Im rewatching this show after years for second time and let me tell you that even though i think there is a lots of good in this show, i didnt liked season 1 before and its not really changing this time either. The reason for this to being highly nonsensical way how they made rules of the Ark citizens, completely dumb dialogues and cliches that were in every show at that time, some still being made these days ( right now only Severance is a show that somehow avoided all of this and its magnificent ).

So to start, the whole system of arresting children like this and killing everybody for the smallest of crimes which in many cases arent really even crimes. In reality there would not be a day without so kind of rebellion, this would not work ever. And then we have the titular idea to send 100 of prisoners and expect they will follow the program let alone report back at all, if you sentence somebody to death because of using to much of a supplies or something like that, dont expect cooperation at all. The council is based on people that are from just first look very unhinged like first episodes with Kane and Diana that is clearly smells of resentment in first moment she is on the screen.

Then we have the "writing", decisions that are made on the ground like "whatever we hell want to" this line is very obviously trying to be iconic, the only problem is that i get if a prisoner doesnt want to follow rules, does that mean that includes total loss of selfpreservence too? People who causes anarchy usually also dont forget to plan survival basics like looking for food, securing place where you sleep in unknown enviroment and so on, im not talking super inteligent people, but letting people eat whatever, not stoping a single fight and just loling around leads to death. Another dumb stuff is how much of cliche is that every single character just has to lie about everything, even the most basic things that just end up hurting people and normally people wouldnt lie like this, this is all made for artificial drama that the writers thinks its exciting but it isnt, it leads only to stretching a simple plot for longer and thats really it, I get when Jaha doesnt want to tell everybody that there is not enough space to get everybody on Earth, i dont get when Bellamy salami isnt willing to tell his group basically anything that he ever learns when it matters to the survival. Also him ignoring everything that makes sense is extremely annoying, we get it, he wants to be a leader but that doesnt mean he has disagree with every logical thing everybody says, like lets talk with this friendly grounder, nope i dont believe we can even if he obviously saved my sister and keeps doing that or its ok that Murphy abuses everybody around him lets keep him around until things get extreme and its too late. Also the extras, crowd that is around them are like sheep listening to anybody who gets a stage apparantly because they dont have brain of their own, there is only talk between Clarke Cable and Bellami Salami and literally no one from crowd is like, wait that doesnt make sense.... Dont even let me start with screaming in forest first day without knowing what the hell lives in there and then Jasper Casper shooting a guy from a tree because he has a feeling, Clarke Gable here brought them to watch them for backup, logicaly grounders did too, so i would need to be absolutely sure when a talk about peace is going on that they are about to attack before shooting, but what the hell, this creates multiple episodes of drama that could have been avoided, which is the point, we need unnecesary drama instead of creating complex one.

And then there are cliches, love triangle that doesnt matter and let me tell you i hate this everywhere, if a single person loves two people and cant choose then he is an asshole, i hate how these shows makes people like this seen as good characters, no they just play with others because they are picky, and Finnlandia here couldnt even hold his pants on for more then one day throwing away years of a relationship and woman that came out of sky in a ductaped metal box, but Clarke has nice curly blonde hair i guess... We have the second chances scenes with Murphy and to no one surprise ooops he wont change from psychopath to normal person. The you just missed him\her plots, the we need to find the antidote, people looking squeeky clean every day and on and on....

So... Dont get me wrong, i like the show overall, just not the first season, but even then i can appreciate some darker themes they did like that child killing her demon and how brutal the grounders are, but i wont lie, because of this season i almost quited the last time.

I was reminded that this list of Grounder names exists on the Wiki. They're based on real-life places or landmarks, and the biggest examples are TonDC (Washington, D.C.), Madi (Madison, Wisconsin), Ontari (Ontario, Canada), Roan (Roanoke, Virginia OR many other places named Roanoke in NE US), Nia (Niagara Falls), Costia (Anacostia neighborhood in Washington, D.C. OR Anacostia River), Lexa (Alexandria, Virginia), Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.), Emori (District of Columbia War Memorial in Washington, D.C.), and Otan (United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.).

I think I'd like to be called Cambri (after Cambridge, Ontario) or Annan (after Annandale National Historic Site in Tillsonburg, Ontario. On that note, Tills would be kinda cool, too...).

What about you?

Watched The 100 a few times and literally just figured out Tondc is named that way because they’re in what used to be WashingTON DC

I was wondering if anyone here had suggestions for things if I were to get someone a set of gifts with the theme being The 100 or places to shop for The 100 related things? The person loves the show super much. I also know he is a Clexa shipper if that helps at all.

Honestly, didn’t know what else to title this, but every single time I rewatch it, I always wish we got that prequel because it never makes sense to me how the Grounders became so violent. I mean, Callie was an activist; the name Trikru comes from that group. I know it’s speculated that Reese formed Azgeda and their feud could’ve made them violent, but I don’t know. It makes me so sad we didn’t get the lore i know many people also hate the last 2 seasons but the fact that it tied more into the lore made me love them yes the writing could’ve been better but I would love to hear what people think.

I used to watch The 100 live but when I couldn't make it through season 3. Lexa catching a stray bullet and then Lincoln getting domed for literally no reason, all within the context of a poorly written dictator subplot with Pike and Bellamy character assassination... I have a high tolerance for garbage but the show was asking too much from me. I think at the time I might have made it to the season 3 finale, but I never returned for season 4 because the show just made me too mad.

Not too long ago, I randomly put on the pilot episode when I was cleaning the house or something and I accidentally got my wife interested. I warned her that season 1 was okay, season 2 was great, but shit really falls apart in season 3, but she wanted to keep watching. When we got to season 3, she had all the same problems I had but we wanted to see what happened next.

I was really surprised going into season 4 that I thought the plot was exciting, status quo was changing, and characters were having new experiences and developing into different people.

Season 5 kept it up, new situations, new dynamics. I get the sense that it might be an unpopular opinion but I really liked Octavia's storyline. The one thing that upset me about season 5 was how quickly the show gave up on Earth in the finale. All that just to blow it up again. I get maybe that's the point but the execution was weird and rushed.

Season 6 was maybe a little too much change, but I thought everything going on with the Primes and the Anomaly was intriguing at least, albeit a really jarring shift in tone for the series. I liked the general sense of entering an unknown place with new things to learn and discover.

Season 7... Jesus Christ. I opened my heart up to this series again and I feel like I regret it. Nothing means anything. Everything feels random. We are back to quickly introducing and abandoning plot points. Characters are acting wildly inconsistent. The previous seasons have been focused and relatively straightforward and now the narrative is ping ponging all over the place. Tonight we watched episodes 13 and 14 and I have never been madder. Clarke immediately kills Bellamy over a sketchbook and characters like Octavia and Echo who have been crusading to save him and kill anyone who gets in their way just instantly hug it out like "I understand"???? "He's not the Bellamy we know anymore so it's fine" it's been like A DAY since he found religion?? He didn't do anything half as bad as he's done before and now he's just unceremoniously gone. For nothing. His presence in this season is completely inconsequential, and Clarke is treated like she isn't the biggest villain of the show to date by all of the important people in Bellamy's life. Then Gabriel dies right after and I was really starting to like him. We have two episodes left of this godforsaken show and half of me feels like I don't even want to bother.

What the hell were the writers thinking. What is this

Clarke was in Solitary because she would tell other inmates about the ark dying.. Would they have done the same thing with Wells. Plus as Jahas son he would have had a target on his back from the other inmates

This episode will always hit me hard. Its when i realized this was not just another YA series. Till the end i really thought they wouldnt really let over 300 people die. But they did.

First time watching i hated Bellamy so much for this. I forgave him in 1x08 Day Trip. When he finally faced what he did

I might be misunderstanding this, so please correct me if I’m wrong:

Why doesn’t A.L.I.E just kill/chip all the people currently trying to stop her (unchipped people), rather than going back and forth with Clarke and her group of friends who are trying to stop her? From what I understand, the whole reason she wants to stop them is because the flame carries the kill switch to turn her off. If that’s the case, I don’t understand why she doesn’t just kill them all so that she can just get it done with now and never have to worry about the kill switch.

My main reason for not getting why she doesn’t just do that to get it over with is because we’ve seen her kill people before, so it’s not like she’s some kind of pacifist. Also, how come she can’t force feed chips to people? Seems easier to do that than interrogate Clarke’s group. One could argue the problem of free will but we’ve seen her take complete control of Raven, as well as control every chipped person’s actions (granted, raven did submit, but still). Also, I think the free will shtick is only in v2 (the flame) so unless I’m wrong it just doesn’t make sense.

Only thing I could see it being is just purely for the plot, unless I’m missing something. Sorry for the yap, thanks in advance.

Hey I am rewatching the 100 season 3 and I am certain we see the kids playing in the snow when ice nation attack or have I just imagined this?

I dont understand why their mother had octavia, considering there was a one child rule the ark mustve had contraceptives and performed abortions right? Im sure people got pregnant accidentally all the time so why would she get herself killed?

Not sure if this is the correct place to ask. Anyone know tv series like The 100 or has that kind of vibe?

How can we possibly get the 100 added back to Netflix or any streaming service for that matter. I have been itching to rewatch for I think the 5th maybe 6th time and I genuinely don’t feel like buying it on dvd or blu ray, I might be being cheap saying that but I miss it on Netflix ahhhh.

I’m recently rewatching from the beginning after the disaster that was the season 7 finale left me feeling dumb for watching this show in the first place 😅

I’m on season 5, and Bellamy with his stupid ass spy girlfriend is pissing me off.

- Becho makes me cringe every single time, I catch my self saying Eww every time I see them interact.

- Bellamy refuses to hurt Octavia when Clarke makes the deal with diyoza and then proceeds to get Clarke caught.

- He flat out says “space crew” is my family, so idm hurting a Child to save them. Manipulating Maddie to take the flame, saying Clarke would be in trouble otherwise.

- then getting butthurt when Clarke chooses to save Maddie over him ( leaving him in the fighting Pit)

- and the rest of the gang hating on her for choosing to protect her child - especially echo beating her up.

I really wanted to see Clarke kick her ass! Alas.

Nevertheless Clarke needs a big ass apology from these ungrateful, would be dead without her (several times) fam!

Rant over.

PS - I know Clarke can be an annoying character hated her in some story arc. But not this season.

They basically othered her and said you’re not a part of our clique. I expected more from Bellamy!

Man you fully left her to die and hooked up with a lunatic!

I miss S04 bell who wanted to punch echo for holding a knife to Clarkes throat!

So my thing is, why? it seems like no matter who the antagonistic person(s) or entity is thus far, people on the show are just stupid? for instance, (spoiler if you havent made it to season 4 yet) clarke puts the nightbloods bone marrow in her and went to jump into the tank to get radiation ran over her, but nobody fucking stops her mom from destroying the tank? like come on... and when the kid blew up the ark, octavia is there with that other woman and they dont even bother to try and get it away from him... everyone is always so close to the person about to do stupid shit, yet nobody does anything about it!

dont get me wrong im enjoying the show, but it just seems like everyone is always so braindead when it comes to ACTUALLY doing something.

side note... the fights so far have been dope... id have to say they were leagues better than some of the more recent star wars. looking at you disney..

let me know what yall think... i just think some of these people (weather i like them or not) are just dumb... like ive met some dumb people in my life, but ffs this is bad... sorry i just had to rant for a minute.

I'm rewatching and just realized (nearing the end of season 2) that the outside shots of Mount Weather is the Squamish Chief.

Now you know.

Anyone else think that Lincoln has a different-sounding voice in season 1?? Doing a rewatch now and he seems so different.

They are all awful, awful people. All of them! Like there are literally no good guys besides maybe Madi, Monty and Harper. Clarke and her mom are the absolute WORST, like so self-righteous, selfish and evil to their cores, literally worse than any for the “villains”. Always tell themselves they have an excuse and reason for doing terrible thing after terrible thing. And no Madi is NOT your daughter!

I honestly was rooting so much at the end for them to all be killed because they were all sociopathic, serial killers. Even Raven lost her soul and became like the rest, and she was my favorite till that point. At least Bellamy attempted to make amends in the end and change, and Clarke literally murdered him for no reason because it changed nothing lol. I hate her so much if you can’t tell, so was so cringey and since the end of season 2 she became absolutely unbearable.

And how did the alien being even let any of them transcend when they were all awful people? Like because they stopped fighting for 5 minutes after literally killing each other the entire show made them worthy, horrible writing there, I’m sorry. As much I as loved the show and was hooked, season 7 kind pooped the bed towards the end.

Would love to know folks going this year! Going with my partner as a first timer!

My sibling and I are about done with our rewatch + brother-in-law's first time watching. We have just season 7 left now and we're making a sort of irreverent/satirical set of bingo cards to go along with our watching.

For example, a man acts as the moral conscience for a woman, badass character has a dumb as fuck death for shock value, some quotes ("My sister my responsibility", "I bear it so they don't have to", etc). Free space is going to be Clarke looking sadly at the screen.

Does anyone have suggestions for what to put here?

(FYI please don't take this the wrong way, I love this show and I am fucking obsessed with Clarke lmao, she is truly the blorbo of all time. We're just poking fun at it all.)

This will include spoilers so beware!!

I just finished the series for the first time in adult age. Last time i watched was when the last season was aired. I’m writing this with tears in my eyes from just finishing the last episode. Just wanted to write my thoughts down and share my views of the show as an empath and see if others agree or see things differently as i do. Please use this as an open conversation on all of the serie and characters, feel free to share your opinions.

First of all, what a beautiful show. The first 4 seasons are absolute peak, 10/10, no notes. The fifth season was okay but not nearly as good as the first four. The last two felt like a bit of a belly flop, but i’ll let it slide since in the end the story and meaning came together so beautifully. I do however feel like especially the last season was almost like some sort of religious propaganda and i’m not a fan of the supernatural or paranormal storyline.

I feel very conflicted of most of the characters, Clarke above all. I loved her the first 4 seasons even tho she did some stupid mistakes and decisions, but after madi came around the character just fell off in a way. I understand that the love for her child is above anything and everything else, but it felt a bit weird how adamantly she chose her child above the things she previously fought for. I’m not a mother myself so i guess i wouldn’t understand the love and bond, but it kind of made everything that happened before feel irrelevant to her.

Bellamy and i have a full on love-hate relationship. I feel like as a viewer i can see the confliction he goes through with everything he does. He’s brave and willing when needed but whenever someone else is there to take the lead, he doesn’t really question it ot fight it. Like with Pike, he was so gullible. That’s what led him in the worst decisions he made. When he was good, he was really good. He again just needed someone to show him the way.

With those two, my favorite thing was that they were never a couple and they weren’t in any way romantically connected at any point. It felt like the obvious way to go with the chatacters and i’m so happy they chose to keep them as friends bc at the end of the day their friendship was beautiful.

Octavia is my absolutely favorite character. She was brilliantly written (probably one of the best written characters ever) and Marie did an incredible job with the acting. With her, everything just makes sense. You can literally see and feel the character build throughout the seasons. From the girl under the floor, to learning trikru lifestyle, to lincolns death, to blodreina, to the death of her ego and hope to her redemption. Absolutely brilliant. The only reason i forgive the show writers for killing Lincoln is that it was so necessary for octavias character arc.

Kane alongside octavia and murphy had one of the best character builds of the series. His was faster than the others, but what an interesting character he made. It was the obvious way to go with kane and abby’s relationship but that actually did make sense and was better for the characters. Kane was so curious and so unwavering in his morale, at least after the character got better. He was like the morale guide for all of them and very necessary. I hated that his death felt so insignificant after everything. Abby’s death was shit as well but i didn’t really like her anyway lol.

I could go on, but i’ll save all of our time and list my likes and hates of the rest of the main characters.

Like: lexa, indra, raven, gaia, monty, Diyoza, echo, emori

Neutral: madi, harper, jasper, jordan, murphy, jackson

Hate: Jaha, Hope, pike, miller

I’m a big big fan of Clexa, which was the reason i started wathing the show at first. I hate that we had so little time to know lexa in the end and the whole relationship felt like it was cut short concidering the meaning it had for clarke all the way till the end. I bawled my eyes out on every detail that referenced lexa and i love that they kept her in spirit as part of the show, but again, her meaning didn’t equal her screen time in my opinion.

I love all the small details in other occasions too. The phrases that were there always like ”my sister, my responsibility” and ”in peace may you leave the shore…” yadayada you know what i’m talking about. It gave the whole show more emotional meaning.

Altogether the show is incredible even with the last few seasons included. I love how it shows exactly what humanity is with all the love and the brutality. As an empath it’s a great ride and a wide scale of emotions to feel through the characters. Some part of me wishes there was more to this story, because honestly i would watch a season of them living happily on earth but i doubt that would ever happen.

Here are a few things i wanted to ask the community:

How do all of you feel about the ”big” deaths and the ways they played out?

What do you think of hope and madi? Or about the last couple seasons?

Which are your favorite characters and why?

Thanks for reading, i hope to see some good discussion in the comments🫶

I started watching The 100 after I came across a reel claiming this was the greatest sci-fi show of all time and even though I love the premise of it, the show has been nothing but ragebait after ragebait. It seems like the writers keep having strokes after every few episodes and keep forgetting how we got to that point in the story. The first 4 or so episodes were absolute slogs, so hard to get through, and literally the most bullshit writing and dialogue I have ever seen anywhere and I literally started thinking this was just a sci-fi Twilight. However, I decided to push through and the dialogue started healing. The story was just good enough to keep me going past the absolute ass writing. And right the second I start to enjoy it, the piss poor writing strikes again.

I've watched upto the end of S2 so far and I can't tell what I am annoyed by more

• Octavia switching boyfriends and sleeping around like her life depends on it (And all of them nearly/actually dying)
• Kane seemingly learning a lesson to not always blindly follow rules but forgetting the lesson immediately after coming to earth
• Thelonius being a humane chancellor throughout, struggling to justify sacrificing lives only to start killing for some "glorious purpose" or some shit
• Finn being the peacemaker for all time and then suddenly crashing the fuck out and killing entire villages (and tbf this is probably the only thing that remotely makes sense)
• Clarke killing Finn off for some fuckass truce (and before you say it's character development, she just magically seems to accept that the lives of the many outweigh that of the few)
• The Commander betraying Clarke after she's seemingly accepted that she's been running from her feelings

And I could honestly go on and on and on but I think this gets the point across.

So my question is, those of yall who actually like the show, how do you get through all of this and how do you explain this stuff for yourself? Because honestly I am at the point where the only reason I am still watching is because I want to see what happens next. If I wasn't a fan of the sci-fi apocalypse genre, I would've stopped watching ts ages ago.

So they sent 100 kids to the ground to die like lab rats, then the kids survive on their own for days and now they just came down and wanna play by the rules??? No sir! That is not gonna happen. They can do what they wanttttttt!

Can anyone please recommend some Top Tier Bellarke fanfics?

My preferences would be the below, but if there’s a God Tier Fic you want to recommend please feel free.

Platform : AO3
Rating : M or E
Genre : Mostly Canon Compliant or AU Canon Adjacent
Ending : Happy (Nothing Tragic, the show did that enough)

Thank you!