Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30117691-20161001175041/@comment-101.175.190.30-20161002093410

This show is reponsibile for so much representation it is not funny. Yes a lot of the representation die, but that is the nature of the show - that a lot of the people on the show die; a good show with good representation has a lot of people that represent many different types of people; thus, atleast some of these people will die on a show where lots of people die. For the LGBT: Clarke is Bi, Miller is gay, sexuality is fluid and Lexa was lesbian. Yes, she was killed off and you've probably all heard that "it was a hate crime for the show to kill a lesbian character" but the point is that she was not defined only by her sexuality (which is a good thing obvs) she was also the commander and a very powerful and therefore very vulnerable character in a fast-paced post-apocalyptic tv show, where like very second person dies. THe reason that bellamy or octavia or raven etc. were not killed was because they are part of the core 100 and without them, the show loses its name and it's core essence. The show is called the 100, not game of polis etc. On this note, killing other POC representation should be equally as bad, but when people started trying to cancel the show they discredited that and threatened to cancel not only the characters and this great show, but also the POC actor's careers -real people, just to make a point of protest. I understand that shooting gays to remove them from the plotline is a very real and disturbing trope - I also understand that losing Lexa as an icon hurt a lot of people, but ultimately on a show about survival not everyone is going to survive and people of representation will die on a show about representation. Clarke is still representation, Bellamy is still representation, Miller is 2x representation, Bryan, Raven x2, Monty, Jasper (ptsd) etc. the list goes on and on.

So my main point: don't knock the 100 off just because it made some people very angry. It has also (for the same reasons) made a lot of people very happy. The 100 has given a lot of people a place to be inspired, comforted and to belong. It is a big and passionate fandom for a reason. Give it a chance, you'll understand.