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yiangchen · 6 years

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I dont understand why the writers keep addressing abuse, addiction, suicide or any trauma at all when they DONT KNOW HOW TO. Also i dont understand wtf they are doing with some characters, like echo, kane, even raven, they seem so out of character or with no story at all. What do u think? It will all come together at the end like a puzzle or is it poor writing?

Bruh, I’m so with you, but I also kinda have mixed feelings because sometimes the writers handle things well and other times they don’t, which is The Most Annoying Thing.

I’m gonna break this down because there’s A Lot to this ask. (This got kinda long, so sorry in advance.)

Addiction

I don’t like Abby (haven’t liked her since she slapped Raven in s2 for no reason and never apologized), but the way they are handling her addiction storyline is gross. It’s always about someone else, and the focus is never on her. Also, the way Kane handled the situation was just…jfc that is not how you handle addicts, especially when you’re supposed to be their loved ones. (It reminded me so much of when Octagon did the same to Lincoln in s2.) Like, there’s a difference between setting emotional boundaries and belittling your loved ones.

A perfect example of this is the differences in how the writers have handled Memori versus Kbby this season, specifically the way that Emori has set emotional boundaries in contrast to how Kane has belittled Abby.

Which is why the writers confuse me so much honestly. Here they have Emori handling the situation in the right way, and the narrative supports her, but then here they have Kane handling the situation in the wrong way, and somehow, the narrative also supports him. It doesn’t make any sense.

Suicide

Yeah, they definitely did not handle this well with Jasper in s4. At all. We never got to see people reacting or for some even finding out at all about his death, and they’ve all been friends since s1. It was just really shitty.

However, I will admit that in s5, they’ve handled it a lot better. It’s been six years, but Monty is STILL struggling with Jasper’s death. We also got Clarke breaking down when she finds his suicide note, Bellamy saying he misses him, a whole scene where Monty read Jasper’s suicide note in front of Harper, Bellamy and Clarke, and Monty’s entire arc this season being inspired by Jasper.

A major theme of this season has been “breaking the cycle”, and the reason for that is JASPER. It shows that when Jasper killed himself, his story didn’t end, and that’s a really important message to send. It really seems like that, in this case, the writers have learned that last season was not how you should write a suicide storyline.

As for the way they’ve handled Clarke…that’s another story, and it kinda contradicts what I just said, WHICH IS SO FRUSTRATING. They’ve learned with Jasper, but somehow, Clarke almost kills herself and goes through so much trauma and it’s not even a fucking focus of the season? That’s bad writing. I’m sure some of what she went through will be addressed when she and Bellamy have their inevitable reconciliation because it was touched on back in 5x05, but still. Clarke should have been a focus. Not someone that falls into the background along with her trauma.

Trauma

I kinda got into this with Clarke above.

Abuse

Of all the things that piss me the fuck off about this show, this is what gets me the most heated. I really don’t understand how sometimes the writers condemn abuse and others times they excuse it.

A glaringly obvious example is the difference between how they’ve handled the Blakes in seasons 3 and 4 versus Raven and her relationship with her mother growing up. I was so happy that the narrative condemned the abuse that Raven’s mother put her through, but it also pissed me off. I know that Raven’s mother isn’t even in the story and Raven’s relationship with her is (obviously) by no means a focus of the show like the Blakes are, but that’s no excuse.

Octagon beat Bellamy bloody, and it was NEVER addressed. She emotionally and verbally abused him, and it was NEVER addressed. The narrative was framed as though Bellamy was the one who needed to wait around for Octagon’s forgiveness and not the other way around. There was just a shit ton of victim blaming excused by the narrative. Also, I will never understand how the writers can have Bellamy say, “It’s pathetic, right? She hates me, but I keep coming back for more” and somehow be completely ignorant of the fact that they are writing an abuse storyline. Somehow, they recognize abuse when it happens off screen (Raven and her mother), but when it’s right in front of their fucking faces, they are blind to it.

And don’t even get me started on Octagon being portrayed as badass and strong when she’s an abuser…

Echo

She doesn’t seem OOC to me and she does have a story this season (doing whatever it takes to protect her new family, even when they don’t agree with her methods), but I just don’t care about her at all. Her redemption would have been the most intriguing aspect to her character and they passed over all of that with the time jump.

Kane

Doesn’t seem OOC either to me, and he does have a story, but it’s the same one he always has (keeping the peace). And it’s just so boring. They should have killed him off in 5x02 instead of Jaha, who imo would have a far more intriguing relationship with Diyoza.

Raven

Don’t get me wrong, I love Zaven, but that seems like her only storyline this season. The writers haven’t given her much else to do, which sucks because Raven is always behind the scenes saving everyone’s asses, but somehow not this season?? Also, side note: it makes no sense that Echo was in charge over her when Raven is Bellamy’s second. Not Echo. So, they could have given Raven a storyline where she’s in a leadership position within her family, but instead, they gave that to Echo.

Will this all come together?

Man, I really hope so. Honestly, the only thing I have hope for is Bellamy and Clarke getting a proper reconciliation. Because Blarke is the one thing that the writers have never messed up. As for the rest, guess we’ll have to wait and see.

I also wanna binge the season sometime during the hiatus for s6. I’m 99.9% sure that things will run a lot smoother. A lot of times it just seems like it’s bad writing when really the issue is that we are watching this show episodically instead of binging it. So, we have a lot of time to dwell on something that may be addressed, resolved, etc. at the very start of the next episode.

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