#they’re giving bellamy/echo from the 100 vibes and i’m very here for it

[romulanslutempire]

You think everyone is hiding something.

Everyone is hiding something. Whether they know it or not.

What are you hiding? Other than your job description. Your true name?

My what?

Romulans have a name for outsiders and a name for family, but your true name you save for the one you give your heart to.

[blodreina-noumou]

I was tagged once again for a hiatus tag game by @boomheda​! This time, we’re gonna take a look back on my favorite Happy Moments in The 100 (although we recognize that even happy moments in this show are bittersweet.)

In no particular order!

1 - The Rover Scene + “Add It Up” Sing-Along

Cheerful, clean, unwounded, adventurous, capable, and strong - the Delinquents at their best. I also think this is one of the best soundtrack moments on the show, but I’ve been a fan of the Violent Femmes for over 15 years now, so I’m biased. It was nice to see them be silly and have fun, the way teenagers 100 years before their time might have.

2 - Everyone Gets a Break in Sanctum + Madi and Jordan Are Cuties

Things go wrong soon enough, but for a couple of days, our heroes got to eat, shower, rest, and joke around with each other. It gives Madi and Jordan the chance to show off their status as “the kids” of the group (although Jordan is only a kid in social experience, not biologically,) and play up a fun adopted sibling vibe. It kind of evokes early Delinquent vibes.

3 - Clarke and Lexa Get Together

If we ignore everything that happens afterwards, this is such a perfect moment. This might be the happiest either woman ever was. The way the realization hits them both at the same time, that they were looking for each other. The futile but admirable attempt at a nice, platonic handshake to say goodbye. The way this bit of contact unravels them. Clarke’s lust. Lexa’s tears. The quiet pillow talk they have afterwards. And then everything was fine forever and nothing bad happened. 

This definitely ranks high on the bittersweet scale. 😞

4 - Memori’s Royal Glow-Up

Probably my actual favorite moment of s6. Seeing these two scrappy, outcast lovers rise to the status of royalty was immensely satisfying, even if the way they got there was a bit underhanded. I think they more than redeemed themselves by saving the others after the Lightbournes blasted off. And my little bisexual brain just about burst, seeing them both in formalwear and eyeliner.

5 - Marper’s Videos

This one is just on the sweet side of bittersweet for me. Although it was very hard to lose Monty and Harper, the fact that they had a happy life together, safe and in love, and started a family, is the perfect ending for them, and helps ease some of the pain.They were both so tired of fighting, and I don’t think they would have been happy at all at Sanctum. They would’ve fought for their friends, like they always had, but they were both ready to be at peace. They found that, and so far, they’re the only characters who have.

6 - Jaha “Gets Floated”

Moments of levity are few and far between on this show. Jasper getting to play an old camp prank on Jaha is a fun moment, especially since the writers got to make their “I guess you got floated” joke. Darkly funny, given that Jasper is referencing the many lives Jaha is responsible for taking as Chancellor. It’s the kind of twisted humor you’d expect from people in their position, and something I think the show could use a little more of.

7 - “Day Trip” Is Too Funny

Is there anything more hilarious/terrifying than a hundred unsupervised teenagers wandering around the wilderness, stoned out of their minds? This episode definitely treads the line between dark and funny, and it makes for one of the best “filler” episodes this series has ever done. So many hilarious lines! 

“You are the most beautiful broom in a broom closet full of brooms.”

“Is the moon in here?? I can’t change the tides if the moon won’t cooperate!”

“Noo, this is an anti-grounder stick!”

8 - Bellamy and Clarke Reunite After Six Years

Whether or not you ship it, it was satisfying to see these two embrace after so long apart. They were on the brink of something before Praimfaya - that can’t be denied. Knowing how hard it was for Bellamy to leave Clarke behind, and how relatively lonely Clarke was without him and the rest of their friends, makes their reunion especially sweet. Too bad no one knew then how much everything had changed.

9 - The Blake Siblings Are Back

One underrated aspect of the Blake sibling dynamic is how in sync they are, when they’re on the same page. This was such a small moment, but it really made me smile. Josephine, in Clarke’s hijacked body, makes one final, desperate plea to Gabriel to let her live. The Blake siblings are done, because Clarke’s body is running out of time. So they react with a classic simultaneous eye-roll, both turning away in disgust at the same time. It was probably the moment that convinced me that they were gonna be okay, weird as that might sound.

10 - Spacekru

There is no one single moment - I still think this is the best found family dynamic in the whole show. Here’s some of my highlights: Echo and Raven sparring, everyone eating algae together, Murphy being a goblin with an entire half of the ship to himself, their excitement/anxiety when they see the Eligius ship, Bellamy and Emori’s “we didn’t die” exchange, Harper comforting Emori, Bellamy telling Monty to grow something besides algae, Echo and Murphy and Raven and Emori in the snow, Monty and Harper marching from Polis with their family, and every single other moment, too. I miss Spacekru.

Tagging a handful of folks - if I forget you or don’t tag you and you want to do this, feel free to steal it! As always, feel free to ignore for any reason. @dylanobrienisbatman​ @doortotomorrow​ @osleyakomwonkru​ @katersann​ @twinzmoon​ @lovelyrosiey​ @blodreina​ 

[someone-elses-star]

The 100 6x12: Adjustment Protocol Personal Narrative

Only TWO episodes LEFT! AHHHH! This is where everything is coming to a close! That means tons and tons of DRAMA and ACTION! I know they said we are going to be left on a cliffhanger with more questions than answers, but I am so ready to have all those questions! I believe that will get us through until season 7. Without further ado:

Eliza Taylor introducing the episode is my aesthetic. Also proof she is too popular to ever get rid of.

Poor Clarke dealing with angry/distraught Madi

Russell is being very dictator-y

Poor Madi looks like death warmed over

Madi is seriously going nuts

Uh-oh. Raven’s plan being made known.

Russell suspicious?

Abby feeling guilt? Kinda my aesthetic, too. Harsh. But true.

I would pay to see Abby kill Russell. Just for fun.

Raven could look a little more guilty. Just saying. 

I love Jackson though. The boy’s a saint. 

Yay it’s Bellamy!

Wow. They are already at the gate waiting? Damn

Blake sibling time. 

Have some faith!

Emori and Murphy being treated well. 

Murphy being very manipulative. 

Emori loves Echo. That’s sweet.

Clarke is such a good actress. She should win an Emmy. If they still had Emmy’s. Lol

New identities? Eck

Raven and Jackson teamwork.

Abby using herself due to her remorse over Clarke. She has nothing else to live for.

No you shouldn’t have. Jackson is a saint.

Anyone else forget his name is Eric?

RIP Marcus Kane.

Is Clarke about to reveal the truth to them?

Yup.....

YAY!

Aw. Raven looks so relieved.

Clarke and Raven team up!?

Plus Riker is dead. 

Aww Griffin family love!

Now, go save us all. Again.---SO TRUE!

Poor Clarke deserves a vacation after this.

COMMERCIAL BREAK THOUGHTS #1: Not much to say so far. Love that she revealed to the others that she is still alive. I think Raven should have shown more....idk....emotion? It was subtly there, but I wanted more.

And now she knows Riker is dead. Now what?

Ope. She is going to take his mind drive. Who would she put it in, though?

Ah. His mom to help in exchange for his mind drive.

Shoot to kill. Damn. 

Russell is just another proof that the parents of this show suck at recognizing their children.

Hmmm. Why would the AI protect that evil Heda?

Aww....The hosts.

Russell vs. Abby. Love it

And now Gabriel is going to be the old friend that Russell sees. 

Ouch. Way to call out Bellamy, Gabriel. 

COMMERCIAL BREAK THOUGHTS #2: I really hope that Gabriel doesn’t kill their plan and get everyone killed. I understand his POV completely, but damn. And things are really going to all happen in the last ten minutes like usual. I know it! This is going to be crazy nuts! Last two episodes, people! I can’t stand it! Where did this season go? Also, anybody thinking about the pic where Clarke and Echo are standing next to each other in the Primes Naming Day outfit? That can’t be good for Echo more than anything. But I feel Clarke will let her know that she is not Josephine. They looked pretty calm standing next to each other. Hmmm.....I don’t know. Didn’t look like Simone was in Echo at that point, but who the hell knows? I think we’ll get to keep Echo, but I’m really not super certain at this point. Especially from what we’ve been hearing from the cast at cons. I want to have Ruby Rose’s babies (Unrelated)

Ope. Delilah’s parent’s want to kill Priyah. 

Badass Echo and team.

Clarke is back. 

Awe. Echo and Clarke hugs! I love it? New favorite thing?

Those skeletons would be so cool if it wasn’t so demented. 

Yes, serial killers is a great way to describe it.

At least Abby is seeing past her mistakes now.

Aw. Abby and Raven love! 

If only we could get Raven to apologize to Clarke. 

Poor Jackson just sitting in the corner.

Daniel and Kayley? Really?

This is all so messy.

And I knew Abby would be taken for a host! 

Will we actually lose her.....I’m thinking so because of the life flashing before her eyes. Poor Clarke is going to be heartbroken!

COMMERCIAL BREAK THOUGHTS #3: So with her life flashing before her eyes, and with all the apologies with Jackson and Raven. We’re thinking she is actually dead, right? And that was not a paralysis, but like an instant brain death serum? How do you think Clarke will react? Will she break her act as Josephine? I kinda feel that would be enough to break her. But....okay....did anyone else just absolutely love her flashes of her life? Like baby Clarke?

Gabriel being a creep in his old home. 

That music is so fucking creepy. Make it stop!

Gabriel has a plan. I’m sure. I hope.

Okay. What’s leaking into the water? What is the significance? 

Damn. So Abby is definitely dead. And Emori and Murphy? They’ve gotta be sorta gone, right? Or did they just not keep their names in order to get put on to mind drives for future resurrections?

So die....

Oh....yes. That’s what was in the water. Gabriel stuff.

Bellamy is furious. Damn it Gabriel is right.

Clarke....you’re Josephine is showing. Lol

So tense!

Damn. Gabriel is so weak. 

Wow these people are so brainwashed. 

Kinda love their outfits. 

Gabriel laying it on thick. Good.

And the shield is down. 

Bellamy having so much faith in his wifey. Love it!

COMMERCIAL BREAK THOUGHTS #4: SO much happened. Couldn’t type up my thoughts on it all. But....Emori and Murphy are still themselves, but it seems their bodies will still be taken over.....by siblings? Weird. Or are they just going to fake it for the people? I’m kinda confused at the plan the Primes have for them. Also not sure if Murphy and Emori are actually betraying. I know he said something to Echo that showed differently, I’m just really unsure how it is going to play out for him and Emori. Super confused. Still think that we’ve lost Abby. Which means a definite break of Clarke’s dignity and Josephine act most likely. Oh...and Bellamy being so certain of Clarke coming through? Such proud hubby vibes! 

Bellamy and Echo hugs. Not my fave couple, but that is not what this is about at the moment. 

Bellamy has Riker. Oh how will this go.

Here are the last ten minutes. All the drama is coming!

Don’t hurt Bellamy! Take your guns off of him!

Bellamy spreading some truths.

And the truth is out! 

What is Russel doing? Ope. Is her releasing the Red Sun toxin?

Is everyone going to go ape shit on each other?

He’s disappointed? 

And there goes the toxin.

At least some of them have anti-toxins.

Yes, make sure your people kill each other. Who ever is left gets to stay?

Awe Gaia loves Madi so much!

Kill the invaders! Oh no!

LAST COMMERCIAL BREAK THOUGHTS: So everything is going to shit and they are all separated again! Why must Clarke and Bellamy always be separated for their plans to work?! Also, do you think Clarke is about to find out about Abby? Because that will surely break her cover! Oh geeze! These last five minutes are going to be intense! And then we’ll get the trailer for the finale. Damn. At least we know season 7 is coming. That’s nice with everything. Just what characters will be joining us is the real question.

Kill or be killed. 

Madi looks better.

And now she knows. 

Crap. 

Don’t break Clarke. Don’t break!

And she is breaking. But good for Gabriel to give her cover.

Damn. Now they’re going into space. Again. But only the Primes. Interesting.

And now Murphy and Emori know that Clarke is back.

And Gaia has been caught. 

Clarke is so good. This is why she is the leader.

And the army is waiting. But cannot hold their ground due to prisoners. Nice.

Trailer: A little genocide a long nap. What the hell. Sounds like the Primes are going to try to use cryo. 

[velvet-tread]

Unfiltered sweary mess: 507 edition

I had thoughts so I decided to this again. Let’s hope it doesn’t become a habit.

Let’s start with the Bellarke of it all, and the sheer joy of seeing them hustle up a plan together on the fly. AND LISTEN I am not on the #bellamysucksnow train, or the #bellarkeisdead train either and as such fair warning there is squee incoming. It feels like the core of the show has returned to us after s4’s barren years and IT IS GREAT. And honestly? I don’t care that romance isn’t in the air between them RIGHT NOW. I thought I would mind but I don’t. It feels right. It feels true to Bellamy, and it feels true to Clarke, and it feels exactly like the vibe I’d expect and want between two characters who love and respect each other and their choices, who have been apart for so long and need to reconnect. Let’s do right by Clarke and Bellamy, yeah? We’ve waited for 4 seasons (the last of which gave us sweet fa) we can wait a little longer.

And seriously, even if it turns out they are just beautiful co-leaders with a lot of professional respect for each other (yeah RIGHT) they could never, ever kill that relationship for me as long as they are in scenes together like this. I don’t care if they don’t bang (call me out on my lies someone), but the concurrent Bellarke scenes in the dining hall, and the triffid room, and then on Echo-watch just gave me so many OTP vibes. Bellarke are at their most effective when they’re together, even better when they have the support of their genius friends. And we got a return of the Bellarke dry-as comedy double act WTF @the100writersroom are you trying to be good at your jobs or something.

Top bantz, as we’d say in Essex.

Too bad the Bellarke unity ain’t gonna last, but thankfully, Bellarke are just as awesome when they are just…very angry and exasperated with each other ok, but DON’T HURT YOUR PRECIOUS SELF I MAY BE FURIOUS BUT WHEN DID YOU LAST SLEEP AND DO YOU NEED SOMETHING TO EAT

Great to have Monty back in the frame cutting through everyone’s bullshit. I thought he’d been relegated to a bit part this season. Oh ye of little faith. Does anyone realise that Monty is the biological weapon earth forgot? Put that angry face in a room with Octavia and see how long it takes for her to crack and wither from Monty’s externalised disappointment with everyone and everything.

Bellamy burning Octavia ow ow ow. I’ve already spoken about this at some length but damn that hurt. And it was deserved, but still spoke to the depth of his contempt for Blodreina.

Which brings me to…BELLARKE V BLODREINA: GRUDGE MATCH

And man, was this grudge match some time coming. To make sure the audience was VERY CLEAR on EVERYONE’S MORAL STANDING, the show helpfully prepped us with some little reminders that Bellamy helped commit a massacre, and Clarke did a load of horrible human testing in Becca’s lab last season. Thanks show.

So, all armed and loaded, the mud slinging began, and boy was it awesome.  First of all Bellarke takes Octavia to task about the worms and TURNS OUT OCTAVIA DIDN’T KNOW which get a grip on power here Octavia because it’s slipping from your grasp faster than you can say Wonkru Barbecue (shoutout to @mego42 – your time is coming). But Miller obviously watched the earlier part of the show and recapped for Octavia just in time because she’s ready for that shit and fires everyone’s dark past back at them. Cue: Bellamy’s best frowny face and Eliza Taylor’s saddest, most regretful Clarke eyes.

Bellarke disarmed and cowed (for now) live to fight another war they don’t want to fight.

But Octavia’s grudge match continues in her office when Indra enters with the intention of being reasonable, which is exactly the kind of shit Blodreina has warned her about before so help her god.

Indra is, obviously, the Queen of Everything and My Heart and delivers some bitchass Truths as Indra is wont to do and Octavia rewards her by throwing what my mind remembers as a skull but was probably a paperweight because why would Octavia have a skull in her office *nervous laughter*

Indra leaves, still Queen of Everything and My Heart, but not before delivering a portentous warning about losing yourself in the dark, which obviously Octavia is not going to listen to because DAUGHTERS, MAN.

Talking of daughters, Madi trying to suck at training was the most adorbs thing I’ve seen in a long time, guys and I am subscribed to a LOT of cat blogs. And man I felt for her. Sucking at anything sucks, and sucking on PURPOSE is just the height of unfair. And she’s in a new school! And the other kids are mean! And maybe they eat people!

Serious question though: from whence did Madi learn her swordswomanship? Clarke? Helios? Roan? (too soon?).

But don’t blame Clarke, Madi! Clarke’s Madi feels are pretty much on a par with mine which means she wants to cry every time she looks at her earnest little face AND CLARKE I FEEL THAT SO HARD YOUR BABY IS ADORABADASS. Which also means MAMA MODE ACTIVATED when Vodka Aunt Octavia starts messing up that precious braid she put in Madi’s hair earlier.

Hey Vodka Aunt, you don’t just get to come in here and make executive choices about Madi’s career, especially given your past efforts at parenting *looks at Ethan*

Oh, oh, oh and WE GOT A RETURN OF THE MUSICAL INTERLUDE! It was like Knocking on Heaven’s Door and Early Seasons feels all over again. But I gotta say Jason, fresh from the Sense8 finale my musical interlude expectations are higher these days and I was a bit disappointed there wasn’t a dance off. Perhaps an orgy or an endgame B/C/E triad instead? *Wanheda jaw clench*

But anyway that whole sequence of Clarke sending Madi off to her first day of training sent me in to a spiral of sadness that lasted for a lot of minutes I wasn’t counting. It was very sad and I am sad about it. Poor Clarke.  Just as well Octavia helped her remember she’s motherfucking Wanheda.

MY GIRL ECHO MY GIRLING UP THE HOUSE.

Let’s just take a moment to appreciate what a babe Echo kom Spacekru nee Azgeda is.  First of all: EVIDENCE OF SPACE GIRL SQUAD and I am all here for that. Second of all Echo is officially the first person on the show to get one over of Colonel Charmaine Diyoza SOMEONE GET ME A FUCKING SHOT.

And listen up everyone who bashes at their keyboards dribbling with rage about the things other women like on television: I love ladies with swords and if you want an apology for that you’ll have to prise it out of my cold dead body. But can we just take a (second) moment to appreciate that for all of Echo’s badass sword skills, she is Clarke Griffining up this joint like a motherfucker. Echo is as Slytherin as Clarke and as sneaky as Clarke and as smart as Clarke and that manoeuvre she executed with Zeke and Raven was 100% a Clarke Griffin move, don’t @ me.

It’s almost like….they’re similar….on purpose….

Shout out to all the smart, insecure girls who aren’t sure if they belong. Learn to swordfight, use your brain, and get yourself a girl squad and a soft space dad boyfriend.

Sidebar: Clarke’s faith that Echo would take the eye down and her admiration when she does will keep me in Clecho feels for months.

But friends…I am the most fervent of Echo stans and Becho shippers and I am AFEARED. She is very much circling the abyss here and it gives me a sick feeling in my stomach. I believe Raven will forgive her (FOR WHAT CAN SOMEONE PLS ENLIGHTEN ME AS TO WHAT RAVEN IS SO PISSED ABOUT??) and I believe the rest of Spacekru will 100% understand what she did because it was presented to us as an understandable choice.  But but but… what’s next?  Diyoza ain’t gonna take the turn the other cheek approach to learning that Echo took down her eye in the sky. What if her next move is to make *Echo* her eyes in exchange for safe passage for Spacekru?

*sweats forever*

That seems like a Diyoza move. And like…where would that leave Echo with Bellamy? Her choice would be: tell him and risk the whole mission and/or turn him into a lying liar to his sister too, or not tell him and risk their entire relationship and hurt him very badly. I think I know which one my loyal girl would choose and how that would end.

Fuck fuck fuck fuckity fuck fuck fuck.

*ugly crying*

I’m not ready.

Okay it’s time for a Raven rant. What the hell is going on with Raven this season? Raven has had some beautifully executed arcs in the past, and I am high key here for her to finally get some NC-17 action now she’s done all that Work On Herself, but if Raven’s arc in s5 amounts to RAVEN DIDN’T GET BONED FOR 6 YEARS AND NOW SHE’S GETTING BONED then Imma flip a table.

Sidebar#2 obviously Raven got boned on the Ring, it’s not like they would have had a space orgy without her, come ON.

And just… I’m sorry I don’t get the Zaven. When they released the s5 pics I thought WOWZA these two are gonna be gr9 together and LOOK HE’S A SPACE EXPLORER. How could this possibly go wrong?  But somehow, they’ve managed to introduce a character who, on his own, is 10x as compelling as Wick, but has about -100% of the chemistry with Raven. Which is???? Some kind of alchemy??? how has that happened? I love Zeke! I love Raven!!! They’re both MAGNETIC on screen. On paper they should be a perfect fit but it’s like whenever they’re in the same scene together I have the sudden urge to check my emails.

And someone, please, just tell me what work Zaven is doing for either of these characters. What’s Raven’s conflict? How does Zeke resolve it? Is it *literally* Raven being presented with a hot dude with a similar skill set? Sorry I’m out.

And before anyone comes at me with the usual packet of whining about how Echo has stolen all of Raven’s screentime, I’d beg you all to remember that there is no law saying that one woman’s time on tv has to be at the expense of another and this is a GIANT SEXIST TRAP DO NOT FALL FOR IT.

Talking of out, Kabby is also circling the drain and [averts eyes from discourse].

But I’m calling Diyoza’s ship name, and if she bangs Kane I hereby pronounce it TEQUILA [whatever Kane’s ship name is, someone hmu].

OK I need to talk about Gaia now before I get shot down by a thunderbolt. The girl creeps me tf out but I SOMEHOW LOVE HER NOW. This is new and unnerving because feverish religious types are not usually my jam ESPECIALLY if they present Clarke’s daughter with a creepy sacred flash drive that they want to insert in her neck, but somehow Tati Gabrielle nails that line, even if my reaction seeing the Flame was exactly the same as my reaction to seeing the worms.

But I believe Gaia’s intentions, while creepy, are pure. And WHO PICKED UP on how fluid her loyalty is? She will serve Blodreina faithfully as long as she reigns. Huh.

In other news McCreary, and more importantly McCreary’s undercut, were absent from this episode I hope they are both enjoying Memori’s couples counselling retreat. I look forward to seeing his glazed expression next week as I cry my Becho tears.