#mat100

[charlessmithmorgan]

Concepts

So Bellamy fell in love with Raven first like right after they slept together and he was like "oh man." And then didnt sleep with or feel romantic attachment toward anyone else until Gina.

Raven is like currently in love with Bellamy? Like at the end of season 4.

Honestly theyve both been been struggling with these feelings off and on since they met.

Look - Bellamy has a crush on Raven; that's a fact. He probably feels some kind of way about having feelings for someone what with him being the way he is and being hard on himself and having the best heart.

And like Idk what/how Raven had been thinking about Bellamy before, but this guy put himself at risk to come all the way to save her and literally has more confidence in her than anyone (even herself at some points) and has proven that to her since the moment they metand has been continuously proving it to her time and time again. Bellamy always stands up for Raven and when they disagree they don't yell or get angry, they get frustrated and disappointed in the other. And did you SEE Ravens face when she said "Always."???? That girl is in LOVE

Bellamy loves Raven the way she deserves he is her number 1 fan and I'm gonna cry.

[charlessmithmorgan]

You (and ALL the bravens) need to STOP villifying Clarke. She's doing better than any of them would be doing in the position she's be put into.

First of all, Clarke was never put into a position. She snatched the leadership role and then lashed out when she couldn’t handle it. “You might be chancellor, but I’m in charge.” ring any bells?

She takes command of situations without knowing anything about them! She’s arrogant when she has no right to be. How did they get into mt. weather? Bellamy and Maya, Monty and Jasper, pretty much anyone who was on the inside. Kane was the one who really initiated peace with the grounders. Octavia’s the one who understands grounder culture. Raven’s the one who:

got in contact with the ark

saved the 100 from the initial grounder attack at the end of season 1

built a radio, helped them listen in on mt. weather/get in contact with bellamy on the inside

got rid of the acid fog

SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT CLARKE GOT SECOND HAND CREDIT FOR

Clarke is the one who:

abandoned her family and “friends” after mt. weather

has been consistently manipulative of not only antagonists, but the 100 and the people of arkadia as well.

attempted to force Luna to use the flame after she said she didn’t want it.

drugged and kidnapped bellamy and her mother and then threated to SHOOT bellamy when he tried to rescue the rest of the human race.

SHE’S not a good person. She hasn’t done anything for anyone really. The only thing she did was take the flame at the end of season 3. That’s it and it didn’t even have to be her.

Raven, Jasper, Octavia, and many other characters have repeatedly pointed out her flaws to her while she tries to drag everyone down with her. She’s not a good leader, she’s not a good friend, she’s a horrible person and she deserves to be vilified regardless of what people ship.

[charlessmithmorgan]

For all of Braven Fam who has come out of SDCC 2017 a little bit more disappointed than anything else: First of all, I’m not gonna mention Bob’s comments about Raven being his second in command here. We know that it’s not a bad thing because that role would have to come from mutual respect... which is pretty much exactly what Lindsey has said about the pair. So don’t even worry about that. I talk about that here: x

What I want to talk about is Bob and Lindsey’s unwillingness to talk/mention Raven and Bellamy as a couple. This, for me, raised absolutely 0 red flags. I know it’s easy to get worried about things like this, but just taking into account who Bob (since Bob was definitely more adamant about not talking about ships), him not talking about ships makes perfect sense. 

Bob has spent that last four years getting question after question about blorke and we all know that he’s sick of it. They’re all sick of it, but when Bob answers any question about it he gets harassed by his “fans”. When the blorkers see that Bob doesn’t see blorke as romantic they swarm him. It seems like Bob has just had enough of that - enough that he’s staying away from ship talk all together; he said it on at least two different times at SDCC 2017 alone. As far as this goes... I think it’s really important that we, as Braven Fam, back off with the questions. We know Bob isn’t looking to talk about them and I think we should respect that. (He even, in this interview, stayed away from murphamy, which we know he loves to have fun with)

Another thing, just in general, that got rid of red flags for me is just the nature of comic cons and spoilers~ and this kind of thing. It’s not very often that people are going to be just straight up telling or even hinting at romances that mayor may not happen. I personally would have had more red flags if Bob or Lindsey had been asked about braven and they’d been like “oooh, yeah, I hadn’t thought of that. Those two have been together before and now they got 6 years~~~” and then they exchange some kind of adorable waggling eyebrows or something. That would show me that maybe they’re not taking it seriously. But neither of them really made a joke out it. They both just kind of stepped away from the questions, mentioned a few things about their platonic relationship and moved on. 

I don’t think we really have a lot to worry about. Y’know, braven wasn’t confirmed or even teased really, but it definitely wasn’t denied. If anything we’re at least going to get them having more scenes together, doing more thing and relying on each other even more than they already did. They’re becoming a team this season and they’re going to have each other’s backs! braven is still going strong and there’s still room for romantic development to grow. 

I’m not trying to tell anyone how to feel, if you’re worried, you have a right to be. How you feel matters, you know? But I just don’t think that what the cast spoke about and how they talked about braven yesterday really tells us very much at all, definitely not enough to abandon hope :)

[charlessmithmorgan]

Something that's important to point out is that Bob didn't say that Raven is Bellamy's second - not in the way that the word "second" is used in grounder culture, which I feel like a lot of people interpreted that live tweet from him as (I'm thinking of that anti-braven post where they were like "what is she the Octavia to his Indra?"). Nah he said that she was his second in charge, second in command. Which is such an important distinction because, based on what we know about Bellamy and Raven, that relationship between them is going to be a million times healthier than any "second-in-charge" relationship between Bellamy and Clak ever had. We know that Bellamy and Raven have never felt nothing but respect and care for each other, something that blorke lacks, and to see that reflected in their leadership style is going to be amazing. And, sure, they might have their differences. They might squabble about some things, but that's even better for them; they're on the ark. There are enough of them to form a sort of council. And that's leaves room for them to have a few parallels with Kabby (some, not all! They're gonna skip that whole ~I need people to see that I'm in charge so I'm gonna literally torture you part~). tl;dr: Most of you already know this m, but Raven being Bell's second in command is a very, very good development... especially as far as their relationship (platonic or otherwise) goes. Them being close to each other will allow them to develop based on how they act and what they do around each other.

[charlessmithmorgan]

So honestly even if Bellamy did have any feelings for klak like... What is the likelihood of those feelings sticking around for literally 6 years??? Like realistically 0. He knew her for 6 months? I dont remember the agreed upon time span of seasons 1-4, but its not longer than a year.

And a year of knowing someone compared to 6 years of not being around them or even contacting them??? Like when I think of myself in 2011 and the crushes I had on people they dont even matter anymore! Like... People I had known for years and had actually been friends with and saw everyday and now they're practically nothing to me because theyre not in my life.

And I get that there's arguably a certain emotional complexity that goes along with how you feel about a person ~risked their life to save yours~ and ~is dead~ but like... W/E klak and bellamy were barely frienss wtf?

[charlessmithmorgan]

the opposite side of anti bellarke is so strange. i’m talking about the anti bellamy people. I’m just really having a hard time wrapping my head around people hating on bellamy and stanning clak? if anyone in that friendship could do better without the other it’s bellamy, but these people are like “oh no clak deserves so much better, i’d ship her with dirt before bellamy” and like ??? they’re just so wrong because bellamy is leaps and bounds better than clak no matter how i can even think to look at it.

[charlessmithmorgan]

all of these twitter posts are like blown up with blorke questions like... it’s wild. they clearly don’t care about anything and the second someone asks about a different ship it’s like “woahhh maybe ask questions about something other than a ship.” what kind of lack of self awareness???

[charlessmithmorgan]

Stop Infantilizing Raven By Saying That She Is Bellamy (a man she’s had actual sex with) And Cork’s (a girl she hates) Child 2017

Also Just Stop Infantilizing WOC In General 2017

Stop Shipping POC With Abusive And Racist White People 2017

In fact, fuck off!