The 100

[frelling_tralk]

I've taken a break from my X-Files rewatch to do some streaming on Amazon Prime instead, I've been feeling like I've really not been getting enough use out of it considering the cost of it. (This is why I don't have Netflix lol, I always just end up stressing myself out over am I watching enough to make use of my subscription!) I've just finished

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[nemophilist]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS AT THE 100.

I still can't stand Jasper. Finn takes an entirely different turn in season two, and you're right about how the cheating completely ruined his character. Seriously, he was on earth a day and completely forgot about Raven. I love love love Bellamy and Octavia's relationship. They're so wonderful and that keeps up in season two. Lincoln and Octavia were a bit rushed, but I really adore them together.

I don't think anyone knows why Kelly Hu disappeared after episode one, but she never comes back.

Season one is definitely the lesser of one and two. WATCH TWO. Things go absolutely batshit and the show's best moments are in two. Most of the characters take on great moments of development and it's what really sold the show for me.

[frelling_tralk]

Seriously, he was on earth a day and completely forgot about Raven.

It was strange to me because it came across like the writers didn't actually see him as sleazy, they wanted to portray all three people in that triangle as just inadvertently caught up in a really bad situation, but I mean it's not like he started falling for Clarke in spite of himself, he was very definitely on the prowl as soon as he got to Earth. It really made me look at him differently when we found out that he was involved with Raven, just because it came across like he never gave her a second thought or had any kind of moral dilemma over sleeping with Clarke, but the show still wanted us to see him as the good guy of the group somehow anyway? Bellamy>>>>>>>>>>Finn for me lol, it feels like the writers have a much more honest view of his character

[nemophilist]

I'd say about 60% of season two is spent with the Grounders or in their camp. Octavia begins to learn the language and starts to bond with them, and they sort of team up. I don't want to give much away, but the Grounders are incredibly important in season two and you meet Indra, Lexa and a few others who become very important. Lincoln is a main character in season two, and there's basically a running theme of the Sky people fucking up a bunch of shit and then having to fix it. Clarke and Bellamy become the ring-leaders and Octavia and Lincoln become like the gap-bridgers, and Monty gets a bit more screentime (though not enough!) and Jasper becomes more of a pain in the butt. Also, Clarke holds her ground on Finn being a dick, which I love, and Raven definitely gets a good arc. I really think you should keep watching! :D

[frelling_tralk]

Octavia begins to learn the language and starts to bond with them, and they sort of team up.

Oh that sounds really interesting actually, I probably will end up tuning in for it then whenever Amazon adds it

[_profiterole_]

Octavia is my favefavefave! ♥ And I love her relationship with Lincoln, even if it's not always developed enough.

I also really like Clarke, more with Bellamy than with Finn (not a fan of Finn after Season 2), but mostly with Lexa (you haven't met her yet, but maybe you've heard of her through fandom osmosis).

[frelling_tralk]

I really loved Octavia in the first few episodes, she and Bellamy were my immediate favs, but then I felt like she became less prominent as the series went on, like the writers weren't treating her so much as one of the mains? I don't know if that makes sense, but that was the vibe I got.

I also really like Clarke, more with Bellamy than with Finn

I could see Bellamy and Clarke more than Finn/Clarke I suppose as they did seem to have that whole leadership bond, but I'm not heavily invested in any ship on The 100 right now. I could have gotten a lot more into Lincoln/Octavia if they had build up the bonding under capture more gradually, but as it was I was left confused more than anything else at how quickly they became true love

[_profiterole_]

I don't remember about the importance of her role at the end of Season 1, but it's definitely a major role in Season 2.

I guess there's a bit of love at first sight at play, and in dire circumstances, things can move faster? I don't know, I guess that doesn't work for everybody this way, but that can work for some people.

[moongirl24]

I definitely think The 100 gets a lot better in season 2. After season 1 I wasn't sure what I thought about it, there was just something lacking for me, even if I couldn't say exactly what it was. I think it could be because I wasn't quite able to connect with the characters. There was no one I really loved and a lot of them I didn't even like. I agree with you that the relationship between Octavia and Bellamy is one of the most interesting relationships, it was definitely one of the things I cared most about in season 1. Most of the other relationships I didn't care much about.

Things have changed for me in season 2 - the storylines are better and I care more about the characters. I'm still not able to really care for anyone the same way I do for characters in my favorite shows, but I do find the show a lot more enjoyable now (I'm currently two episodes away from finishing season 2). I definitely recommend watching season 2 at some point :)

[frelling_tralk]

After season 1 I wasn't sure what I thought about it, there was just something lacking for me

Hmm yeah that pretty much sums up my feelings at well, in the pilot I was pretty skeptical, but as the show went on I did find myself getting drawn in as they had some good twists and went darker than I was expecting, but at the same time I was never all that invested either. It probably was because I never got all that attached to any of the characters, more and more I'm finding that it's the characters that are the main draw for me when it comes to getting fannishly obsessed. I guess that The 100 feels like it's more interested in exploring their societies and the overall picture, rather than the individuals?

[emeraldarrows]

I loved season one of The 100 but stopped watching about 3/4 through season two when I started falling more and more weeks behind and realized I didn't care to catch up. I doubt I'd watch it again. I liked the original premise and the characters but then they killed every character I had an interest in (Wells and my two favorites in season two among others) and focused entirely on the earth people and the adults who I didn't have any interest in (I wanted it to stay with the kids trying to figure out an abandoned earth). And I hated how the writers destroyed Jasper's character (he started out a kind of sweet nerd and then became a whining brat) and his romance for season two made me scramble for the remote everytime they went to that storyline, and I hated how Monty got shoved to the background just because Raven replaced him as the "techy" one (I really, really dislike Raven).

[frelling_tralk]

I liked the original premise and the characters but then they killed every character I had an interest in (Wells and my two favorites in season two among others) and focused entirely on the earth people and the adults who I didn't have any interest in (I wanted it to stay with the kids trying to figure out an abandoned earth).

I don't have any particularly strong feelings about the adult part of the storyline, but I was surprised when season 1 ended on them coming to Earth, I had assumed that it would be all about the kids trying to build up their own society. I can't really comment yet on what season 2 does with reuniting them though obviously! Tbh Abby is the only adult character that I got particularly invested in so, other than seeing her with Clarke, I'm not sure what I'd be excited for with that storyline in season 2

I'm curious, who does Jasper have a romance with in season 2? He did seem like a sweet nerd at first, but I took a dislike to him after he seemed to get really full of himself

[emeraldarrows]

Me, too. I assumed originally that the adults would either stay up in space as background characters or get killed off by the end, but then they focus a lot on them. I found Marcus Kane the most interesting of the adults but he didn't get the story arc I'd hoped for in season two. And as interested as I was in seeing Abby and Clarke interact in the eps I saw they spend very little time together (Clarke gets a whole storyline off with the Grounders instead). The adult it mostly focuses on is Jaha who I disliked the most.

*SPOILERS* The kids get taken by the Mt. Weather people and there's a teenage girl there named Maya who Jasper ends up becoming friends with and eventually a romance. She doesn't get to do much, unfortunately (I slightly hoped she'd be evil just to make her interesting), although she does seem to want to help when the other Mt. Weather people want them dead, and she ends up dead before the end of the season.

[frelling_tralk]

Hmm I suspect that the writers wanted to keep the adult storyline going because they're the biggest ~names~ of the cast and add a little more kudos to the show? Maybe they wanted to avoid having a cast with solely teenagers for that reason, although really if the entire premise of your show involves 100 teenagers battling for survival then you may as well just wholeheartedly commit to it, I doubt the snobbier viewers will look any differently on the show as a whole whether they include a few older actors or not

[bm_shipper]

I actually wasn't THAT into "the 100" during season 1 and the characters I was most invested in were Octavia and Lincoln, and still are, but I also really love Marcus and I'm very interested in his journey. I was so twisted about him in Season 1, and also in parts of Season 2 but I love him so much, and while he's probably not "on" as much as the kids, I think he's one of the most interesting characters this show has... ;) But of course that's just me...

Personally it was season 2 that really made me get into this show. Like HARD. I barely ever talked about it in Season 1, but Season 2 changed all of it. During Season 1 I wasn't even sure I would be watching Season 2, but I'm glad I did, because unlike many other shows, Season 2 - I felt like - improved on SO many level and just found it's footing.

Okay, I wasn't interested in that whole "City of Light" Storyline and I'm still annoyed by it and hope it won't have too much focus in Season 3, but I can ignore that fact for everything else that was good about it :)

[frelling_tralk]

Okay I'm drawing a blank lol, who was Marcus?

During Season 1 I wasn't even sure I would be watching Season 2

Yeah that's kinda how I felt after finishing season 1, I liked it all right, but with sooo much tv out there already that I'm really excited about and want to catch up on, I'm just not sure if I care enough to invest in more episodes of The 100 or not. To a certain extent the plots grabbed me, but I felt like in all of the writers excitement to explore ~big concepts~, the smaller character moments were a little lacking at times.

[bm_shipper]

Marcus Kane = Henry Ian Cusick

He was actually quite important in Season 1. At least I thought so.

[frelling_tralk]

Oh whoops, yes of course! I didn't care for his character at all in the beginning, but they did do a decent job with redeeming him towards the end, although he still wasn't really a favourite of mine tbh. I thought it would have been a nice way for him to go if he had been the one to sacrifice himself at the end of season 1 actually, although obviously I can't say for sure if that would be the right call or not as I don't know what they do with him in season 2