the 100 - what it meant to me
i’ve been watching the 100 since the very beginning, i saw the trailer and really loved the look of the show [especially Kane actually] so i started watching it back then and i never stopped. that means it’s been seven years, i’ve been watching and following this show rather loyally for seven years and that’s a long time.
i wasn’t a massive fan right from the begging there were other shows that were drawing my attention back then and i wasn’t as tech savvy as i am now so i wasn’t able to connect with things online. that changed though, during season 2 it became something really special i think and that drew me in, also after season 2 i started to get online more and i found a community there i could connect with. when it comes to tech and things online i’ve always been a slow learner which can make it hard to motivate your self to try hard but with the 100 i found that motivation, because of the show and wanting to find things about it online I learned to do things i probably wouldn’t have over wise.
things only grew from there, after season 3 i started connecting with fanfiction sights, i had always dreamed of being a writer so it seemed like a great way i could practise. it worked out much better than i could have hoped my spelling and grammar skills used to be terrible but thanks to that practice my writing and spelling as improved a lot believe you me. i connect with more people as well there so that was something more i got out of being a fan of the show.
these are some of the things being part of the fanbase got me but watching the show was an amazing experience and has really meant a lot to me over the years. as a show it has everything i look for in a show sci fi, dystopian and post apocalyptic themes, yes romance and the ability to ask questions of what is morally right or wrong so i really loved it. the 100 was a show that commanded attention which is why for me at least it was a show that for a lot of years has never been far from my mind.
all these things to one side though by far the biggest reason the 100 has meant so much to me all these years is that fact i have connected with people because of it. i’ve never been good at making friends there are a lot of reasons for that but that’s besides the point, the point is that because of the show and things happening online i have managed to connect with people and make a few friends which as i’ve said isn’t easy for me.
all this coming to an end was always going to be hard as it always is when your favourite show ends but things could have been very different. tomorrow should be a day where me and the rest of the fan base site around talking about what an amazing ride all it was and talk about all the found memories but as it is that very unlikely to happen, odd are we will be talking about how disappointed we all are.
it might sound strange considering what kind of show the 100 is but it was always a souse of calm for me, i have a lot of issues with anxiety and the way the world is today there are a lot of things to trigger that anxiety but as crazy as it sounds the 100 helped with that. i couldn’t really tell you why but that’s how it was for me and i still have that to a degree but because of the ways thing turned out that’s changed.
I know it’s silly a TV show matters to me this much but it is what it is and for the record i don’t think i’m the only one. well anyway, this has been what the 100 has meant to me, good luck tonight everyone.