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But exactly that makes Madi's character interesting for me, and we need interesting characters on the show ... I loved it how they all bowed down to a 12 year old girl and followed her orders ... all except Bellamy ... he knew a better solution (saving Prisonkru) and the flame allows Madi to make her own choices ... the flame doesn't take over Madi's mind
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But who
is her character now? Like Marie noted, we're kind of losing the real genuine her because of the flame's influence. We just got to know her this season, and then they put this thing into her and changed her. Like yes, she can still make her own choices, but we as the audience are left to grapple with how much of that choice is coming from the true core of Madi and how much is coming from this damn piece of technology.
And now are Clarke and Bellamy going to have to run every decision by Madi before they make it? Seems kind of strange.
And just as a leader, too . . . it's not a super rewarding journey as a viewer to be given this new leader via a piece of technology, compared to Bellamy and Clarke, who have both struggled with it and earned it. Even Octavia's leadership journey, as infuriating as it could be at times this season, was really quite developed. Plus, like I said earlier, I do think we now run the risk of Madi being a Deus ex Machina character who gets inserted into the plot to miraculously solve a problem. (It kind of Mary Sues the past commanders, too, who were obviously not all-knowing and perfect, otherwise the cycle of violence would not have continued itself. To just have Madi close her eyes and be able to call on them to give her the answers makes both her and them a little too flawless for my liking.)
To be clear, I really did like Madi a lot this season. I'm just really nervous about how they'll write her moving forward now.