Baby troubles

 

Finn finds a living grass sword that bonds to his arm, making him much stronger. A little later, a copy of his mind gets stored in a different sword he finds. During a fight, the sword with a copy of his mind breaks and fuses with the grass sword in the process, it grows a magic person named Fern. Fern looks like a grass version of Finn, and it carries all of his memories, but it makes more aggressive choices. So the story shifts from this cool weapon to my actions have created this creature that seems to be causing trouble. Control value theory helps make sense of how thin is feeling across this period. Perceived control is how much Finn believes his actions can change outcomes, and value is how important the goal feels to him. When the grass sword first arrives, Finn believes that he can steer fights and protect his friends. Finn feels he can make fights go his way while protecting his friends, which leads him to have high control and high value. Later, after the accident, that birth fern, his control drops significantly because the consequences of birthing this thing are way beyond him. While the control feels low, the value remains high, leaving him anxious and guilty because he might not be able to defend his friends against this new threat. His attitude switches from adventurous and confident to cautious and stressed. Later on, it becomes apparent that Fern just wants to be his own person. He doesn’t want to mess with Finn. He doesn’t really wanna mess with anybody, so this leaves Finn with still that high value of his friends and being a hero, but the control is uncertain. This new creature is just gonna go out on its own, and it’s not for sure that Finn will never have to meet Fern again. Leaving Finn, feeling hopeful, but worried, which then motivates him to do training, planning, and helping his allies grow along with him.