Talk:Thirteen/@comment-26269248-20160310203459

I'll just say this, there are a lot of negative comments on YouTube on the Inside Terms and Conditions video (be it about Jason being bigoted towards the LGTB community or the stupidity of killing off Lexa in terms of story), and there has been much outcry by fans over the decision to kill off Lexa after her and Clarke being brought together romantically, but I don't think the show deserves this hate for either reason. Hear Me Out, I have a lot to say on this issue so just read this before you say I'm racist or bigoted!

In terms of racism/prejudice towards this episode, I think these discussions are a bit out of hand in my opinion (which this entire discussion is). This show has a lot of minorities, female leads, and LGTB representation (much more than many other popular shows on right now), and while some characters are not written well I personally don't hate any of the main characters just for being a minority, woman, or gay (just written badly which I don't think Clarke and Lexa are). I ain't racist (again, I'm a half Mexican and half German American), so all this hate of Jason Rothenberg being a racist or bigoted is a bit exaggerated. While killing of Lexa was not done the best way, I don't think her being a bisexual or female is the issue; it's a story problem (but not by much as I'll get to). Ultimately, I think that this show is awesome for a wide range of representation of minorities, women, and gay characters, but the words of a few off-screen (Steve Talley, some of the producers, and rumors regarding Ricky Whittle) are causing this hatred to grow which it shouldn't. And even if Jason does have an issue with these kinds of people, give the man credit for at least having a wide variety of them on his show since the representation on this show is 1 of the reasons people liked it so much to begin with.

Now in terms of Lexa's death from a story perspective being a problem, I will admit it could have been done better but I don't think it ruins the show (in my opinion). Remember how upset fans were when Wells died 3 episodes in, how every1 wanted to stop watching after Finn died, or even now how Bellamy's character has been built up well over 2 seasons yet ruined in a couple of episodes and now every1 hates them (which they should but this is a discussion for another day)? My point is that every time a major character dies (or gets ruined) on this show every1 freaks out because these characters and story are so good to begin with (for the most part). Now we have reached a point where the show has gone further in story than the books, so the show will stand (or fail) on its own, but I still think it is really damn good (with a few hiccups here and there).

But returning back to Lexa's death from a story perspective, yes it was a dumb way for her to go, but I feel the timing was right (again hear me out). Lexa was getting too popular by fans, and in the show she was loosing her grip over her people, so now that Clarke finally had some say with the Grounders and (keeping with tradition on this show with Wells, Finn, and Bellamy) her love has to die/be lost to make her change her way of being in charge. This (much like with the loss of Maya rather than finding a way for her to be with Jasper) is where the drama is and this show is ultimately that; a teen drama that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where they are caught in a war of survival (though admittedly 1 of the reasons the show is good in terms of story is that the teen drama is not the main focus beyond the 1st few episodes). And while people may say that Thirteen was a bad episode, I think it was well-written, the flashbacks were awesome, the action is still damn impressive (seriously some1 name 1 time where the action on this show sucked) and it did something different by just focusing on a few Main Characters (seriously, only 3 out of 11 Main Characters appeared), so I don't think it deserves the title of "worst episode."

So yeah, this whole "killing off Lexa ruined the show," or "Jason is a racist bigot against the LGTB community," or "I will never watch this show again since the story is terrible now" are all out of hand (in my opinion). The show and characters (with a few exceptions) are still amazing overall, Lexa's death was fine in terms of story and her character will be missed, and to every1 who says that they are done with the show then stop watching and find something better on right now than this and talk about that instead (and if you can let me know so I can check it out).

And if you made it this far, thank you for taking 5-10 minutes (depending on how fast you read) to hear what I had to say and leave a response.