Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26247132-20150619234121/@comment-25176701-20150620022916

I was never a big fan of Wells either but for different reasons. I didn't like him in the first two episodes because at that point I, like everyone else, believed he had been responsible for Clarke's father's death. It annoyed me that a friend could do that to another friend and still have the nerve to stick by their side and "protect them". Once I realized he wasn't the one who got Clarke's dad floated my grudge against him went away. However, the episode I started liking him in (1x03) he was killed off. Because of that I never really got much time to begin to like his character. I do wish e would have stuck around. It would have been interesting to see his character development. I may have liked him more if his character hadn't been killed off so early. That being said, I didn't hate Wells and I didn't entirely dislike him (he did a few good things) but he wasn't the greatest character either.

Now, to respond to what you wrote:

2) How is it a bad thing that Wells wanted the Delinquents to follow rules? Clarke and Finn both wanted the same thing. The three of them just wanted to keep the Delinquents alive and safe, whereas Bellamy and everyone else wanted a "no rules society". Sure, Wells was a little bossy but so was Clarke. I don't think it's fair that you single out Wells when Clarke was doing the same exact thing. And Wells wasn't ordering people around because he wanted to be the "big bad bully" (like Bellamy and Murphy). He just wanted the Delinquents to do what they were sent down to Earth to do: Survive. The Delinquents were taking off their wristbands and that would make the Ark think Earth wasn't survivable and all the Ark citizens would eventually die in space. And as for the re-distributing of the dead kids' items, he just didn't want to waste clothes that were in good condition. You think supplies are easy to come by on the ground? Nope. It would be hard to make new clothes so why not use old ones?

3) Wells took Bellamy's gun because he didn't trust him. At that point, Bellamy was a self-centered, power-hungry, dick. I wouldn't have trusted him either. And he saved Clarke's life but if you watch carefully he hesitated to pull her to safety. Bellamy hesitated because Clarke was still wearing her wristband. He was debating: Let her die and I get what I want (the Ark to think we're all dead down here) or let her live and continue trying to contact the Ark citizens. He's a terrible shot? One, he was trying to kill a large animal with a small gun. Two, the animal was running towards him so it was a bit hard to get a good aim. Three, he wasn't prepared for the attack at all because he didn't know the panther was coming. Fourthly, he saved the day. He saved everyone there and do you really think Bellamy would have done the same? In the beginning of S1 all Bellamy cared about was himself. He would have probably left the others for bait and ran away to save himself.