Bellamyheartfan

[foxsdana]

ok so after time to reflect, i have thoughts about why the finale of the 100 was so upsetting for so many people in the show. 

hear me out: bellamy and clarke are the central relationship of the show. some of you don’t remember what it was like to not even have that statement be a canon fact. i remember back in season ½/3, people were denying bellamy as even a main character on the show, saying that his and clarke’s relationship was just a background plot point rather than anything centrally important to the show. 

that being said, this finale did not emphasize it in the way that it deserved to be emphasized. the 100 is a show notorious for focusing on plot over relationships. i don’t know how many of ya’ll have been in this fandom long enough to remember the ENDLESS interviews of “the 100 isn’t about relationships!” bullshit we went through. but season 6 was truly about relationships in a new sense. while most other seasons have been about deciding the fate of humanity and avoiding apocalypses, etc., season 6 took things back to a smaller scale, which is why i think that so many people liked it. 

the first chunk of the show was about finding a new home for Bellamy and Clarke’s people (the introduction of sanctum, Children of Gabriel, etc), the second chunk was about saving Clarke, and specifically, the lengths Bellamy was willing to go to in order to save Clarke (and if you are an anti-bellarke shipper like JRoth, you could even say the second chunk was about the lengths ALL the characters were willing to go to in order to save Clarke and each other). The third and final chunk of the season was where the writers stumbled and really didn’t stick the landing to what would’ve been an amazing season. 

You see, the third chunk of the season was emphasizing that doing better causes loss, and more specifically, beating Clarke over the head with just about every tragic thing they possibly could. This, i feel, is really where the writers lost the audience. the stakes switched from finding a home and saving one person to “we have to save the people of sanctum” which, as callous as it sounds, the viewers don’t have very much investment in. we don’t know the people of Sanctum. we know the extended Spacekru/Wonkru team. Therefore, Bellamy, Gabriel, Octavia and co.’s arc in the final was…kinda boring. i wasn’t invested. the stakes didn’t seem that high. there was a split second where I thought maybe murphy would die, but other than that? it was a pretty fight sequence. but that was it. 

the other big flaw in the finale, imo, was how heavily they focused on the clarke/madi relationship. don’t get me wrong, i love their relationship and i’d love for the show to focus on it, but the simple fact is that we hadn’t had a madi/clarke interaction in 9 episodes. we know that clarke cares about madi (obviously) and lovers her unconditionally, but madi and clarke’s relationship wasn’t the one being built up and explored the whole season. 

the finale is supposed to be the culmination of a season’s worth of story and build up, and instead, the 100 season 6 finale ditched the relationship it had been investing in for 12 episodes to focus on relationships it hadn’t invested almost any time in (spacekru x people of sanctum, clarke x madi). even the main antagonist of the primes were kind of shrugged off and “defeated” when clarke….ran away….with the mind wipe serum…i guess? like talk about anti-climactic. 

basically what im sayin’ is that either the finale should’ve 1) focused on bellamy and clarke doing something together that required utilizing the new depth of their relationship and their journey over the past 7 episodes, 2) used the finale to show that something has changed between bellamy and clarke’s relationship due to their 7 story arc of bellamy going through hell to save her OR 3) cut down on a few of the other story elements to allow for more time to invest in madi and clarke’s relationship or spacekru’s relationship with the people of sanctum etc (do ya’ll remember how devastating the mount weather lever was? you know WHY it was so devastating? because we had MAYA and the mt weather people who were HELPING the 48 and we were INVESTED in saving the people who had HELPED our characters! do u know how great it would’ve been for bellamy, who has canonically spoken of how upset he was that they had to let people who hELPED THEM die via 3x05 , speak up and say no, not again. i won’t let the people who helped us die again. it would’ve been SO POWERFUL).

but yeah. those are my thoughts. i feel like it was more than just “bellamy and clarke didn’t kiss :(” that made ppl mad. it was the fact that a whole season’s worth of exploration and time just didn’t add up to anything in what is supposed to be the biggest episode of the season. 

[meeraria]

God I’ve missed your metas

[foxsdana]

@meeraria babe i’ve missed YOU

[yourereallyhere]

power of love between two lovers is like that of the binary stars gravity keep them close, make them one but never would both stars collide with each other no matter what.

[targsdaenerys]

literally every other character on this fucking tv show: *reunions all washed out in a haze, barely know who tf is hugging who, just arms and hair and torsos colliding under an 85% overlay on sun glare and silenced with the song*

bellamy and clarke: *last ones not in the group, see each other across the field, faces lit clearly in the golden hour, running and melting into each other hugging at the break in the music, only pulling away (but still keeping hands on one another) to have a full, ‘youre okay, its okay’ talk with the camera work specifically moving for the sun glare to be covered by their heads so you can see every emotion, close enough for them to trip and kiss, clarke breaking down and bellamy desperately trying to console her with his touch and pulling her in again as the camera pulls away and lets the light configure them into one silhouette* 

[witchwolfmouse-deactivated20190]

Eliza Taylor’s acting is threatening to kill me. I have watched the 6x13 bellarke scene once again, and I have noticed that not only is Clarke confused by Bellamy pulling away earlier than expected, but her hands are shaking. And when she slides her hands down his arms, it’s to grab his hands. That’s why her shoulder moves forward, she’s repositioning their hands. And if you noticed that they seem to be doing this push-and-pull with their bodies that’s because their pulling on each other’s hands as they’re talking. So when Eliza is brilliantly delivering “Tell me it was worth it,” and she starts pulling away, you see Bob moving forward to hold onto her. I wonder if it’s his hand following hers or if he moves his hand up to grab her arm. ugh I really wish they had pulled out so we could see!

[jazon-todd]

the way clarke’s face lights up when she sees bellamy…. the way bellamy literally stops in his tracks when he spots clarke……. how they both just sprint into each other’s arms……… the relief on each other’s faces to finally have each other back in their arms……….. the way clarke begs bellamy to tell her she did the right thing because if anyone can make her feel even slightly better it’s him…….. the way he pulls her into another hug to reassure and comfort her………….

[bellameblake]

Emori tilting Bellamy's head to look at John just for John to wink at Bellamy

[its-okay-killian]

“To the glory and grace of me.”

I don’t know that there’s ever been a more Murphy statement ever made.

[xxamaranthusxx-deactivated20211]

*Clarke and Echo hugging* Antis: It makes no sense… It came from nowhere! Previously in The 100

*Clarke is gone*

Echo: attack mode activated

I’m just saying, Maybe you need to pay more attention to the story instead of stupid shipping wars.

[kanejjs]

I was pretty okay when I found out yesterday that the 100 was ending after season 7 because I expected it but now that I’m thinking about it that means that I have to say goodbye to bellamy blake, my favorite character of all time, in a year and now I am definitely NOT OKAY. 

[lee-em-dee]

A Season 6 Bellarke Recap [a.k.a. the Receipts]

Before the finale airs, I thought we were due for a recap of some of the major B/C moments of Season 6, episode by episode.

6x01 “Sanctum”

[a.k.a. “It’s not crazy.”]

This felt like such a turning point for Bellarke, particularly on Bellamy’s end, because you can finally see him starting to fill in the blanks of their relationship. Clarke is so tentative and reticent about addressing the radio calls. Bellamy recognizes her vulnerability, understands the significance of this admission. And by assuring her “it’s not crazy” that she depended on him for six years, he reveals that he relied on her memory just as much, thus affirming the strength and stability of their relationship. Devotion is the name of the game.

6x02 “Red Sun Rising”

[a.k.a. “I don’t need you anymore.” + “This time, you die. Not me.”]

Talk about Foreshadowing™. This episode allowed audiences to get into the heads of each character (sans body snatching) and fully grasp what it is that drives/haunts them. Case in point, during Bellamy’s red sun psychotic episode, his compulsive need to protect and save his people is underscored, as is his deep-seated fear of being abandoned by/losing Clarke. This illustrates how, to a certain extent, Bellamy is terrified of how much he depends upon Clarke, knowing fully well the toll her death took on him for the past six years.

6x03 “The Children of Gabriel”

[a.k.a. “She is. She can speak for us.” + “We’ll bring Madi back. I promise.”]

Though the two are separated for the majority of this episode, Bellamy and Clarke’s “Together” partnership and co-leading dynamic are back in full force. Theirs is a relationship built on trust and mutual respect, a fact made very apparent when Bellamy doesn’t hesitate to allow Clarke to unilaterally conduct diplomatic affairs in Sanctum while he reconnects with their people. Likewise, Clarke entrusts the safety of her daughter to Bellamy in spite of the calamitous series of events that transpired in Season 5. It’s truly a redressal of S5, and it establishes how a relationship as profound as theirs is only strengthened by past disputes, betrayals, and grievances.

6x04 “The Face Behind the Glass”

[a.k.a. “You’re my family, too.” + “You’re too important to me.”]

I found this moment particularly significant when juxtaposed with the B/C dynamic in Season 2. Clarke’s “You’re too important to me” is very reminiscent of her S2 “I can’t lose you, too,” only this time around Clarke doesn’t attempt to diminish Bellamy’s value to her and, instead, recognizes that her love for him is a strength, not a weakness. She conveys to him how deeply she regrets abandoning him at the pits (much like her abandonment of him at the gates of Arkadia in S2), vowing to never lose sight of the fact that he is and always will be family to her.

6x05 “The Gospel of Josephine”

[a.k.a. “How are we on different sides of this?”+ “Who are you?”]

The strength of B/C’s relationship is even further bolstered with Josephine acting as a foil character to Clarke. Bellamy and Clarke know and understand each other so well, and her absence is glaringly obvious to Bellamy when he recognizes how uncharacteristically out-of-sync they are. He is the first and only person to have figured out that Clarke had been bodysnatched purely from knowing who she is as a person—her mannerisms, the way she speaks, the way she thinks, the things she values most (the same cannot be said of her own mother, but c’est la vie).

6x06 “Memento Mori”

[a.k.a. “…the hardest decision of his life: he will not take revenge.”]

Bellamy reveals the depth of his love for Clarke not by being consumed with his desire to exact revenge on her murderers, but rather by pushing aside his rage and grief in order to honor her. His inconsolable, bereaved, emotionally volatile state screams at him to perpetuate the cycle of war and violence, yet he overrrides his natural bloodthirsty instincts, all for Clarke. Bellamy is a fighter, and him choosing not to fight to preserve Clarke’s legacy is precisely why his love for her must be true and abiding—a love that stands the test of time and transcends death.

6x07 “Nevermind”

[a.k.a. “You’re too afraid to face him.” + “I’ll take your deal.” vs. “We’re gonna get her back.”]

The noticeable absence of Bellamy in Clarke’s mindspace (save for the drawings of him on her cell walls) is very weighty, especially when accompanied by Mindspace Blodreina’s spiel about Clarke‘s subconscious being unable to conjure Bellamy up due to fear. Fear that he will always resent her for her mistakes, fear that he views her as a selfish monster. It’s evident that Clarke values Bellamy’s perception of her to an unparalleled degree. Pieces of him are scattered throughout her mindspace (notice how a sketch of him is hanging in the area of her mindspace that symbolizes home, happiness, security, and family). He is literally ingrained in her head. This makes her decision to sacrifice herself to Josephine all the more meaningful. It is only when Clarke assumes Bellamy had given up on her without a second thought that she, herself, gives up. What she doesn’t get to see is how devastated he had been by her death and how determined he is to get her back when he discovers she’s still alive.

6x08 “The Old Man and the Anomaly”

[a.k.a. “You only care about Clarke.” ATTA BOY, JORDAN]

Bellamy is a man on a mission, and he’ll stop at nothing to save Clarke, regardless of the fact that doing so potentially endangers his people and their prospects for peace. While it’s inaccurate to suggest that Bellamy “only [cares] about Clarke,” you cannot deny that in this precarious situation she takes priority above all else. Saving Clarke is more important to Bellamy than ensuring that the peace deal for his people is fleshed out without a hitch. “He’d do anything for her. To protect her. Just makes sense.” Yet another S2 parallel. Bellamy will do whatever it takes to bring Clarke back, consequences by damned. If that entails leaving his people to fend for themselves, then so be it.

6x09 “What You Take With You”

[a.k.a. “Your people are in trouble. I guess you care about her more.” + “Now that’s a weird relationship, isn’t it?” + “I won’t let you die.” + “I’m not leaving you.”]

This episode was truly an ode to the history between Bellamy and Clarke—a complex history characterized by its highs and lows, by reconciliation and betrayal—but a history of devotion, nonetheless. Bellamy’s interactions with Josephine are enlightening, to say the least. The clinical way she breaks down the complicated relationship between Bellamy and Clarke is not only a testament to who she is as a person (i.e. a psychopath) but also to how deeply B/C must care for each other. In spite of everything that’s happened between them, their love and devotion to one another remains. Josephine leaves no stone unturned when it comes to recounting the bad and the ugly aspects of Bellamy and Clarke’s relationship, yet she redacts all of the good (those deep, intimate, emotional moments must be difficult to comprehend through the eyes of a psychopath). Everything about this episode—from Bellamy’s heartfelt “I won’t let you die,” to the terror and desperation in his eyes when J!Clarke is on the chopping block, to Clarke’s adamant “I’m not leaving you”—affirms that their bond is unbreakable.

6x10 “Matryoshka”

[a.k.a. THAT SCENE]

It takes real acting chops to simultaneously rip my heart in half and stitch it back together, yet, within the span of two measly minutes, Bob Morley accomplished the feat seamlessly. When Bellamy is confronted with the reality that Clarke is dead on that operating table, his greatest fears in 6x02 paradoxically come alive before his very own eyes. “I’m not losing her again.” “I need you.” “I’m not letting you go.” The shift from denial to desperation to devastation is as breathtaking as it is heart-breaking to watch. Speaking of the heart, what elevated the CPR scene to a caliber rivaling that of poetic cinema was its overt symbolism. Bellamy is Clarke’s heart. Clarke is Bellamy’s heart. When she’s trapped in her own head, it’s Bellamy’s voice that brings her back and jumpstarts her fighter instincts. When her heart’s stopped beating, he pumps it for her. He’s begging for her to come back to him because she is his touchstone, his other half. “The heart and the head.” “The head and the heart.” In other words, we belong Together. In other words, I love you, and I don’t want to live without you.

6x11 “Ashes to Ashes”

[a.k.a. “You saved me.” “So how do we save everyone that I left behind?” + “For Monty.” “For Monty.”]

The guilt sets in for Bellamy as he begins to think about the potential repercussions of his actions. Leaving everything behind to save Clarke was purely a heart move, and now that he’s got Clarke back, his head is starting to punish itself for shutting down and abandoning his people. Bellamy is off kilter and guilt-ridden. His plans for a peace deal fell apart, and he’s terrified that he won’t be able to protect his people just as he had failed to protect Clarke before (a 6x02 callback). Now, more than ever, it’s evident that Bellamy relies on Clarke to center him. She is his voice of reason, the head to his heart—a heart that, in a lot of ways, beats for her, as evidenced by his adamant refusal to allow her to jeopardize her life by acting as the inside man. Objectively, he knows her plan is the smart play and the only way to ensure that they “do better” per Monty’s charge, but he can’t risk losing her again. Bellamy eventually conceding to her plan illustrates how ideologically-attuned they are now. They’ve never been more Together, and, above all else, they uphold faith in each other.

6x12 “Adjustment Protocol”

[a.k.a. “I left them.” + “What took you so long?”]

Though this was definitely more of a fast-paced, plot-driven episode, the flashes of Bellarke peppered throughout are very telling, teeing up a major emotional moment for them in 6x13. While waiting for Clarke to shut down the shield, Bellamy is once again plagued by guilt for leaving his people behind without a second thought. Octavia’s verbal consolations do little to ease his mind, which goes to show how tormented he is by his actions. He genuinely believes dropping everything to save Clarke was a selfish decision on his part because he couldn’t bear to live without her. It wasn’t so much about Clarke needing Bellamy than it was about Bellamy needing Clarke.

He needs her. Not just as a co-leader, not just as a partner. Bellamy needs Clarke. His person. Never mind that his people may need him. If Clarke’s in trouble, he’ll go through hell and back to save her.

Pivot to the Becho reunion. Bellamy’s just been reunited with his girlfriend, the person he’d entrusted to protect his people while he went off to galavant around the woods with J!Clarke. The pure relief on his face upon being reassured that Echo okay is apparent. He left her behind, she was in trouble, but now she’s okay. He’s comforted by her presence in the same way that he’s comforted by the knowledge that a member of his family is safe.

But that look on Bellamy’s face when his eyes meet Clarke’s and everything around them seems to melt away? That’s more than relief. That’s yearning. That’s devotion. That’s “You came through. I knew you would.” That’s love.

[witchwolfmouse-deactivated20190]

I’m really out here losing it over Clarke’s face. Actually sat here crying in this hot as hell room because Clarke Griffin is deeply in love with Bellamy Blake and it’s written all over her face! She’s not looking at him, she’s gazing. She’s freakin’ enraptured. He is hugging his girlfriend, and she does not give a flying fuck because he told her he needs her, and she’s been walking on air ever since. She’s in love with him. She’s so far gone, y’all. Stick a fork in her, she’s done.

gif credit: samann9898′s #thatlook gifset

[quietmonologues]

I might be saying something controversial so don’t hate me for it but, in the 12 episodes that we’ve gotten so far, has Bellarke, as a relationship, actually developed? Because I would argue that they haven’t…not really. I know we got the “you’re too important to me”, “you’re my family too” and the “I need you” lines this season, but aren’t those lines just verbal confirmations of what we already knew/inferred based on the nature of their relationship? And even the parallels we’ve gotten this season, with Jordan and Josephine saying that Bellamy cares more about Clarke than anyone else for example…we already knew that because Bellarke + care has been a thing since season 2. It’s been a thing for 4 years and nothing truly concrete has come out of it other than to repeat the same idea over and over again, as if the audience forgot.

And of course these lines are still important because it reinforces the idea that Bellarke are central to one another, but then why don’t the writers go further with it and develop them? I feel like the only time they developed this season was in 6x10 during that amazing Bellarke moment. Yeah, it’s nothing new that Bellamy saves Clarke, but the emotion that was in that scene, the dire need, the fact that Bellamy became her heart and willed her back to life…Everything about that scene was filled with romantic tropes and it’s something that we’ve never really seen before with Bellarke. It set such a fantastic foundation for them to evaluate their relationship just a bit more thoroughly, to have some sort of epiphany about one another which would have led their relationship to verge into romantic territory or something! But blop, it’s back to business as usual. No more talking, no more development. We get a parallel where Bellamy looks at Clarke while he’s hugging someone, which we’ve seen in season 2 (edit: since season 1…the first episode of the whole show!!). Great, amazing. Again it reinforces BELLARKE and makes the audience focus on THEM instead of however Bellamy is hugging. But will they develop even further? I think they will….eventually. 

I tried to be objective by taking off my shipper goggles. In doing so, I hope this didn’t come off as super negative because I like all the Bellarke scenes we get in general. But I just wish they would just….move a bit further along.

[bellarke]

[missing-my-griffin]

Lol at Bellamy looking at Clarke over Echo’s shoulder with the same lovestruck look on his face as S2 hugging Octavia where he was insecure & in pain only now swap insecure with guilty 

[xbellarketrashx]

Some things never change

[yourfandomfreak]

The 100 6x12

The 100 6x12 penultimate episode

I need to rewatch the key parts of this, to soak it in again. so much happened.

Clarke being able to tell her friends that it’s her was the release of all she was holding in. she got one more moment with Abby before they turned her into Simone.

Clarke has lost so goddamn much. it’s not fair.

Raven and Abby were able to mend their relationship; I’m grateful for that.

and what Raven said about it not being fair how she judged her? lets say that to Clarke, shall we? I think she will.

I only got looks, but I know my Princess Mechanic will come back.

it breaks my heart that Clarke and Raven both lost a mother tonight.

oh Madi, baby girl, I am so sorry. they’ll save you. I know they will.

first scene JR and Chuku have shared this season, and they killed it. such a good job portraying these emotions.

the people know the truth now; from Prya’s own lips. part of me is has to suspend some belief that people really believed there was some magical element that caused them to become “one”?

(also, where is Jordan? I haven’t seen my son in too long)

lets just hope the toxin will wear off soon, and our people can come out of the storage crate and help them now that the Primes left.

Murphy breaking down, only to realize that Clarke is alive. Clarke and Murphy have such an underrated friendship; I’m glad they part on good terms.and that he and Emori are staying to help.

Octavia believing in Clarke, and helping encourage Bellamy. look at his smile when Clarke succeeded, I love it!

at least there was no Becho kiss. he was also looking at Clarke while hugging his girlfriend, so I mean..

oh shit, what a cliffhanger. I’m hoping none of our people die, and they can kick some Prime ass. namely, Clarke unleashing her fury on Russel. before taking out his mind drive.

how will they stop them? how will Clarke play this out as long as she can. how will her friends help? and how will Bellarke be reunited and make their confession?

god, can it be next week already?

[yourereallyhere]

1x09 // 6x12

some things never change <3