Talk:Survival of the Fittest/@comment-26269248-20160120233143/@comment-26247132-20160121005259

1. Draconian societies require a substantial military to not only enforce the laws but also to ensure compliance (through military brainwashing training). My guess is about a third to half the population are members of the guard.

2. Maybe Rank? Quint was in the meeting with the Commander so he must have been a leader of some sort whereas his brother might have simply been a warrior following after Tristan/the Commander or Anya.

3. I did feel a little bad that Byrne had to die that way, which made me appreciate her death. I really liked her in this episode, actually.

4. Excellent question. They lost contact with the Ark in Unity Day (there were only 11 dead at that point) so until Clarke arrived at Camp Jaha, no one knew who was still alive after the battle with the Grounders. But once Clarke arrived, she would have told them. (Wouldn't she? I mean, she was all caught up with trying to save Finn but that's not something she would neglect to do, is it?) Even with over half the Ark dead in the Sydney mutiny and/or missing in the landing, there should statistically have been more parents than just Jaha. Maybe some of the parents went with him to the City of Light? And as to why no one else had told Jaha the truth, Murphy was probably the first person he talked to who knew the truth about Wells after Clarke told him Wells was dead.

5. There would have been at least two gorillas at one point in order to create the one we saw. ;) The zoo had become the gorilla's feeding grounds/home so maybe the previous mutant gorillas had killed off most of the other animals who weren't able to escape. Maybe we'll see some mutant zebras or giraffes in Season 3.

6. I love Indra. The Sky People are clueless and were probably still living off their rations (which I guess is some type of soy protein supplement??) They were probably genetically engineered to require less food and water than normal humans, along with their ability to filter radiation and heal super quickly.

7. Reapers are essentially high on drugs so no, they're not self-aware in that sense. In either this episode or the deleted scene for this episode, Bellamy asks Lincoln how much he remembers on the Red and Lincoln says "everything." He also says that all Reapers see is the Red. My take is they're super f-ing high, like on a PCP/Acid trip but can still minimally function like a meth addict fiending for their next fix (i.e. cooperating with other Reapers and capturing people vs. eating them).

8. I agree with JR: I don't like small worlds where everyone is conveniently related to everyone else. It's been done a million times and is completely unrealistic because things are never that neat and tidy in real life.