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Dinoking745765 wrote: For this episode I feel like I need to talk about every character and their development. First and foremost, this is probably going to be very long so… bear with me.

Overall, I believe that the episode was incredibly good, one of the best episodes in a VERY long time and definitely making my top 10 episodes of the 100. The fight scenes were extremely good, the fact that everyone was on the fence as to who was actually going to die was really well put together, and the true colors of some characters were shown in this episode. (I’m not talking about that last minute right now).

We’ll start with the main woman of the episode and the hour… Octavia kom Skaikru. Well done Octavia, well done. I’m glad that she did heed the advice of Bellamy, despite her hatred towards him. They say war changes people, and to be fair she has been in “wars” before. But I feel like this conclave shaped her to be the person that I hope to see more of in the future. At the beginning of the Conclave, and even before, she was out for blood, and being somewhat realist and maybe even pessimistic. She was fighting for herself in the beginning, not for Skaikru, and I even asked myself at the end of the episode when she won “What is she going to do? She doesn’t consider herself Skaikru.” Well done.

Bellamy’s arc this season is extremely good this episode, and he has stayed true to the reason that he’s on the ground in the first place, love. Love for his sister that is. He was willing to risk the safety of Skaikru and the future of their survival on Octavia. That’s dedication. Then him catching Echo off-guard was a turning point in the episode for me. Even though Octavia didn’t believe in herself at the time, Bellamy gave her hope (indirectly, but still). He believed in Octavia when no one else did. And I mean that, literally NO ONE ELSE DID. At the end of the episode (that’s a segment all to itself), he still believed in her. And believe that she saved Skaikru anyways.

Sad to see Roan gone. He was such a good character and I definitely will miss him. That being said, the actor did a really good job portraying Roan even to death (Zach is in Black Sails too, which I’ve gotten into). Roan was fighting for his people in the beginning and then, when he found out what Echo was doing during the conclave, he fought for humanity. Like I said, that fight between Echo and Bellamy was a turning point for me. Octavia gained confidence, and Roan gained a new perspective. I thought his death was awesome too. Dark, demented and downright scary. I feel like that was going to be the only way Roan that I would have accepted Roan’s death, a death as epic as that. Fighting through the Black Rain, knowing he would have died, and then drowned in it (and that’s not just because that’s how I made Jasper die in the Hit and Heal game we have on here)

Which brings me to Luna, Roan’s killer, and the antagonist of the episode. And to be honest, I don’t know how I feel about it. To all the people who were shipping Sea Mechanic, it was just a plain slap to the face many middle fingers being raised to the sky. Her cynical view on humanity is just bottled up emotion that she had. This is vastly different from the Luna we saw in Season 3.

And I liked it.

Luna was the fitting antagonist for this episode, as she was the strongest fighter out of everyone and showed that. She used every advantage that she could. She was brutal and showed no mercy in that battlefield, and that is the kind of antagonist that was needed in this episode.

I’m not going to talk about Ilian much. He was a good fighter and I actually thought he would be part of the final four. I was so wrong. The death came quickly and unexpectedly (in the episode that is, I knew he was gonna die), which to be honest was a fitting end to the character that ended Skaikru’s bunker.

And now… the final part of the episode. Clarke making that damn decision. Technically speaking, this really shows who the show’s true antagonist is… and a lot of you will disagree. What good decision has Clarke made this season? Everything she’s done this season has had to do with minimalizing the people surviving in Praimfiya. At the beginning of the season, she was fine. She was trying to fight for the good of everyone, she even said in the episode she wanted humanity to survive. Then throw it out the window! Only Skaikru survives! This literally contradicts everything she has done all season. And yet… this call was in character.

You see, the way I see Clarke is that she needs to make a decision, no matter how dire. She didn’t trust Octavia, she trusted herself. She made a call that would put the odds in her favor, rather than put the odds in somebody else’s hands. I don’t want this to become Clarke, and I don’t want her to lead Skaikru like this. It’s just not a great leader.

I’m going to get a lot of heat for those last two paragraphs but I would like to know if I missed anything.

With regards,

Master of Angels

Excellent analysis... I agree completely.

As for the leadership of Arkadia, I as always support Chancellor Kane for leader. Ruthless when needs to be a understanding when he doesn't. Kane's priority since season 1 has been saving the human race at any cost, and this is I like him. He's never compromised on that ideal, and has recognized the humanity of the grounders aswell. Like Clarke he can make decisions that look heartless... but his decision are ALWAYS founded around the survival of humanity as a whole, and he won't give up until the maximum number possible is saved.

Hopefully he and Octavia (and Indra) survive. They make much better leaders in my opinion :)