#all my theories involve lexa

[100-and-won-damnations]

New Theory

Okay so now we have confirmation of what we all thought: the primes use technology similar to the flame to be reborn. The difference is that the Commanders retain their memories while the primes’ hosts lose theirs.

Maybe this makes taking the chip out particularly difficult. Maybe it’s not as simple as saying that latin stuff and pulling it out.

Also in this episode, we saw a reminder of how much Madi wants to keep the Flame in her head. My hope is that this line was a deliberate foreshadowing of her having to take it out this season.

What if she takes it out so that the flame can then go inside Clarke’s head (again, dear god) and then Madi and Lexa and Becca and everyone in between (except u dark commander, fuck u) can all save the day. Yay!

#sorry not sorry #all my theories involve lexa #the 100 #commander lexa #lexa kom trikru #clarke griffin #clexa #clarke x lexa #lexa x clarke #madi griffin #becca pramheda

[goddamnalientourists]

Random bits of Lorien Legacies fandom history I remember:

- Everyone thinking Five was going to be a girl before The Fall of Five came out and people living their truth writing all those self inserts and oc girl fives who always ended up smooching Nine (who didn't love a good self insert?)

- all those anti Five memes after TFOF which were like "i am number four fans counting to ten 1 2 3 4 not you 6 7 8 9 10"

- that facebook game about mark james that may or may not have been a fever dream

- everyone calling setrakus ra mousetraps for some reason. I don't remember why.

- the fandom making Eight's sole character trait pizza because he referenced it one time. Also whitewashing him with Robert Sheehan edits.

- that time I was really into crack ships and someone took one look at a Nine/Marina fic I wrote bluescreened and did a whole essay on how ridiculous ships made them quit the fandom and everyone called them out on it

- Sam/Six ship being named Stormchaser

- When John/Six/Sam love triangle was going on and everyone went out of their way to hate on Sarah (and also that time everyone thought she was a traitor?? I forgot how that worked out my brain is telling me Setrakus shapeshifted into her but i haven't read it for ages so idk)

- the iconic fic I read once where the fic author didn't like Sarah so they included a scene where her head exploded and she was secretly a robot the whole time to get her out of the picture go bold or go home

- the time everyone started liking Sarah and making critiques of John's character and the series shitty writing #SarahHartDeservedBetter

- the time @officialpittacuslore rocked up, pointed at John and Nine and said "yes, I'll have some more of whatever those two have going on", dug a pit, labelled it 'Stohn' and everyone jumped in overnight (gay alien pit throwback uwu)

- astohnymous sending everyone in the fandom incorrect quotes on anon

- Six/Marina rising in popularity. Sirina supremacy. There is no heterosexual explanation for dreaming about seeing a girl on the beach that's soulmate energy right there.

- sandor/devektra/crayton/lexa fics and edits were a big thing for a while and devektra was always taylor swift

- the period before the revenge of seven was released where there was a countdown centred around celebration of fan content creation where everyone wrote fics and did art and edits for a certain theme!

- the time I got so annoyed by this random guy named Devdan just disappearing and never being mentioned again I made a whole detailed theory involving alternate timelines to make it so Devdan is Eight from a bad!future. I still think this is a cool theory and better than the actual explanation, bad and lazy writing.

- one time I ran a secret santa for the fandom and legend says I still haven't removed the page from my blog because I just forgot to for years. Literally. It's still on my blog. Wth?? Shameful 😔 my blog is terrible but what do you expect i dont get paid

- the shittacuslore and setracrapra RP blogs

- also I have a Malcolm roleplay sideblog I hardly ever used don't know if that counts as a significant moment of fandom history but I just find it funny how out of all characters I could have RPd I chose him. Could have picked a character with cool powers and telekinesis but I pointed at the local traumatised amnesia dad and was like "yes, I will be him", made 3 posts and never used it again.

- I've been an Adam stan since I first joined this fandom and the first thing I contributed to this fandom was a coloured pencil drawing of One wjth a surfboard, and it's been glorious watching Adam rise from 'character people are vaguely aware of but most haven't read the side-stories so they don't know about him to care enough' to 'fan favourite who deserves everything in the world and also look at him he's depressed and queer' (no I am not projecting ok maybe i am but can you blame me) anyway shoutout to Knave for all the Adam content over the years it feeds me

- The time people were coming up with shipnames for fun and I said Kevy for Kelly/Five and everyone rolled with it but it was actually a typo the whole time and doesn't even make sense when you look at it but it was too late to go back no i don't remember why we were discussing shipping kelly/five

- That solid week and a half everyone aggressively shipped Malcolm and Henri

- when legacies reborn came out and there was a resurgence of energy and theories around all the new characters

Anyway I joined the tumblr fandom ~2013 but I've been in this fandom since 2011, before The Rise of Nine was even released. Also what the actual bleeping heck it is 2021 and 2011 was TEN YEARS AGO?? A WHOLE DECADE????? Help

#lorien legacies #i felt like i had to make this for important historical record #also for fun :) #i've been in this fandom a decade hoo boi I'M OLD

[girlobsessed21]

The 100 season 6 predictions #2

As promised, here’s another prediction post. I checked my previous one and most of it occurred or might still play out in some way. This time I’m not so confident but I try. My mom vetoed only two of the theories I discussed with her and she’s brutally honest, so that’s something, at least.

That said, I’ll start with the basics. 

The Episode guide

6x09 - What you take with you

UNLIKELY COMPANIONS - Bellamy must venture out into enemy territory with an unlikely companion. Meanwhile, Octavia is forced to confront her past.

This is also the title of the biography of Therese Greenwood about wildfires that destroy an entire community in Canada causing its inhabitants to flee to safety.

A snippet from Rich Malloy’s article ‘What’s In There? Only What You Take With You’ about Yoda’s teachings to Luke Skywalker in the cave. “As we move through life, facing challenges, enjoying moments, getting excited, or being calm, how we are in that moment depends on what we take with us. Did you get blindsided by a difficult conversation? You faced it with only what you took with you. Did you prepare for the meeting? You faced it with only what you took with you. Each day we have new caves to enter with unknown challenges to face, and we do so with only what we take with us.”

6x10 - Matryoshka

REUNITED – Russel seeks justice. Meanwhile, Gabriel must make a difficult choice. Lastly, the Blake siblings reunite

The following was taken from Kerry Kubilius’s article: The Origin of the Matryoshka, Russian Nesting Dolls

A matryoshka (plural: matryoshki) is a Russian nesting doll, and they are often simply called nesting dolls. It's pronounced mah-tree-YOSH-kah. These dolls open to reveal increasingly smaller versions of the same doll, one within another. The dolls can be pulled apart in the middle to reveal the next smallest doll, with the smallest doll being made of a solid piece of wood.

6x11 - Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes is a British crime drama series, serving as the sequel to Life On Mars. The series tells the story of Alex Drake (played by Keeley Hawes), a police officer in service with the London Metropolitan Police, who is shot in 2008 by a man called Arthur Layton and inexplicably regains consciousness in 1981.

"Ashes to Ashes" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie. Described as "containing more messages per second" than any single released in 1980, the song also included the plaintive reflection:

I've never done good things

I've never done bad things

I never did anything out of the blue

Instead of a hippie astronaut who casually slips the bonds of a crass and material world to journey beyond the stars, the song describes Major Tom as a "junkie, strung out in heaven's high, hitting an all-time low". 

'Ashes to ashes' derives from the English Burial Service. The text of that service is adapted from the Biblical text, Genesis 3:19 (King James Version):

“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

6x12 - Adjustment Protocol

Adjustment - a small alteration or movement made to achieve a desired fit, appearance, or result

Protocol - the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions

6x13 - The Blood of Sanctum

Fire. Blood. Romance. Death. A glorious return. A shocking end that will change everything forever.

Blood Sanctum is a combat anomaly that can be found in null security space with Blood Raiders presence.

Blood globally represents life itself, as the element of divine life that functions within the human body. ... Blood and WINE are interchangeable symbols; in Chinese symbolism, blood and WATER are associated as complementaries, as THE YIN AND THE YANG. The term cold blood refers to unfeeling.

I’ll get into more details below but what I take from all of this is that the primes cannot continue to cheat death and that time dilation will play a big part in the series. Either in the current season or the next. 

Aboard the Eligius ship

Indra is back! Yes! I’ve called out to this awesome warrior in almost every analysis and finally, someone heard me. Kane will most certainly be less than pleased with his new body, but while he has it, he might as well put it to good use.

We’ve seen Abby’s downward spiral season after season, episode after episode, yet Kane’s transformation might be an all-time low. It’s known of drug addicts to purposefully re-invent themselves after hitting rock bottom. Abby Griffin stopped the pills and then focused all her energy on saving the man she loves, whose death was ultimately a subject of her addiction. 

He will certainly try and find a way to punish her for the selfishness and simultaneously rescue her from the compulsive behavior - he does still love her. How? By finding a way to undo what she did. They do not know how the mind-wipes work exactly. Kane would want to give Gavin his body back. So, if there’s a way, he’d want Abby to find it.

I don’t know if I’ll get used to Kane II. When I see Kane, I see Henry Ian Cusick. That body looked pretty dead to me but there might be a minuscule chance to save him. 

Kane’s new peaceful outlook will not involve killing the primes, but saving their hosts and protecting Sanctum. This is probably what he will conspire with Indra and Raven. Yeah, I doubt that plan will play out as they hope. Simone is still on that ship and will make life hard for them. 

Leaning on the Matryoshka themed episode, with the last of the dolls being a simple piece of wood. They’ve lived so many lives and come to see themselves as superior, that they’ve become cold and hollow through the centuries. Willing to do whatever it takes to maintain their immortality and power. Another fact, the dolls are all replicas, meaning Josephine must have matured into who she is by some sort of example from her parents. 

Daytrip 2.0 featuring Bellamy and Josephine

Bellamy is in for a bumpy ride in the woods. The sociopath will break him down and torture him to break free. My guess, she’ll use the betrayal tactic. Telling him that Clarke never really loved him, that she has always used him. That he wasn’t even in her mind when she took a peek. Only Lexa, Finn and Madi. She’ll try to make him believe that he’s not important to Clarke and that he should let her go.

We’ve seen some guy kill himself for Josie and Gabriel can’t shake her either, she’s clearly a master seductress. As a last resort, she might use these tactics to try and win Bellamy over. Make him fall for her using the body of the woman he loves? I’m not saying he’ll give into it, but hell it might be hard to resist. This will all be while watching her deteriorate.  

Reverting to the ‘what you take with you’ theme, how will he act in lieu of this information? Clarke apologized but does she really care? In season two she told him he should risk his life and go into Mount Weather, then left him in the end. In season three she chose to stay in Polis when he begged her to come home. In season five she left him to die in a fighting pit. They’ll have to sleep somewhere in the woods, perhaps Clarke finds another way to reach out to him.

When they reach their destination, Gabriel’s tough decision will obviously be Clarke or Josephine and when he saves Clarke, does he destroy Josephine? I doubt it. It won’t be the last we see of her. Octavia will beg him to save Clarke for her brother’s sake. This will somehow lead to peace between the siblings. She has A LOT to make up for, but it’s a start.

The Anomaly

A temporal anomaly is a disruption in the spacetime continuum which can be related to time travel. Temporal anomalies can take many forms and have many different effects, including temporal reversion, the creation of alternate timelines, and fracturing a vessel into different time periods.

The Octavia that returned looks like a younger version of herself. She may have lost her memories and be attacked by them once she takes a nap in the same way Clarke took a trip down memory lane. That is surely a night of terrors, reliving the Bloodreina phase. How will Bellamy react to this? 

Gabriel might see this as an opportunity to save both Clarke and the original Josephine. If it reversed Octavia’s age, won’t it do the same for them? They’re both in there, perhaps they can come out as younger versions of themselves? It fits into the Matryoshka theme.

The anomaly also picks up the soundwaves, implicating that they might have a way to contact the Eligius ship to collect them.

The synopsis of the finale states there will be a glorious return. I believe this is Diyoza coming back from the future, with Hope. Both her child and the abstract noun. If we’re going full-on time travel in season 7, she might contain the secret of how to stop the first Apocolypse. This is crazy, I know, if it’s where they’re headed, it will only happen in the series finale.

Sanctum’s blood

Russel will find Madi guilty for her attack. Maybe Jordan will explain that it’s not her actions, but the dark commander in her head which will lead to a painful exploration of the flame and perhaps even the destruction thereof. Although it seems like the writers are hesitant to let go.

Like I said in my previous analysis, Jade will turn on them and team up with Echo and Ryker to take them down from the inside. Unfortunately, there’s no way to communicate with the ship. Russel already said they’ll save Jordan’s life. If Ryker and Jordan can convince Priya, she might switch sides as well. 

Murphy is a bit of a conundrum. I still think those chips exist for a reason, yet Emori, the hero of the previous episode, convinced him that dying is an option. That she’ll love him forever even if the end is near. 

Anyway, Bellamy will most likely follow Kane’s plan with a bit more force aka guns and manpower. They’ll enter Sanctum to take out the primes but will ultimately walk into a war and have to fight it. 

Who’s on my deathdar?

Madi - Russel wants revenge. If he tries to take out the flame without the necessary knowledge, it might result in Madi’s death

Murphy and Emori - Their story is trudging dangerously close to happily ever after and that’s never a good sign on this show. Emori has also shown some great strength and character development. This might be the end for one or both of them if they don’t co-operate with Russel.

Gaia - She’s been outcasted to the dangerous woods, not sure how this will end when another eclipse appears.

Russel, Simone, and the other prime chips - Bellamy and his army might have to face countless tribulations to succeed but I believe they will eventually take them out.

Kane - If Abby doesn’t find a way to save his original body, I think he’s a goner.

The romance section

Right now there’s not much romance except for Memori, and that one scares me because it’s bittersweet. Remember the Marper moment in 5x08 where Monty asked Harper if she’ll still love him even if he’s just a farmer? This is following right in their footsteps.

Is Becho dead or alive? I’ve been called misogynistic and typical based on my Becho views but I’m not blind. I do not watch this show with shipper goggles. For a long time, I even thought Becho to be endgame. What in this season so far has broadcasted their relationship except for a sweet moment after Bellamy apologized for calling her an emotionless spy. 

What I think we might get a hint of is Jade and Echo based on what Tasya Teles said. Apparently, her favorite dynamic is between Echo and a new character. On another occasion, she said that Echo is bisexual. What would be better than this lesbian, mixed race pairing? They’re two badass female spies who will diminish the false gods from within. Who knows, we might see a spark.

Early on I saw a subtle hint of Raven and Ryker, but that’s on hold for now. It might turn in the future now that we’ve learned Ryker is on Gabriel’s side.

Xatavia or Gatavia - There was a momentary connection. I wrote about it last week, then some people told me they saw it too. I like it. I ship it. Okay, Octavia still has a long way to go within herself before she can pursue relationships with others but she’s making progress and I’m loving her this season. 

Jordan and Delilah/Priya - Perhaps Abby (and Gabriel) can find a way to bring the hosts back. If they can’t, Priya defended him, it might turn into something.

Mackson’s still going strong, I don’t see anything breaking them up.

Kabby is dead, by all means.

Bellarke - I wish I could be as positive about them as I was in my previous posts. What I see on screen, what I’ve watched for six seasons straight is the two of them within every romantic trope in the book. Now, once again, Bellamy is risking everything, leaving everyone behind to save her. People call him out on only caring about her. Bellamy is the one thing in Clarke’s mind she cannot face. He’s also her biggest regret. 

I never thought they’ll go the romantic route with Bellarke this season, Becho is still a couple, yet I banked on a confession of some sorts. I’ve read articles and seen tweets about misinterpretations on-screen which means they’ll remain platonic soulmates, for now. On the other hand, it’s bs. While discussing this with my mom, who does not ship, at all, she asked, “I’m waiting for the Bellarke theory...”

And all I had was Bellamy might head into the anomaly in the end and see this cute kid who makes his debut in the finale. He has the freckles and the hair, maybe it’s Bellarke’s child. But it could just be a young Bellamy. Or not related to him at all. What do you think? If it is, they won’t say it is but he’ll have a role to play in season seven.

Argue with me, I know I’m often wrong. Tell me about your theories, I’d love to hear them. Okay, until next week, bye.

#the100 #the100 spoilers #the100 season 6 spoilers #the100 season 6 #the 100 #the 100 season six #The 100 s6 #bellamy blake #clarke griffin #marcus kane #indra #abby griffin #josephine lightbourne #gabriel #memori #bellarke #jecho

[lunaschild2016]

Dark On Me - [Wraith/Eric] Part 1

A/N: A little something cooked up, brought to you by a monsoon, chai lattes and a sleeping five-year-old!

Rating: M

Genre: Romance, Angst, Drama

Summary: Summary: ‘You’re the cause, the antidote. The sinking ship I could not let go. Who led my way and disappeared. In the dead of night, you went dark on me.’ Wraith and Eric were well known for their dislike for each other, or so everyone thought. So he thought. Her death tormented him, just like she did in life. Love or hate? Enemy or soul-mate? What is the truth?

Eric: Jai Courtney

Wraith/Lexa: Kate Beckinsale (First Underworld)

Trip: Jacob Elordi

Tris: Shailene Woodley

Four: Theo James

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Third Person

The scene of the attack was a gruesome one. The pictures captured all the gore in vivid detail. 

The bed covered in blood, the trail of it leading from the apartment. 

The wounds on both of the attacks participants. One of these being far more gruesome than the other after the body, battered beyond recognition, was finally located.

What wasn’t caught in the pictures from the camera after the guards arrived on the scene was caught on the vidfeed in the control room. 

In that, a young female was seen stumbling from the male’s apartment, clutching her side as blood continued to drip from her wounds. That blood left a clear trail all the way to The Chasm. It was there that the young woman was seen last on the feed. Wobbling her way until she dropped halfway across the dangerous metal bridge, unable to continue further.

He watched the feed in morbid fascination and with a chilling emotional disconnect as the girl looked around frantically. One would think she was looking for help but he knew she was looking for an escape.

What wasn’t showing on this particular feed was that the guards were closing in on her. The body of the male had already been found in a pool of blood in his apartment. 

She couldn’t know that the guards weren’t considering her the aggressor of the event. Not given the reputation of the man involved and their well-known dislike for each other. 

She couldn’t know that, with him being completely unconscious and slowly bleeding out, it was assumed he got what he deserved after he attacked her and it was self-defense.

But it was her next actions that shed doubt on that particular theory though there were plenty that never lost the first assumed belief even with the evidence.

A look of defeat and hopelessness crossed her face before she crawled to the edge of the bridge. She struggled, using the last of her strength most likely, and just as she made it the guards finally appeared.

They were too late.

No matter how many times he watched this damn scene play out, it always ended with the same thing.

Her lunging over the side with a sick smile on her face as she stared straight at the camera. She never even screamed. She just smiled until the abyss swallowed her from sight.

His hand slapped down onto the console to hit rewind until he reached the same point he’s watched a hundred times by now and he would continue to watch until someone put a stop to it.

“Jesus Christ, Eric. Give it a fucking rest already.”

The outburst coming from an ashen-faced Zeke Pedrad as he grimaced and jerked his eyes away from the large vid screen that was displaying the enlarged image of the girl's death.

Eric grits his teeth and turned his head ever so slightly to glare at Zeke who raised his hands in surrender and shook his head. “I’m just saying. I get that you have a right to see this shit if you want to. I mean, I guess if it had been me…”

He trailed off when he saw the slightest tick developing at the edge of the man’s eye and swallowed the fear at what he knew that usually signaled and continued on. “It’s been three weeks, Eric. You aren’t going to find the answers to why she attacked you there, and dead women tell no tales.”

Eric let out a hiss of breath and focused on the screen one more time, unable to look away until there was nothing left to see.

He didn’t hit the rewind control, even though his hand itched too. He hated the hollow feeling it left him with every time her face disappeared from his view. It didn’t make sense why he was feeling that way and that made him even angrier.

A dull ache throbbed through his body as the still healing wounds seemed to respond to that loss at the same time. Another thing he couldn’t explain, why he continued to refuse the serums that would heal and erase any trace of those wounds.

‘How can I explain that erasing them would be like erasing the last bits of her?’

He spun around to start to walk out but stopped when he heard the relieved expelling of breath from Zeke Pedrad. He whirled back around and stomped over to get close to him.

“Do you think this was me?” He hissed out while bending closer to the other man’s ear. “Are you one of those ready to parrot fucking number boy and assume I’m responsible for her?”

Zeke never turned his head, nor did he flinch away even though he desperately wanted to. Eric had always been one scary motherfucker but after the attack and being forced to be the one to give the funeral speech for her, he’s almost unhinged.

“Who? Wraith?”

Eric gritted his teeth so hard the sound reverberated in Zeke’s ear loudly and he could feel the anger boiling in the other man at the mention of the name. “Yes.” He hissed. “Wraith.” He finished with disgust dripping from every syllable.

He swallowed and shook his head in the slightest, speaking without ever looking at Eric. “Everyone saw you two in the pit that night, Eric. I saw you. I know you were wasted and said something insulting. But that was normal for the two of you, always exchanging insults. It never got physical before, but that night I saw her react and almost attack you. I was one of the ones that were going to step in and stop her. It was completely out of character for her, I know, so that might explain why we didn’t stop her from leaving with you. We were all pretty drunk, I guess. It’s the only reason I can think of why we let her be the one to take you to your apartment after that. We don’t know what happened behind the door of your apartment, but I can’t help but think it shouldn’t have even made it there.”

This time he swallowed out of grief and not fear as he closed his eyes. “I guess what I’m saying is, we’re all responsible in some way.”

He opened his eyes and turned his head slightly to look the man straight in the eye and was confused by what he saw. The tension eased slightly but his blue eyes were filled with an expression that is completely unlike the ruthless leader. There looked to be, remorse, in them.

“If you ever thought of her as a friend you will never fucking refer to her by that name again. Her name is Lexa and she should be remembered that way. Not as some fucking living ghost.” He snarled this out before flinching and straightening up. He left Zeke Pedrad behind, mouth hanging open in shock and blinking as if he thought he was imagining things.

‘Let him think whatever he will. Let them all think whatever they want, they always have. I’ll find out what happened that night and then maybe I can understand why it feels like I just lost the love of my fucking life.’

#divergent fanfiction #fanfiction #eric coulter fanfiction #divergent au #romance #smut #angst #drama #eric coulter #eric x oc #oc #tris #four #uriah #tori wu #jai courtney #kate beckinsale #shailene woodley #theo james #kinda dark

[sometimesrosy]

I just don’t understand what you are trying to say actually you just said Clarke couldn’t move on from Lexa but then you also said she’s in love with Bellamy and for this reason you think Clarke won’t find a new love interest like Bellamy did -even though you claimed Bellamy was in love with Clarke all along even when he got together with Echo- so what’s the truth exactly? If Bellamy can move on Clarke in 6 years Clarke can move on from him in more than 6 years too. I don’t get your point.

The POINT is that The 100 is the story of Clarke and Bellamy and their relationship. It has ALWAYS been, on some level about Clarke and Bellamy’s relationship. Clarke and Bellamy are soulmates. They are the heart and the head. Nothing works on The 100 unless Clarke and Bellamy are TOGETHER. 

This is the story of Clarke and Bellamy, heroes, and soulmates, and how they come together, again and again, to save humanity, to learn how to be the good guys, to make better choices, to break the cycle of violence.

The 100 is the story of Clarke and Bellamy and their relationship, and EVERY SEASON, they get closer. EVERY season, Clarke and Bellamy’s relationship gets more intimate, and more passionate, and more necessary TO THEM.

Clarke is in love with Bellamy. Bellamy is in love with Clarke. This is actually canon. Bellamy thought Clarke was dead. Dead dead. Not living anymore. Even so, he didn’t even FORGIVE Echo for three years, and who knows how long after that it took him to be romantically involved with her. There was no moving on from Clarke. There was just letting go of the memory of love he had for his dead partner, and accepting that she was dead and choosing to live his live in the present, because Clarke was dead. Dead dead. Not living. 

He STILL remembered Clarke and still guided his life by her memory. This was ALSO canon. But he found another girlfriend because Clarke was dead. Dead dead. You know. Dead. 

So he was still devoted to Clarke, even though she was dead. You know. Dead. Even though Bellarke had never been in a romantic relationship. They have had a non-romantic partnership out of which grew their personal, private feelings of romantic love for each other, which is visible to everyone around them. They however, do not realize that the other is in love with them. There are many reasons why they never believe it. Because one has betrayed the other (s2, s3, s4, s5) or because one has another love interest (s1, s2, s3, s4, s5,) or because they are separated by time, space and death itself. (s1, s2, s3, s4, s5.)

AND YET. Clarke remains loving Bellamy, and Bellamy remains loving Clarke.

The story of Clarke and Bellamy has become EXPLICITLY romantic with the revelation of Clarke’s 2199 radio calls to Bellamy at the end of s4, and the romantic obstacle of B/E, which has become, EXPLICITLY IN CANON, a love triangle that has been called out by OCTAVIA, the person Bellamy loves more than anyone, and whom he sacrificed Echo’s safety for but, whoops, wouldn’t sacrifice Clarke’s safety for.

My POINT

since you don’t seem to be able to follow me

is that Clarke is in love with Bellamy. 2199 calls, Lxa comparing her love for Clarke to Clarke’s love for Bellamy. 

And Bellamy is in love with Clarke, the other traitor who he loves, and this is IN CANON, and Clarke’s love interest for season 6 is BELLAMY BLAKE. There is a romantic obstacle in the way that has ALREADY been set up. That would be B/E. Because C/B/E is a CANON LOVE TRIANGLE. That story is NOT resolved, although we have CANON conflict surrounding it with the “traitor who you love” scene, and an antagonistic character who is a CANON witness to Bellamy’s CANON love for Clarke even though his CANON girlfriend got sent on a suicide mission rather than challenge his love for Octavia. 

Clarke does not “move on easily,” because she has, in canon, been in love with Finn, and was devastated by his cheating and then death, which affected her for MONTHS if not years. And she has, in canon, been in love with Lxa, and was devastated by her betrayal, kidnapping and death, which affected her for IN CANON years. And she has, in canon, been in love with BELLAMY for YEARS, and talked to him for 6 years to keep him with her, and when he came back, was devastated to learn he had moved on to Echo. 

Finn. Lxa. Bellamy. Three loves. That she has been, IN CANON, proven to NOT GET OVER EASILY.

Bellamy has moved on more easily than Clarke has. So the defense that “Clarke moves on easily, look at Finn!” as evidence for Clarke getting a new love interest when we are ALREADY IN THE MIDST OF CLARKE’S CANON LOVE INTEREST AND ROMANTIC OBSTACLE does not support your point the way you think it does. 

When you gave me your evidence, “Look at Finn!” I looked at your statement and remembered the story and how Clarke “got over” Finn. which was. Not. Easy. HE LITERALLY HAUNTED HER. We saw his ACTUAL ghost. So I could see that your evidence failed to support your hypothesis. If your idea of “getting over love easily” is to go crazy, run away, become a different person, mourn for years on end and be devoted to the memory of someone for 2199 consecutive days… I just don’t know what your idea of someone who DOESN’T get over a broken heart easily. I mean. You get that this is not Clarke just brushing off her loves, right? Moving on? She doesn’t move on. She holds on.

You don’t get my point because you aren’t following the story and you don’t understand what I’m saying. It doesn’t mean that the story doesn’t exist or I am not making sense. I keep giving you evidence from the canon to point out how things are connecting. I am not MAKING THINGS UP. I’m using evidence from the text so that you can see how I came up with my theory and how one thing leads to another. Because stories are ABOUT how one thing leads to the next, the cause and effect, the connections. SO this is what I intend to show you by pointing out canon evidence and then explaining what I think it means. So you can see the story being told. 

And for some reason, you either don’t WANT to see the connections, or don’t get them. I think maybe you’re just ignoring everything I say, and the canon, that challenges your theory, because you… don’t want to be wrong? IDK.

That’s something you’ll have to figure out. I’m too tired to untangle it. 

You don’t have to keep sending me these asks, you know. If you don’t agree with me, just ignore me. But if you send me stuff telling me I’m wrong, I’m going to go back over my theories and give you the evidence I gathered to come up with my theories and interpretations, which have, 9 times out of 10, turned out to have been right. Yes, I can be wrong. But I’m not usually.

Oh wait. Do you think Clarke wasn’t in love with Bellamy the ENTIRE time she was with Lxa? That might be your struggle here. Yeah. She was in love with him since s2. But she thought he hated her, so she turned to Lxa, who she also felt drawn to and did love. You can love more than one person at a time. Do I think that’s going to happen again? No. Because now their romantic relationship is becoming canon. IN the act of. Because Bellamy is Clarke’s love interest. In season 4, 5 and 6.

#the 100 #bellarke #canon #narrative analysis #i mean is there a point to you sending me asks? are you trying to change my mind? are you just angry that I disagree with you? #deal with it. i am not required to agree with you. if you want me to think your theory works you HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK #you didn't #you can't just SAY clarke moves on easily see finn! and think that actually proves your point because it doesnt #do you not know what moving on MEANS?

[velvet-tread]

A theory, or wild speculation, or whatever; anyway there’s some Bellarke

Here follows a collection of thoughts that don’t quite add up to a thesis yet

Season 5 had one of the best runs of episodes I’ve seen on this show ever - strong themes, great setups, impactful character beats. 9 straight episodes of near-perfection.

But imo it fell short in the last couple of episodes. How short depends on your perspective, but my feelings about it range from mildly disappointed to Jane Austen mourning weeds and little weepy handkerchiefs. Either way - the collapse into fudgy incoherence and loose ends actually undid all of the great work the show did in the first 9 episodes.  WHICH IS FUCKING INFURIATING. 

The show painstakingly put together so much excellent character and relationship set ups which either never materialised or didn’t pay off or just fizzled out. And now I’m left wondering what it all meant, which not only frustrates me on a viewer level but also makes me feel like an idiot for wildly overestimating what the show was doing with the material.

*looks at the X Files forever*

Just to pick a few things out at random.

a) Bellarke were put in conflict, but there was no emotional pay-off, the framing was all over the place and the resolution basically a post-script. 

b) We spent the series agonising about the wisdom of going to war on a fragile planet, but the actual harbinger of Apocalypse 3.0 (I can’t believe I have to write that) was someone only tangentially related to that storyline, whom every single named character bar Kabby was trying to stop. So was everyone wrong? Or just ineffectual? The latter is far less interesting and more depressing tbh.

c) The worms

d) Memori

e) I could go on

I repeat, I would not be so pernickety if the run up to the s5 finale hadn’t been so good, and the set up so promising.  The idea of a reboot was genius.  The Bellarke separation was genius.  Blodreina = genius.  Mama Bear Clarke = genius. Eligius = genius. Spacekru = genius. 

But ultimately?  Can ANYONE tell me what s5 meant?  What difference did any of those things make in the end?  What conflict was resolved satisfactorily?  I’d argue that the Blodreina/Blake siblings arc worked the best (although *howl* Bellamy was never given any in-universe context for Blodreina) but generally I’m left with the feeling that very few of these stories or conflicts had any meaning whatsoever, and especially not Bellarke.

So I have a theory and I stand to be corrected as ever because I am very much processing.

I think there’s a strong possibility Jason and/or the 100 writers room began rewriting the back end of season 5 as they were filming the early season 5 material.

Given Jason’s comments immediately after the finale, I’m inclined to believe that the rewrites, if I’m right, were mostly around Bellarke and the Flame.  Specifically, I think that at some point when they were filming mid-season, Jason changed his mind about how Bellarke-y he wanted the season to be, if at all.  And on top of that, I think as he was pitching season 6 around that time, he realised that he wanted to go full-hog with the Flame in season 6. 

Those two things might be connected.  Perhaps Jason realised the full extent to which he coud “bring Lexa back” without actually bringing back ADC, around the Flame.  Perhaps he wants to recreate the show’s Clexa glory days.  And perhaps romantic Bellarke isn’t compatible with that vision. Dumb, in my view, but hey.

Perhaps, he just realised that he can’t doesn’t want to write romantic Bellarke.

If that’s the case, then well, *shrugs*.  Less satisfying for me, but I don’t own this shit.  I do, however, own the prerogative to speculate wildly on how and why they squandered all that promise in the last couple of eps.

Certainly, a mid-season back end emergency rewrite would explain a few things:

1.The loose threads and wonky framing

For example, Clarke’s fury at Bellamy for putting the Flame into Madi’s head was just...dropped?  Why? When it was SUCH A BIG DEAL in 509?  What were we supposed to the think about that?  What was she? And Bellamy, who didn’t appear to even remember who Clarke was until he saw her at the ship, being angry at her? Really? Where? Since when? And importantly - why? 

I’m a writer and it’s my experience that the best planning you do for a piece is when you approach it at the start.  You brainstorm.  You get your thoughts together.  You address each problem and question and mould it into a whole so it all makes sense.

But when you finish the thing and you look at it and you think - the thesis is wrong! I need to restructure the entire thing!  That’s when mistakes get made.  Especially if, for example, you’re up against a deadline or in this case a filming schedule, the threads that you would usually pick up at the planning stage or in the editing stage get missed.  And because they are part of the final editing process, there’s nobody around to pick them up and properly address them.

Result?  Fudge.

2. The curious ambivalence about Becho. 

Look I ADORE Becho. They are soft, and loving and real af.  I fully believe that was always intended to be the case. 

I think Becho was set up as a benchmark, for Bellamy in particular, a symbol of his peace and prosperity in space,. And, of course, I think it was also set up as a point of conflict for Octavia and Clarke. In the case of the latter, it was definitely a silent love triangle. How do you explain the love triangle framing on two separate occasions? How else do you explain the two separate interviews Jason gave about love triangles?

But here’s what Becho was not set up as: a relationship that was supposed to develop on-screen and take the audience with it.  Becho had no arc this season. It wasn’t “a story” per se, however much Tasya and Bob’s chemistry electrified me. It was the backbone to *other* stories. 

So, why, then, were Becho given every single Bellarke beat, especially towards the end? A background of forgiveness? Check. A steadying influence on each other. Check. The person they’re fighting for? Check. Plotting together? Check? Battle couple? Check.

Contrast with Bellarke. Forgiveness?  That’s something for Bellamy and Madi to discuss without Clarke!  Battle plans? Clarke will do that with Echo instead (oh my GODDD my ot3 came to life there *clutches hands and wishes upon a star*). A steadying influence on each other? Maybe! Until they forget each other’s names when they’re not in a scene together! People they’re fighting for? Definitely not each other.

Meanwhile bts, the messages were VERY confusing.  So the show was giving us a Becho that, while very real, was not the core of the story. Which was probably why, in early season 5, some deep Becho nods (the extra forehead touch, the “I love her”) found their way on to the editing room floor. All legit. But then, the script-to-screens then BROUGHT THOSE THINGS BACK to the viewer’s attention?  Why? Why give us those things even though they were cut? Was it because maybe, the show had changed direction after the fact?

And don’t get me wrong. I loved every second of the show’s affirmation of Becho. I still adore them.  But how does it fit into the jigsaw of the show as it stands?  It doesn’t really.  In fact, if you just swap Echo for Clarke in Bellamy’s storyline this season, you would have a hard time telling me that this isn’t exactly what romantic Bellarke would look like - the only difference is that in terms of screentime, Becho’s antagonism has had far more time, and Bellarke’s forgiveness/working together has had more time. IN-UNIVERSE, IT’S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.  It’s why shipping Becho comes so easily for me. And if the show wanted to frame that as Clarke’s personal tragedy, I would get it and probably relish it. But the trouble is, I’m having a hard time understanding what the show *is* saying about Becho and Bellarke, because it seems to be constantly changing its mind.

WHICH. BY THE WAY. MADE THAT ENTIRE WAKE-UP MARPER VLOG SEQUENCE A MASSIVE DAMP BELLARKE SQUIB.

SORRY.

3. The Flame suddenly jumping to prominence as a tool rather than as a symbol late in the season.

The show went from framing the Flame as a threat to this kid, who had hidden from it her whole life, for whom it meant literal nightmares of people burning at the stake, something for Clarke to rightly protect her from, to something that turned her into a mouthpiece for Lexa, to Clarke’s hostility to it being framed as “wrong”. There was an abrupt change of tone imo, to Clarke’s fears being justified to Clarke’s fears making her, and I quote Jason from an interview that nearly made me choke on my cereal, a “helicopter” mum.

Excuse me while I punch the nearest object to smithereens.

The Flame “gave” Madi battle ideas (which were different from Octavia’s how, exactly?) by Gaia’s bedside, with just a MANTRA? That whole scene felt cobbled together at the last minute. Like a film student’s badly edited homework.

It’s giving Clarke life lessons, ffs! 

*clenches fist*

The whole thing feels like a season 5 retcon, hastily put together to justify Madi still having the thing in her head for season 6, when it can do it’s victory lap for real.

4. The scenes that were dropped

a) Bob and Eliza both referenced a big Bellarke scene that got cut.  My guess? Not a romantic scene but some kind of Hakeldama that allowed them to hash out their various beefs with each other and probably involved some shit talking about the Flame.

b) And like, if that scene had some tenderness in it? Too Bellarke maybe? No, Bellarke BAD BAD BAD *stern looks*

c) also, wasn’t Echo supposed to have a sad scene of sitting in the snow and remembering Azgeda? That was supposed to be at the snowy back end of the season, but Echo had no sads really.  Only fierce spacekru love and some cuddles and some good sexy time. Was there an Echo sad that got cut? What was it related to?

5. The writers room walkout

Yeah. I don’t know what that means, but it sure means something.

Just fyi...for some context.  I love Becho and they currently own my heart but until recently Bellarke was very much my otp. Probably, deep down, it still is.

But I’m getting tired of running this race. I have no problem with the show doing a slow burn. I have no problem with platonic Bellarke. But I need consistency and, importantly, I need the show to remember that Bellarke are the backbone of this show. Their relationship - however you frame it - is the heart and without it the show is nothing but a collection of Elon Musk conspiracy theories on reddit.

JUST LETTING THEM HAVE A CONVERSATION =/= BELLARKE ROMANCE.

If you want them platonic, fine, you win. But gutting their relationship from the inside out to try to ward off the sniff of shipping is just counterproductive. It’s the lack of real, meaningful connection that really turned me off Bellarke this season, not the lack of kiss or lack of romantic framing. Early in the season? Yes, the set up was all there and it looked GREAT. But their conflict never got off the ground and we never got a cathartic resolution to show us the characters really, truly mean something to each other. 

Ultimately the show forgot that they were friends who love each other, and I just *clenches fist* can’t ship that.  Maybe that’s what the show wanted. But the flipside is that at this point I’m not really invested in their relationship in any context, which is why the end shot left me cold. I hope Bellarke hasn’t died in my heart forever but...idk it doesn’t look good.

#bellarke #rip my beautiful earth babies #you'll have a special place for me forever #but i can't run this obstable course anymore #bellamy blake #clarke griffin #tagging becho #too #also don't send me hate #i'll block you

[pepperf]

2017 fic roundup

I was tagged for this a(bout a month ago, sheesh) by @catty-words, one of the sweetest and loveliest people I have the pleasure of calling a friend. *HUGS*

That said, doing this was a little depressing, when compared to 2016 - so thanks for that, hon! ;-) But it’s mainly for a good reason (new job that I actually enjoy and which keeps my brain busy), so that’s kind of okay really. I just miss being properly involved in a fandom.

Total 2017 Word Count: 34,603 (9 fics) Total 2017 Hits: 9,466 Other 2017 AO3 Stats: Kudos: 902; Comment threads: 84; Bookmarks: 78; Subscriptions: 28.

Total 2016 Word Count: 110,113 (24 fics) Total 2016 Hits: 23,744 Other 2016 AO3 Stats: Kudos: 1507; Comment threads: 301; Bookmarks: 115; Subscriptions: 45.

Links and titles to 2017 works:

Fate Goes Ever As It Must: The 100, Pangur Ban AU, Bellamy/Clarke, 6171 words. Clarke is a medieval nun who makes illustrated manuscripts, Bellamy has a talking cat. It was a thing.

Slow Burn: The 100, Bellamy/Clarke, 2555 words. Canonverse AU. Clarke decides to woo Bellamy.

A Whole Lotta Grown-Ass American Women: The 100, Ghostbusters AU, 2768 words. Clarke, Raven, Octavia, and Lexa as the Ghostbusters.

You Are The Opera (Always On Time And In Tune): Community, Annie Edison/Jeff Winger, 12165 words. AU following 603 Basic Crisis Room Decorum. Most of this was written a while ago, I just finished it in 2017, so that knocks about 10,000 words off my actual total written last year.

Touchstone: The 100, Bellamy/Clarke, Stargate AU, 1612 words. Bellamy and Clarke are rival leaders of Gate teams. Apparently I like doing AUs in t100 fanfic.

It’s A Boy!: The 100, Bellamy/Clarke, Stargate AU, prequel to the above fic, 1736 words. Bellamy gets de-aged, because Stargate has all the best tropes.

Self-Rescuing Princess: The 100, Bellamy/Clarke, 4735 words. My take on what could happen for the big s5 reunion.

And This Is Why I Sojourn Here: Community, 792 words. It all makes sense: his uncanny abilities as a lawyer, his amorality and deviousness, his weirdly pointy good looks... Jeff is a fairy.

Nothing I’d Like Better Than To Fall: The 100, Bellamy/Clarke, John Wick AU, 2069 words. Clarke is an assassin for hire (retired), and she has just had the WORST day.

Favorite Fic: You Are The Opera. I like the stuff I wrote two+ years ago best. :7

Hardest Fic: All of them have been like pulling fucking teeth. I have three I’m determined to finish (all Community), and a ton of WIPs that I’d love to write. And if I find the inspiration, a load of follow-ups, but I honestly can't see that happening.

Do You Plan to Take Prompts in 2018?: Honestly, this depends on me finding time, energy, and inspiration. It might well take finding a new fandom that hits me as hard as Community did, and those come about once every ten years, tbh. So, it’s unlikely. :(

What was the best thing about 2017?: That I did actually get some stuff written, actually more than I'd thought. I was really glad to finally post You Are The Opera, I'm really please with some of the lines in that.

What was the worst thing about 2017?: Having lots of ideas and no time or energy. I MISS WRITING! I MISS THE INTERACTION WITH YOU GUYS!

Any last thoughts for 2017?: Shoutout to MizVickers on AO3, who has been going through all my Community fics and commenting on them - I’m failing to respond, but bless you for it, I do notice and appreciate it! And also to everyone else who reads and hits kudos/comments, every single one gives me a boost, and makes me want to get back to writing. I love you all. :)

Also, I want to express my eternal appreciation for @bethanyactually, who I was privileged to meet, this year. The fact that I’ve produced anything this year is largely down to her, and she’s unfailingly supportive, without being pressuring.

Goals for 2018: Finding a way to fit writing back into my life. I actually love my new job, and that’s half the problem (I know it���s a GOOD problem, don’t get me wrong): my brain is actually focused on work. But I really do miss writing, so now that I’m more settled in, maybe I can find time. Coming up with ideas in the car, now I’m more familiar with driving? Writing on train journeys, if I can find a way to get over people reading over my shoulder, or find a way to shield my screen? Writing when I’ve got overnight trips? These should all be possible, in theory.

#fic roundup #fic by pepper #2017 fic #I drafted this response ages ago but I hate creating links on my iPad and I hate typing on my laptop #so #it's taken a while to actually post

[the-bi-writer-blog]

Not all Deaths are Created Equal (Musings on WLW Deaths in Popular Media)

I want to take a sec and talk about character deaths, and the way they differ between queer and non-queer characters. Below are major spoilers for the show “The 100″ and for the game “Life is Strange.” 

So! I just played through the Square Enix game Life is Strange, and I was entirely delighted in the beginning. You start as a high school senior in a cute coastal town, taking photos and solving mysteries via time travel. 

Cool, right? 

What’s even better is that the main two characters, Max and Chloe, are wlw. (It’s sort of left up to reader interpretation if they are bi or gay, but since Chloe at one point literally calls boys, “gross,” and says that no one but her is good enough for Max, I’m going to go ahead and say she’s a lesbian who’s still in the process of figuring that out.)

Anyway! In the first few episodes of the game, you have these sweet story about these two childhood friends reuniting and having adventures. They watch the sunset together overlooking the ocean, they walk along train tracks and reminisce about their shared childhood, they go for a midnight swim after breaking into the school pool. 

These aren’t the best life choices, but the game shows a genuine and sweet relationship that develops between the two. 

Aside from a lot of flirting, however, and a very brief kiss as the result of a dare, the Chloe and Max never acknowledge their feelings for each other. That is, until Chloe’s about to die. (I said major spoilers, didn’t I?) 

The climax of Life is Strange involves Max and Chloe standing in front of a giant hurricane that’s about to wreck their town. Max is given the choice to either save the town, or to save Chloe. For unknown reasons, Max can’t do both. 

Yes, you heard that right. Our lesbian MC either has to choose between saving her childhood best friend/long lost love, or doing what is obviously the more moral choice. How can you save a single life instead of hundreds? The “moral” choice here is meant to be obvious. 

So, here’s the thing about the two endings: if you choose to save Chloe, the two of you wait out the storm, and then drive off together into the sunset. Nothing is acknowledged or talked through, including the fact that you just let everyone die.

More conspicuously, the girls never discuss their feelings for each other, and the game doesn’t end on a kiss.

Guess when the game does end on a kiss, though?

That’s right, you guessed it! When the lesbian is about to die. More specifically, when one lesbian is forced to choose between saving the love of her life, or an entire town full of people.

If Max chooses to save the town, letting Chloe die, you get a passionate kiss from Chloe (finally!) before, well, going back in time and watching her slowly bleed to death as you do nothing to stop it.

Which is bullshit.

It also brings us back to the “not all deaths are created equal” idea. I mean, ideally, the amount of dead lesbians in your story would be 0, but in a mystery story where there are multiple wlw, it’s understandable that death may be involved. 

However.

However. 

However. 

How characters die also makes all the difference. Did they knowingly sacrifice their own life? Did they die a hero? Or were they killed off screen, probably in a brutal way, simply to further the plot? 

If we’re talking Life is Strange, it’s the second one. Rachel Amber, our missing bisexual girl who started this whole mystery, is revealed to have been dead and buried since the game began (which, after giving multiple hints that she’s still alive, and can be rescued if the player makes the right choices, is a really, really shitty way to end things. But I digress.)

So we have Rachel, our first queer woman, literally buried in a shallow grave after a brutal death, before the game even begins. Then we end the game with a choice to either kill another queer woman, who the MC now loves, or to let the rest of the town die. 

As a reminder, to bring this all home: Life is Strange starts out with a light and hopeful aesthetic, and does everything but come right out and say, “Rachel is still alive, and all three queer girls can reunite and be friends if you make the right choices and solve the mystery.” 

Then it reveals a brutally murdered wlw, and heavily pressures you to kill another. Leaving you, the last standing lesbian, utterly alone. The last scenes of the game, if you choose to save the town, are literally of your lady love’s funeral.

Not at all depressing, right?

Bringing this back to message again, I want to underline how many different ways this could have gone: 

1. Rachel Amber (our missing girl) could have been alive, and been found/rescued by the player. There is literally nothing added to the story by Rachel’s death, especially after the audience has been repeatedly baited to believe that she’s alive.

Furthermore, having Rachel (and most likely Chloe) dead removes the possibility of sequels for these wonderful characters. It means that in the new prequel series, you get to watch Chloe and Rachel fall in love...knowing all the while that Rachel is going to die before the next game. 

What value does Rachel’s impending death add to the prequel game? As I said in a previous post, the LGBTQ community does not need a reminder that life is subtle and fleeting. Believe me, we know. 

In a world where wlw are killed and shunned for the way we love, sometimes we just want a little escapism and a happy ending. Especially from a game that all but promised us one.

2. Second scenario: Max could have figured out a way to save Chloe without killing everyone else.

Since the rules of time travel are never established in game, it was a conscious choice on the part of the creators to allow for Chloe’s death; not a narrative inevitability. 

Once again: old white cishet men decided, of their own accord, to kill the lesbian. There’s literally nothing stopping the creators from creating a way to save Chloe. At all. Besides perhaps an understanding that for LGBTQ characters, survival is a far more radical ending than death. 

Question: If, as a creator, have the choice to tell literally any story, and imagine any world, why do you imagine a world where 2/3 of the queer women die?

3. Scenario three: If, for some reason you absolutely had to kill Chloe in game, you reaaaaaaaaly shouldn’t do it immediately after Max and Chloe confess their feelings for each other, and finally kiss. 

From a storytelling angle, I do understand wanting to save all the Big Emotional Moments for the climax, but here’s the thing: once again, not all storylines are created equal. 

For a cishet love story to end this way might be interesting, because there are a million happy cishet love stories out there. A single sad ending for a single cishet couple is a drop in the bucket compared to the massive amounts of happy stories to be easily found. 

But queer love stories are few and far between, and they almost always end in tragedy. Burying your gays isn’t revolutionary; giving them happy endings is.

And if you can’t give them that, give them happy lives before they die.

In Life is Strange, Max and Chloe only ever kiss/confess their love if you make the choice to sacrifice Chloe. That’s right folks; in order to have the “happy ending” of the two characters getting together, one of them has to watch the other die. 

In a world where queer relationships are tested at every turn, that’s NOT the message the LGBTQ comunity needs. 

The message that finding love will only end in death? We’ve heard it. We’ve heard it from The 100, where Lexa dies literally minutes after finally consummating her relationship with the woman she’s loved and been flirting with for several seasons. (Also, she dies from a stray bullet, not in battle like she would have wanted to, as a leader of a warrior people.) 

We’ve heard it from Buffy, where Tara is killed- again by a stray bullet - seconds after reuniting with the love of her life. Tara’s death scene is literally her happy reunion with Willow. 

Are you seeing a pattern? In popular media, the message is, “If two women are happy together, one of them will die.” 

Would these few examples be as big of an issue if there were hundreds of other examples of happy wlw in media? Of course not. But are there hundreds of other examples of happy wlw in media? Nope. Not at all. 

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To bring this all back to Life is Strange: as a wlw myself, I was delighted to play through this game, and watch two reunited friends figure out what they meant to each other. 

Then, once I was entirely invested, I was crushed to realize that there was no possible happy ending. Really, the “happiest” ending possible involves a confession of true love and a kiss...immediately followed by a lesbian dying via (you guessed it!) a bullet.

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Taken on its own, I do love Life is Strange. I’ve read several theories on the meaning behind it, and, taken in a vacuum, I can appreciate the story for what it is.

But I don’t exist in a vacuum. I exist in a world where I lost my entire support system when I came out. I live in a world where my parents disowned me and kicked me out of the house, even though I didn’t have the ability to work due to disability. And in that world? I don’t need a reminder of the fragility of life. I need a reminder that love matters, and can save the day.

tl;dr All I’m asking for is wlw who get happy endings in mainstream media. It doesn’t feel like too big of an ask, but apparently, it is.

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As an important end note: every piece of media listed above is also severely lacking in other areas of representation, most notably when it comes to PoC. Joss Whedon’s work is well known for its racism and misogyny; The 100 has almost exclusively white MCs, and treats its characters of color atrociously, and Life is Strange barely contains any characters of color at all. All of which are unacceptable.

Additionally, none of these pieces of media contain a single trans or disabled character. White, ablebodies cis gays are the only LGBTQ characters that seem to be represented in popular media at all. Which again, is unacceptable.

So I want to acknowledge that there’s a lot more work to be done, and that the LGBTQ community should be as diverse on screen as it is in real life. LGBTQ representation absolutely has to include PoC and disabled characters to be complete. 

#wlw in media #lgbtq #pricefield #not sw #long post #my essays #mine

[bertann]

PLL: Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow.

I have put off writing this post for as long as humanly possible but now I fear I can’t run from it anymore. It has officially been a month to the day since Pretty Little Liars has ended, I know it’s a cliché but it does feel like it was just on yesterday. How do you begin to explain your feelings for something that changed your life? I had talked about PLL ending at breakfast with Norman Buckley and he asked me a question I had not yet answered: “How did you feel about the big reveal?” I paused for a moment, made a face and went back and forth for a moment in my head. “Yes and no.” I replied, “I had thought it was melissa but I loved Troian’s performance.” He smiled, “You know, sometimes as a showrunner Marlene has to make a choice between shock and not making sense and what makes sense but doesn’t shock. Especially when actresses can’t make it in their schedule.” And that was all I needed, that was the closure I needed. That ended the long journey I had started so long ago. So, I guess we should start from the beginning.

A few years ago I had reconstructive jaw surgery on both sides of my face, whenever I opened my mouth, yawned, tried to chew, etc. both sides of my jaw would dislocate. The surgery had a very long recovery time, a recovery which included that I couldn’t talk for two weeks- so I did what every normal person would do when they have free time and I decided to go on Netflix and find something to watch. I had seen the previews for Pretty Little Liars for as long as I could remember, and yes, if you may ask- I was one of the “oh this looks dumb” crowd. The over the top gasping at everything in sight, the dramatic looks they would share, I thought it cheesy and preposterous. And then I watched it.

As a somewhat film buff and an all around obsessed fan of Alfred Hitchcock films, the mystery, suspense, and characters drew me in. And that was it. I was hooked. I had missed the train for the “Mona is A” train and something in me knew I had to figure out the next big reveal, I didn’t know why or how but I just knew I had to do it. Fast forward to season 4 and I started picking up on patterns in the series and piecing together, eventually it hit me. I had looked at every single character and could pinpoint their meaning in the series- all, except one. Cece Drake. For the life of me, this enigma of a character captivated me from the moment she stepped onscreen, she knew too much about too many people and connected to too many plot points just to be a side character.

Eventually I studied every clue, every movie reference and scene, I connected every event and it pointed to the one person I suspected most- Cece. I made a video on it and eventually Nick messaged me saying he found my theory. We theorized together ever since, and eventually Marlene took notice that we not only got The Who, when, where, but we had actually gotten the why as well. After 6×10 was aired we knew that we were completely correct in our theory, The years and years of research and watching paid off and Marlene took notice. She invited Nick and I down to California to watch them film 7×11, to that one meeting I owe my very career.

I had been speaking to Norman for a couple of years thanks to his involvement on the weekly twitter hashtag #BooRadleyVanCullen created by the incomparable Heather Hogan who introduced me into an entire queer community I had no idea existed. I had never grown up with queer girls around me so for most of my life I was the only one. They introduced me to the 100, and Clarke and Lexa’s relationship and we mourned when Lexa’s character was smacked down by a man who did not love or appreciate the LGBT community. I decided to go to film school, to write the stories that I, and many others wish to see and I wrote my series Bearcat Alley as I took a screenwriting course. I then spoke out and found countless others who had stories like mine, and thus Clexacon was born out of the devastation felt by many. There I met my Producers Amanda Moon and Tatiane Amnuar, who I found only after Tatiane spoke up in the Lost girl panel asking Emily Andras if it was hard to pitch to a queer audience, her replying yes, but that it was hard. That we should look around this packed room and see the proof that stories that do well by us are not only worth telling but make a difference. I approached them afterwards telling them I had a story I would like to give them, they gave a smile and told me to contact them

That very night I sent them my script, almost immediately I heard from them after- Tati regularly reminds me of what she said, “I couldn’t sleep all night with these characters in your head.” And thus, here I am- only one year into college and I’ve gotten a series picked up, one that I know would mean a lot to underrepresented people, and we’re building a team to make it happen. I started this journey at such a low place in my life where I had no idea who I was or what I wanted, now I’m at a place where I know what I want and who I am.

Now, as I’ve said for a long time, I love the show but I have a lot of problems with it. The fact that emily’s relationships weren’t treated the same as the other straight couples, the fact that they unnecessarily made Cece trans and then kill her, the amount of queer women of color that were killed. The fact that the most popular relationship on the show was between a young student and a pedophile, the dropped storylines and dead ends. People often forget that we can criticize something that we love so dearly, and I not only criticize but I learn from the mistakes they have made and what they got right. This show changed my life, made my career, and helped me find myself and a community that cares and supports each other.

This blog will stay up forever, and I will continue posting theories for other shows like Wynonna Earp. But should you want to help donate to make my web series as well as other pieces of queer content please donate to:

https://www.patreon.com/HighTideEntertainment

I don’t know how or why all of you stuck with me as long as you did, every message, question, challenge, everything you gave and put me through made me who I am today. I’m here because of you, and I hope I can return the favor in the only way I know how- through my writing. I love you all more than I could ever explain, and I thank you for sticking with this mess of a show and Tumblr page.

-Rachel Watkins

#the gay agenda #screenwriting #clexacon #pretty little liars #norman buckley #PLL theories #Cece drake #Charles dilaurentis #PLL #theories #tatswhatAsaid #goodbye pll #Ashley benson #Alex drake #Spencer Hastings #Trojan bellisario #Emily fields #shay Mitchell #way Haught #Emily andras #lost girl #Emison #bo and Lauren #bo and tamsin #Haley #spiny

[itcameuponamidnightqueer]

1, 14 (kind of broad so maybe just ur fave the 100 fics?), & 16!

whoops i toooooootally forgot to check this in a timely manner, haha. 

1. Character in my fandoms that I think I’m most like. tie between pete lattimer and steven universe, but also pete is grown-up steven to me, sooo. (lemme know if you think anything different!)

14. Favorite fanfiction read/written. oh man this is gonna be a tough one. i’m gonna try–TRY–to narrow it down to a top 3 for each. even though i’m really bad at bookmarking fics so i might have forgotten about some really good stories

read:

maybe they will sing for us tomorrow by someonelsesheart–i tried REALLY HARD not to steal every idea from this fic when i was writing my reincarnation fic. i may have inadvertently borrowed from it bc the premise is so goddamn good. clarke and lexa! reincarnated! joking about how haha what if we fell in love just like the first clarke and lexa did! interspersed with excerpts from a fake history book! about clarke and lexa! which lexa is writing! like god that sounds so cheesy and on the nose but it’s done SO WELL and i love it to pieces

how we feel is hard to fake (so let’s not give the game away) by heartshapedcandy–technically this is part 4 of a 6-part college AU so it reads better in context but also it stands wonderfully on its own and this is on my shortlist of favorite fics ever written, even if you hadn’t specified the 100. you know how sometimes there are fic authors where you’re like, hoo boy i hope that person never knows who i am beyond AO3 bc i just love their writing too!! much!!! (and that’s all i’m gonna say about it)

a soft place to land by teroe–here is a disclaimer about me: if a story involves kids, i probably won’t be tempted to read it. here’s another disclaimer about me: if the story title is all lowercase and the summary is ambiguously enticing, i will probably be tempted to read it. (yes, i know, i am a fic hipster. a ficster, if you will. i don’t care.) not only that, but this story is a 32K behemoth where clarke and lexa are ridiculously soft with each other and the kids aren’t annoying in the way that kids sometimes are (written or not). 

written–don’t worry, i won’t write massive paragraphs for these. the way it works is that my favorite of my fics are usually the most recent, so*:

love is more thicker than forget

i like for you to be still

if i believe in death be sure of this (it is because you have loved me)

*except for not this time bc my collection of clexa week prompts was better in theory than execution, but whatever

16. Favorite villain/s. this was hard for me to think about bc when i’m drawn to a character, i stop thinking of them as a villain. but i SUPPOOOOOOOOSE i could come up with a few, like: mattie from carmilla; yellow diamond from steven universe; glory from buffy; the vashta nerada from doctor who (i know they don’t really have a personality but man are they a great concept)

#as is my way this got out of hand #but thank you!!! #fanfic #writing #tidelinear #carments

[ofnailbatsandaxefives]

The Four Horsemen of The 100

okay, so the third episode of season 4 is titled “The Four Horsemen” and as we all know this season is going to be about trying to stop a second apocalypse from happening, or at least saving as many people from it as they can. While we often attribute the Horsemen to being something negative, there’s also an aspect to some of them, at least when it comes to The 100, that can also be positive. I’ll be looking at both the negative and positive aspects of these below. Also note that I am not a Biblical expert, but I did the best I could with what I could find. 

The White Rider/Horse (aka CONQUEST/VICTORY/PESTILENCE)

“ Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. “ Revelations 6:1-2

In the Bible the White Rider is said to possibly be Christ, but also the spreading of the gospel, including the foretelling of the Apocalypse. We don’t know if Clarke is going to tell anyone (besides maybe a few choice people) about the nuclear meltdown in the first two episodes, but in this instance I think that she could possibly represent the White Rider. The color white represents righteousness and the definition of righteousness is “the quality of being morally right and justifiable” perhaps this plays into Clarke thinking that whatever she plans to do is justifiable,“For my people” anyone?...even if others might not see it that way (aka Monty) Of course it’s possible that the White Rider is supposed to be Roan, since it also represents conquering and victory, and from the trailer part of Roan’s story line this season seems to be trying to gain power over all the clans and becoming the leader of all the Grounders. The White Rider also carries a bow and arrow, and who have we seen skilled in the archery department? ROAN!!!! Maybe it’s a combination of Clarke and Roan...maybe it’s neither of them.

The other interpretation is the one I think more people are familiar with, PESTILENCE. This is disease and plague. This is definitely the more obvious one when it comes to this coming season of the show. We know that a result of the nuclear meltdown is going to be people getting sick, suffering from things such as cancerous lesions, and having to be quarantined. In contrast to the interpretation of the bow and arrow representing the spread of the gospel, in Vicente Ibanez’ “Four Horseman of the Apocalypse” the bow and arrow was used to spread disease throughout the land. 

There is also the theory that the White Rider represents the anti-christ, a false prophet. Who might possibly be a false prophet? From the synopsis of the Four Horsemen episode we can gather that Jaha will be pretty heavily involved, and Jaha has already been portrayed as a prophet like figure in the past. The anti-christ/white rider in this instance, is said to be someone that leads people astray and conquer in the name of ‘peace’ and ‘religion.’ This sounds a bit like Jaha and the City of Light last season...then again conquering in the name of religion could also refer to the new grounder woman who seems to be part of the religion/belief based around the flame. 

Possible Human Representations of The White Rider: Clarke, Roan, Jaha, new Grounder Woman whose name I don’t know yet. 

Possible Theme Representations: Being/Feeling Justified in One’s Decisions, Conquest of Land/People, Disease

The Red Rider/Horse (aka WAR)

When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come.” And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him. Revelations 6:3-4

The color red represents things such as fire, blood, and of course war. While the white rider is depicted carrying a bow and arrow, the red rider carries a sword. A sword is definitely a more commonly seen weapon in battle than any other. Who do we see using swords in the trailer? Octavia and someone that looks like they might be Echo. 

If we want say that Octavia is the representative of this Rider/Horse then it could possibly represent the internal struggle and war that Octavia might find herself dealing with this coming season. 

If Echo is to be the representative then it could be another/new fight between the grounders and the sky people. From the new promo we know Echo is going on about how ‘this’ most likely meaning what happened with ALIE was the doing of the Sky People...and in the trailer she seems to be the Emperor Palpatine in Roan’s ear

There’s also the belief that it could represent a civil war, so perhaps it could be about a division among people who are okay with Clarke’s decision to destroy the City of Light, and those that don’t think she should have made that decision for all of them...especially if they find out about the whole end of the earth thing. 

Possible Human Representations of the Red Rider: Octavia, Echo, People who were in the City of Light 

Possible Theme Representations of the Red Rider: Internal Struggle/War within Oneself, War between clans, Civil War

The Black Rider/Horse (aka Famine)

When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not damage the oil and the wine.”  - Revelations 6:5-6

As the meltdown of the nuclear plants continues the amount of survivable land gets smaller and smaller. This means that the land where it’s possible to plant gets smaller too, not to mention destroying the water sources (aka no more fish to eat) and eating animals that eat of the land could become dangerous too. The amount of food someone would be able to get would be very scarce, especially if trying to ration it out between everyone. This is why this rider/horseman is often depicted with scales. The scripture also talks about oil and wine not being damaged. This could represent a division between the upper class and lower class. While we have seen people from both classes of the Ark trying to work together since coming to earth, there still could be that sense of division between those from Alpha Station and those from the other stations. There could also be the division among the grounders of those in charge vs the subjects. Maybe it isn’t a class division, but rather starts to become a division between those who haven’t been effected by radiation yet, and those who already have. Do the people who are more likely to survive more worthy of getting food than those who are likely to die?  

Taking the whole ‘wine’ thing into account. It could mean that Jasper is a possible representation of the Black Rider. Resources most likely will start to become scarce, and we know that Jasper just wants his people to have a good time and ‘live’, so it’s possible that he starts to use some of the resources they need to make some of Monty’s moonshine. (Corn can be used to make moonshine, and we know from season 3 they had corn to plant...also I’m kind of laughing at Monty’s quote about never having corn before cause he probably always used it to make the moonshine instead of eating it.)  From the trailer it also seems that the black rain might occur during one of the parties outside that Jasper is at.

In Edward Bishop Elliot’s interpretation of this rider/horse the scales don’t represent a balancing and weighing of food, but rather of justice. Who in the trailer do we hear talking about justice? Kane. The justice associated with this rider in dealing with a possible Roman Empire aspect of things, comes after the ‘aggravation’ of previous evil/leadership. Now, I’m not saying this means that Pike (the former chancellor/leader of Arkadia) or Lexa were evil, but under their leadership there was lots of bloodshed on both sides. We don’t know who the knew Chancellor will be, though my bet is on Kane or a Kane and Abby co-chancellorship. The color black can represent protection, and who do we see protecting someone in the trailer? Once again the answer is Marcus Kane

Famine could also be a representation of the taxation suffered by the people during the Roman Empire, and the lack of understanding and care for the welfare of the people. Emperor’s often associated with this are Caracalla and Maxim, both of whom were said to be tyrants. A tyrant is considered to be an autocrat (someone with absolute power) and what type of leader on The 100 have we seen with absolute power? The Commander (keep in mind I’m talking about all Commanders and not just Lexa) 

Possible Human Representations of the Black Rider: Jasper, Kane, A new Commander

Possible Theme Representations of the Black Rider: Food shortage/Scarcity, Balance of Destruction/War and Justice, Suffering Under Absolute Power

The Pale Rider/Horse (aka Death)

When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. - Revelations 6: 7-8

Unlike the other riders, the Pale Rider does not carry anything, but rather is followed by Hades (the place of the dead, or in Greek mythology the god of the underworld) Either way the way one meets Hades (be it a place or a god) is to first meet death. Sometimes, the Pale Rider is shown with a scythe like the grim reaper (a physical personification of death)

If we look at the last line of these verses “Authority was given to them over the fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with and famine and with pestilence...” It could be taken that all of the Riders/Horsemen are meant to rule, but it could also mean that only the Pale Rider/Death is meant to. War, Famine, and Pestilence are all tools and situations that lead to Death.

If we look at it in relation to the Roman Empire it could represent its final downfall and destruction. So, it’s possible that while Death in terms of The 100 refers to literal death of people, it could also be referring to the death of the old ways, and finding a new way to live and work with one another. Who are the people who have been witness to different kinds of leadership, and seeing the way they work and don’t work? Who are the two people who are rising up as leaders and could be the ones to bring about a new way of life? Bellamy and Clarke. They’re also the two I think that are most closely related to death. Clarke being considered Wanheda, the two of them, with Monty’s help, taking down the mountain. ALIE!Raven’s comment to Clarke about how death follows her. Octavia telling Bellamy that people die because of him. We even have speculation in season 4 that Clarke (and maybe Bellamy too) are going to have to make some decisions about who lives and who dies. This is something, that from the trailer, Bellamy doesn’t seem to want to have to do. He’s done sacrificing innocent lives.

Possible Human Representations of the Pale Rider: Bellamy, Clarke, Various Grounders and Arkers that Die

Possible Theme Representations of the Pale Rider: Literal/Physical Death, Death of the Old World/Society/Ways

**This hasn’t been edited so apologies for any spelling/grammatical errors, or if I repeat myself anywhere**

tagging: @forgivenessishardforus @ginalou16 @abazethe100 @adamantinesky @rosymamacita @falafel14 @insufficient-earth-skills 

#the 100 #season 4 #the four horsemen #clarke griffin #bellamy blake #roan #jasper jordan #jaha #octavia blake #echo #marcus kane #just some late night meta ramblings #i don't even know if any of this makes sense #i am not an expert on the apocalypse

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Opinions about / views on The 100

Noone cares about what I post anyway, so that gives me the freedom to post whatever the hell I want.

If you feel the need to react to this post, feel free to do so. You can always point out flaws in my logic and give your own view.

If you just want to go “lol ur dump all heel bellmu bleik and pik petrun sehnts of ski krew and strehgt bois“, just don’t. Jacking off to Lexa’s death scene again is a more reasonable use of the calories you burn with that.

SEASON 1

Spearing Jasper was understandable. He cheered when they reached Mount Wheather. Combined with the superior technology (coming from the sky and the gun), it gave reason for the assumption that the 100 wanted to ally with the Mountain.

Was it over the top? Could the Grounders just have stepped out and confronted them? Sure, they could have. But I suppose decades of being at war with the Mountain Men gave them a “better save than sorry“ attitude in dealing with anyone possibly involved with the mountain.

(WARNING: ASSUMPTION FOLLOWING!) Also, based on the Grounder’s skill in stealth and use of weapons displayed in later episodes, they were rather lenient here. The kids didn’ bother being stealthy (since they didn’t know anyone was on the ground), so the Grounder scouts probably noticed and tracked them for a while before they reached the river to see what they were up to. They also probably could have killed the others, but they just attacked the one who crossed the river, and they didn’t use a bow or a throwing knife, they used a big ass spear for shock effect to send a clear “don’t cross this line” message.

Stringing Jasper up on the tree might have been a test of skill for the sky people. Would they be able to find their comrade? Would they be able to discover the traps? How are they dealing with the injury? The Grounders had Lincoln as a watcher near the camp. Gathering intel is important when dealing with an unknown force.

Also, no Grounder killed a sky person in the first five episodes. Up to then, it was two accidents (dropship landing), two acid fog deaths (Trina and Pascal), one mercy kill (Atom), one murder (Wells) and one suicide (Charlotte).

The first kills in the Grounder-Skaikru conflict were when the flares burnt down the grounder village (this can technically be blamed on Bellamy because he sabotaged every way to communicate with the Ark since the beginning and made the flares necessary, but whatever). Granted, it was an accident, but still, as Anya pointed out in the bridge meeting, it can be seen as an act of war.

Torturing Lincoln and the sky people firing the first shots at the bridge meeting certainly didn`t help either. And while at least a momentary truce may have been achievable, Anya had a point: Why agree to an alliance the Sky People could break as soon as they come down, especially since the kids have shown so much aggression up to now?

SEASON TWO

Absolute high time of the show. Great story with the Mountain Men as villains and Sky People and Grounders allying, hints of deeper Grounder culture (”My spirit will find the next Commander”) exploration of the value of “Good guys / Bad guys” in war. Bellamy was also at his high, courageous (the infiltration of Mount Wheather was his idea), smart (infiltration missions can’t be pulled off by a dumdum), at Clarke’s side during the irradiation ... honestly, I wouln’t have minded season two Bellamy and Clarke being together.

I don’t blame Kane for shocklashing Abby because it was a purely political move. She had broken the law (again) by freeing and arming prisoners. It wouldn’t have looked good to the general populace if one of the “elites“ had gone completely unpunished again. Maybe it was unnecessary to have them bang later, but well ... I’m neutral / slightly against when it comes to that ship.

Lexa haters sometimes say Lexa wouldn’t have needed to kill Finn. Seriously? Finn murdered 18 people, the call for his execution was literally the least morally questionable thing ever done on this show. When she first said it and they cut away all dramatically, I just thought “Yeah, reasonable request. Have him on a silver platter with a bow.”

The reaper cure proved Skaikru could be of worth to the alliance, but that still didn’t give the people of TonDC justice. Ask a lawyer if you’re allowed to kill a bunch of people if someone of your family made a medical breakthrough, I’m pretty sure the answer is no.

Finn used to be a great guy in season one, but then, he went crazy. Accepting his punishment and delivering himself to the Grounders gives him the status of “Fallen / Redeemed hero” in my book.

The battle of Mount Wheather should be considered from the Mountain Men’s point of view before screaming “Lexa evil, betrayal!”

The Mountain Men were facing annihilation. Their only hope was to break the alliance between Skaiku and the Grounders. Best way to do it? Take the motivation to fight from one party.

The Grounder Prisoners were worthless to them now that they had Skaikru bone marrow, so they could easily be traded. But do you honestly think they just went out and said “Hey Grounder queen whose people we’ve been bleeding dry for decades, here are your people, goodbye?” and Lexa just waived “Jus drein jus daun” and walked away? I don’t think so.

THEORY: They probably went out with guns held to the prisoners’ heads, making it clear that refusal of the offer would result in the death of every single one of them. How would that have sat with the Grounder warriors? It was clear from before (Arrival in TonDC / Quint) that the alliance wasn’t really popular with the Grounders, and if Lexa had sacrificed hundreds of them for the sake of 40 Skaikru prisoners? I very much doubt she would have survived that. Someone else (probably Nia / Ontari) would have seized power, and if the Grounders fighting at Mount Wheather wouldn’t have turned on Skaikru and slaughtered every single one of them along with the Mountain Men right away, the new leader certainly wouldn’t have been as open to an alliance as Lexa was. The death of the Grounder prisoners would likely have led to all-out war against Skaikru they wouldn’t have survived. Sure, the betrayal hurt, it led to another major emotional scarring for Clarke and Lexa never assumed the Mountain would fall and Skaikru would prosper, but as things are, the alternative would probably have been much worse.

The fact that it was never shown or explained from the Grounders’ POV could be seen as a sign the writers never cared about the Grounders as valid people.

SEASON THREE

First few episodes were good. Nia could have made an interesting antagonist. As badass as Lexa killing her was, she could have been more.

Pike ... don’t get me started on him. I get that he distrusts the Grounders after his experiences in Azgeda, but more than that, he invalidates the experiences the others have made that peace is possible (three months since Mount Wheather without an attack), is ignorant of the clan-based conflict-ridden nature of the coalition and simply considers all grounders the same and ignores the fact that an act can have different meanings in different cultures (comparing the Coalition Brand to branding cattle).

Pike was right there in the same room when Lexa ordered the Protection Squad to Arkadia. He could have brought up his issues with Kane and Kane would have brought it up with Lexa and then, arrangements to calm Pike’s fears could have been made (examples: more guards on Arkadia’s walls, ordering Grounder soldiers to lay down their weapons as soon as Arkadia comes into view, allowing Arkadia guards to shoot any Grounder who doesn’t). I wouldn’t be surprised if Pike planned his takeover from the second he saw Indra.

Kane also didn’t do good there. He and Abby were too confident that Kane would be the next chancellor, not considering the option that someone else could enter the election at the last minute.

If his “this land is ours now“ speech and the reaction to Monty pointing out there was a Grounder village right on the land Pike wanted to claim didn’t make you consider him a genocidal colonist ... watch them again.

Considering his part in defending Farm Station off screen during season 2, he could be called a fallen hero. During his on-screen time, he was an asshole.

You can explain Bellamy joining Pike with his grief over Gina (yay, plot device character!), but he still stayed loyal to him for an awfully long time. Gives me the impression that he simply latches on to the person with the most authority until they REALLY screw up. Bellamy is a good soldier, loyally following orders, but definitely not a leader.

I could (VERY grudgingly) accept the fact of Lexa’s death, but the timing was outright cruel and the manner was incredibly stupid. “Accidentally“ shooting her and then draw out her death scene painfully long with a nice shot of her still face and Clarke closing her eyes I mean what sadist wrote that?

Miller and Bryan do NOT even out Lexa’s death in terms of LGBT representation. Lexa was the most powerful person in the world, a badass warrior and her decisions were relevant to the plot for pretty much all her time on the show. Miller and Bryan are low-ranking soldiers with no authority of any kind and mostly just standing around next to someone.

“My spirit will find the next commander.“ in season two sounded like kind of a mythical thing. They still could have done that, with the AI making a mental evaluation who is most fit, but nope, just a bunch of kids killing each other. Make the Grounders more barbaric so people have less problems with them getting killed.

By the way, it’s very interesting that according to this post, Rhiannon Fish (Ontari) refused to wear Lexa’s cape when they originally wanted her to because she felt “it was like Lexa’s superhero cape”. Seems like the woman who played the bitch intent on killing Lexa and destroying her legacy (by murdering all the nightbloods Lexa raised) actually respects her more than the creators did.

The whole AI story was weird.

Letting Octavia and Pike hold the same room during the attack on the tower was pretty dumb. Let the girl fight alongside the guy who murdered her lover, what COULD go wrong there?

VERY satisfying to watch Octavia run Pike through in the end.

SEASON FOUR

Meh. Some interesting bits, but mostly ... meh.

Bellamy and his company blowing up the hydro generator to free the farm station survivors was a failure at third grade math.

People in Arkadia who will die in Praimfaya with the hydro generator: -400

People in Arkadia who will die in Praimfaia if we blow it up to free the slaves: +25

LET’S BLOW THAT SHIT UP!!!

Really, who in their right mind thinks that’s a good idea?

At least Bellamy admits he’s a dummy (”You have to use your head.” - “I’ve got you for that.”)

Ilian blowing up Arkadia seems a little bit like it was done to make that blunder irrelevant. Can’t have Bellamy (who broke the tie on the vote) be held accountable for a major screwup.

Also, what’s up with Kane (major advocate for the alliance up to then) telling Bellamy he just did what he thought he had to?

Loved the scene when Bellamy’s Rover got stuck in the mud and Bellamy was unable to save Peter and his father, mainly because of his “People die when YOU’RE in charge.“ line in season three. Sounded as if he would just save everyone. Well, you can’t.

Clarke is acting kinda welcoming of death the entire season. I mean, she didn’t put herself on the list (if it wasn’t for Bellamy), injected herself with experimental nightblood, tried to take the flame without knowing for sure if it will actually be compatible, volunteered to give up her suit for someone else although her nightblood is untested and actually accepted her death (“My fight is over”) before setting up the com system in the finale. I wouldn’t call her suicidal, but she doesn’t seem to mind the possibiltiy of dying if it saves others.

Can agree with Clarke, it’s admirable what Bellamy does for his sister. Family first.

Pointing guns at each other / almost killing each other is not romantic though. Neither is delivering someone to a ruler who’s likely to imprison or execute them.

Jasper killing himself after it was cut from season three because it was “too dark“ (BS) kinda seems like backpedaling.

Bellamy’s definitely gonna bang Raven or Echo (or both) during their time up in space though.

Season Five

What Clarke and Madi’s life was like on the ground during the last few years is the only interesting thing I can think of so far. How did they meet? How did they bond? How did they help each other through their emotional scarring (and I imagine Madi has a lot of that as well since she probably saw all of her friends and family die of radiation sickness).

Still thinking about how to watch that.

Possibilities I have come up with so far are:

a) Just read the episode summaries on wikipedia / The 100 wiki.

b) Get super-drunk every few episodes and binge them.

c) Watch the episodes one at a time and take a shot of 75% rum (strongest stuff I have in the house) whenever something stupid happens.

Not sure if option b or c will get me more drunk.

Feel free to add stuff / point out flaws. Just do so without getting personal.

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Arrow’s Lexa Doig Explains What Makes Talia al Ghul A True Badass

Considering Oliver Queen’s previous encounters with Ra’s al Ghul and Nyssa, it was probably only a matter of time before his other daughter, Talia, entered the “Arrow” picture.

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A lethal assassin in her own right, in DC Comics’ lore, Talia has been an ally, a lover and an enemy to Batman. As there is no Batman in the Arrowvrse, this Talia instead finds herself involved with Green arrow. This season, it’s been revealed that she was the one who rescued Oliver from Ishmael Gregor and then proceeded to push him into fulfilling his destiny. Talia has trained Oliver, but she’s also an al Ghul. Can she be trusted? Does the apple fall far from the psychotic family tree?

Doig recently spoke with CBR about making Talia a badass, mentoring Oliver, her possible connections to Prometheus and the inevitable showdown with Nyssa.

CBR: Obviously, “Arrow’s” writers didn’t simply want to recycle what had been done with Ra’s al Ghul or Nyssa. How is Talia different than her father and half-sister?

Lexa Doig: It’s hard to say. This is my interpretation of it: Talia left the League of Assassins and forged her own way in the world, and her way is more in the real world as opposed to influencing events from the periphery. She may have a more direct hand, yet she’s very Talia al Ghul in that mentality of, “Why do it myself when I can get someone else to do it for me?” She is still someone who is a bit of a chess master. That would be my interpretation. All of my stuff has been with Stephen Amell, and it’s all been the flashback training. There hasn’t really been a reference for me of how she operates outside of that context.

In Talia’s first appearance, she disposed of Oliver’s assailants and rescued him. What did you enjoy about what that said about Talia?

The funny thing that I enjoyed about that introduction, from a completely technical perspective, is that it was one shot. That was the only thing I did the entire episode, but what a cool entrance. What it said was how badass the character is, taking out all those guys without batting an eyelash, and just stepping in with this mysterious, “Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you.”

Genre fans know you from “Jason X,” “Andromeda,” “Stargate SG-1,” and “Continuum.” What’s it been like joining the DC Universe?

It’s been so much fun. My ultimate goal – and I really want this, so I am putting it out in the universe – is I want Talia to have a Funko Pop! character. In my mind, I will have arrived if I can bring home a Funko Pop! character, a little figurine, and show it to my kids and say, “See. Mommy is cool.”

What did you make of Talia’s costume? Did it help you get into character?

What I love about the costume is how badass it makes me look. What made me laugh about the costume is the logistics of being in a superhero costume. They don’t tell you the quirks. For example, the quiver that goes in the back is often like a cone that your cat wears when he comes home from the vet. You’re not aware of it, you go to walk through a doorway, you slam your quiver into the side and you get stuck. Or the hood, when it’s up. My hood has to have a certain thickness. It’s made out of leather, so it stands up and looks nice, but then you have no peripheral vision and you can’t hear anything.

Then, there are these amazing side harnesses they have for me and they squeak a bit when I walk. The thing that I found funny about my very first day on set was walking around and looking so incredibly badass, but sounding like [makes squeaking noises]. As I walk, I’m bumping into things. I can’t hear what anybody says. I can’t see anything. It was just funny. Those are the hilarious things you discover about playing a badass, and how awkward it is. I have such respect for everyone on the show who has to wear these incredible costumes and stand there, looking badass and fighting and doing all the cool stuff. You have to overcome this hurdle of [squeaking sounds] and catching your cape on the back of your quiver.

When she arrives, Oliver was a lost soul. What does Talia see in him?

I think she saw potential. Oliver is somebody who is savage. He’s incredibly adept at what he wants to accomplish, but is a little directionless. He is on the side of good in those circumstances. It’s a bit murky and gray in the question of how he’s going to accomplish his goals, though. I don’t think that moral gray area is a difficult place for Talia to inhabit. She’s quite comfortable living there herself. What she saw in Oliver is the fact that he’s an incredible killer, and he’s doing it for the right reasons. She’s trying to point him in the right direction of what he really wants to accomplish.

Do you consider Talia a hero, wanting to make the city a better place out of the goodness of her heart? Does Oliver serve her agenda?

He sort of serves her agenda. I used to play Dungeons & Dragons when I was younger, and Talia strikes me as someone who is neutral in that it’s a balance, but maybe adding into that a little bit on the chaotic evil side. She has things she wants to accomplish, and she’s going to accomplish them by any means necessary. If it turns out to have positive ramifications and be a good thing, then “Yay” for everybody. If it doesn’t, it sucks to be anybody but her.

She’s described as “an elite warrior.” Where do you feel she ranks among the other League of Assassin members and Oliver?

Right up there. After a certain point, when you’re that good, it’s a matter of substance. Anybody can accomplish the things they need to accomplish. It’s just a matter of how they go about doing it. When you compare all the various superheroes and supervillains – and you have these wonderful theoretical discussions of who would win between Nyssa and Talia – it largely ends up being a draw. Or, when you get two really good hockey teams playing against each other, sometimes it just goes your way, and sometimes it doesn’t. I think they’re all elite.

Audiences have only gotten a taste of what Talia is capable of. Are we going to see more of her fighting prowess?

A little bit. I had a really great stunt double. I didn’t do a ton of it. You do see a little bit of it, but not a ton. The storyline really isn’t about how badass she is. It’s more about Talia helping Oliver find himself and find the Hood. Again, what seperates Talia from Nyssa and Ra’s is her ability to operate in the real world, the not-so-secret world. As accomplished as she is as a fighter, some of Talia’s strengths may lie in her intellect and her ability to read or manipulate a situation and play the long game. She’s someone who knows things and has the patience to play the long game.

So far, the series has only scratched the surface between Talia and Oliver. What can you tease about how that relationship unfolds?

She does what she set out to do. She very rarely doesn’t succeed at what she wants to accomplish. At this point, what she wants to accomplish is to help Oliver make peace with the savage side of himself and find a way to partition that into a place where he feels very comfortable with his alter-ego, whether the alter-ego is Arrow or Oliver Queen. That’s for him to decide, but it’s for whatever part of him that needs to exist in the real, above-ground, legit world versus the one that exists in the shadows. I do believe she actually accomplishes her goals.

Will viewers eventually get to see Talia in present day?

I don’t know. I will plead the fifth. I will say that Oliver seems to think that some of her interactions from the past may leave echoes in the present day. I can’t tell you whether it’s correct or not, but he does have that theory.

Fans have speculated that Talia shares ties with Prometheus. Have you come across those presumptions? What are your thoughts on that possibility?

I have no idea who Prometheus is. I only ever work with Stephen because of the nature of the flashbacks. It’s funny, because even on the call sheets, when you are shooting scenes that have Prometheus in them, he’s not technically listed on the call sheet. The character is listed, but no performer or actor is listed as Prometheus. Even I, who works on the show, have no idea who Prometheus is. So, if Talia has connections to Prometheus, I don’t know about it.

Katrina Law has told me she would love for Nyssa and Talia to square off. How would you like to see their dynamic play out?

I would love that. Here’s my problem. My instinct is to always go for funny and comedy. It doesn’t always play well in the comic book world, because everything is always very high stakes, which is also fun. I think it would be hilarious if the two of them didn’t get along, but in a very modern-day, sibling kind of way. Maybe they butt heads, but it’s over somebody taking too much time in the bathroom. That would be hilarious, although the fight scene would look pretty badass. It would be a killer fight sequence. I’m also a family sap at heart, so I’d also love to see Talia and Nyssa fighting on the same side – and arguing with each other at the same time.

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Dark On Me

Rating: M

Genre: Romance, Angst, Drama

Summary: Summary: ‘You’re the cause, the antidote. The sinking ship I could not let go. Who led my way and disappeared. In the dead of night you went dark on me.’ Wraith and Eric were well known for their dislike for each other, or so everyone thought. So he thought. Her death tormented him, just like she did in life. Love or hate? Enemy or soul-mate? What is the truth?

Eric: Jai Courtney

Wraith/Lexa: Kate Beckinsale (First Underworld)

Trip: Jacob Elordi

Tris: Shailene Woodley

Four: Theo James

Third Person

The scene of the attack was a gruesome one. The pictures captured all the gore in vivid detail. The bed covered in blood, the trail of it leading from the apartment. The wounds on both of the attacks participants, one being more gruesome than the other after the body was finally located.

What wasn’t caught on camera after the guards arrived on the scene was caught on the vid feed. In that, a young female was seen stumbling from the male’s apartment, clutching her side as blood continued to drip from her wounds. That blood left a clear trail all the way to The Chasm. It was there that the young woman was seen last on the vid feed. Wobbling her way until she dropped halfway across the dangerous metal bridge, unable to continue further.

He watched the feed in morbid fascination and with a chilling emotional disconnect as the girl looked around frantically. One would think she was looking for help but he knew she was looking for an escape.

What wasn’t showing on this particular feed was that she was being closed in on. The body of the male had already been found in a pool of blood in his apartment. She couldn’t know that the guards weren’t considering her the aggressor of the event, not given the reputation of the man involved and their well known dislike for each other. She couldn’t know that with him being completely unconscious and slowly bleeding out, it was assumed he got what he deserved and it had been done in self defense.

It was her next actions that shed doubt on that theory, but not all of the suspicion for some.

A look of defeat and hopelessness crossed her face before she crawled to the edge of the bridge. She struggled, using the last of her strength most likely, and just as she made it the guards finally appeared.

They were too late.

No matter how many times he watched this damn scene play out, it always ended with the same thing.

Her lunging over the side with a sick smile on her face as she stared straight at the camera. She never even screamed, just smiled until the abyss swallowed her from sight.

His hand slapped down onto the console to hit rewind until he reached the same point he’s watched a hundred times by now and he would continue to watch until someone put a stop to it.

“Jesus christ, Eric. Give it a fucking rest already.”

The outburst coming from an ashen faced Zeke Pedrad as he grimaced and jerked his eyes away from the large vid screen that was displaying the enlarged image of the girls death.

Eric grit his teeth and turned his head ever so slightly to glare at Zeke who raised his hands in surrender and shook his head. “I’m just saying. I get that you have a right to see this shit if you want to. I mean, I guess if it had been me…”

He trailed off when he saw the slightest tick developing at the edge of the man’s eye and swallowed the fear at what he knew that usually signaled and continued on. “It’s been three weeks, Eric. You aren’t going to find the answers to why she attacked you there, and dead women tell no tales.”

Eric let out a hiss of breath and focused on the screen one more time, unable to look away until there was nothing left to see.

He didn’t hit the rewind control, even though his hand itched too. He hated the hollow feeling it left him with every time her face disappeared from his view. It didn’t make sense why he was feeling that way and that made him even angrier.

A dull ache throbbed through his body as the still healing wounds seemed to respond to that loss at the same time. Another thing he couldn’t explain, why he continued to refuse the serums that would heal and erase any trace of those wounds.

‘How can I explain that erasing them would be like erasing the last bits of her?’

He spun around to start to walk out but stopped when he heard the relieved expelling of breath from Zeke Pedrad. He whirled back around and stomped over to get close to him.

“Do you think this was me?” He hissed out while bending closer to the other man’s ear. “Are you one of those ready to parrot fucking number boy and assume I’m responsible for her?”

Zeke never turned his head, nor did he flinch away even though he desperately wanted to. Eric had always been one scary motherfucker but after the attack and being forced to be the one to give the funeral speech for her, he’s almost unhinged.

“Who? Wraith?”

Eric gritted his teeth so hard the sound reverberated in Zeke’s ear loudly and he could feel the anger boiling in the other man at the mention of the name. “Yes.” He hissed. “Wraith.” He finished with disgust dripping from every syllable.

He swallowed and shook his head in the slightest, speaking without ever looking at Eric. “Everyone saw you two in the pit that night, Eric. I saw you. I know you were wasted and said something insulting. But that was normal for the two of you, always exchanging insults. It never got physical before, but that night I saw her react and almost attack you. I was one of the ones that was going to step in and stop her. It was completely out of character for her, I know, so that might explain why we didn’t stop her from leaving with you. We were all pretty drunk, I guess. It’s the only reason I can think why we let her be the one to take you to your apartment after that. We don’t know what happened behind the door of your apartment, but I can’t help but think it shouldn’t have even made it there.”

This time he swallowed out of grief and not fear as he closed his eyes. “I guess what I’m saying is, we’re all responsible in some way.”

He opened his eyes and turned his head slightly to look the man straight in the eye and was confused by what he saw. The tension eased slightly but his blue eyes were filled with an expression that is completely unlike the ruthless leader. There looked to be, remorse, in them.

“If you ever thought of her as a friend you will never fucking refer to her by that name again. Her name is Lexa and she should be remembered that way. Not as some fucking living ghost.” He snarled this out before flinching and straightening up. He left Zeke Pedrad behind, mouth hanging open in shock and blinking as if he thought he was imagining things.

‘Let him think whatever he will. Let them all think whatever they want, they always have. I’ll find out what happened that night and then maybe I can understand why it feels like I just lost the love of my fucking life.’