the IMPACT of braven's first meeting... of bellamy clearly pondering whether to kill this stranger coming to the ground as this bringer of doom from his perspective to save himself, and being unable to. raven who comes with accusations but also absolution. the beginning of bellamy's turnabout started by this arrival. the electricity of their first meeting, and the ripple effects it has through the show, even if sometimes they aren't quite obvious.
because it was all accidental. compare it to what the writers clearly *intended* to write as the ShowTP: flarke is genuine, I think there was effort put onto it that is lacking in any other clarke ship; it connects to a playful and carefree side of her that is absent but after but even BEFORE. but most of it clearly rests on shitting on other characters (mainly raven and to a much lesser extent wells and even octavia, though thankfully she freed herself early on). it couldn't be sustained without making sure you understand how superior clarke is to other girls because it was designed that way.
braven on the other side was not designed, it was frankly something they stumbled upon (and that other writers would've jumped on the chance to use). it was not supposed to happen or to be part of the story as they first envisioned it, and ironically to me that makes it feel like it fits more seamlessly into what they ended up building once their priorities shifted.
so, yeah. their IMPACT... first meetings are very important and meet uglies are the best of them.
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My schedule’s fucked but oh well. Episode 5!
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You are going to be hard to argue with when the time comes.
It will be most unpleasant for you I'm afraid.
Me too.
1923 | "Ghost of Zebrina"
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