Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26247132-20160223183610/@comment-27929993-20160314164142

Myheartisskippingbeats wrote:

i dont know, i mean, it makes no sense to me, their bowing scenes.... just stupid writing without any reason behind them. basicly, clarke bows to lexa, which i hated, and tells her youre the boss of me now..... and lexa does it to tell clarke that she wants her to trust her.... just stupid..... I completely disagree with that perspective actually. The bowing scenes make total sense to me.

As we all got the chance to see at the beginning of the episode (Ye Who Enter Here), it was completely out of the equation for Clarke the thought of bowing before Lexa, the person that betrayed her and she was so angry with. That's why later on she tried to kill Lexa but couldn't, 'cause she cares for her, and deeply knows she's a good person and that all she did back in MW was for the well-being of her people and not because she just didn't care about Skykru and Clarke. Hereupon Clarke knows that at this point what's best for her people is to join the coalition, it's the best way to keep them safe and strong, so she agrees to that. Bowing before Lexa is part of the ceremony and the ritual, 'cause she's Heda, the Commander, the one in charge so that's the way for the Ambassadors of each clan to show their loyalty and respect to the Commander. Besides that at this point Clarke had also unwittingly elevated herself as Wanheda, so if she didn't bow before Heda, the intire coalition would be jeopardized, what would be bad for everyone. So as always she was selfless and did what she had to do for a greater common good. Makes perfect sense to me.

Of course Clarke was still hurt and divided, if she should or not to trust Lexa again and that's why after the ceremony she says to her "if you betray me again...", and Lexa completely understands this. She knows that what she was forced to do back in MW was a complete betrayal in every possible way to both Clarke and her people. This is why she says she won't, and why Heda, the Commander, who bows before no one, chooses to bow before Clarke to show her that, to show her loyalty and how committed she is to the alliance with her people and ultimately to her, by letting Clarke see her vulnerable, the thing no one else gets to see ever. Of course this gesture also works as a way of Lexa apologizing in the most sincere way possible to Clarke for what she was forced to do to her back in MW, and to try to get closer to her again, 'cause after all she's in love with her, and that's the other huge motive for wanting her trust back. Again, makes perfect sense to me.

This is the way i see and interpret these scenes and why from every perspective i look, i see the point and it makes a complete sense to the plot line. But this is my opinion of course.