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To me, after the shitshow that was season 7, Jason Rothenberg is CANCELLED.
I will not watch anything by that man again. He has failed his story whether he admits to it or not.
And he is what he was called, a baiter, an exploiter, a racist, and I could go on. But I'm done with that fool man.
Go enjoy my money I won't be giving you anymore.
Wow Jason really said Fuck Bellarke.
Why couldn't I just say I missed him, why did I have to lie?
Why does it always have to get worse before it gets better?
“We all go through phases in life. If you are not okay now, it’s okay. You will find your way.”
— Unknown
I just want to take a moment to talk about how awful Book Two is.
There’s obviously been no planning. At all. I’m not saying that the writers had seasons one to five fully planned out, but they always managed to build up to the next season!
In season one, they introduced Mount Weather by mentioning it several times, and they also introduced the conflict with the Grounders, both of which are central plots in season two.
In two, they continued building on the conflict with the Grounders, and also set up Clarke to become Wanheda. The introduction of Lexa and the Commanders and the grounder culture also played into season three.
In season three, there wasn’t really a lot setting up the Praimfaya plot until the last minute, but they set up a conflict with Azgeda, as well as the issue of not having a Commander which made things problematic in four.
In season four, they were building up to Praimfaya, setting up both the Second Dawn bunker, and they sent spacekru to the ring last minute, and also established Clarke and Madi’s relationship, as well as the prisoners.
Season five doesn’t set up season six at all. Season five is a sort of ending to the show as we know it, and we barely know anything going into the sixth season.
When we arrive in Sanctum, the first couple of episodes aren’t really that bad. It just feels kinda disconnected from the rest of the show, because we are on a new planet with no real idea about anything. And this feeling about not knowing anything is one that sticks throughout book two.
Season six has two clear plots. The body-snatching Primes plot, and the anomally plot. I saw another post pointing this out, but we can literally remove the body-snatching and still have pretty much the same story for season seven. It left no impact at all, save to introduce Gabriel and Sheidheda. We can literally remove everything else, and the Bardo-plot in seven will play out pretty much the same.
And then there is the Bardo plot. I for one do not thing that season six sets that up at all. Yes, it introduces the anomally, but, when we see it, it’s this thing that is constantly open? Correct me if I’m wrong, but the portal is just open, leading to what we will later come to know as Sky Ring. Why? Why would they leave that portal open? It is almost like they changed what the anomally was between six and seven. We have Octavia returning with some strange markings on her back, completely healed, and then we have Hope showing up last minute to take her back to Bardo and that’s it. That’s the only introduction we get.
Seven comes around, and we have absolutely no idea what is going on. At all. Everything is unknown, and the show intends to keep it that way. So many things about this new world is never explained, and I have to check if I am still watching the same show because it is way too much to introduce in the final season.
There is one episode left, and I still feel like I have no idea what is going on. It feels like the show waited until last minute to decide if it is a war or a test, and now we have 40 minutes to solve what feels like Avengers Endgame. It’s too much.
Maybe if they had done the pacing differently, had a third season for book two, rather than just two seasons, or actually planned ahead, it wouldn’t feel like a high school student going off the rails to make his short story long enough to meet the word requirements. I could also talk about how the story itself is super odd, how pretty much all the plotlines feels like they were randomly selected by throwing darts at a board, and how they are most likely written like this because of drama backstage, but that’s for another post.
I’ve compared it to the final season of Game of Thrones before, and it feels like they are gearing up to fight the White Walkers while simultaneously having Jon killing Daenerys because she had a character development that changed her for no reason two episodes ago. And it’s too much.
No matter how the 100 ends, it’s going to be bad. There is no way they can possibly scramble a satisfying ending out of this mess. Maybe if they had been given two more seasons after five to wrap things up, they could have planned things out a bit better.
Oh wait.
Honestly if you want justification for why it’s important that English/Language Arts teachers make you break down exactly why a given sentence made you feel a given way, the fact that it’s now a point of basic political literacy to be able to tell when a headline is trying to make you angry, and at whom, and about what, is a pretty strong case in point.
#When will I ever need to use this in real life?#every time you read the news#every time you read a historical article or watch a documentary#notice how you’re being manipulated
Bellarke AU
If other universes exist I hope we’re happy somewhere. That there are universes where history doesn’t pull us apart and we become a tragic story full of sorrow and regret, ones where we don’t become our own undoing that only history would remember us for. I know in this story we could never belong to each other, but if there is another universe, another story, another us I hope we can love each other until our dying day.
— history became cruel to star-crossed lovers, they could never end up happy | our violent ends. //t.c
Thoughts
I haven't watched the next episode but I'm not surprised to see that Murphy was once again being made to look like a hero. I mean I wish I could be happy for Murphy and his arc But I know it's at the cost of Clarke and Bellamy's.
It's like everyone on the 100 is following their arcs EXCEPT Clarke and Bellamy.
What does Jason have against Clarke and Bellamy all of the sudden?
“You must allow yourself to outgrow and depart from certain eras of your life with a gentle sort of ruthlessness.”
— Katy Maxwell
All Signs Point To Bellarke Jason Rothenberg quotes about canon Bellarke in the narrative (x/x/x/x/x)
This is just painful now.
(Angry) Thoughts
I'm still peeved about that scene btn emori and Murphy. Where Murphy says that he watched Bellamy MANIPULATE Raven for 6 years. Then they tried to brush over it by saying they missed him.
And myb I would've brought it as a light hearted jest if it wasn't for the fact that Murphy seems to be the hero now and the front and centre man and Bellamy is like a forgotten second character.
What is going on? These writing choices are intentional. This season feels so detached from everything that came before. The plot holes. Who okayed this bs?
Someone really thought hmm this is a good way to end the final season. Plot holes, pointless deaths, regressions, etc.
I need an explanation from someone. How did we get here?
“You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.”
— Augusten Burroughs
Thoughts
I keep seeing the 'Fans are upset' about how the death of Bellmay happened.
Fuck man Anyone with any kind of understanding about a story would think Bellamy's death was problematic to the narrative. It's not just the Fans. Why can't we just called out Bad writing and stop hiding behind its the fans who are upset.
Bad writing is bad writing.
why do they have to match the color of the clothes, tho.
Thoughts
The story is crumbling right before my eyes. The head and the heart doesn't exist anymore.
The thing that was keeping the show alive has died. It died when Clarke shot Bellamy. She killed Bellamy and she killed herself but more that that she killed the show.
Jason killed his show with that one scene.
Enough is enough. I tried to defend this show. Even then, even when Clarke point blank shot Bellmay, I tried to defend the writing. But I can't I can't make something out of nothing.
What Jason did was an insult and complete disrespect to his Characters. And to his audience. Guy clearly doesn't give a shit about his fans.
It was an INTENTIONAL piece of writing make no mistake.
If there were all these OTHER ways it could have gone down, then CLEARLY JASON INTENDED THIS. he intended to give us (and believe me this was directed at the fans) a massive fuck you. Literally the way it was written fuck.
I'm starting to think this guy gets off on misery. He's like a type of abuser. But cos it's a TV show its fine I don't see the problems cos I'm here voluntarily. Until it gets too much, until it affects me to this extent where I've been numb and in denial about it all. All the baiting and the excuses.
I've been complicit in this. That's why he could get this far. It's like what more does he have to do to make me see his truth. I wanted to be positive but that's was the problem, should've been more of a pessimist about Bellarke.
Jason over here is screaming it won't happen. And me just fooling myself. I sympathised with the Clexa fandom years ago. But now I can empathise with them. Jason has done some horrible things in the name of 'entertainment'. But his art exposes who he is. And the truth eventually always comes out.
I feel exploited and used. I loved Bellarke thought they were beautifully written so I ignored everything else.
What a fool I've been. Thee only silver lining is that now I know what type of person's writing to avoid in the future.
HURRY.
