#and then he sees jasper training her and its like o shit this is real???

[carllisle]

H. Someone’s greatest fear/Carlisle and Esme please ☺️ I love your blog and writing !

Thank you my luvlie! Anon also asked for Carlisle + H! 

Watching Jasper charge Esme was difficult for the Cullens to watch. The wolves watched from the shadows, learning everything they could about the way the vampires fought so that they could best prepare for the upcoming battle. Carlisle did not blame them - if he were in their position, he would be paying careful attention, too. He had watched with a sharp eye as Jasper had sparred with Rosalie, with Emmett, Edward, and Alice, but this was different. This was Esme. And Esme was no fighter. 

At his side, Rosalie grasped his hand. They both winced when Jasper locked his arms around her neck and grasped her head as if to rip it from her shoulders. She wasn’t as fast as the others and she wasn’t as strong. She didn’t have the abilities that Edward and Alice did that put them at an advantage over their enemies, and she didn’t have Emmett’s strength, or Rosalie’s vicious determination, or Jasper’s skill. She was the weakest, the most vulnerable. When Jasper grabbed both of her arms behind her back and pressed his foot between her shoulder blades as if to tear her limb from limb Carlisle could stomach it no more. “Enough!”

Jasper had already let her go and was beginning to explain how she could have avoided it, and everyone looked at the patriarch in surprise. “Carlisle, she needs more training than anyone else,” Jasper pointed out. 

She clenched her teeth and nodded. “He’s right. I won’t be a burden, I want to know how to my part.”

Carlisle looked down at the forest floor, keenly aware of the audience they had. He nodded. Rosalie squeezed his hand again when the sound of Jasper crashing into his mother echoed around the clearing. 

After the wolves had taken their scent and taken their leave, and Edward had taken Bella home, Carlisle could barely look at Jasper. For the sake of their guests, Carlisle had maintained an air of easiness, comradery, and congeniality, minor outburst aside, but now it was just the family, he let his weakness overcome him. This presented itself initially as silence. Emmett and Jasper were in high spirits after the sparring and even Alice’s mood was much improved. They ran off ahead of Rosalie, Carlisle, and Esme who kept a more moderate pace, and after a few miles of intolerable silence, Rose darted off after them. 

When they were alone, Esme stopped. “Will you look at me?” 

Carlisle looked at the forest floor. He looked at the undergrowth, the trees, the leaves, the sky, and at last, he looked at his wife. She was upset. 

“I’m sorry if I embarrassed you back there,” she said quietly. 

That surprised him. “Embarrassed? Why would I be embarrassed?” 

“Because I’m not fit for this. I cannot protect our family like the rest of you. I am the weak link. I know it was hard for you to see, I saw you look away.” 

“Oh, God, Esme.” He went to her and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her hair. “I’ve never been anything but proud of you. Tonight included. God, no, it wasn’t an embarrassment. It was seeing my greatest fears come to life.” 

She hugged him tight around his back and pressed her face into his shoulder. “It’s easier for me to believe that you are embarrassed.”

“Why?” 

“Because if I die in the coming battle, I can’t bear to think about what that would leave behind.”

“You’re not doing to die.”

“I might. I’m a poor fighter. I don’t want to kill anyone and I take no pleasure in it, even if it’s to protect the family.”

When Carlisle pulled away and cupped her face in his hands, he looked ragged. “Esme, you are not going to die. You’re not. I won’t allow it.” 

Her lip trembled. “Please prepare yourself to know that I might. You need to be prepared to live if it should happen.”

“Stop it.” His voice was close to begging and it looked like he would cry, if he could. “I can’t even... God, no, It won’t... I can’t... not without you, Esme.” 

She swallowed thickly. “I don’t know what to do. I’m frightened. I don’t think I can do this.” 

“You can. We can.” He held her tight again, as if he was scared to ever let her go. “We’ll ask Jasper for more help. We’ll learn how to fight together as a team. I won’t let you do this alone. You won’t fall. I won’t let you.” 

[head-and-heart]

Do you have any favorite fighting scenes? You know, there many fighting scenes in the show, but weirdly enough my favorite fighting scene was between Clarke and Anya and probably one of my favorite C moments. And I think it's because this scene is NOT pretty AT ALL. It felt SO REAL. C is not a warrior, she doesn't know how to fight like O, but DAMN girl did not give up. She used her slytherin skills, and then she punched Anya in the face and then boom C won. I mean yeah Anya was hurt before (pt1

(pt2) and if she was not hurt, she would probably have handled C, but holy shit C did not back down. Bitch did not back down from the fight and I LOVED it so much. And I think again weirdly enough I saw myself in C in that moment. I wouldn’t be a skilled fighter in that world, but damn I would use everything I had to fight in this moment.

I really, really like this ask! 

There are TONS of fight scenes on the show, and after spending some time organizing my thoughts to type up a response to this ask I realized the pure extent of the action scenes that this show actually has. There are so many. Some amazing, others less so.

This Anya x Clarke fight scene is one of the better ones. I love it because, like you said, Clarke is not a fighter. She can shoot a gun, but she is hardly one to get into hand-to-hand combat, but DAMN did she try. That scene is so great because it clearly demonstrates Clarke’s resilience and her refusal to give up. Her moves were desperate and far from graceful, but with her determination to defeat Anya (and - yes - like you said, Anya’s injury definitely aided her) she actually managed to. And it didn’t even feel hard to believe (like I found Octavia’s sudden transition from getting her ass kicked to taking out highly trained warriors like it was nothing to be at many times). It felt realistic.

Personally, I’m not a huge fan of the organized fight scenes on the show. And I also don’t like the slow-mo they started using in Season 3 because it takes away the rawness of the battle scenes and makes it feel more like they’re just trying to dramatize fighting and make it seem “cool”.

I like the raw, messy, desperate fight scenes on the show. I like it when the characters struggle.

Many of the battle sequences - particularly involving the Grounders - come off as seeming so rehearsed and effortless and are extremely lacking in the emotion that makes it feel real. And while they may look cool, I find them to be sort of boring.

There’s no way I can pick just a few fight scenes as my favourites (like you said, there are A LOT) so I’m going to do my top ten favourites.

In no particular order:

1. The delinquents fight back in Mount Weather - 2x13

I can’t find a good gif for this scene but this battle sequence is fucking savage. The pure desperation in this scene verges on being animalistic, almost like someone flipped a switch in all of the delinquents and unleashed all of their pent-up pain and anger towards the Mountain Men. It shows a certain kind of darkness to the delinquents that we hadn’t really been exposed to at any other occasion.

There is a kind of wildness in their eyes, particularly in Jasper (as he is most prominently focused on) as they hack at their captors, blood spraying. There is no mercy, no coordination or fighting skill. Just pure emotion and rage. It’s brutal. 

MORE UNDER THE CUT 

2. Bellamy killing Lovejoy - 2x11

Bellamy’s entire plotline in Coup De Grace is absolutely grueling, but boy does everyone involved really kill it. I have to put the fight between Lovejoy and Bellamy (assisted by Echo and Maya) on this list because it is one hell  of a scene. I love the combination of Maya - a girl who is not a fighter who is fighting against her own people for a stranger - working alongside Bellamy, who has all the odds stacked against him (he’s literally hanging upside down with nothing but his underwear when Lovejoy walks in) and Echo, who is defenseless and locked in a cage but still manages to assist Bellamy. The fusion of Mountain Man, Sky Person, and Grounder all on the same side in this scene is really great.

Eve Harlow and Bob Morley are killer together, and this is peak acting on both of their parts. The tension is palpable. You can sense the fear and uncertainty in Maya and Bellamy’s desperation to escape and save his friends. I think this may be one of Bellamy’s most brutal kills, with him literally biting Lovejoy (hence the blood on his mouth) and using all his muscle to strangle him, intimately watching the life drain slowly out of his eyes. I love the moment where Maya watches Lovejoy die, and lowers her gun slowly, and how disturbed she appears in the moment after. 

So often the emotional impact of the victim’s death on The 100 is lost, but not with Lovejoy. Maya’s presence clearly shows how seeing one of her own die affects her, and later in the episode Bellamy has to deal with the emotional consequences of what he’s done when he sees Lovejoy’s son.

This is a top-knotch scene. Gritty and raw - it’s The 100 when they do their fight scenes best.

3.Raven, Gina, and Sinclair fighting the spy in Mount Weather - 3x03

Few episodes of The 100 have done a more exceptional job at building up suspense than Ye Who Enter Here. This is a controversial episode in The 100 fandom but I don’t know how anyone can argue against the brilliant structure and emotional beats in this episode. 

Admittedly, Gina doesn’t get much of a chance to put up a fight in this scene but her desperate attempt to warn Raven and Sinclair, and the latter’s frantic battle against the Grounder assassin create an emotionally hot-wired and tense scene that is hard to forget. And the consequences of their failure are absolutely devastating.

This fight scene makes it onto my list because of the extreme emotional fall-out. Watching Gina struggling to talk to Raven and Sinclair on the radio, only to see the final countdown reflected in her lifeless eyes as they - inevitably - do not succeed, is grueling to watch. Even more so is listening as Raven tearfully calls Bellamy on the radio to inform him of what happened, leaving the latter reeling with the knowledge that everything he thought he knew from Echo was a lie, and he failed too. The acting is absolutely amazing in the final moments of this episode, and the action sequence has high enough emotional stakes and desperation for it to really work. 

I literally get goosebumps when I watch this episode.

4. Clarke killing Emerson with the chip - 3x12

This scene was so disturbing and intense and Eliza killed it (pun unintended). Emerson forcing Clarke to watch her friends die is extremely grueling and Clarke’s scream of desperation is palpable. You can literally feel the emotion of the moment - I don’t think we’ve ever seen Clarke quite so desperate before.

This is one of those scenes where you truly believe that all hope is lost for our characters and that there is no way that Clarke can come through in time, before all of the delinquents suffocate to death. She is unarmed (or so Emerson thinks) and her friends get closer and closer to death with every second that passes. The clock ticking ramps up the stakes for the characters and makes the struggle that much more effective. 

The flame killing Emerson was one of the more gruesome deaths this show has featured but shows - once again - how far Clarke will go to save the people she loves.

5. Bellamy and Clarke fighting Dax - 1x08

No offense but Bellamy stabbing Dax in the neck with a bullet was kinda fucking insane. That’s such a savage way to kill a person.

But that’s not the only reason why this scene is on my list. Its such an interesting scene because Bellamy’s hallucination where he is begging Jaha to kill him precedes it and - for a moment - you really think that Bellamy might actually let Dax kill him. But then Clarke shows up, and Bellamy may be willing to let himself die, but he won’t let Dax hurt her. 

It’s a great fight scene because it happens so early in the series and Clarke can’t really shoot a gun or fight yet, and Bellamy is unarmed. There’s no reason why they should be able to fight off Dax and yet, as a team, they do. But not only is it a great struggle, it also leads up to a great emotional scene and marks a turning point in Bellamy and Clarke’s relationship (and Bellamy’s self-perception and character arc, in particular). 

6. Monty killing his mom to save Octavia - 3x11

This is such a heartbreaking scene. I love how Chris actually screams as he fires the bullet - he doesn’t hold back on any of the emotion that Monty would have to be feeling in killing his own mother.

Another thing I liked about this scene was how it showed Octavia actually struggling when she was fighting Monty’s mom. She wasn’t an OP “badass” like most people like to call her - for once, she was just a girl who got caught off-guard. And it showed that, despite what she may think, she does need her friends. She can’t just survive on her own.

It was a prime moment of the delinquents fighting for each other, rather than participating in meaningless fight sequences that don’t really mean anything besides “looking cool”. *intense side eye at Season 4*

7. Luna killing her own people on the rig - 3x14

A round of applause for Nadia Hilker because the rawness and devastation of this scene is entirely due to her. I really like it because Luna approaches fighting in a very unique way for a Grounder. We see during this fight scene where she effortlessly takes down all of the Grounders who are waterboarding and essentially torturing her just how skilled of a fighter she is. She could have saved herself at any moment … but she didn’t. Because she refused to kill her people, refused to give into the darkness.

Until Adria is in danger. Then she gives into it, except maybe giving into it at all was too much for Luna, and this is the beginning of her unraveling until we find her where she is in 4x10 - determined to bring an end to the human race. 

This is a very dark moment and Luna’s cries of grief are absolutely haunting. 

8.  Murphy and Bellamy’s elevator fight - 3x15

I mean, just look at that brewing bromance right there. How could I be wrong? This scene is clearly a cinematic masterpiece.

But, all joking aside, this really is a great fight scene because it forces Bellamy and Murphy to work together when in the past they have historically been at odds. Bellamy and Murphy have a consistently complicated relationship over the course of the series, but in this scene it shows that - at the heart of everything - they will have each other’s backs. Bellamy and Murphy are a dynamic duo when they want to be, and they function best when they work together as opposed to when they are at odds.

Symbolically, Bellamy saving Murphy’s life is an indication of him finally burying the hatchet in their relationship and maybe - just maybe - starting something new. An equal relationship built on respect (although we see on later occasions that it is still not perfect). I particularly like the shot where Bellamy is pointing the gun at the chipped Grounder’s head and is forced to make a choice on whether to save Murphy or let him die … and he chooses Murphy. 

It shows just how far they have truly come.

9. Murphy getting beaten up and hanged - 1x04

I loved the way that scene was filmed - starting from when the crowd started beating up Murphy and ending with Clarke cutting him down from where they hanged him. The situation escalates so quickly and the tension builds. You can feel the pressure of the situation and Bellamy’s internal struggle the entire time, on top of Murphy’s pleas for help - it is even more grueling to watch because the audience knows that Murphy is innocent.

Murphy’s Law is one of my favourite episodes from Season 1 because it clearly demonstrates how quickly things can get out of hand when groups attempt to function without unity. The way the scene is shot, with the camera cutting shakily from one perspective to another, and the indiscernible chanting/yelling in the background really accentuates the chaos of the moment. 

It’s a tense moment that has widespread consequences for the characters over the course of Season 1.

10. Octavia getting her ass handed to her in training - 2x10

It’s not exactly a secret that I am not Octavia’s #1 fan - however this scene of Octavia trying to spar with Fio makes it into my top ten scenes because it is, in my opinion, one of the only fight scenes that actually acknowledges Octavia’s struggle in training. For once, she isn’t this God-like warrior who skipped past the first thirty levels of training - she is the girl under the floor. She is the girl who fell from the sky and is trying create a name for herself. This scene acknowledges both Octavia’s background as well as her potential, showcasing all of Octavia’s best characteristics.

While I am not a huge Octavia stan myself, watching this scene makes it clear as to why people do like her. Her resilience in this scene is in full-force - Octavia refuses to give up, even as she is covered in mud and her own blood (and is disarmed). She would rather get her ass handed to her than appear a coward, so she keeps fighting. 

As much as Octavia’s storyline has its faults and pitfalls, I think that this scene is absolutely essential to explain where her story goes after. Based off of this fight, it’s not hard to see why Indra would desire Octavia as her second, and what drives Octavia to prove herself over and over again.

Honourable Mentions:

It was extremely hard to pick just my top ten favourite fight scenes, but I eventually narrowed it down to the scenes that I thought held the most emotional weight or overall importance in the story. The following are a few scenes that I enjoyed but did not include for some reason or another.

1. Lincoln killing Cage - 2x16

You would be hard-pressed to find a scene from The 100 filled with more vindication than when Lincoln forces Cage to feel the pain he inflicted on Lincoln, and mimicking his words - “the first dose is the worst”. There is something both riveting and chilling about the last words Cage hears being a reminder of his sins. That said, it’s not much of a fight scene, as Cage doesn’t put up much of a fight, but it does serve as an extremely satisfying (while disturbing) way to wrap-up Lincoln (and Cage’s!) storyline in Season 2.

2. Bellamy disabling the acid fog - 2x14

This scene is one of my favourites because of the pure satisfaction of it. Against all odds, Bellamy manages to evade the Mount Weather guards, blowing up their acid fog weapon in the process and burning them all to a crisp in the process. Bellamy’s fast thinking on top of an action-packed sequence make it feel like it was pulled straight out of an action movie. The moment at the end, when Bellamy flies through the vents - unharmed - and just laughs is a great moment. It’s an exhilarating and adrenaline-filled moment to watch - however, it doesn’t have as much emotional weight to it as most of the other scenes I put in my top ten list.

3. Jaha and co. fight the sea monster - 2x16

I’m not entirely certain if this qualifies as a fight scene but this scene where Jaha sacrifices Craig to the sea monster is truly batshit crazy Jaha at his finest. The way Jaha responds to Murphy’s question of “why” with “because you can row” is absolutely chilling, and the delivery from Isaiah Washington is on point. What a way to open the Season 2 finale.

4. Raven fighting against the guards in Mount Weather - 2x16

As emotionally rich and grueling this scene is, where Raven fights back against the Mount Weather guards before they drill into her for bone marrow (even biting one of their necks), it did not make my top ten simply because I’m not entirely sure if it’s really a “fight scene”, as Raven and co are tied down the entire time. That said, Raven’s fire is far from extinguished in this scene and you can feel the desperation in the way she tries to resist against the guards. It is heartwrenching and painful to watch and Lindsey Morgan does an amazing job at portraying both the fear and the strength in Raven.

That covers all of my favourite scenes! Thanks for the great ask. 

[futurepast56]

The 100 4x04 summary

The 100 4x04 *camp jaha* *Jasper pranked Jaha* *People laughed* Clarke: "I feel useless, bc Bellamy, Raven and my mom went somewhere with Luna and I didn't"" Monty:"Clarke shut the hell up, u not useless, u awesome" *clouds appears* Clarke: "Shit! People go and hide or we may die!" Jasper: "Nah" Jasper: *drinks rain* Jasper: *didnt die* Jasper: "hahaha, lol, i didnt die! im so smart! I knew its a real rain all along! Im a definition of what YOLO should mean!" Clarke: *sigh* ****** *Cut to Kane talking to Abby through walkie talkie* Kane: "Dont die on dangerous mision, Lova ya babe" Abby: "Yeah, and you dont die there too. Bai" *Octavia comes in* O:"Hay, whats up?" Kane:" I heard u starting fights and shit" O :"Well, yeah. im badass. Have you met me?" Kane: "Well, I find it disturbing now, so u know. U fired" O: "Im what?!" O:*shows range and almost flips the table* O:*too badass 4 your shit* ****** *Cut to Luna and the others* Nyko: "They're good people" Luna: "Yeah I know, but im not feeling like giving them my blood - aka only hope for humanity! - because nah" Nyko: "Yeah, they gonna be sooooo pissed off when they find out" *some shit happens* *Nyko dies*"*Luna cries* "where is Luna?!" "Not here!" *everyone goes looking for Luna* Raven: "imma just stay there and wait" Murphy's gf: "here is dangerous" Murphy: "Well, no shit. Everywhere is" ******* *Cut to Roan* Kane: "Hay, new king! Whats up?" Roan: "I found those humans" Roan: *points at Bellamy and some nameless guy* Roan: "They did sneaky shit and told me that you know something and didnt tell" Kane: "I can explain-" Roan: "dont bother. we are enemies now" Kane: "What? No, we are not!" Roan: *sigh* *kills nameless guy* Kane: "WHat have you done?! We have to be enemies now!" Roan: "Yeah well... you and bellamy are my prisoners. find Indra and Octavia to join them." ROan: *dramatic pause* Roan: "Aliance with Ski-kru and Tri-kru is over" ****** *cuts to Monty and Jasper* Jasper: *finds the list* Jasper: "What?! Why im not on that list?!" Monty: "..." Monty: "Because you're planning to die anyway...?" Jasper: "Well, yeah but thats my choice! Not Clarke's! Now im gonna live just to make her angry" Monty: "Cool, just shut the hell up and dont talk about the list" Jasper: "U know you are not here either?" Monty "... well, Clarke has a plan and-" Clarke: *walks in and gets something -white cream? - on her face* Clarke: "WTH was that?!" JAsper: "Oh I found your list! Im gonna tell everyone about it! List, list, list, list, list!" Clarke: *paralyse him* Clarke: "Take him and lock him up, so he stop being enoying as fuck" Clarke: *Sees Monty and knows that he knows that he is not on the list* Clarke: "Oh, Monty" Monty: "Just dont okay?" Monty: *walks out* ****** *and we go to Octavia* O: *walks into literal bloodbath while looking for Indra* O: *finds one alive dude* Guy: "Alliance is broken. Indra went to warn our people. You go warn yours. They gonna attact tonight at night" Guy: *dies* O: *sigh* O: "Now I have to deal with this shit" O: "Thank you random guy, btw" O: "Well, time to go and kickstart the plot even more" ****** *and we back in camp Jaha* Clarke: "Monty can u not be pissed off on not being on the list" Monty: "Clarke, Im pissed of at you, because u changed and u play God and decide who lives and dies* Clarke: "SHIT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE THE LEADER WHO HAS TO MAKE ALL DECISIONS!" Monty: *decides to do something stupid* Monty: *reads fucking list out loud because why the fuck no, right?!" *people starring angrily at Clarke* ******* *cut to Luna and RAven* RAven: "I found Luna!" Raven: "Luna we need your help" Luna: "NOpe" Raven: "Luna u not a prisoner" Luna: "Still nope" Raven: "Luna remember the kid that died?" Luna: "Oh yeah... Okay I halp" *Luna and RAven deal with shit* ****** *and we back in camp Jaha because its the most important story this week -,-* Riley (aka random guy that noone trully cares about): "Im not on the list?!" Clarke: "No u r in training soldier, and we have already soldiers that are better than u" Random: "So why u picked a girl?!" Clarke: "Because we need girls so they can - oh I dunno - give birth and reproduce?!" *Jaha comes in* Jaha: "I got better idea than this list! We made a lottery! Its all gonna be random!" Clarke: "But its not logically good and we need more women and experienced people, why am I the only one here that actually uses brain *sigh*" Jaha: "Lottery it is!" People: *agree* ******** *We cut to Octavia being chased* O: *is chased* O: *ends up at some clif or something* O: *kills 2 guys* Random: "It doesnt have to be this way" O: "Well shit" *keeps fighting* O: getS STABED WITH A MOTHERFUCKING SPEAR AND FALLS DOWN FROM THE CLIFF AND LIKE WHAT THE HELL MY BABY, IF YOU ARE DEAD IM GONNA CRY SO HARD, YOU CANNOT BE DEAD, I DISSAGREE, FUCK THAT!* ******** *back to Clarke* Clarke: *tries to reason with Jasper* Clarke: *fails* ********* *back to Luna and the rest* *just quick reminder that we are still on the mission* group: *walks into... laboratory? yep* Raven: *is impressed* ********* *cut to Bellamy and Kane in cell* people: "we will kill your people today* Bellamy: "Well, octavia will fuck u up and go there first" Random: "Im pretty sure i killed her" Bellamy: *starts angry-ugly-crying* ******** *cut to the horse and OCTAVIA MY BABY U ALIVE IM SO HAPPY!* Octavia: *is alive and still badass* THE END

[team-adults-blog]

4.04 A Lie Guarded

[More like ALIE Guarded mmmhhhhmmmm. I see what you did there.]

Now featuring 3 convenient plot headings this week because we jumped around so much!

Arkadia:

Jasper with the comic relief- Jaha go float yourself. Hah. Ok, but after 6 months I’m sure some of the people from the ark have learned how to swim. Maybe not well. Jaha certainly hasn’t learned; he was out in the desert poking at landmines. Also Jasper drugged him to get him out there? That’s a little scary, bud.

“Bellamy should be back by now” poor Clarke. Left behind by bell and her mom’s tech crew to ALIE’s Island. Reverse engineer it from Luna, but is Luna cool with that? Parallels to Mount Weather. Kane wanted to donate blood marrow, but it would never have been enough. Fortunately for Luna, only a small sample of her blood should be needed for reverse engineering.

Clarke saying her mom isn’t a geneticist either is pretty dumb because Abby actually went through all her medical training on the Ark. Clarke is smart but didn’t. You’re upset that you don’t really have anything important to do at the moment, but don’t act like a brat. Sometimes I feel I’m too hard on Clarke, she’s constantly making the best of crappy situations, but I feel she can handle my criticism.

Black Rain- ok but how do they know if the clouds should look different from regular rain? Honestly.

Harper won’t let Monty save Jasper- Jasper scares the shit out of them like a jerk. No a funny prank like Jaha.

Jasper talks Monty into pranking Clarke. Jasper finds Clarkes list. Clarke def should have at least put it in a drawer instead of almost plain sight. Yes, technically Monty and Jasper shouldn’t be in the chancellor’s office, but you’ve got to do better than that. For plot purposes I understand I had to be open enough to be found so that people can get upset, but it was careless. Also Clarke is so serious did you honestly think pranking her would go over well?

Monty and Miller senior not on the list! You don’t get to act on Kane’s authority and shocklash Jasper, Clarke. You freaked out and made a rash decision. You’re going too far and you can’t hide behind Kane’s name. Monty trusts Clarke when other people don’t, partially because he’s seen her have to struggle with the big decisions

OF frickin’ COURSE doctor mom Abby Griffin is first on the list with her children Eric Jackson (HE HAS A FIRST NAME!) and Raven.

Riley don’t drag Darcy. I’ve had enough of you and you’re in 5 more episodes. I bet you die. I have no emotional attachment to you yet.  

Say what you want about Jaha, but he’s got charisma and his preachy butt saved Clarke. This is why Clarke doesn’t lead well alone; she makes the hard decisions, but she doesn’t inspire people to follow her. That’s what Bellamy does. And the adult leaders too.

“He used to be everything I hated, maybe he was keeping us together” what a compliment. Clarke’s shifted from Jake Griffin’s daughter who wanted to tell everyone of the air leak on the Ark to closer to Jaha’s wanting to keep it a secret. I don’t think she’ll ever go full Jaha because she has people calling her out all the time and Bellamy to balance her. I’m with Jasper that she should reevaluate the situation and herself if Jaha is looking like the ideal leader.

The Adventures of dad!Kane and his kiddos, the Blakes:

“I wish I were with you” “me too” “stay safe, Abby” “you stay safe too” UGH. I have a head canon they radio good night and reminders to eat and fluff like that. Love it. But I doubt either of them will actually stay safe. They’re risk takers.

Dad!Kane. “what did I do now”- Octavia. It’s lecture timeeee.

Omg when she tries to leave and he says “Sit down” whoaaa 1) she sits down. She does exactly what she’s told. Octavia is an assassin but she listens to dad!Kane and I find that hilarious. 2) He hasn’t used that angry tone in a while and wowieee I did not know I missed it. Boss more people around. ¿Escupir fuego, no? One of the consequences for killing people is that O has to go home. Aka grounded, but away from the grounders. Da dun tshhhhhh. Thank you, thank you.

Kane is in full-on dad! mode for the entire episode. I love it. Some kid named Stevens (don’t get too attached because p soon his head won’t be, amiright? Offensive and inaccurate. he only got his throat slit. sorry.) and Bellamy got captured. That’s where he is Clarke, you were right to worry. Dad!Kane rushes to his son to check on him. *Face cradle* He knows the other kid too, but Bell will always come first. Duh. Roan fears assention, Kane has to explain metabolism, lol. This whole show is a great social comment on trying to save the earth with nature stacked against you. Plus having to get other (nations) to work with you and try to solve this problem that affects them too. #goodstuff.

Alliance Broken. #notgood. Abby needed you to keep the peace so that her engineered nightblood could go to everyone. Bell and Kane hostages. Octavia and Indra to be hunted down. Not a good situation. That’s why honesty and forwardness is so important. parallel Jake Griffin, Raven Reyes

Echo gives Octavia three chances to come quietly. She clearly doesn’t want to do this Octavia

Bell x Kane in Jail

Such faith in Abby. This is the relationship I’m here for. I love Kane. Dad!Kane trying to reassure his son. His disbelief blink™ at Roan. Like TF you mean you’re going to take over my home? Where my wife and children live? Priceless. ANOTHER reiteration of there has to be another way. I’m all about these lines and themes popping up. Kabby’s faith in finding the best solution is what I’m here for. Also the live tweets between Paige and Ian killed me:

I can’t handle this. I can’t handle this AT ALL. 

Remember when Echo wanted to be Bell’s friend? I think she’s finally realizing that after killing Octavia, this will never happen. She’s clearly emotional about having to tell him. And even if she disliked Octavia, Echo clearly respected her as a warrior.

Give Bob Morley an Emmy.

Kane in his “hands on forehead= distressed” pose. Someone comfort them. Kane is having such a hard time keeping both of the Blakes safe and happy at the same time. I feel for him.

Here comes Helios, the best character of all. I’d better not get too attached because I doubt he made Clarke’s list. There are rocks down there. It looks to be over 200 ft. she would have broken something. It looked like she landed on her back. The 100 writers, are you aware of physics and the force of gravity accelerating Octavia’s body at 9.8m/s2 over this 200 ft cliff? Bellyflops hurt at 4 ft above the water because of surface tension. Imagine that pain multiplied by the heightened acceleration. I can’t believe O is unharmed enough to pull herself up onto Helios while possibly bleeding out from the side wound.

It’s so terrible (and good tv) that everyone thinks Octavia is dead. We get to see Bellamy mourn during a time when he has to stay focused on saving his people from Ice Nation and the radiation. No doubt Kane feels somewhat responsible for sending her away, but if she was in Polis she would have bee A) a prisoner with them- good.. or B) killed because she’s too much of a risk/ threat. Dramatic Irony is such a basic and useful plot device. We just want to tell them SHE’S ALIVE before they go too far down a potentially bad path. I think it would be really cool if she made it to Niylah or Trikru first and recovered there before going on to Arkadia. Then she can stroll in for the war all “Surprise, bitch. Did you miss me?” If this goes down, we get emotional character development of Bellamy, Indra, Kane and more! And then hopefully a fam reunion scene where they’re all so happy to have her back. The grounders are for sure giving her a new nickname. Say goodbye to Skairippah and hello to the grounder equivalent of Skai-back-from-the-dead.

DOCTOR TECH SQUAD:

Jackson, my sweet angel, checking on Raven. He’s not being a jerk like Nate is 2 minutes later about it. Everyone loves you and is concerned and it sucks because that sets you apart. I get it. People need to learn more subtle ways to check on you.

Luna says she has no choice to Nyko… UH OHH Mt. Weather call-backs.

Don’t pass the line. All I was thinking about was Lost during this scene. Here come the drones. I know they can be useful for stuff, but weaponized drones are scary af. Plus it’s creepy that they have cameras and can spy on you with no serious consequences. They give me anxiety in real life.

Nate. You’re now on my bad list for a while because it took you TEN SHOTS to shoot down the drone while NYKO. MY HERO. Is killed. Cryin. Emori wants Murphy to ditch Abby? Oh heck no, she adopted him.

Raven shot at Luna. Wow. She did that. She continued to point the gun at her the whole time they were talking, risky.  

“Jackson’s hit”-Nate

“What do you mean Jackson’s hit?!?”- Concerned doctor mom

ABBY YOU SHOULD NOT DRAW THE DRONE’S FIRE. I GET IT, SAVE JACKSON. THIS IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT “STAY SAFE MEANS.” Kabby will always put others before themselves. I love this, but it’s also worrisome and dangerous. Also Jackson’s like Abby. No. Don’t. my frail heart.

“Luna, I’m sorry about Nyko.” Me too Abby. He was your friend! There was mutual respect as healers. Nyko knows all the plants and herbal medicines while Abby has all the sophisticated technology and a different set of knowledge. I’m pissed that dynamic of different knowledge getting used together only got to be explored a little before they killed my man. L

What a cool looking lab. Abby and Raven super excited, lil’ happy grins. So nice to see. I’m looking forward to the call backs of them working together as they did on the escape pod in S1. Let the sass and problem solving begin!

With that said, I have some serious science questions about the process of reverse engineering nightblood to put in people’s bodies. Could non-nightbloods reject the nightblood? If it is its own sugar coating on blood cells genotype, which it must be because it’s some sort of recessive trait, they’d have to make different forms for each of the grounder and Ark blood types (I list them separate because they’ve had different levels of radiation). I don’t know a lot about the processes at play here, but my limited science brain wants to know the nitty-gritty of how this gets explained.

Up Next:

Roan is due for his radiation attack soon. Abby better get on that nightblood serum fast. I feel like his past medical involvement with Abby means that he’ll be more inclined to trust her and be one of the first to become a nightblood, despite protests from Echo. This is a risk for him- if it fails he’s dead and loses power. If it works he’s seen a Mr. Fearless and a good leader.

I find myself hating Jaha’s character less and less. I know, I know, but hear me out, OK? Part of that is definitely because he’s interacting in interesting ways with Clarke and the others. He’s plot relevant. Part of it is the way Clarke/Bellamy/Raven/all the delinquents are being set up to fall into different schools of thought on openness in leadership roles in the way that Jake Griffin/Abby/Jaha did before Jake was floated. No one is ever going to be full Jaha, because he distanced himself while in power so that he’d be able to put aside his personal feelings for someone so he could float them if needed. Everyone else in the show has at least one other person they can connect to and lean on. Parallels are so fun. Quali-tea writing.

The next ep is called Tinder Box, which I am 100% sure is not about “how people meet. It’s like real life, but better.” Lol sounds like CoL.  Probs some box of fire starters. Almost all the faves look like they’re in it. My prediction is that Bellamy and Kane make it back to Arkadia with Azgeda. Clarke then has to step in and try and save her fam. I have a feeling the doctor-tech squad will stay at Becca/ ALIE’s island working as a separate plot, even if they find out what’s been happening with everyone else. It should push them to work faster + feels too soon for a Kabby reunion. Poor Clarke has to do all the heavy lifting again. Maybe someday she can just go draw in the woods.

WHICH REMINDS ME! I would love if the Eden Tree popped back up. Like if Kane has been going off and taking care of it this whole time (not likely because he’s been imprisoned like 4 times) and we see that. OR- equally excited but in a visual emotional way- when the radiation hit and we see fire or this black rain destroying everything and the camera pans to the Eden Tree being destroyed. SYMBOLISM. Or Kane digs it up and brings it back inside? Poor tree, but gotta keep momma’s spirit alive. I would love some reference to Vera with or without the tree. LET’S GOOO.

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Mid writing this, my roommate texted me that she was mad at Abby after watching 4.03- she thought Abby killed Adrian, which she ABSOLUTELY DID NOT. She has to go to the gym and do a burpee for every mean thing she’s said about Abby- which is like 100. Girl gonna be fit™. She’s totally going to slam Abby to tease me and get under my skin, so that’s something to look forward to.