Talk:Clarke and Bellamy/@comment-71.252.195.111-20140907081913

The writers are obviously building them up as a power couple*. It'll be a slow burn with them, at least one of them will be in denial about their feelings, etc., with Bellamy likely being very protective of Clarke. I'm not saying they won't hit rough patches, and it will be interesting to see how they handle reuniting in season two. (That's not a spoiler I just don't think this show would kill Bellamy. He and Clarke are safe through the series and I don't see the point in pretending otherwise.) Clarke will likely not escape Mt. Weather within three episodes, I think, and Bellamy will have to pull the camp together and lead it solo, essentially. He'll experience what it would mean to lead without her and really come to appreciate what she brings to the camp. Raven and the others will step up to help, of course, but I think that while he'll realize that he could lead by himself that he wants her back. That she is one of his people and his friend. I'm curious to see how he'll act w/r/t what happened in the finale. He's a realist, he nodded his head, so I would not be surprised if he's like "it was the right thing to do, you were protecting the others" but I could see them going another route for drama. I hope not, though, it just doesn't strike me as true to the character to not have him get it.

Clarke...I don't know. I would like to think there will be a meaty storyline there for her, I have a million ideas I'd love to see, I just hope that whatever happens to her there has an impact on her that doesn't just go away once she reunites with the group. (I on;y say this because solitary confinement is actually pretty brutal on most people, if you research it, and they've shown it as having had no consequences on Clarke.) Clarke is a fascinating character; rational, empathetic, extremely intelligent, forgiving, but there's a steel to her - killing Atom showed that. That was an amazing moment in terms of her hardness but also her softness and I really want to see how Mt. Weather affects that. Bellamy has had storylines other than running the camp - like his relationship with his sister - and while Clarke has had other non-leadership related storylines they've all involved Finn, who does not bring out anything interesting in Clarke, or her mom/dad and there wasn't really anyone there for her to interact with.

Splitting them up, in a weird way, puts each in "their" environment. Clarke is in this sterile, medical, modern place while Bellamy is in the field, in a warzone basically. Both of them have what they think they want but in the worst place possible and without the one person they've had for support. It's a great setup for them as coleaders and as characters so I'm excited for season two.


 * And really, there are no power couples in tv shows aimed at teens/young adults. A few shows have come close but they're always ruined for the sake of "drama." This is a plot and character driven show, not romance driven, so hopefully the writers and producers respect the characters enough to not have them behave irrationally. I don't think the writers will, judging by how they handled the Clarke/Finn/Raven non love triangle, but still. I worry.

God, this is a long post. In short: love Bellarke, they're amazing as coleaders/reluctant friends/unintentional parentals/potential couple. And Morley and Taylor are adorable Australians with great chemistry.