Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-95.83.253.232-20161023155823/@comment-7971816-20161028135655

I don't know why you think I wouldn't want her back. I do. I'd love for nothing more than for Alycia/Lexa to come back in some capacity. I'm just saying it's very very unlikely, and I'm being realistic about it.

And just for the record, there was a funeral. Aden and the other nightbloods had a ceremony, which was probably the grounders' closest thing to a funeral. They closed the chapter on Lexa in that time and place. Who knows maybe we'll see a flashback to Lexa as a kid, or maybe the conclave. Who knows. But I doubt Alycia will be portraying Lexa in that.

And about Alycia never intending to stick around, that's pretty easy to explain ; Series regulars are under contract to that one specific show. They're locked in. Guest stars (however big their recurring role might be, think of Miller), are free to appear in other shows. You can't blame Alycia for choosing a series regular job at the very start of her carreer still. She never even had to come back to The 100. She could've just stayed out of S3. But Jason worked out a deal with FTWD and AMC to get Alycia back for a few episodes. That wouldn't have happened if Alycia didn't want to come back.

As far as her story being unfinished, yes, I may agree with that. But you can't expect every single character to have their entire backstory layed out. We never figured out why Lincoln was watching the delinquents camp. We never figured out much about Aurora, Bellamy and Octavia's mom. We never learned more about Monroe's backstory. Hell, we didn't even know that much about Wells. Finn was the only character who got a proper origins episode before his death, so that surely is a rare thing to happen on The 100.

I'm just trying to spare you the pain of expecting her to return. I really don't see how they could make that work. It won't happen, sadly.