Board Thread:The 100 - Discussion/@comment-24.99.67.19-20140818170707/@comment-24.99.67.19-20140819233905

I don't totally disagree with you on some things. Others, not so much. Let's take them in order. Of course, Clarke is not the only character who is hypocritical. But I was only addressing the Clarke/Finn situation. I think it was fair to point out Clarke's double standard here. You can't criticize someone for not being totally honest with you when you don't practice honesty yourself. That's hypocritical. Now I don't blame Clarke for feeling the need to bring back up. But Clarke shouldn't have agreed not to bring guns, and then go behind Finn's back and have Bellamy bring them anyway. She should have simply declined to go without them and let Finn decide whether to go forward or cancel the meeting.

I do agree that Finn is an idealist. Sometimes, that can be dangerous. But you can't be certain that Clarke and Anya would not have come to an agreement had Jasper not panicked. But I don't think we can lay all the blame on Jasper here either. Anya broke the agreement not to bring weapons. The grounders in the trees were her backup. She may not have found it necessary to have them attack, but if she had stuck to the agreement in the first place, Jasper wouldn't have jumped to conclusions. That's a good point about Jasper suffering from PTSD.

I won't go so far as to say that Anya was not interested in peace, but she certainly annoyed me, too. The grounders attacked the hundred long before they fired those rockets. Jasper was speared the first day they landed. Clarke shouldn't have let her get away with that crap. It was even worse in the cave when the little girl was dying. Anya blamed Clarke, but what about the four of Clarke's people who had died because of the virus she sent to the camp through Murphy? Anya has some serious tunnel vision.

Well, I personally think that Clarke not being able to forgive is a foible. "To err is human. To forgive is divine." All relationships would fall apart if people didn't forgive each other. I guess I'm a bit of an idealist, too. But I'm also pragmatic. Is Clarke going to hold the Raven thing against Finn forever? If she loves him, and all indication is that she does, I still think she needs to get over it and move on.

BTW, there seems to be a contradiction about her not trusting Finn, though. Remember when she was sick and advised Finn to leave the camp? Finn told her that if she thought that he would even consider doing that, she didn't know him very well. Clarke smiled at him and said, "I know you." That's an indication that she knew that he is a person of good character. And if she knows that, the implication is that she knew she could trust him. She's a walking contradiction.