Talk:Jasper Jordan/@comment-45.49.229.44-20170602170037/@comment-11565898-20170611035545

You are entitled to your opinions and your feelings on the matter.

However, you are not aknowledging anything of what Jasper went through or how he felt in the situations he was presented with.

We don't know about Jasper's life on The Ark, but based on the lack of coversation regarding his parents; I think they weren't in the picture all that much. He was separated from his best friend and sentenced to die at a young age. He was sent to the Ground where he could've been killed. On his first day of freedom, he almost died after being shot in the chest. He was then ridculed because he couldn't "get over it" fast enough for the other deliquents. There were those in the camp that had little faith in him to do anything until he shot his gun at the bridge. The girl he loved died in his arms because the one person he relied on his whole life took her away. He thought he could've saved Maya. He thought he could've saved those in the Mountain, but Clarke, Bellamy, and Monty didn't give him the chance to.

So, this 16 year old boy dealt with all of that the best he could. He grieved the loss of his love and his best friend. He grew angry with those around him that he blamed for never listening when it counted; for always making decisions without his input. He got drunk because he felt guilty about not saving someone he had grown to love.

And after all that, self hatred and anger towards his friends; he was still there for them when they needed him.

He was there to help Raven make bullets and make sure she had a good Unity Day. He was there for Octavia when she broke down after Lincoln's death. He was there to tell Clarke that keeping their people in the dark about their last days was wrong. He was the one who told Bellamy he could forgive himself. He was the one who didn't want Monty to see him die because he knew it would hurt him. Then when Monty found him, Jasper was the one who told Monty he loved him and that he didn't want Monty to regret not saying he loved him back.

So yeah, suicide is selfish. It's a permanent solution to a short term problem. However, there are many things that go into contemplating suicide that the people in The 100 universe didn't have time to deal with. Jasper Jordan wasn't selfish and he wasn't a coward. Jasper was someone who just didn't want to fight anymore. He was someone who was tired and didn't recieve the help he needed. He was someone that people dismissed because there were other priorities.

Jasper Jordan is cautionary tale; something to recognized and something people should be educated on.