that made Finn defect and find a way of quashing similar behavior in Finn.
I'd be okay with a Resistance rescue mission, but I'd PREFER a Stormtrooper escape. Maybe one of the soldiers sees what they're doing to Finn and realizes their lives will be made worse from whatever anti-defection ideas they get? Or maybe the solider just thinks, hey, opportunity! Finn gets to relive the /I need a pilot/ discussion from the other side of the conversation (since Poe, Rey, and/or Chewbacca taught him how to fly).
And then he makes his grand escape and lives happily ever after, prob'ly. Any Finn story that doesn't end that way is beyond cruel. :)
Also posted to AO3 (http://archiveofourown.org/works/5696512)
Sanitation (Gen) Finn is captured again, and rescued by another Stormtrooper
As much as I can appreciate the beautiful, delicious angst of the reconditioning trope...I'm not convinced the First Order wouldn't see it as throwing good money after bad. So when Finn falls into the First Order's lap, they don't try to recondition him. They STUDY him. Invasive scans, psych tests, Force mental attacks, whatever. They want to figure out if they can quantify the personality traits that made Finn defect and find a way of quashing similar behavior in Finn.
I'd be okay with a Resistance rescue mission, but I'd PREFER a Stormtrooper escape. Maybe one of the soldiers sees what they're doing to Finn and realizes their lives will be made worse from whatever anti-defection ideas they get? Or maybe the solider just thinks, hey, opportunity! Finn gets to relive the /I need a pilot/ discussion from the other side of the conversation (since Poe, Rey, and/or Chewbacca taught him how to fly).
And then he makes his grand escape and lives happily ever after, prob'ly. Any Finn story that doesn't end that way is beyond cruel. :)
Also posted to AO3 (http://archiveofourown.org/works/5696512)
-GR