#lilly's rewatching t100.

[waldenstationed]

i completely forgot about children warriors on this show. i know we learn that warriors are trained from a young age, but they are also fighting wars at the young ages as well. imagining how many times the delinquents and others have come face to face to literal CHILDREN earthborns vs the grounders that they have grown to believe.

[waldenstationed]

rewatching this damn show (again) and i am on unity day. i have thoughts:

one. you can see the first time clarke starts choosing violence over peace for the first time when she asks bellamy to follow her and finn and to bring guns (very similar to all the times when she was forced to choose violence over peace for the sake of future peace and precaution)

two. jasper and raven had potential lowkey like i can see them being different sides of one coin, and yet balance each other out, with raven and her rightful cynicism after finn's betrayal, and jasper's season one's hopefulness and him being a chemist and her being a mechanic and literally together building the first makeshift bullet together

three. raven possibly taking on interest of chemistry BECAUSE of jasper? she jest with what's-his-face in s2 about how chemists are a pain in mechanics' asses, but with jasper, i can see her genuinely WANTING to learn more, wanting to expand her knowledge because raven is always starved to know more, to do more, to expand her intelligence because in the end, she's one of the smartest characters on the show and i love that for her so bad

four. i wish octavia and lincoln were more of a slow burn. i want to see more of him training her and them no longer fight the connection that is between them. we went from him finally talking to her, her letting him escape, the KISS!!!!! to them just being a couple? she asks him when she sneaks up on him with a knife, "better?" which means he's been teaching her, honing her skills, training her foundation of a warrior so that she can be able to protect herself, and i so wish we got to see more of that. i want to see him getting close, and octavia and him are HAUNTINGLY aware of how close they are, and how they SHOULDN'T REALLY BE LIKE THIS, but they can't fight it. at least, i can see lincoln resisting at first, namely because of her people and how they tortured him and how the "grounders" are against the earthborns because of what they have done; but octavia fighting for it? octavia being the one who is just: this doesn't have to be wrong? why can't we just enjoy it? and then BOOM. idk, i love them, wish we got to see more of them developing.

five. i had more to say but i forgot because i got caught up in lincoln x octavia ( i miss you everyday lincoln ), but i'm sure i will come back with more <3