fuuuuck yeeaaaaah

favorite ending for the name alone

but also Hacker gets saved and good things happen

This ending relies on a chance encounter between Finch and Randy at idk walmart or whatever and Finch recognizing Randy

it's like that spiderman pointing meme but randy's sweating nervously and Finch is Approaching

he's like "Hey you're That Guy that helped Hacker escape right?" and Randy goes "...nnnnnno..." y'know like a liar. this results in Randy getting interrogated in the middle of target or wherever. And i mean the funny version of interrogate that's 'Insistently Asking Questions And Not Letting The Person Go' and not Ink's version of interrogation

Randy ends up telling him everything and then he's gotta fuckin go or bobby's probably going to come looking for him and he doesn't want Finch to end up like Hacker because of him too, but Finch goes 'whoa hold tf gimme your phone i'm giving you my number text me when you get home'

Randy does and then Finch is just like 'ok cool. i've got an idea' and then just doesn't text again for ages

Until one day Randy gets a text from him that's like 'when are you going to be out next' and they meet up and Finch reveals many many months worth of research into Demony Shit and he goes 'we're getting you and Hacker out of there'

and then it happens

there's like a boss battle but through the power of being Just Some Fuckin Guy in a Horror Movie (world) he's become The Protagonist and has the power of impulsiveness, dumbassery, and modern day technology on his side

Randy brings Hacker out of his room and without Bobby there the runes they have aren't working super well so Hacker's very Confused and not entirely with it, but slowly he comes back and he recognizes Finch and they have a very heartfelt reunion that involves lots of hacker crying and apologizing for never texting him back like he said he would and Finch is just like "hacker you got kidnapped and turned into a demon why are you apologizing for that of all things"

Hacker's going to have some issues for a while but he gets better! The physical changes he's stuck with but his mental state recovers and soon he's almost like how he was before.

He can't eat normal food for a while, but they slowly work on it. They start with meats and work their way towards fruits and veggies and then eventually candy and junk food. Hacker is very excited to upgrade to junk food

So anyway while Hacker's starting to recover Finch finds out about Ink's little experiments on some of her coworkers

He tells Dream immediately and Dream's just like 'Oh. Hm. I see. I'll talk to her about it. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.'

It's impossible to tell how upset Dream is about this but 'talk to her about it' isn't what Finch was hoping for. And a week or so later Ink's still. working there. He knows Dream did have some kind of chat with her though because she's glaring daggers at him. the fuck

he brings it up to Dream again and Dream has no intentions of firing or arresting her. Finch is now very very suspicious and does some digging

And he finds out that Dream's been sending Ink to 'take care of' anyone and everyone who disagrees with JR's policies. Whether they be violently protesting or just speaking out. He also finds out just how horrific Ink's interrogation methods are and about all of the brainwashing and shit

He gathers up a bunch of it and exposes Dream (and also Ink, and possibly several other officials) to the media and there's enough evidence that he can't reasonably deny it

he's really confused though why's Finch doing this? This is for the Greater Good

he is quickly arrested, along with Ink, and they're both put in the max security cells

fun fact, the magic nullifying barriers that the cells are strong enough to stop Dream's aura from burning him because of his own negative emotions, so he is not going to slowly go mad from searing pain that he can't seem to stop. i do have some mercy

fun fact #2 for this exact reason dream has one of these barriers installed in his apartment so he can Emotions freely. anyway

When Finch accused Dream and Ink of Heinous Crimes Ink's apartment was searched (with a reasonable warrant) and they found all of Ink's lovely paintings of people murdered in horrible, gruesome ways that matched several murders that went 'unsolved', most of which had been people who'd spoken out against JR in some way

the paintings are returned because they're technically personal property and also no one wants to keep them. the talent of the artist is undeniable however it's the subject that's the issue

Finch ends up taking over JR and vows to make sure it serves actual justice, and not Dream's twisted version of it. He came here to do Good Things and by god is he going to make that happen. hacker and randy come with him btw

The Meme Squad also gets arrested and THIS TIME they're put in the Max Security Cells. i say 'cells'. They attempted to separate them but it made them freak the fuck out and finch decided that they could share a cell. it's not like they were going to kill each other, or get out together. they calm down. They're still unhappy that they're in there at all but at least they're not going to be separated.

did i mention they have a lot of separation anxiety

bonus points if they pass Dream and Ink's cells and they just look in like ??????? and Dream looks just as confused as they do about it and Ink just fucking glares

so yeah that happened.

and then blue shows up! You know how he's really possessive of Dream? yeah he's not super happy about what finch did.

fortunately finch is used to fighting for his life and after fighting bobby he is not afraid of who he perceives to be Some Guy. also he knows demons exist and blue seemed to just fucking Appear so he threw a crucifix at him and orange screeched and fuckin vanished, leaving a very confused blue boy with a vaguely cross shaped mark on his forehead and possibly also a bloody nose

Blue gets arrested for Attempted Murder and only attempted murder because currently they have no idea about his kidnappings and actual murders and he's not about to tell anyone. This does however mean he gets to go to the Normal Cells and there are People There and he gets to talk to people and that helps him a lot.

he also gets some real therapy for his abuse survivor trauma and any more issues he has from being alone for so long

He's probably the first one of the main 6 who get better enough to leave

he gets so much better i'm so proud of him <333

anyways. Randy and Hacker end up staying in JR too

hacker and finch are very soft,,,,,,

Finch ends up making a little unit to deal with Supernatural Shit and Randy's in charge of it. Most people thought he was crazy until Hacker came in and was like 'hi. can confirm demons exist. also ghosts. there's one in here already and finch told me they've been writing on the walls didn't you guys notice that at least'

the protests die down. finch is not crazy. The unit checks out any reports of supernatural activity. Most of them aren't actually which is Good but some of them are actually and that's not so great. Some of the ones that are are just very lonely and sad ghosts though so they bring them to JR so they can be friends with Ani while they see if there's anything they can do about helping them pass on or whatever. they also want ani to have a friend and ani is on the verge of tears VERY UPSET that they think they need friends >:/

oh yeah speaking of Ani- after dealing with Bobby, Finch wasn't super scared of Ani anymore, and they got bored of trying to kill him. they just fuck with him now. stealing pens. writing mean things on the wall. hiding his keyboard. that sort of stuff. they're very petty. Hacker can also see them and he thinks this is really funny

mmm lemme see what else

oh yeah Finch makes it a policy to give everyone in the Max Security Cells a Thing or two for Entertainment. Nothing that can be used as a weapon ofc but just Something. They'll ask the inmates what they want but if they can't decide or say they don't want anything they get a standard deck of cards. It's really not fair to leave them in there with nothing to do but think and idk do yoga or whatever.

Cards are the default because there's a lot of different games you can play with them.

Dream got one because he didn't respond when asked if he wanted to have anything brought in for entertainment.

Ink got a notepad and pen to draw with (And also she demanded Terry be brought in so she could take care of him and no one really wanted to go into her apartment and do it so they allowed it).

The Meme Squad got one thing each and they all decided to get cards so they can try to build the biggest most epic card tower they could. also the longest god damn go fish games ever

kevin was not allowed to be brought into the cell because he requires a bit more room then a little cell. also dream apparently knew kevin from the village and nightmare confirmed that there's only been one Kevin and not multiple chickens named Kevin, so Finch really doesn't want to know why kevin's still alive. he has someone else go take care of Kevin.

Everyone's getting therapy so if Nightmare does well with it Kevin will probably be brought to JR and given a nice pen and Nightmare can go out there and take care of his baby. the person who'd been taking care of kevin is relieved

Finch also goes to talk to Dream sometimes, after he realized just how deeply fricked Dream's mind was. it's not his fault the villagers were insane and let a kid grow up thinking he was an angel who could fix everything wrong with the world

dream's going to be there the longest. it will probably take many many many years for him to get better. but he has that time

there's a thought that blue keeps getting possessed by random ghosts that want to kill Finch so he keeps breaking which would be really funny but it wouldn't actually do anything so.

I think that's it?

hacker and finch are so soft tho

Can you tell that this ending is the most thought out