#similarly.... bellarkes did set themselves up for disappointment when they chose not to believe the showrunner about it being platonic 24/7

[the100isracist]

Idk if yall are still active but I just eagerly quit this show around early season two. I was kinda hate watching the whole way, but I started googling spoilers when I saw how fucked they were being to Lincoln and Raven (and more, but they’re my faves). Do you have any show recs that are similar with the shows “building a new civilization after tragedy” (minus the colonization and racism etc)

hey!

i actually binged the entire show recently and i can confidently say it was not as groundbreaking or cool as the showrunner believed. the first 2 seasons were incredible but it just devolved into a mess and the ending was so dark and horrifying. also the fandom was completely unhinged and did not need to act the way they did 😭

onto your question: yes!!!! battlestar galactica is what inspired me to watch the 100 in the first place. it very much shares the themes of mass tragedy, civilizational warfare, living in space, seeking a new home, and humanity fighting for survival without losing its soul. start with the 2003 miniseries (a three hour pilot) tho or it might be confusing. it also has diversity without the weird racist tones of the 100's diversity, although the cast is a lot whiter. the 100 has also obviously borrowed a lot of concepts and terms from it but i don't want to spoil you. all in all, it is one of the best shows i have ever watched and it delivers until its very last second.

lost in space is also quite cool. and i have heard good things about the expanse! another show that shares some themes (without the space element) is the society - very fascinating

#i have also changed my mind on a few things rewatching as a full blown adult without any fandom influences #octavia - not abusive until her annoying blodreina shit but she was traumatized whatever #clarke - yes manipulative but she really believed she was doing it for everyones good and was the first to let herself suffer for others #no one was perfect ever #everyone fucked up hard and the fandom's insistence on making everything black and white was so toxic #it was just more complex than teen stans could stomach #for example. bellamy killing the sleeping army was wrong. but for clexas to extrapolate that grounders = natives and skypeople = colonizers #girls what??? lol #and similarly the insistence that bellamy is a white man so could feel better hating him?? soooo ridiculous #similarly.... bellarkes did set themselves up for disappointment when they chose not to believe the showrunner about it being platonic 24/7 #and lexa was really never bad like even when she left their asses to die i get why... people were just mad about clexa #all this to say everyone would be better off if they watched it with a more rational neutral detached lens and didnt make it about idpol #this includes me lol #the racism was real the homophobia was real and the fans amplified both to insane degrees #the end!