Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25176701-20170210013451

So, obviously, there's been characters pointing fingers at who is to blame for the end of the world, however, I don't think it's reasonable to pin the blame on either the Grounders or Sky People. Here's why:

Becca was the one who created ALIE, and at the time, there were no Grounders or Sky People, there were only average people like you and me. Becca just happened to be one who worked in space (similar to astronauts and anyone whose work involves space).

She refused to terminate her even after EVERYONE else aboard the ship was telling her to do so.

Becca may have not intended to end the world, as she even said ALIE didn't understand what it meant to be human or whatever and launched the bombs, but since Becca was the one who coded her "wrong" she is the one responsible.

But she didn't stop there. She made it to the ground and convinced everyone ALIE 2.0 would somehow save them. The "Grounders" worshipped the woman who destroyed the world. They accepted another AI from her even though they already saw firsthand the damage the first one did.

Now on to Jaha. He didn't go to the COL in search of ALIE, he went there looking for what other Grounders were looking for, too: a place to be accepted. He found ALIE but by then he had become deranged and desperate due to the countless tortures he suffered ever since he came to Earth on the missile. He was clearly not in his right mind set. A lot of pain considering his son had just died, he had no other family, and was forced through seemingly endless hell to make it to her. First, she manipulated him by taking advantage of his unstable mental condition by getting him to help make her mobile. Then, she offered him an escape from that pain: the chip. What Jaha did, escaping his pain by taking the chip, was no different than what other Grounders and Sky People had later done. Everything that happened while he was under the influence of the chip was not his fault, it was ALIE's, but Becca's since she created ALIE. The moment he took the chip he was just like everyone else: a zombie pawn that wasn't in control of his own actions. ALIE controlled him, like she controlled everyone else. So if Jaha is to blame (or any individual) then anyone who was wrongfully manipulated into taking the chip is to be blamed. And since it wasn't exactly a fair choice, as even Jaha didn't know the chip would erase his son from his memory and ALIE would control his mind, nobody can be held accountable for making it. They were lied to. Even Jaha.

And even if the Grounders do all blame Jaha (and not rightfully Becca), why blame the whole of Skaikru for ONE person's mistakes? They keep saying "Skaikru did this to us", but that's not a correct statement whatsoever. It was Becca, at least that's how I see it.

Anyone view this in a different light? 