Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25112275-20141218163520/@comment-24.99.67.19-20150104202022

I'm well aware that main characters have been killed off before. It's just that it's being done a lot more lately, and IMO, too much. I really like "The 100". I watched because it was something different. It had substance. It was a quality show. I didn't go in looking for a favorite character, and I couldn't care less about shipping. However, around the 4th or 5th episode, Finn just started to grab me. I'm sure it had much to do with Thomas Mcdonell, but I got completely hooked on the character. So let's put it this way: I enjoyed watching the show each week, but Finn (Thomas) got me EXCITED to watch the show each week. So you can imagine how devastated I am to lose him.

If the producers and writers trusted that the story alone would attract an audience, why did they hire such good looking actors? You can't tell me that Eliza Taylor and her bosom weren't meant to draw the male audience. And Thomas Mcdonell and Bob Morley were sure to appeal to a lot of females. So the writers are well aware that people are going to get attached to a character, even if it's just fun guys like Monty or Jasper. They manipulate that. Now they're telling us that the story is going to have to be enough because we don't care that you have a favorite character. We'll kill them whenever it suits us and your displeasure won't deter us. And they're getting praised for it. Something is not right about that. You can't let the audience completely run the show, but sometime, you can respect how they will feel about what you do enough to act with some restraint.

They had a "loss of innocence in war" idea that they liked so much that they were willing to dismiss Thomas Mcdonell and his fans to get it done. Some would applaud that as bold and daring. But I bet they wouldn't have sacrificed Bellamy. He's too much of a fan favorite. They couldn't think of something better to do with Finn, so he was expendable. Granted, the finale was very well done and did everything the writers wanted it to do. But as long as this show is on the air, Finn (Thomas) will no longer be a part of it. It didn't matter to them how some of us would feel about that, and that shouldn't keep happening. For me, the show will never be the same if I watch it at all. I'd just be looking for Finn and that will hurt.