Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-100.34.88.228-20170607185746/@comment-73.104.213.212-20180131204445

How can so many people be so utterly blind. You have to ignore the entirety of the show to say that bellarke hasn't been moving towards a romantic relationship since the beginning. You're aware friendships can turn into romance right? Just look at the head and the heart talk and the end of season 4. The touch and the emotion. They aren't closer to anyone else. There's so many moments that are purely between Bellamy and Clarke, so much history put into it. There hasn't been more dramatic hugs or talks of how they feel between other characters. They're relationship and dynamic is literally the heart of the show.

Also are we just going to ignore the "start with Bellamy Blake" "If Im on that list you're on that list" "I've got you for that"

What about the fact that it's canon that Clarke loves Bellamy? Maybe not explicitly romantic but it was included in the actions for the script during seaso 4.

Or how about when Clarke was willing to sacrifice her mother for the greater good but when Roan threatened to kill Bellamy she allowed 50 of those names on the list to die.

The move isn't new either, season one originally included Bellamy asking Clarke to run away with him. And in season two Clarke told Bellamy not to go to mount weather because it was too dangerous only to change her mind saying she was "weak" just after being told that "love is weakness".

Every instance of "love is weakness", excluding this, has been canon romantic love. Lexa with Costia, Lexa with Clarke, Clarke with Finn.

When you're merging friendship into romance it blends the two lines together, you're going to see overlap. It's a realization that their feelings are more. They're physical and close. The little hand nuzzle in season 4 isn't something either had done with someone else, and considering they view the rest of the main delinquents as family that says something.

If you want to figure out where the lines merge and trickle into romance you have to examine their other family/friendships and how they act around those people.

Also...... calling Bellamy every day for other 2,000 days is extra as hell and clearly hints at romance but.... whatever....

Another suggestion is the timing of Clarke's lové interests. Towards the end of each season Clarke typically finds a new love interest only for them to die around the mid season of the next season. I season 3 we have Clarke and Bellamy's emotional talk where Bellamy "doesn't want to feel that way anymore" and they hug. They also spend the rest of the reason really close which continues on into the next season.

My guess is that the pacing is slower because partially because if it's going to be endgame then they want to save it for later down the series (and considering a CW executive said they were "hopeful" for a sixth season it could be a while). And also there's the fact that Clarke is used to people she loves dying, and therefore it's not a stretch that she'd hold back. There's been a lot of talk of her bringing death and people she cares about getting hurt, I feel it's a natural build up and explanation for her stepping back from her feelings.

So like.... they're probably endgame.