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The way that Lexa looks at Clarke and appears to have a direct line into her soul … that is how all of us deserve to be admired by someone with romantic aspirations; with respect, curiosity, love and yes – hunger.

TV Analysis and Review: The 100, Seasons 1-2 (x)

hestersgeek

Clarke is bisexual. She was definitely attracted to Lexa. It wasn’t her manipulating Lexa.

Jason Rothenberg on Clarke’s sexuality. (via hestersgeek)

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Love may be weakness, but that won’t stop her from protecting Clarke under any circumstance, if given the chance again.

Jason Rothenberg on the Ice Nation and Clexa’s fate (via hestersgeek)

allthingsalycia-blog

After Lexa betrayed her [to the Moutain Men], she was obviously devastated, and that put her in an erratic mindset. But ultimately, the betrayal gave her the strength to pull that lever and save her people. Clarke would never have been able to do that without what Lexa had taught her.

ELIZA TAYLOR on Clarke’s decision to irradiate everyone inside Mt. Weather to protect her allies (source)

allthingsalycia-blog

Clarke had lowered her defenses and trusted her. She was falling for Lexa as much as somebody could in the short amount of time they had been together.

Jason Rothenberg (x)(x)

ixrose

Thelonious, please. She’s just an innocent girl.

grumpylexa-blog

maybe life should be about more than just.. surviving.

wlwleo

Please. You don’t have to do this.

commandrlexa-blog

we are the warriors that built this town f r o m d u s t

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(insp.)

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8 Reasons Why The 100 Kicks Ass

The 100 is an amazing show, especially in relation to it’s representation. Here are 8 things that The 100 is doing right.

1. Passesthe Bechdel Test

does the story have a) more than one woman, b) who talk to each other, c) about something other than a man

The relationships between women is one of the highlights of this show. With the exception of Raven and Clarke on occasion, there are practically no interactions between women regarding men. Ex. Clarke & Octavia, Clarke & Lexa, Octavia & Indra, Clarke & Anya (etc.)

2. Passes The Pantomime Test

The female character can be swapped with a male character, with little to no edits, and the narrative still makes sense

If you use Clarke as an example, yes. Clarke is not overtly masculine, but nor does she use her femininity/sexuality to advance herself. She is not limited or treated differently because she is a woman. She is made a leader of the 100 because she is smart and brave and caring, not because of her femininity, and could therefore be replaced by a man.

3. Passes The Oracle Test

The show has a disabled character who a) is not there ‘to be fixed’; b) whose narrative does not revolve around the disability; c) does their job while having a disability, not in spite of having a disability.

Raven Reyes became disabled in S2 and has continued to me an amazingly strong character and awesome mechanic throughout the season.

4. Passes the Mako Mori Test

the show has: a) at least one female character; b) who gets her own narrative arc; c) that is not about supporting a man’s story.

This show has females with their own arc practically every episode because they all have their own skills and strengths that make them play an important role in their society.

Ex: Abby Griffin, Octavia Blake, Lexa, Clarke Griffin, Anya, Raven Reyes (etc.)

5. Passes the Vito Russo Test

The show has a character that is identifiably lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender a) who must not be solely or predominantly defined by their sexual orientation or gender identity b) and must be tied into the plot in such a way that their removal would have a significant effect.

Commander Lexa is LGBTQ (likely queer), however this is not her predominant identifying factor, she is a strong warrior and leader of a large clan. Lexa also plays a large role in the show, forming an alliance between the grounders and the sky people.

6. Passes Deggans Rule

The show has at least two non-white human characters in the main cast a) in a show that’s not about race.

This rule is passed by a landslide with characters like: Bellamy Blake, Wells Jaha, Marcus Kane, Thelonious Jaha, Lincoln, Indra, Anya, Monty Green, Miller (+more)

7. Passes the Phyrne Fisher Test

The show has a female character who a) has a traditionally masculine job; b) does not masculinize herself for the sake of the job; c) and is not sexualized in the narrative.

Raven Reyes is a mechanic, Byrne is the Chief of the Guard and Lexa is the leader of a large group of warriors.

Mechanics, and leaders of a military force are both traditionally positions held only by men. These women are respected for their work and there is no scandalization in regard to a woman holding these positions.

8. Passes the Delany (Tauriel) Test

The show has a woman, a) who has a job/task important to the plot of the story b) and is successful at it.

Raven Reyes, Abby Griffin (+more)

Raven is the youngest zero-gravity mechanic on the Ark in 52 years and helps her people countless times throughout the course of the series. Abby is the head of medical on the Ark, and saves people’s lives (Thelonious, Raven, Lincoln) regularly.

daisycarters

Hell yeah

onemilliongoldstars

If you still need reasons to watch this show, I don’t think you’re going to find many other shows on TV at the moment that are this good.

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"You should rest, Clarke."

thundergrace

Lexa is under a cover and everything. She was definitely sleep when Clarke barged in all anxious about the plan. Clarke probably definitely watched her sleep for a while before she started speaking. Probably marveled at how peaceful she looked. Probably joked in her head about how she’d expected the commander to literally sleep with one eye open.