Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26247132-20160223183610/@comment-26247132-20160224203711

"this show is great, but you have to understand things on a very deep level"

Considering my edit history, I think I understand things on a pretty deep level. ;)

Roan: he might hate his mother but he was trying to get Clarke to assassinate Lexa. Why bother taking Clarke to Lexa to assassinate her when he could have taken Clarke to Nia and had Nia overthrow the Coalition. It leads to the same result: Lexa dead and the Ice Nation ruling the Coalition. And his banishment from the Azgeda by Lexa should have been explained more clearly onscreen because all it did was lead to massive confusion.

Gina: Gina was nothing more than a poorly written plot device and fridge trope. We knew nothing about her, not even what station she was originally from or when she and Bellamy started dating. How are we supposed to believe he loved her when all we saw of them interacting together was him kissing her face? (Which he spent more time doing with Roma onscreen than we ever saw of him with Gina.) Gina was a worthless character created solely to kill off to give Bellamy some angst. Again, fridged for character "growth." She did not remotely pass the Bechdel test. (And don't get me started on their treatment of WOC.)

Monty's dad: at this point, with the mess the rest of this season has become, I'm now assuming it was just a poorly written story that fell flat and there isn't anything more to it than that.

Clarke and Lexa nightgown scene is a common occurrance in the Grounder world? Okay.... Clarke and Lexa bowing to each other: still hasn't been fully explained onscreen; only in tweets and interviews and fan-written dissertations. Again, if it's not shown onscreen, it's not canon.

Election: already answered this. It was an impromptu decision made by Abby and held THE SAME DAY they joined the Coalition, MW got bombed, and Pike set out the first time to massacre 300 warriors. Just because Abby was stuck between two jobs she's been doing for THREE MONTHS already does not give her an excuse to hold an overnight election at such an integral time. It is 10000% Abby's fault that Pike is now Chancellor and this is such a huge problem with the plot that they aren't even able to recover from because everyone's motivations stem from this colossal mistake.

Bellamy: "hate to break this to you, he does not have time at the moment to love clarke" What does this even mean? If you think I'm a Bellarke shipper, you couldn't be more wrong. ;) Bellamy's character was given half an episode to go from a two-season redemption arc to a villain. THAT is what I have a problem with: not whether or not he "loves" Clarke (ew!).

Clarke as ambassador: As Octavia said, she hasn't been around for three months! And now with the Sky People rejecting the Coalition, why is she still there? She still doesn't have any idea what is going on in Arkadia. She is basically a glorified courtier is what she is.

Lexa's about-face with the "blood must NOT have blood" is because she loves Clarke and does what Clarke tells her? And then since she's the Commander, she will use her power to create a dictatorship to force everyone to obey her? What a terrible leader! She needs to be removed from power immediately.

Indra wasn't in the tent when they found her. In fact, there were no tents visible on that field.

"that [bowing scene] was and always(unless they give a god damn good explanation) will be the piss poor of the piss poorest baddest and lamest stupidest writing decisions ever. seriously, i would rather see trump for the president rather than not knowing what the fuck was that scene suppost to be."

I mostly agree with this. I think the election takes the cake on the piss-poorest, baddest, lamest, and stupidest writing decision ever. And thank you for responding so thoroughly!