Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27819070-20170518021859/@comment-13022928-20170522001208

Chancellor1 wrote: ^^ yah, Jaha really did change his mind a bit to easily. Especially since his points were kind of valid. In all honesty if it were up to me Arkadia would've gotten all 400+ spots it needed, and then the remaining 2 thirds of the bunker would've been split between the other clans. Arkadia is simply more useful due to its technological know how, and ability to maintain the bunker. Plus, I see Arkadia as providing a better hope for the restoration of society in the future. Nobody would've questioned it, since Arkadia won the conclave, and didn't have to give the grounders any spots at all. As such, splitting he bunker that way still would've let Octavia create a one crew philosophy while not alienating Arkadia and angering her own people.

My biggest question though, is why the angry Arkadians didn't just shoot the **** out of the grounders. Last episode we saw Guards patrolling the bunker with automatic weapons and stun batons. If the Gaurds were armed why would they just give up their weapons to the grounders. That's my second plot question along with why Jaha was so easily convinced to change sides. I disagree the bunker should have been split equally between the grounders. Skikru can teach the grounders how to use the technology. I do agree though that the children should be allowed to stay.

As for the grounders having the guns, my guess is when the grounders stormed in their sheer numbers were enough to overpower the guards and take the guns. Another possibility is that some guards had guns, most were in the armory which was how they got them. My problem is back in season 2 Octavia said it was against grounder law to use guns.

One thing I have to say is the writers should have given Jaha's story to Murphy. Jaha has come so far as a philosophical leader, that changing him was out of nowhere. If they gave the story arc to Murphy it would be more believable since he's the one always conniving and trying to find a way to survive.