#theolonius jaha

[togetherkru]

The 100 + Food (Bonus)

“I think we deserve a drink.”

[skaifaya-heda]

The 100 books vs show, which is better?

As a Bellarke fan myself, there are some things that happened in the books that some of us wish had happened in the show, with Bellarke being only one of them. I think this happens a lot, where we get mad because something that happened in the books didn’t happen in the show. But, do we really have a right to get mad at that? 

Here’s my proposal, the book and the show are two entirely different pieces of work, only meeting in fanfic and on platforms like Tumblr. Yeah there may be the same premise of both and they may have similar characters (to an extent) but the directions they took are VERY different. Why is this? Well, the book and the show started production at around the same time. All the show had to go off of was the basic idea and maybe some of the first book (doubt it). This creates a really interesting dynamic between fans of the two. I know that I personally found the books first and then wound up binging the show immediately after. Needless to say I was confused as to whether they were even in the same universe after a while. 

Let’s look at some of the things we wouldn’t have if either the book or show never existed. In the book Clarke and Wells were originally a couple and Bellarke got married. Two completely different people were Clarke’s parents in the book and they had been experimenting on children. Jaha was Bellamy’s father in the books and he didn’t shoot Jaha to get onto the dropship. Octavia was discovered on the Ark at 5 years olf instead of around 15 and was instead arrested for stealing drugs. (So many other things are different too but I can’t go through all of them). In the show Clexa was a thing, and so many characters that we know and love exist (Raven, Jasper, Monty, Miller, and Harper were added). Everything that we know about the grounders from the TV show only exists on screen, completely different in the book. 

I think we just need to ask ourselves if we would rather have things from the book and if we would be willing to accept everything from the book, getting rid of things we love in the TV show. I get that even in the show there are some things that are hinted at but never happen (see Bellarke as Exhibit A) but a lot of the time people will go “the book was better than the movie/show” and I’m just not sure that’s true here.

[blodreina-noumou]

11

Thanks, nonny!

11. Is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why not?

My first answer is Ontari, the antagonist I love to hate, which I detailed in another ask.

My second answer is Theolonious Jaha, the protagonist I hate to love.

Jaha is such a fascinating character. A lot of people in fandom dislike him for good reason - he spends about half the series being a gray antagonist, challenging the beliefs the characters think they hold dear, and generally mucking things up by keeping secrets and thinking he’s the wisest person around. 

He’s a prophet, a spin artist, and a conman. But he’s also incredibly self-sacrificing, to the point of having a bit of a martyr complex, and he’s always concerned with the greater good. He’s taught important lessons to every single one of The Delinquents - Murphy, Bellamy, Clarke, and Octavia all spend time with Jaha, and experience challenges with him, moments which greatly impact their storylines. All of them hate him at the beginning, but they all also come to understand him, too.

He was always there to complicate things, and usually had a steadfast, morally supported reason for doing so. Even when he made the wrong choice, you kind of couldn’t help but root for him. 

[bombshellsandbluebells]

I was really hit with those missing Jaha feels tonight. I just thought of that moment where he dramatically tries to put the coin thing in the lock it obviously does not fit in and started laughing so hard I was tearing up. The show really isn’t the same without all of his overdramatic speeches. RIP Jaha, hope you’re keeping it overdramatic in Heaven

[harpermcintyredeservesbetter]

jaha is that weird granola uncle who claims to have met bigfoot and disappears for days on end but always comes back with a good story

[thestagthatlovedthewolf]

Seriously what was the point with Ethan?! They really build him up with “The Chosen” and then “The Red Queen”, but then nothing... Ethan and Jaha were GREAT, but really they should have cut him out of the show when Jaha died - not killing Ethan, just ignoring him from there, instead of giving him to the care of Octavia... which by itself is a weird ass decision in Jaha’s part - like who should I go with the teenage girl I just spent a few hours with or my two adult long time friends which include someone who was the mother of his son’s best friend?

[the100-slash-blog]

The 100 Slash - Men Loving Men, Postapocalypse Style

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[more-hats]

"A son shouldn't grow up without a father."

The man who killed dozens of kids' parents