That’s not to say Bellamy’s perfect. He is not. He can, he has, and he will make mistakes. It’s even believable that he would choose Pike’s side, if the story had the proper time to develop. But that’s not what the story showed us.
Instead, when we first see Bellamy, he’s adjusting well to life after the Mountain. He’s a guard, a trainer, and goes on scouting missions with his friends. He has a girlfriend who he likes. His desperation to find Clarke in 3.2 is the only indication that all is not well.
Therefore, I do not, for one moment, believe that Bellamy Blake sides with Pike to massacre a peacekeeping force. I do not believe that Bellamy Blake makes that decision over a couple of shots at a bar. I do not believe that Bellamy Blake, older brother to his beloved sister Octavia, who is practically a Grounder herself, decides that all Grounders are evil and need to die. That he gives up three months of mentor-ship with Kane to follow someone who hasn’t lived and shared the last crucial, devastating six months with him. Without even a conversation about it, no less.
I do not believe that Bellamy Blake, anarchist and rebel, becomes in the course of one evening a blind follower to a man staging both a coup and a massacre.
This is especially frustrating because this development hangs on two very weak plot devices. Number one, the fridging of his girlfriend Gina (which I talked about here) and two, an unbelievable lack of communication between characters.
Conveniently, there is no one in camp to bring Bellamy back from the edge. Monty is out with Jasper. Raven is MIA for the episode, not even appearing at the memorial to Gina, her friend. Kane only offers a weak, “Don’t do this,” as Bellamy turns in his guard jacket. Clarke is, of course, in Polis playing cheerleader to Lexa. Bellamy and Octavia don’t share a scene, even though their support of each other was demonstrated last week. Finally, there is no conversation with Lincoln, a person he trusts enough to induct into the guard.
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