Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7971816-20170209030558/@comment-83.136.45.105-20170211142537

TotallyTinkerbell wrote: All of the characters on the show have a darker side, though. The fandom likes to point to Bellamy and shout "genocide" but people ignore how the other characters are just at much at fault. Lexa let a bomb drop on her people. Clarke and Monty have equal share in the mount weather massacre. All three of the adults have shares in the Culling. Jaha threw a kid into a seamonster, Kane shocklashed someone in front of everyone, Murphy killed two guys in S1. Finn killed an entire grounder village, Jasper started a confict with Trikru by shooting at the grounders in the trees during Clarke and Anya's peacetalks. Octavia has killed numerous people and Echo had Mount Weather blown up. So if Bellamy needs therapy, then everyone does.

This show is hardly one for the fans who love Hunger Games' teen romance (which speaking off - not even for 3 seconds did I think that any of the main characters were ever in danger of dying, unlike The 100). The 100 should never be compared to that movie franchise. The only thing they have in common is that they're both about survival, and both take place in the woods. And lots of people die. If you want that, combined with a teenage love-triangle and some archery, go watch Hunger Games. If you want something darker, watch The 100. The show is also not for people who want realism? It's a tv-show. If the show was meant to be realistic, all the people would be dead already.

& I'm pretty sure that picture you saw was fake. I'm not saying that because I don't want it to be true, but because I know she wouldn't do something as controversial. They wouldn't let her. Yes, Eliza clèarly shipped Clexa. And I loved that. You could see how Eliza enjoyed filming with Alycia, they are really good friends, and I loved their dynamic (on and off-screen). But I don't think they'll have a do-over for a grounder romance. Like I said, I just wished she stayed single, actually. Not Echo, not Bellamy, not any new love interest. Just Clarke.

Also, I don't know why there is this general attitude that characters having sex makes them disgusting, but calling Bellamy that is hardly fair. Let's try not to partake in society's horrible tendency to slut-shame anymore :) Taya having sex with 2 women at the same time us disgusting, it us bot love and it is not ik, Bellamy was the only one who did that and I actually find it really concerning that you don't see that as wrong. And as for comparing Lexa to Bellamy which is what you amd many are trying to do, don't because you can't. Lexa was raised not with dolls in her hands but swords. She didn't have parents to guide her she had a personal trainer. She was actually unique in that despite being raised under the belief that harsh actions required punishment, she didn't approve of it. But at sixteen years old she was forced to be a Commander, which involves lots of rules to follow, lots of responsibility and lots of expectations. And if she disobeyed with her people's rules, she wouldn't just be impeached, she would be killed.

At first yeah, she absolutely made terrible and cowardly decisions and times. But unlike Bellamy she didn't torture or kill out of her own will to be sadistic. She did it because it was the rules, it was her job. And was she in a really awful situation because of it, yes! But despite this, when she met Clarke, she learned for the first time that there actually was a better way. And Clarke gave her the tools to build toward that so she did. She could have retaliated towards Bellamy and his people. Clarke said she had every right. But she chose the peace road. And it nearly got her killed by one of her own. In the end it nearly did. So if you think about it, Bellamy was actually the initiating factor towards her own death. If he hadn't killed her army there to protect him, it could have been avoided.

But did Bellamy have any regrets, not really. He hates the grounders, he hates that Clarke loved Lexa and Octavia loved Lincoln. And all he seems to do is feel sorry for himself hoping that others will too. He is pretty pathetic.

And Taya they practically marketed this towards Hunger Games fans and Eliza is always comparing Clarke to Katniss so it is not really your call to tell people what to expect, what to be watching and for what reasons. This show's introduction was timed well on purpose. And plus the Hunger Games isnt some soppy teen romance like what you're saying. It is about an empowering young female with actual morals.