(Beginning note: The finale aired, what, two months ago? I think I’ve (slightly) regrouped since then, so this article is the fresh feels)

Please note that this article is about the Season 2 Finale of The 100, which is a TV-14 show.

SPOILERS BELOW

I am a fangirl (unless you understand “OTP” and “PRECIOUS TRASH KING”, I do not recommend reading this), and an avid Bellarke (I tried not to, I swear) shipper, so I apologize for possible bias.

(Quick synopsis of what’s what: On the Ark, a place that humans fled to as nuclear bombs destroyed the Earth, due to lack of necessary supplies, any crime was punishable by death – unless you were under 18. If you were, you were put in the “Skybox”, where you would stay until you turned 18, when you would get a review and see whether you were pardoned or not. However, due to a sudden lack of oxygen, leaders on the Ark decided to move forward with a project called The 100. They planned to send down 100 kids from the Skybox to Earth to see whether it was safe enough to land there. However, Bellamy Blake, who, against the Ark’s one-child policy, has a sister, shoots Chancellor Jaha in order to get on the ship to go down, as his sister had been arrested upon her discovery. Clarke Griffin, the protagonist, often butted heads with Bellamy, as his way of ruling included the delinquents – among whom there were some dangerous people, like murderers – doing whatever they wanted, as long as they didn’t question his authority. Clarke wanted order, and logical survival. They didn’t know about people who had survived the blasts, called Grounders, and, long story short, they end up in a war with the Grounders, the Mountain Men take the majority of the surviving delinquents, and go to harvest their bone marrow. When Clarke escapes, the Sky People that came to earth kinda try to help her rescue the other delinquents at Mount Weather, a peace treaty with the Grounders happens, Bellamy follows Clarke around like a lost puppy (I mean, he does) it is revealed that Clarke is bi (yAYYY REPRESENTATION), Lexa (grounder commander that is most definitely in love with Clarke) betrays the treaty to save her people, Bellamy gets tortured, all that jazz)

So, let me start by saying that it broke my feels.

Seriously.

All of them.

I had not cried about a TV show this much since the death of the Tenth Doctor (“I don’t want to go” *casually sobs*). Whether that’s because the writing was great or I am too emotionally invested into a TV show about delinquents on earth and the costs of survival, I may never know.

Anyways, I loved the reunion of Bellamy with Monty, Jasper, Octavia, and Clarke. I thought that it was very touching and didn’t rub anything in your face (though I absolutely adored the hug in 2×05, I think Bellamy and Octavia would have hugged longer).

I was surprisingly upset about the death of Fox. She wasn’t much more than a background character, but, given that not many of the original 100 are still alive, maybe I wanted to keep her? Save whom we could? It’s just, after the Ring of Fire, there were only a little over 50 of the delinquents left (given, Raven’s sudden arrival and that the Mountain Men found 48, yet some, such as Bellamy, weren’t captured)

Somewhere, I knew Clarke would shoot Dante. Though, to us, he wasted his redemption arc, he truly did do what he thought was best for his people. It’s all a matter of perspective; if it were told from the view of Mount Weather, we would have Clarke and the Delinquents for getting in the way of their ultimate survival and well-being. As Abby said, “maybe there are no good guys.” We have a show of beautifully written, morally gray characters, and I think that’s really special.

I could not tell whether I wanted Clarke to pull the lever or not. She already has the blood of over, what, 600 (the villages burned, the Grounders in the blast fire, Finn’s massacre) people on her hands, and now she would have killed over 300 more. She would have killed Maya. All of the people who helped (and hid) them. The innocent kids, including Lovejoy Junior. I knew she had to do it, though. She had to wipe out a civilization to save her own AND the Grounders’ (we all know the Mountain Men would not have kept up the deal). That’s why I loved what Bellamy did. He now shares the burden with Clarke, there was no “she killed them”, no “I did it for you” (*glares at Finn*), they did it together (MY PRECIOUS BABY OTP).

Now, I’ll leave that alone for a minute to talk about Jaha and Murphy. I was a little freaked out when Jaha mercilessly sentenced those two guys to their deaths, but, like with Mt. Weather, it had to be done (I guess??? Jaha’s odd). And I definitely do not blame Murphy for not wanting to follow Jaha…anyways; we all knew to be suspicious of the bachelor pad. Nothing good can ever happen to precious trash king Murphy. Honestly though, I would be perfectly content with Murphy staying at the bunker for the entirety of season three (just don’t let trash king get hurt by Ellie, the lady/hologram/AI that destroyed Earth and wants to do it again…).

Back at the mainland, something bad was going to happen. They were playing Knocking On Heaven’s Door (see above video), and that never ends well. I loved little precious Monty in his sweater, and his hug with Clarke — when I’m sad about the end, I think of that. But I liked it when Raven and Wick (stop trying to make Kyle happen, it’s not going to happen) had that bond, because they weren’t exactly together as romantically as they were in past episodes, but they seemed truly comfortable and content with each other, like the other’s presence made them better somehow (same for Kane and Abby, but that’s still just a theoretical ship).

I’ll admit that I cried when Clarke walked away. The gesture to Bellamy was nice, but that wasn’t the focus as much as what she was doing, and the choice she was making. She, by far one of the strongest female character’s I’ve seen on televison, massacred a civilization to save her people, and now she can’t see them without being reminded of what she did (“What we did” – Bellamy “Too Precious for this World, my little cinnamon bun” Blake) But, you know what they say:

Heavy lies the crown.