No problem, yup it’s definitely not a new occurrence. And regardless of Jason’s words at the start about “fans who want to see Bellarke together should read the books”, he’s also always said that it’s up to our interpretation (which is also why his recent comments are frustrating because now he’s telling us we are misinterpreting things ) and that “who knows? It might happen, just not the story we are telling now.” etc. So, he’s always been “playing the field” so to speak, which is agonising for shippers. He has to keep us on the line for ratings/attention to some extent, but also at some point, you have to make it canonically clear what the direction is. It isn’t fair to us otherwise.

Exactly. Is it possible he’s always had it planned that romantic Bellarke happens in the series finale (no sooner) and this entire time he’s been protecting this? Probably not. I think it’s just like you said... he’s playing the field. He might not care about this fandom but he’d have to care about money and ratings for a prequel or spinoff. I wonder if he realizes how many from the Bellarke fanbase will never watch anything with his name on it again if the Bellarke ending is disappointing?

Personally, for me, regardless of how this turns out, I’m never watching a show that Jason is heavily involved again. Too much trauma involved. I don’t even know what to hope for at this point, I’ll probably have a better idea once the first few episodes have aired. Probably Bellarke both being alive and happy, and a Becho breakup. I’m a simple person to please, now.

Clearly, Chuku also didn’t get the memo and saw the Bellarke chemistry like us delusional folk. Also, I like that he commented separately on Bellarke vs Beliza chemistry and wasn’t surprised about finding out about their marriage.

He really seems like a pretty cool dude, I don’t follow all the cast members now but I recently followed him on IG.

Agreed with you on the difference between Bob talking about Jason vs Aaron, April. You can see he really respects Aaron on a professional and personal level whereas he has a more complex relationship with Jason, putting it lightly.



No problem, yup it’s definitely not a new occurrence. And regardless of Jason’s words at the start about “fans who want to see Bellarke together should read the books”, he’s also always said that it’s up to our interpretation (which is also why his recent comments are frustrating because now he’s telling us we are misinterpreting things ) and that “who knows? It might happen, just not the story we are telling now.” etc. So, he’s always been “playing the field” so to speak, which is agonising for shippers. He has to keep us on the line for ratings/attention to some extent, but also at some point, you have to make it canonically clear what the direction is. It isn’t fair to us otherwise.

I was reading the old thread and I do agree with Kriza to some extent that Bob does need to be careful about his beef with Jason. I applaud his courage but openly having a feud with your boss online probably isn’t the best move ever. The unfollowing was just the start and then his retweet of Aaron’s tweet and now this. It seems to be escalating and it just may not show Bob in the best light, even if I get why he may be angry right now.

Jess, appreciate it if you could edit your posts if you want to add anything else in as FF doesn’t allow double posting. I’ve merged your posts this time, so it’s fine. Also, thanks for bringing over the interview! It’s a good read.

Bob liked this :



As much as certain quarters want to discount the representation that Bellarke brings to the table, it still represents queer and POC characters and that’s important.

Gutted I missed Lee the other day

I think essentially, they didn't write this show for Bellarke and probably didn't know how popular it would get.

It's also quite possible they did plan Bellarke earlier at some point, and changed their minds. We'll probably never know. I just hope whatever they decide, feels right and makes sense.

And I hope next year they don't put things in the trailer that aren't in the season

Sorry I was posting quickly on my way to work and forgot about that until after I posted and then couldn’t figure out how to delete the second post.

Hey all, sorry to crash your thread (I’m not a shipper but not opposed either)—I stopped by because I was curious how that whole ridiculous argument about Bob’s tweet got started. I saw the tail end that bled over into the General discussion thread....

Anyway, I just wanted to comment that I suspect they’ve always planned for Bellamy and Clarke to end the show in a romantic relationship. Because for a while there they never knew if they’d get renewed or not, they wrote every season (except maybe S1) with the possibility of romance for these two, and then dialed back on that when they learned they were renewed. Thus the mixed messages and teasing/baiting from the show runners (which is not always cool but of course they don’t want to give away where things are headed). I bet you’ll all be happy with how next season turns out!