Question time #1: The place were we discuss complex ideas.
 

First question

Can I regard Clexa and respect Bellarke at the same time?

How does this thread work exactly? Do I just answer yes or no or give an explanation too?

Absolutely. In the words of Bellamy Blake, you "do it every day." ;)

Do I ask a question now?

Thanks Becks, is just like those simple question and answer threads?

TFTNT, Becks!

Yup, do we elaborate more or just answer "Yes" or "No"?

I await an explanation!

Me too. :whip:

BECKS get back in here :whip:

I'll ask a question in the meantime.

Did the 3x13 flashbacks alter your opinion on Pike at all? Why or why not?

Thanks, April! Good question ... I'd say a straight no. I felt that the scene was TRYING to make us see another side to Pike and possibly emphatise with him but I was not here for that ... a case of too-little-too-late.

What are your thoughts on Jasper this season?

I'd say just answer with whatever you like?
If you want to explain, do so, if you don't, you don't? :lol:
(Of course it's nice to know the intent of the game too :) )

They did, a bit. They helped make him more of a 3 dimensional person as opposed to the cardboard cutout villain of almost cartoonish proportions he was before imo.
However, I think it was too little too late in terms of the story telling. No amount of teacherPike backflashes were gonna redeem that character in my eyes :lol:

So how does this game work? I'm all out of questions, I'm afraid :look:


ETA oops, Sarah and Paula got in there :lol:
Mine's an answer to April's question ;)

This will teach me to open too many tabs :P

I like him :nod:
I'm not his biggest fan, I don't think I'll ever be. Season 2 I didn't like him much. Season 3 I was annoyed by him initially, but rewatch helped me like him more. And now I really like that he adds a humorous touch to the show :nod: Comic relief :lol:
I don't love him, but I like him :nod:

What do you think you'd personally do with Luna ('s nightblood) ?

Be confused by it, because I don't understand science. :lol: I guess if it's the only thing that can beat the radiation, you have to try to use it to save humanity, but you have to try to do it in a way that doesn't kill Luna herself in the process.

If you could write one "missing" episode for season three, what would the plot of it be and why?

Be confused by it, because I don't understand science. :lol: I guess if it's the only thing that can beat the radiation, you have to try to use it to save humanity, but you have to try to do it in a way that doesn't kill Luna herself in the process.

If you could write one "missing" episode for season three, what would the plot of it be and why?

I would write episode 3x03.5. (Pretty obvious why). I want to see Bellamy's struggle with deciding who to trust. I want to see his thought process when he decides to side with Pike. I want more struggle. I want way more than they have given. Bell is not one to betray his friends at the flip of a switch. So I would have loved to see more of him in turmoil. :nod: This episode would not change how 3.04 plays out only the process of getting there. To explain to the viewers how it happened. Rather than just telling us it did.


If you could bring back one deceased character who would it be? How would them being alive effect the plot and the people around them that were effected by their death?

If you could bring back one deceased character who would it be? How would them being alive effect the plot and the people around them that were effected by their death?

Wells. How it would affect others and the plot: Jaha would probably not make it to the ground, so maybe we wouldn't have gotten the COL story line or at a later time. Clarke would have one less traumatic experience, maybe she would be happier. I wonder if we'd still have the same dynamic between Clarke and Bellamy, I doubt it would be the same, i think Clarke would rely on both his and Well's opinion. I also think that Bellamy and Wells would have become friends, ok maybe not friends but they would have a better relationship based on mutual respect.

If you were a teenager on the Ark would you have gotten in trouble and be sent to prison? If yes, for what kind of crime?

If you were a teenager on the Ark would you have gotten in trouble and be sent to prison? If yes, for what kind of crime?

I want to believe I would not commit a crime because I am a good person. But I totally see myself getting in trouble for not doing my job. Sleeping on the job. Just all around being lazy. :lmao:

What is your favorite non-romantic relationship. Why is it your favorite it and how does it effect the two involved in their decision making, emotions and so forth?

What is your favorite non-romantic relationship. Why is it your favorite it and how does it effect the two involved in their decision making, emotions and so forth?

I have to go with the Blake sibling relationship. It's my favorite because while there's real love there, it's always been particularly difficult for them to remain on the same page. I remember in season 1 really becoming interested in their relationship because I could really see both sides. On one hand, Bellamy sacrificed so much for Octavia and was willing to do anything to protect her. But on the other hand, a lot of what he did for her she never asked for and never would have wanted (for example, shooting Jaha to get on the drop ship). And I felt like their flashback episode did a stellar job of helping the viewer to understand more of why both of them are the way that they are. For Bellamy, it affects nearly every decision he makes. She is his reason for being, and (as he likes to remind himself) his responsibility (at least in his eyes). For Octavia, I think their relationship can feel really smothering for her which leads her to distance herself a bit more. But there's definitely genuine love on both sides and I am hopeful that they'll come back together before the end of the season.

What character do you most identify with and why?

What character do you most identify with and why?

Octavia. Whilst not in the literal sense, I relate to the way she grew up and the growth she has had since she came to earth. Her responses to situations are usually the way I respond as well (again, not in the literal sense ;) ) I find myself agreeing with her a lot, especially the first three seasons. And because I could easily understand what she did the first three seasons, I think I'm also milder on her now than the rest of the fandom is, because even now I tend to see different reasoning.

Would you be mad at Abby for destroying the radiation chamber so that Clarke can't be tested?

Yes, I think so, but then again, I'm actually kind of frustrated with Abby because of several things in the last episode.

The fact that I'm mad at Abby, though, goes to show you how my perspective has morphed as the season has gone on. I was not mad at Bellamy and Co. for making the decision they did in 4x02. Now I'm frustrated with Abby. I think that, as the situation grows more dire, I get more desperate for them to come up with a solution, so I get more easily frustrated with things like Abby destroying the chamber.

Are Bellamy and Clarke heroes, villains, or anti-heroes?

Are Bellamy and Clarke heroes, villains, or anti-heroes?

My initial response to this questions was 'anti-heroes, duh!' But then I thought about it more and am not sure it's that simple. I think as they've evolved over the seasons they've each changed their 'hero status' a couple times. So I will say that Bellamy started out as a villian but then pretty quickly morphed into an anti hero in season 1. Season 2 he upgraded to regular hero status, but was dragged back down to anti hero in 3a and has since been working his way back to regular heroville. Clarke started out as a hero in season 1 and I would say Finn's death was the turning point for her becoming an anti hero. I think she's probably been there for a while but her actions this past episode make me think she will now be established as a more traditional hero again.

In the last episode, God Complex, do you feel that the group in the lab was justified in choosing Emori to test on next because of her lie about Baylis?

In the last episode, God Complex, do you feel that the group in the lab was justified in choosing Emori to test on next because of her lie about Baylis?


Nope. Emori wasn't justified in lying about Baylis. But the group in return weren't justified in picking her because of that. Instead of acknowledging that Emori did a desperate thing because she was desperate, they were looking for a reason, any reason to pick someone. They needed to feel a bit better about an awful choice.
I don't think they would've been justified to pick anyone at all, heck, it wasn't even justified to me that they did it to Baylis :shrug:
I'm taking moral high ground here :look:

Which of the delinquents would you have loved to see more of before they died?

Was I drunk when I made this? :look:

I remember having this idea but never opening the thread omg, it was meant as someone asks and some answers :nod: so you come up with a complex question regarding the show and the next poster answers then asks one :nod: but y'all smart people figured that out :lol:


Which of the delinquents would you have loved to see more of before they died?

Has to be Wells, he died way too soon, I would have liked to have seen what war did to him, what he would have become. Wells was good and moral but would that have lasted? Would he have followed down the path of Finn and Bellamy or would he have stayed on that righteous path, what would his relationship with Clarke been like? Or what type of man would Jaha have become. I guess in that sense his death immortalised him as the "good guy".

Do you think The 100 characters get a harder time than characters on other shows in regard to their morality level? For example do we expect more from the likes of Bellamy/Clarke/Lexa than we did of TVD's Damon or OUAT's Regina? Or "anti heroes" from other shows? And if so why do our moral compasses shift between shows?

:lmao: Oh, Becks.

Okay, very interesting question here.

I can't speak for OUAT, as I've never watched that, but I've found myself comparing this show to TVD a lot. And I think . . . yes, I do think the audience holds these characters to a high morality level. TVD was a supernatural love story. Sure, it had plenty of complexity and depth to it, but at the end of the day, its anti-heroes were still vampires. They could always go back to the excuse of "turning their humanity off." Whereas, on The 100 the characters can't do that. It's a completely human Bellamy and Clarke who pull that lever in Mount Weather, a human Clarke who lets a bomb drop on Ton DC, a human Bellamy who helps Pike massacre an army. It's a human Lexa who oversees Finn's execution, a human Murphy who kills two of his peers out of revenge, a human Octavia who became a "ripper." To me, this is one of the things that sets The 100 apart from so many other shows these days, and makes it a lot more interesting to analyze and debate.

If you were on the dropship, would you have been more inclined to follow Clarke or Bellamy? Explain.