#marperly ever after

[sometimesrosy]

Regarding the narrative of the show. I agree that with what we have been shown bellarke makes the most sense. The part where I am hesitating, it's if they will still be alive and together at the end. I don't think they will make them declare their love and have one of them killed right after because it would be to reminiscing of the clexa debacle. But that doesn't mean they will not kill them off. I was wondering what were your thoughts on that.

The show has Bellarke as the central relationship and it is now romantic. I believe we’ll get an expression of that romance that will leave us with some type of endgame Bellarke, but I don’t know if they’ll live happily ever after.

My main spec is that they will have a the 100 version of happily ever after, which I’ve been callling Marperly Ever After.  I feel like someone will have to make sacrifice, either Clarke or Bellamy, for the salvation of their people, and instead of letting them do it alone, the other comes with them, “together.” And this will have something to do with the anomaly but it will leave them either dead or separated from their people. 

I think the anomaly will actually send Bellarke off into some sort of time dilation or pocket universe idk where they get the chance to live their lives in peace, happily, have children and maybe even begin a new civilization and create a home. With chickens and such. 

I also believe that their people will somehow come upon evidence of Clarke and Bellamy’s happy life, if they’re sent to earth before they kill the anomaly and Raven is left to fly their people back to earth in cryo, so they get there 75 years later and see Bellarke children and get the update on their lives through Clarke’s minddrive?

Or if they’ll be sent back into ancient time to place the anomaly stones in the first place in which case they’ll discover the minddrive in an archaeological dig and plug it in and discover Clarke and Bellamy’s happily ever after in which case they created a civilization.

Or if they’ll get stuck on Sky Ring and live their life while everyone else spends like a day, and when they go to get them, they find their grown children instead....

some version of this. So they die, like marper, but have their happy ending because they live in peace, and ALSO manage to make life better for their people. Like marper. 

#the 100 #marperly ever after #bellarke #spec #series finale spec

[faithhopedreamslove]

The 100 7x12 thoughts

I’m constantly amazed at how much The 100 manages to pack into one episode, which is why I have to rewatch each one at least once before I can gather my thoughts. It gives me hope, because even though we only have 4 episodes left, SO much can happen between now and then. 

Although not surprising, I hated seeing Sachin’s and the Children of Gabriel’s deaths. That essentially means the end of all Sanctumites. Despite Monty’s edict to do better, it seems Bellamy, Clarke, and crew have indirectly brought about the destruction of another society, albeit a dysfunctional one.

I can’t tell if Gabriel’s comment to Bellamy that he looks good in white was meant to be snarky, flirting, or hiding a deeper meaning. But it was unexpected, to say the least!

So Bellamy is testing Cadogan’s attachment to Anders. Does that mean he’s not fully brainwashed? Plus, he’s also bargaining for his friends’ lives. The old Bellamy is still in there somewhere.

The scene between Jordan and Hope was incredibly moving and sweet. These two really are the “odd ones out,” and it was nice to see that the writers acknowledged that and used that to forge a tentative bond between them. They are technically the next generation of the human race, along with Madi and the other kids.

The roommate pairings are so significant. In one room, Bellamy’s new family. In the other, his old family. I know Bellamy has known Raven from the beginning, but they truly became family on the Ring. The fact that Bellamy sent her off to M-Cap so easily was chilling. And I wish they had shown Raven in M-Cap - I hate how insignificant her character has become this season.

The scene between Bellamy and Echo was understated but powerful. Huge hats off to Tasya Teles for that scene - she acted brilliantly. Both of their voices were low, deep with emotion. This was a defining moment for Echo - until now, she has blindly followed her leaders. Queen Nia, Roan, and now Bellamy. And unknowingly, she has been working against the very people her leader and love, Bellamy, fully supports. So she is at a crossroads here. Her last question to him, “Is this thing you believe really that important? Is it more important than us?” is huge. And the “us” can be interpreted two ways - “us” as the entire group, or “us” as in Bellamy and Echo and their relationship. I think that’s why there’s such confusion as to whether they broke up when Bellamy answered “yes.” And the way Echo reacts is telling - she is struggling with herself. Should she follow her leader, Bellamy, as she’s always done, and support the Shepherd? Or does she finally break away and follow her own beliefs?

And in stark contrast, we have the Bellamy and Clarke scene. Where Bellamy and Echo were quiet, Bellamy and Clarke are passionate, fighting to get through to one another. Bellamy shared his life-altering experience in Etherea with them, which he didn’t with Echo. And when Clarke starts breaking apart, telling Bellamy she doesn’t even recognize him, he starts breaking too. He reminds her that he is the person who brought her back from the dead, who fought for her. Of all the things he could have reminded her of, I think it’s telling that this is what he chooses to try to reach her with. And my heart broke when Bellamy asked her to believe in him. He didn’t ask Echo to do the same - he basically told her what he believes, and that was that. He asked Clarke to believe in him because he NEEDS her to. When they are at odds with each other, neither one of them is whole. It’s only when they both believe in the same thing that they are complete, and Bellamy knows this, consciously or subconsciously.

It’s interesting, because I think this scene was meant to show us how Bellamy is NOT fully brainwashed. Yes, he believes in the final war and transcendence, but his first priority is still to save his friends, to save Clarke. The way he said “I am trying to save YOU,” to Clarke was so raw and full of emotion. This is the woman he just pulled from the brink of death mere months ago. He has had to grieve her death not once, but TWICE. He CANNOT go through that again. Bellamy is trying to work with his head and his heart. His heart wants to believe in Cadogan fully, but his head is coming up with a plan to save his friends, because his heart still loves Clarke and his friends - Cadogan doesn’t fully own it yet.

I know Clarke calling Bellamy her best friend has riled some people, but he IS her best friend. The foundation of the strongest love is friendship. And what else would she call him? She can’t say “the man I love is standing in front of me,” because she still believes he’s with Echo.

I am so, so happy to see Octavia and Clarke reconnecting with each other. These two have been together since the drop ship, and their relationship has gone through so many ups and downs. For Octavia to say that she finally understands Clarke is huge, because these two women have not always seen eye to eye on things. 

Octavia has also been observer #1 of Bellamy and Clarke’s relationship. She has seen them love each other, fight with each other, fight FOR each other. It’s telling that she lets Clarke get in Bellamy’s face while she hangs back. Partly because O knows that she hasn’t yet fully mended her relationship with Bellamy the way Clarke has. But also because she knows that the only one who can get through to Bellamy is Clarke, and vice versa. I also love how she comforted Clarke when Bellamy refused to listen to them, and tried to fight when Bellamy sent her off to M-Cap. 

Doucette had grown on me in Etherea, but now he just seems creepy.

Bellamy can’t even stand to watch Clarke being tortured in M-Cap. Every time he looks at her, he has to look away. And when he can’t take it anymore, he tries to convince Cadogan that Clarke doesn’t know where the Flame is. So much for not lying to the Shepherd. He’ll absolutely do just that where Clarke is concerned. And Bellamy’s wince when Clarke finally agrees to help Cadogan after he threatens to send one of her friends to Penance - Bellamy knows Clarke, and he knows she will always sacrifice herself to save her friends. This is a HUGE parallel to CoL-Abby, who said to torture her friends to get Clarke to break. Abby was fully brainwashed, and knew that the quickest way to get to Clarke is to threaten her friends. Bellamy also knows this, but he did not offer that knowledge up to Cadogan. Again, I think we’re seeing signs that Bellamy is not fully brainwashed. And the way he looked at Cadogan when he said “she knows, or she wouldn’t be fighting,” had a hint of disgust - Bellamy does not want to follow a Shepherd who tortures people to get what he wants. The cracks are starting to deepen in Bellamy’s brainwashing here.

My two cents on “It didn’t have to be this way.” “Yes it did.” - I think Bellamy was honestly trying to save his friends with the least amount of damage caused. In his mind, Clarke tells them where the Flame is, they give it to Cadogan, his friends are safe, and they all transcend. Clarke’s response is more cryptic. I interpreted her “Yes, it did,” to mean that she wanted Bellamy to witness her torture so that he can realize that Cadogan is a monster. She knows this is the only way to get through to him. Clarke is trying to save Bellamy, just as much as he is trying to save her. This is a direct parallel to season 6. Bellamy fought to save Clarke from Josephine, who was controlling her mind. Clarke is fighting to save Bellamy from Cadogan, who is controlling his mind.

I’m so over Shidheida. He can take his OTT outfit, OTT throne, and get the hell out of here.

I LOVE Murphy and Emori this episode. My love for them has steadily been growing, and I especially love how protective they are of Madi. I’m wondering if this is setting them up to become Madi’s parents when Clarke and Bellamy go off to take the final test and perhaps have their Marperly ever after ending. I would be sad for Madi to lose Clarke, but I’m glad of the relationship she’s developing with Murphy and Emori. Plus, if this theory is correct, that means that Murphy would actually live!

Miller is so freaking underutilized this season, and it breaks my heart. He’s one of the original 100. His scene with Bellamy was cut this episode, and I was really looking forward to it. Bellamy trusted Miller before he trusted most others, and they go way back. With so few episodes left, it was a huge missed opportunity to acknowledge their bond. It’s telling that he looked to Clarke for confirmation as to whether she’s good with what’s happening. Clearly, he has lost faith in Bellamy for now.

From a narrative standpoint, Echo and Bellamy are now separated until we don’t know what episode. Whether Bellarke becomes canon or not, clearly the writers did not feel it was important to keep Becho together this close to the end of the story, yet they kept Bellarke together and on the same planet. Where this leads, we shall see.

Murphy’s little smirk when he sees Clarke is everything. That was a total cockroach moment. It’s also indicative of how much respect and affection Murphy has for Clarke. He missed her, and he knows she’ll find a way to fix the mess they’re in, like she always does. Clarke’s reaction “What the hell happened here?” was writing gold. I don’t care if they moved the stone into the castle just for this scene - it was a great way to end the episode!

Wow, this got way longer than I expected. If you read it all the way through, thank you! Please share your thoughts! 

#The 100 #the 100 season 7 #the 100 7x12 #bellarke

[sometimesrosy]

The more I read about the Adam/Eve theory, the more it makes sense to me. Bellarke having a final like marper would be a happy ending, considering that this is the 100, after all. So maybe that looks like Captain America's ending in avengers? Bellarke saving humanity and living and finding happiness together on another planet but the cost of that would be to leave family behind (in a safe place-maybe on Earth?), It looks like the end of Captain A. when he returns the stones right after (1/2)

(2/2): saving the world and then chooses to stay behind to live with the love of his life (leaving the Avengers in a safe world). Considering the whole "together" thing they can live or die together, I refuse to accept anything else. P.S: saw your Pride and Prejudice post and when you talk abou how we may find out “through a much later scene where Clarke and Bellamy are old what happened to them” that’s exactly what happened in avengers and how we found out the end of captain america.

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I had forgotten about the Captain America ending. But yeah, something like that. 

That’s what I call the Marperly Ever After theory. It’s a happy ending, but bittersweet because they leave their family, including Madi and Octavia, behind, but leave them with a better world.

They “die” to their friends and family, but they live on outside of the the responsibility. They don’t have to bear it anymore, and so they get to choose love and happiness and peace... what they never got to have as they fought for family and survival and redemption for everyone else.

It’s a way to reward them for all their work that they did... never expecting reward. 

I would make it a “cosmic adam and eve” if they did indeed send them back in time to place the anomaly stones and they end up being, like, the beginning of humanity or something like that. Or if their friends come back to earth, like 75 years later and find a thriving society there for them, waiting, because Clarke and Bellamy got sent by the anomaly to Earth and they created a new world for them to come home to, with a healed/healing earth and possibly some other survivors from praimfaya. 

#the 100 #the 100 finale #marperly ever after #adam and eve #bellarke

[sometimesrosy]

Bellamy and clarke separated but finding some hapiness and peace, after they confess their feelings for each other. Would it be a bittersweat ending? They know they love each other, but they can't stay together. Would it feet the narrative being told? Like a season 4 ending, but they confess their feelings and can comunicate via radio

It might tell the narrative, but I believe it would be a tragic ending, no sweet, just bitter.

To have that epic, soulmate love, but to be separated from it forever?

Yes, it would be epic. Yes, it would fit some of the symbolism and metaphors (like sun and moon, never to meet,) but I don’t think it follows the characters to their personal character journeys.

It would be an ending that reinforced the need to sacrifice the self for the greater good. And it SEEMS like the story, since s5 at least, has been telling us that it’s not just about surviving, not just about saving people, not just about doing it for your people, but ALSO about believing you deserve happiness, you deserve a chance to live, everyone deserves to try for that good life, even when they are bearing the burden of taking care of their people. Actually, that’s been a theme, often unaddressed, since season 1. They were UNABLE to do that in their traumatized lives. So as we’ve seen them heal, we’ve seen them start to take steps towards living the life that is right for them... like Monty and Harper. 

From the beginning, “Together” has been really important for not only Bellarke, but also the entire show. But SPECIFICALLY for Bellarke, or reuniting them wouldn’t have been the central plot line in season 5. 

IF Bellarke gets to be together before the finale, but doesn’t either live “happily” ever after or DIE together, but rather is separated forever... I think that would be backtracking on the personal development of the characters and the concept that you can’t live your lives for other people. It would be reinforcing the toxic and incorrect concept that they “bear it so their people don’t have to.”

Now both Clarke AND Bellamy tend to be self sacrificial and willing to die to save their people, and that’s part of what makes them heroes, but this has turned out to be TERRIBLE for them. And separating would be them sacrificing THEIR happiness for their people. 

Happy for their people, tragedy for them. I suppose that could be the bittersweet. Like Pirates of the Caribbean where Elizabeth and Will are separated and can only meet once a day every year or some such. Or even Titanic, where Jack sacrifices himself so she can survive on that door, and she lives and he dies and they are reunited in death decades later. It’s a trope. It happens. 

Could it happen? Yes. Will it happen? I don’t think so.

Ok. Thinking back to past story.

Deleted script when Bellamy asked Clarke to run away with him from s1/day trip

Closing the drop ship door on B and F, then B telling her it was the right thing to do at the campfire.

We’re all safe here in MW. “not all of us.” no B or F 

“I can’t lose you too/It’s worth the risk” when B went into the mountain and I maintain is where their relationship broke. As B thought C didn’t care and C became desperate to save him.

“Together” pulling the lever at MW

B’s desperation to save Clarke in wanheda (can’t lose her!)

“Together” again when they drank floukru’s poison. Live or die together. Almost an oath.

Start with Bellamy Blake

“If I’m on that list, you’re on that list.”

Jaha questioning B about who else he needs to save in order to feel worthy, and the way he looked at Clarke.

C giving up half of Arkadia’s spots to save B.

C not being able to sacrifice B for the sake of humanity.

B being traumatized by leaving C to die in praimfaya (trauma which lasts 6 years. Reinforced in s 5 and 6 with how he CAN’T do that again. Can’t leave Raven behind, can’t sacrifice E for O, can’t let O kill C, can’t leave Murphy, Emori and Monty to die, WON’T let Clarke die in Sanctum.)

NOW, Clarke has been willing to let go of her claim on Bellamy because she believes he loves E, and also she would never go against his will and his choices for his life. Bellamy wouldn’t let Clarke sacrifice herself although he did in perverse instantiation, he was “still with her” by fighting to keep her safe (maybe that was the hand hold metaphor there. they were in it together.) They’re BOTH willing to sacrifice themselves for the safety of their people but they are NOT willing to sacrifice the other. They have in the past, (MW and Praimfaya) and it was not worth it.

I think it might seem like one of them will sacrifice themselves to save everyone... and I’m betting Bellamy, who will probably be “the key”... but I think that at the last moment, Clarke will NOT let him go alone, even though they only need one person. If you’re on that list, I’m on that list. 

What if that scene at the tree in Day Trip was meant to be distant foreshadowing for them “running away together” at the end of the story, but it turned out to be too romantic for that early in the narrative so they deleted it? Hmm. 

Anyway. That’s my ending for Bellarke. They die together, because one won’t let the other sacrifice themselves without them. (and then I think they get a happy ending isolated and separated from their friends, a soft epilogue outside of the story, like Marper.)

But could they become romantic and then get separated? Yes. It fits the larger narrative. And I think it will seem like that’s going to happen before we get an “I jump you jump” moment (another titanic reference. the tropes fit.) Because letting one sacrifice themselves no longer fits the Bellarke narrative. They’ve gotten to the point where they can’t do that anymore. BTDT, and not again.

#the 100 #bellarke #bellarke endgame #together #the list scene #i can't lose you #marperly ever after

[sometimesrosy]

Do you think Bellamy and Clarke will end up on a planet separated by everyone at the end?

I do. That’s my marperly ever after theory. 

I don’t know if it’s happening, but I haven’t seen anything opposing it in canon yet and I’ve seen quite a few hints in canon that it might be happening.

Or they could be separated by time rather than location. IDK. But same essential theory.

#the 100 #bellarke #marperly ever after

[sometimesrosy]

“with chickens and such.” omg nothing would make me happier than bellarke living the rest of their lives in peace as chicken farmers

it’s a theme.

they keep mentioning cottages and chickens and a lake.

it is not inconceivable.

#the 100 #marperly ever after

[sometimesrosy]

Hey, I was reading some of your comments about what Bellamy and Clarke's ending would be. I also don't want either of them to die, but if it does do you really think they would do something like Marpher? I have a feeling that JR would not repeat an ending like that, it was very important since it was the closing of a "cycle". Oh, and thank you for being so sensible in your responses, after reading so much ridiculous stuff on twitter, your tumblr was like breathing fresh air again!!

Yes. I think they will have a marper ending. I think that the finale of season 5 paralleled Marper and Bellarke before they went to sleep, and then Marper woke Bellarke up and told them not ONLY to do better/be better but ALSO to live a good and happy life like they themselves did.

I do think they might redo that ending, because this is a circular kind of story which replays all sorts of past stories to make it come out right. For instance. I could see a season 4 like ending where one of them is closing the door on the other but that one refuses to go without them, so closes it, but stays on the dangerous side. Which COULD end up with them dying together, like Bellamy almost wanted (I left her behind and we all die anyway,) or it could be another salvation where they don’t die, but instead get to live in a kind of Eden. Or heaven.

When asked if anyone would have a happy ending in season 5, JR said one ship would have a happy ending, The 100 style. That was Marper.

And I must be honest, with Bellamy and Clarke’s tendency to sacrifice themselves for their people and give up their own needs for them, but paired with their constant yearning and Clarke’s sacrifice living alone without them, pining for Bellamy all the time, and Bellamy realizing that he can’t live without her and he needs her... they CAN’T kill one of them off, or separate them without it being a tragedy for them. There’s a possibility of them making bellarke a tragedy but I think it’s a relatively low possibility.

But I don’t know how it would be possible for them to have a happy ending if they stay with their people... because they’re ALWAYS going to be struggling to keep them all together and be better. I don’t believe this show can have a utopic ending because it doesn’t really believe in utopia. 

The closest we got to utopia was Marper’s life on the ship or maybe Luna’s rig, before humanity destroyed them. 

So in order to have a happy ending, I think they have to be separated from their people and give up fighting, because there’s no one left to fight. 

Another thought I’ve had. We’ve seen hell. We’ve seen purgatory. We’ve even seen a kind of bastardized heaven with Sanctum which was only heaven for those primes. To get a REAL heaven, I think Bellarke could survive after death (the afterlife) and find themselves in a peaceful place. I tend to think it will be earth, but it could also be sky ring. Allowing them to live their lives together while everyone else continues on. 

All in all, I think the chances of Bellarke dying are high, but the chance of them SURVIVING their death is also pretty high. To live a heavenly life of peace and happiness.

#the 100 #marperly ever after #bellarke

[sometimesrosy]

What does your instinct say as to how the Bellarke story will end? Whats your prediction? Me hoping for endgame ♥️

I am almost positive that Bellarke is a romantic endgame, because the story places them at the center of the narrative and their relationship has gotten more and more romantic as the seasons continued.

I am not so positive that Bellarke will get a happy ending and live together the way we’d like. They might die together. Which would be a bittersweet ending, as they’d be TOGETHER, but their journey would be over. 

I don’t think one would die leaving the other behind, although JR MIGHT go for that tragic ending. But it would leave one of them just surviving, rather than living, so it’s pretty grim. But if it DOES happen, they will be romantic canon before that happens and probably have a baby, which means it would have to be Clarke surviving, even though I think that story HAPPENED already, with s4. Although it’s possible that Bellamy could survive and in his grief be alone, although Echo MIGHT be there to pick up the pieces. That would be terribly tragic, but at least he wouldn’t be alone. I dont’ think it a likely ending though. 

Back to that Clarke surviving, with a baby. Okay, like i said, that happened in s4 (with madi as the child) and she nearly broke, but did manage to make it through. In order for this ending to happen, though, I think it would have to be TRANSFORMED so that we can see the development of the characters. It can’t just be a replay. They have to do it RIGHT this time. We’ve already seen Bellamy saying he can’t do that again, and he’s managed to fix the story there. 

But what if it’s reversed this time. And BELLAMY is about to be the one who stays behind to save everyone, thus sacrificing himself, and at the last minute, instead of closing the door and leaving him behind like Bellamy did in s4, she closes the door with HERSELF on the outside too, and joins Bellamy in whatever noble self sacrifice he’d intended in order to save his people and all humanity. 

“Together,” she says. Of course. 

No more, “I left her behind and we all die anyway.” He regretted it immediately, that leaving her behind. He would have preferred to die with her. 

Only she didn’t die, did she? 

So the tragedy there is that Clarke was ALONE, and Bellamy thought she was dead. So the way to replay that narrative, with the twist of the development the characters have been through to FIX the situation, is for Clarke to stay behind with Bellamy and do whatever it was together. 

ONLY

Plot twist: Bellamy and Clarke don’t die. It’s the anomaly, so instead of killing them, it sends them somewhere, or they get left in disconnected stream of time, idk. In my mind, the place they need to go back to is the earth. That’s the dream, right? From the opening scene of The 100. 

The rest of their friends and family think they are dead and sacrificed. Maybe they close the anomaly, I don’t know, no one else can follow it. Or not. Who knows. BUT whoever is left behind, Raven, Murphy, Madi, etc. They can’t stay where they are. Maybe Jordan, as his father’s son, believes he has the ability to fix the earth. Probably with algae, let’s be honest. So maybe instead of fleeing sanctum and the five colonies, our heroes get on the Eligius ship, go into cryo and go back to Earth as a MISSION to heal what has been broken. 

Maybe Octavia decides to go, as she’s finally taken on Lincoln’s concept that we are responsible for our monster when we let it out. And that means humanity has to fix what they destroyed. The earth. Raven takes off from Sanctum, and for once, she’s taking off of a planet that’s not on fire. 

They go back to earth where Green is going to attempt to make it green again (Make Algae Not War.) And land on the one spot that’s green, Eden of course, and find a thriving peaceful civilization.

75 years in the future (since they were in cryo) Bellarke never died. They were sent back to earth by the anomaly, to the destroyed earth. And they were left to live their lives in peace and happiness, to create that society and life that Miller, Bryan, Monty and Kane dreamed. And they either meet the ancient Clarke and Bellamy, or see a video of their lives where they are talking to their friends finally coming back to earth, and we see them get older, have kids, have survivors from the dead earth show up so they can make a new world, a new earth.

A beginning for humanity, without war.

That’s my spec. I’ve been working on it since the s5/6 hiatus. I used to think time travel, but the anomaly is more like space travel with time hijinks. I used to think they’d go back to earth at the end of s6, but s6 and s7 seem to be one continuous story. But there are some elements that need to come together. Bellarke need to be together. They need to go back to earth to fix what they did to it. Octavia needs to be fully redeemed as the symbol of humanity, in order for humanity to be restored. Bellamy needs to have his “mythic name” like Wanheda, and I suspect it might be something along the lines of “key.” Bellarke need to mirror Marper’s ending, the bittersweet happy ever after. Their PEOPLE need to win the battle, even if Bellarke is sacrificed to get it (that’s the bittersweet. They have victory but lose the people they love.) Jordan can fix the failures of Monty and Jasper, he can recover from his trauma from sanctum, like Jasper couldn’t, and his algae can save the world like Monty’s couldn’t. And Raven gets to take off of a planet without it being on fire.

This is a theory I’ve shared before, although this one comes from a different direction. Check the tags to see what else I’ve said. It’s changed and grown over time. I JUST figured out that Green will probably be a verb for Jordan which means like in s5, Monty’s algae WILL be the answer. And he said he could use it to make the land grow again, just like he did the cryo farm. 

The earth HAS to come back, otherwise they’ve failed as heroes saving humanity. Becuase humanity has to be responsible for the damage they did. They can’t just leave it behind and find new planets, that’s colonialism and turns humanity into a cancer, that spreads from planet to planet using up resources. (didn’t jasper say that human’s were the disease? also in one of JR’s references, the anomaly was the cancer, and they had to stop it. so it wouldn’t be so weird if humanity was the cancer in this one. or parts of humanity.)

So this theory would actually have Clarke and Bellamy dying in the end. Or near the end. Fandom will be DISTRAUGHT.

But what i’m saying is they won’t be dead, they will be transported. DEATH IS NOT THE END, yo. And long after our heroes think they are dead and try to continue on without them, BOOM. Here they are, living marperly ever after in the after life, paradise, peace on earth and chickens in the yard. Honored by their society as the people who saved humanity.

It’s a bold speculation,  but I’m seeing a lot of clues. Of course I won’t get everything right, but over the past year this theory has developed along with the new revelations. The anomaly and the other colonies are still the biggest wildcard. Also cadogan and sheidheda. I don’t know their stories. Or how they work. I suspect there’s an anomaly on earth. There’d have to be if cadogan is there since we know he was on earth with Becca when she died. 

Oh. Maybe Becca and Cadogan figured out the tech to do the anomaly, and Becca tried to stop it, because the last time her tech went rogue and killed everyone, so this time she’s wary, and she sees the potential for evil with the anomaly. So she tries to pull the plug. Which Cadogan (probably the ‘him’ who let ALIE out) does not like, because he’s a doomsday cultist. This would explain Becca’s dying words, “You dont’ understand Cadogan, I’m trying to save us all.” Or such. So he kills becca, enacts the anomaly, flees to another planet with hsi followers, but maybe someone stops the anomaly from being used again on earth or whatever. Or maybe everyone from shallow valley was actually FROM the anomaly, and they forgot it all after the anomaly faded. Oh these are all new theories. sorry. and not bellarke. 

#the 100 #speculation #series finale spec #back to earth theory #becca-cadogan anomaly theory #anomaly on earth #green is good theory #death is not the end theory #BOOM #marperly ever after

[sometimesrosy]

since everyone talks about worst case scnerio all the time..what do you think is the ultimate best case scenario that seems possible? Mine seems barely possible but it's basically Bellamy falls into another dimension. Somehow discovers AU Clarke. They make Madi in the other dimension😂 SOmehow they find a way to send him back to the others, but they also decide to send Madi to earth via the anomaly. Blarke baby!😅

I’ve already said my spec.

Bellarke canon romance by midseason or mid s7b latest. In love, confessions, everything. But to save humanity, someone, probably Bellamy has to stay behind while everyone else escapes. Last minute, she refuses, closes the lever with her on the outside, she shares Bellamy’s fate, and our heroes escape while Bellamy and Clarke sacrifice themselves, Together.

Meanwhile, Raven and Octavia and Murphy gather up the last of their people, get back into the eligius ship go into cryo to head home to earth, 75 years away with plans to bring the earth back to life with Monty’s algae like he did the hydrofarm.

They get to earth, find a valley, maybe THE valley, and there’s a thriving civilization there. It turns out the anomaly did NOT kill Clarke and Bellamy, but sent them to Earth, where they settled down, raised a family and built a society so that when the last of the 100 got back to earth, they would have a place to live.

Maybe we get clarke and bellamy really old, or maybe it’s video like Marper left. 

Clarke and Bellamy “die” to save their friends, but they don’t die. They get to live their lives together, in peace, in love, creating a new family. No more war. 

Death is not the end. Breaking the cycle. Together. More than just survival. etc.

#the 100 #back to earth #marperly ever after #it ain't over til it's over

[sometimesrosy]

I think with the way things are going - more delinquents stepping up to take leadership roles, Clarke sharing her hard-earned wisdom - that the show may be setting up for Clarke (and Bellamy) to NOT be leaders anymore. Like preparing their friends to continue on without them, but still carrying on their mission/legacy.

Yes. I see that too.

Are you not familiar with my Marperly Ever After theory, in which Clarke and Bellamy sacrifice themselves so that their people can have a better life, and Raven and Octavia and Murphy (hopefully) will carry on and lead their people without them.

And then Bellarke will show up after it’s all over and we find out they had a happy life together like Marper did on the ship.

So yes. I agree. That could be seen as a narrative/character arc for this season. 

#the 100 #finale spec #marperly ever after #back to earth

[sometimesrosy]

So the time dilation/differences between planets has served the plot on some ways already (aging up Hope, allowing Octavia and Diyoza and co. to have character growth and development while little time has passed for everyone else). I'm curious as to whether you think it'll play a role in terms of the story's ending or the possibilty of returning to earth. Just curious if you have any thoughts or theories :)

Yeah I do.

My marperly ever after theory can work with the time dilation OR with cryo sleep and space travel the old fashioned way.

I still think that Clarke and Bellamy will sacrifice themselves for their people and end up separated from them, not dead, but living their lives happily in peace. And we’ll find out about their happy lives through dilation or cryo travel. Oh i also had a time travel theory where we got the same result. 

I’ve head this concept of a Bellarke happy ending since, like, season 4 I think. Maybe five I can’t remember. I imagined them leaving it all behind to live in peace. I remember first thinking they’d be off in the woods living in a cabin, maybe completely forgotten as their people create a happy world. 

I just couldn’t conceive of any other way they could HAVE a happy ending, except through opting out, because as long as they were in charge of their people, they were going to keep sacrificing themselves to save them. 

It seemed an unlikely possibility that they’d do that. until they did it with Marper. They did it on the ship instead of in the woods, but same result. 

And now we have a couple of different set ups where it would work and it would be a parallel to Marper, who were paralleled with Bellarke in s5, and told Bellarke to live a happy life like they had. Set up.

Oh there’s also the little bit where they find Becca’s infinity symbol on Sanctum, and Clarke says “hmm destroy the world and still be worshipped,” or something and Bellamy elbows her and says “see there’s still hope for us?” Foreshadowing for this marperly ending where they are honored as heroes.

I am crossing my fingers for this ending. 

#the 100 #marperly ever after

[sometimesrosy]

"he symbols matching lincoln’s horn, bellamy’s self sacrificial nature, and gabriel’s statement that some “alien race" wait how does bellamy' sacrificial nature connects to this? :/

oh that’s my brain making story connections.

See. Someone set the stones thousands of years ago. Octonion is a hint for Octavia, and they made a point of making the connection in canon, so it’s not unimportant. The symbols seem like the horn symbols, which means they are connected, you’d assume the stone came first but that is not sure in a universe with a wormhole technology. That’s all a suggestion that one of our HEROES goes back in time. Maybe it’s octavia. Sure. But would Bellamy let his sister go? No. He’d say that the MESSAGE is for her, not from her. And then he’d volunteer to be the one going back in time to set the stones. Jumping over the cliff to save his people again. It’s probably a one way trip. That’s him going into the mountain again. Character + plot = story. 

i am REALLY stuck on the idea of clarke and bellamy making this sacrificial jump to save humanity, because it’s who they are, who they have always been, but I think at the last minute, Clarke will refuse to let him go alone and go with him. She won’t repeat sending him into MW, or him taking off from praimfaya without her. She’ll say “together” and they will jump off the cliff together. Disappearing into history as endgame. 

and then we’ll think they died, but they didn’t, they lived a happy peaceful life together, like marper, and we’ll probably see it from Clarke’s eyes with the help of her minddrive, since that’s already a story element. A chekhov’s gun if you will. 

listen. i haven’t seen anything yet making my theory here more unlikely. it’s just getting more possible. but if something does happen to change it, I will adjust.

#the 100 #finale speculation #marperly ever after #anomaly stone #time travel #bellarke endgame

[sometimesrosy]

i think if he doesnt die alone (ohh god that sounds terrible xD) like if hes not the only one that dies i would feel better a little bit. again that sounds horrible. idk but like a finn or lincoln death where we have to watch the others get a happy ending without him....i think that would affect me more.

I agree with you though. I feel either clarke or bellamy dying alone without the other would be a tragedy for the show and for their characters, but dying together would, in a strange way, be kind of a resolution to the story.

I still don’t want it, but it would be better than one leaving the other behind. We’ve already SEEN that and it was traumatic for them. 

#the 100 #deathwatch #bellarke #tragedy #marperly ever after

[sometimesrosy]

Monty said in season 5 to Octavia that he could heal the topsoil of Earth - that it would take a few years - but they didn’t need the valley. I wonder if in the end, someone (maybe Bellarke) will go back to Earth with his plan and heal the Earth (which I’m sure at this point will take more than just a few years). What do you think?

That is kind of what I’m thinking with my back to earth and marperly ever after theories. 

Yes. I think it’s possible. 

#the 100 #back to earth theory #marperly ever after

[sometimesrosy]

So back in s6 diyoza and Octavia both said the anomaly was calling to them and now I’m wondering...why? Was it to live 10 peaceful years on sky ring? Obviously there’s more to the story but it’s curious.

It also called to Gabriel. But he is spending five years there, no? HEY Madi was drawing some spirals too. 

But here’s my question. How did they know about everyone when they first came to sanctum and took Bellamy?

Okay no. Never mind. They had Octavia and Diyoza so they knew who they were looking for. But WHY did they go from not knowing Hope existed to making her public enemy #1. And WHY is Clarke the key to winning the last war humanity will ever fight? 

The anomaly is STILL mysterious. The anomaly stone was NOT set there by Eligius 3. It was discovered by two colonists on two colony planets now. WHO SET THE ANOMALY STONE? I’m still thinking it’s our heroes finding a way to go back in time thousands of years. On a one way journey?

oh my theory of Clarke and Bellamy sacrificing themselves to save humanity works with this. they live a life thousands of years before their family even exist, and when they find trace of them, all that’s left could be Clarke’s minddrive, which would tell the story of a bellarke happy ending (and soft epilogue, my loves.) They could actually be at the beginning of time? Starting all over again starting HUMANITY all over again, not back on earth like I thought 75 years after events on sanctum. They could be back on earth but at the time when the anomaly stone was set. thousands of years ago.

#the 100 #the 100 spoilers #anomaly #back to earth theory #marperly ever after #self sacrifice

[sometimesrosy]

Do you think they could do an ending a la Moses's? As in they (Clarke and Bellamy)find the promised land and manage to do better but they are not worthy, or they don't feel worthy. They bring their people there but they will have to exile themselves in order to avoid the same mistakes. It would be a bittersweet ending. I hope my message is clear, i am not always the best at communicating my idea's in english.

Yeah, I guess that could happen, although I think they’ve done a lot of work on themselves and they’ve let go of a lot of the self hate and self sacrifice, and I actually think that in the end they’ll chose their own happiness, in a way. And I think that JR will go with allowing Clarke and Bellamy happiness instead of tragedy.

Although he DID say, many years ago, that he was planning to end the show with a bittersweet ending, but he didn’t know if it would be hope for our people, but not for our heroes, or hope for our heroes, too. So what you say is an option.

#the 100 #marperly ever after #bittersweet #also i'm not a bible scholar i'm a buddhist. i did not grow up with bible stories except for you know like society and davy and goliath #stuff like that