{"id":65538,"date":"2020-09-12T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-100s-shocking-character-death-felt-wrong-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2020-09-12T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T15:00:00","slug":"the-100s-shocking-character-death-felt-wrong-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-100s-shocking-character-death-felt-wrong-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;The 100&#8217;s Shocking Character Death Felt Wrong \u2014 Here&#8217;s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2829f9a1229\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2829f9a1229\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-100s-shocking-character-death-felt-wrong-heres-why\/#Complicated_Thematic_Significance\" >Complicated Thematic Significance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-100s-shocking-character-death-felt-wrong-heres-why\/#No_Overall_Ties_to_the_Shows_Themes_or_to_Bellamys_Character\" >No Overall Ties to the Show\u2019s Themes or to Bellamy\u2019s Character<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-100s-shocking-character-death-felt-wrong-heres-why\/#It_Diminishes_the_Shows_Rewatch_Value\" >It Diminishes the Show\u2019s Rewatch Value<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-100s-shocking-character-death-felt-wrong-heres-why\/#It_Taints_One_of_the_Shows_Central_Relationships\" >It Taints One of the Show\u2019s Central Relationships<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-100s-shocking-character-death-felt-wrong-heres-why\/#Where_Does_The_100_Go_From_Here\" >Where Does The 100 Go From Here?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;The 100&#8217;s Shocking Character Death Felt Wrong \u2014 Here&#8217;s Why<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><strong>[WARNING: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for <em>The 100<\/em> Season 7 Episode 13, \u201cBlood Giant.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a few seconds after <em>The 100<\/em>\u2019s latest episode aired, I\u2014and many viewers, I\u2019d imagine\u2014was left staring blankly at my TV screen, wondering what on Earth (or rather, Sanctum) had just h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened. And if any of it was real.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, this is not a show known for being happy and fluffy. Quite the opposite. Characters, many of them beloved by fans, go out in horrific and tragic ways. But even if their deaths didn\u2019t fit their characters\u2014i.e. Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey) and that infamous stray bullet\u2014their ends felt significant.<\/p>\n<p>Bellamy Blake\u2019s (Bob Morley) did not. It wasn\u2019t so much that Bellamy died, though, as <em>how<\/em> he died\u2026 and what it means for the show, its relationships and the story it\u2019s been telling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_944927\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"the 100 season 7 episode 10 etherea bob morley bellamy blake\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-944927\" height=\"1354\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the-100-710-etherea-bellamy-2.jpg\"  width=\"2028\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-944927\">(Dean Buscher\/The CW)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Complicated_Thematic_Significance\"><\/span><strong>Complicated Thematic Significance<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>So, let\u2019s say Bellamy was right. Transcendence is real, and he really did see evidence of it in the cave, and Clarke and her friends come to realize they should\u2019ve listened to him. That would posthumously give him a redemption arc many thought he\u2019d have before his death, but it\u2019d still feel wrong\u2014after all, the character in question isn\u2019t around to be redeemed, unless we\u2019re given some kind of \u201cafterlife\u201d sequence.<\/p>\n<p>Verifying transcendence also comes with another problem in that it proves not only Bellamy right, but also Cadogan (John Pyper-Ferguson). There\u2019s something off-putting about the idea of this show proving a narcissistic cult leader correct in the end, especially after he left his wife to die in the backdoor prequel pilot and burned a woman at the stake.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, for Bellamy to \u201cearn\u201d redemption from the grave or for his death to be meaningful in a way that saves his character arc, Cadogan has to be at least partially onto something with his blathering about \u201csaving everyone.\u201d Otherwise, Bellamy\u2019s death\u2014or at least, his convictions behind it\u2014were about as meaningless to the overall plot as ALIE uploading herself to the remains of The Ark in Season 3.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_944922\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"the 100 bellamy blake bob morley\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-944922\" height=\"1118\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the-100-bellamy-best-moments-5.png\"  width=\"2028\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-944922\">(The CW)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_Overall_Ties_to_the_Shows_Themes_or_to_Bellamys_Character\"><\/span><strong>No Overall Ties to the Show\u2019s Themes or to Bellamy\u2019s Character<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Say what you will about Lexa or Lincoln (Ricky Whittle) or Jasper\u2019s (Devon Bostick) ends: They did, when all was said and done, tie to <em>The 100<\/em>\u2019s greater messages. Lexa\u2019s realization that life should be about more than just surviving has long been a point this show has driven home. Lincoln\u2019s sacrifice offered his powerful last words: \u201cmay we meet again,\u201d yet another show slogan, in Trigedasleng, the show\u2019s grounder language. Jasper\u2019s death offered a controversial, heartbreaking message: that when post-apocalyptic life is only pain and surviving and torture, death is the option that, for better or worse, some who abhor extreme violence might choose.<\/p>\n<p>Other characters have died in ways that felt poetic and true to their natures. Monty (Chris Larkin) and Harper (Chelsey Reist) chose to stay awake when everyone else was in cryo-sleep and have a full, peaceful life; that tracked with Monty\u2019s continual desire to break the cycle of violence in which he and his friends had become trapped. Kane (Henry Ian Cusick) died mostly for his morals after realizing he was inhabiting a different body under horrifically false pretenses, which, while jarring, was a very Kane thing to do. It made sense, given how motivated he\u2019d always been to do the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>What does Bellamy\u2019s death say? That sometimes, cult leaders are right? That turning one\u2019s back on one\u2019s family and friends, even if they\u2019ve been your motivation throughout your life, is acceptable if you\u2019ve seen \u201cthe light?\u201d Granted, we still have three episodes left, so it\u2019s possible the significance of his final moments is yet to come. But as it stands, Bellamy\u2019s death rings of shock value rather than narrative weight. He didn\u2019t even have meaningful last words, like Lexa, Lincoln, or Jasper, and he died a villain to those he loved and sacrificed for, again and again, throughout the show. That stings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_944920\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"the 100 bellamy blake bob morley\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-944920\" height=\"1077\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the-100-bellamy-best-moments-4-1.png\"  width=\"2028\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-944920\">(The CW)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_Diminishes_the_Shows_Rewatch_Value\"><\/span><strong>It Diminishes the Show\u2019s Rewatch Value<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The closest parallel to draw here might be to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> of Thrones<\/em>, which did something very similar with a character that had much in common with Bellamy: Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke). Dany\u2019s rapid descent from benevolent leader to murderous tyrant was explained in the span of two episodes, while her time on the \u201cgood side\u201d lasted seven whole seasons; and yet, now it\u2019s hard to see her as anything but the \u201cMad Queen\u201d who burned the population of King\u2019s Landing alive. Since the narrative spends so much time setting her up as a hero, it\u2019s nearly impossible to watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> over again. We\u2019re not rooting for her on the second time through because we know how her story ends and who she becomes, but the show wants us to cheer her on in those early seasons. That creates a disconnect.<\/p>\n<p>The same might be said for Bellamy\u2019s death. <em>The 100<\/em> spent plenty of time setting Bellamy up as the \u201cgood guy,\u201d although he did do bad things\u2014but they were things he regretted deeply and wanted to atone for. His journey from arrogant anarchist to respectable leader is one of the show\u2019s most engrossing arcs aside from John Murphy (Richard Harmon), but in the end, it feels meaningless because his arc this season was rushed and his death had few ties to the narrative themes of the show and his character. Will we feel as invested in his inner turmoil, his triumphs and heartbreaks, when we know his story ends with him on \u201cthe dark side\u201d and a bullet in his heart, courtesy of his best friend? No. And speaking of Clarke\u2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_802297\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Blood of Sanctum\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-802297\" height=\"1352\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/HUN613b_0297b.jpg\"  width=\"2028\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-802297\">(Diyah Pera\/The CW)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_Taints_One_of_the_Shows_Central_Relationships\"><\/span><strong>It Taints One of the Show\u2019s Central Relationships<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Whether or not you wanted to see them end up together romantically, there\u2019s no denying that Bellamy and Clarke\u2019s relationship was one of the pillars holding <em>The 100<\/em> upright. No matter how many times they betrayed each other, fought, ended up on opposite sides of a conflict, or left each other to die, they always gravitated back into the other person\u2019s orbit with an offer of forgiveness. \u201cSoulmate\u201d\u2014platonic, romantic, however you saw it\u2014seemed a fitting word for them.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing them go from enemies to friends to family throughout the seasons is another of <em>The 100<\/em>\u2019s key plot points, and it\u2019s hard, now, to watch their emotional scenes as the narrative wants viewers to see them. What was the point of \u201ctogether\u201d as they irradiated Mount Weather? What was the point of Bellamy bringing Clarke back to life, and the utterance of the phrase, \u201cthe head and the heart?\u201d What was the point of Clarke calling him every day for years, or saying she\u2019d never forget that they were family again?<\/p>\n<p>Sure, killing him to save Madi (Lola Flanery) wasn\u2019t out of character for Wanheda; she\u2019d left Bellamy to die before, after he played a key role in putting The Flame in her daughter\u2019s head. But that was a temporary plot point their relationship overcame, and she clearly regretted it. This is permanent. Knowing one of the show\u2019s most integral partnerships ends with one half putting a bullet in the other half\u2019s chest removes the unique magnetism and charm from said partnership\u2014one that had been meticulously built up over 96 episodes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_944357\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"the 100 season 7 episode 10 a little sacrifice clarke eliza taylor\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-944357\" height=\"1354\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the-100-clarke-710-1.jpg\"  width=\"2028\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-944357\">(Dean Buscher\/The CW)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_Does_The_100_Go_From_Here\"><\/span><strong>Where Does <em>The 100<\/em> Go From Here?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Assuming Bellamy\u2019s dead-dead and Clarke wasn\u2019t suffering some weird side effects from the Red Sun toxin\u2014or that he\u2019s not spirited back to Bardo for an emergency medical procedure\u2014<em>The 100<\/em> has complicated its character relationships and themes in an irreversible and unpleasant way as it moves into its final episodes.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll be intriguing to see whether Echo (Tasya Teles) and Octavia (Marie Avgeropoulos) react with anger or acceptance once the truth about what Clarke did is revealed. Octavia, likely the latter, since she had that conversation about \u201cunderstanding Clarke\u201d earlier this season as a result of her time spent caring for Hope. Echo\u2019s more of a wild card, but given how Bellamy basically broke things off with her before his death, maybe she\u2019ll fall under the \u201cacceptance\u201d category, too. Either that, or she\u2019ll kill Clarke, or Clarke will kill her and then die from wounds sustained fighting Echo. Or, Clarke\u2019s already taking the Final Test and has been for the whole show, and in the end, she\u2019ll pass\u2014but she\u2019ll choose to go back to the beginning and \u201cdo better,\u201d thus bringing significance to the infinity symbol the show keeps returning to: an endless loop of violence and yearning to overcome humanity\u2019s inescapable darkness. It\u2019s hard to say what the endgame is.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I doubt Clarke survives the show, whether or not one of Bellamy\u2019s loved ones ends her life. \u201cThe head and the heart\u201d was a strong Bellamy-Clarke theme throughout the show, and how does the head survive when the heart stops beating? It doesn\u2019t. In the end, it\u2019s not that Bellamy died\u2014it\u2019s the fact that he died this way, with his final moments feeling out of character and abrupt. His end felt like a footnote in a season more uneven than any that preceded it. 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