Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-184.147.8.162-20160313232622

Sorry everyone if I'm flogging a dead horse here. I just didn't get a chance to get in on the discussions last week. 3.07 hit pretty hard and to me it seems JRoth doesn't give a damn, and pretty much offered lies and excuses for what he did. If anyone could correct me in my assumptions I would appreciate it.

I really haven't had a show capture my attention quite like "The 100" did - even if I didn't discover it until season 2, and waited with baited breath for season 3. The dynamic between Clarke and Lexa's characters was absolutely incredible and that was a huge reason why I watched. I haven't seen a dynamic like that in years. Even though Lexa was a secondary character, she stole the show with Clarke. I really thought there would be a larger storyline with those two, the potential was incredible. I saw them as the heart of the show.

Anyway,  why kill Lexa off? The reasons JRoth gave just don't add up. He has said in multiple interviews that he didn't have use of Alycia after episode 7 (Thirteen). However, she miraculously appeared filming in Vancouver in January...well past episode 7's filming date. (And I know in another interview he mentioned he had use of her for only 7 episodes, and then went on to correct himself to "only 6 actually", which just takes her to episode 7). So his excuse is he had to kill her off. Why? He obviously got her back. He could have just retired the character for a while, negotiate with AMC some more, and she could be back.

Then, he starts on about wanting to explore the reincarnation storyline that was mentioned (literally) in season two. So someone has to die.... Well to successfully illustrate reincarnation, said dead character has to come back, therefore, he would have had to get Alycia back again from AMC for this storyline too. Which apparently he did. He got her back so he really didn't have to kill off Lexa after all.

It's a real shame actually, keep the fans happy and they keep watching the show. It could have gone on in perpetuity. I know it's been renewed for season 4, a little fishy there. The announced it way earlier than they normally do, almost a middle finger to fans who are complaining about what they did, and basically telling us where we can go for telling them what they should have done.

There was so much potential there with those two characters. It's a shame it was wasted on lazy writing and taking an easy way out. I'm done watching the show. It's a little unbelieveable with all the loss that Clarke has gone through and it's also hard to watch a show that has had it's heart cut out. 