[38], Debnam-Carey thanked Lexa's creators, and said, "It has been an honour to portray [Lexa]. Clarke, now a Nightblood after harvesting Luna's bone marrow, tried to become the new Commander so as to unite the warring clans once again in the face of the impending Second Nuclear Apocalypse. [19] The kiss was trending on Twitter after it aired, and many fans created artwork of the characters and couple as the series progressed;[6][19] others engaged in cosplay of Lexa (dressing up like the character), with some receiving input from Debnam-Carey and Rothenberg. '"[28] Mariya Karimjee of Vulture viewed "the hurt and confusion that washed across Eliza Taylor's face" during the betrayal as "one of the most powerful performances" she had seen on the show and said the heavy, emotional struggle came from both characters, with Clarke realizing "Lexa is the only person who understands her". The War Against A.L.I.E. It is only compatible with Nightbloods. Clarke is reluctant to leave so many others to die but agrees Lexa is right and the two secretly escape. [7] He later said "Lexa was definitely smitten—like love at first sight, probably", but maintained it took longer for Clarke to develop romantic feelings for Lexa. After decades of isolation, Mount Weather was thought to be the last surviving human stronghold. Some have argued that this stifles creativity and the freedom to develop characters and stories, while others have welcomed the debate, even if they have not signed the pledge. Their numbers have dwindled to 63 due to conflict with the community called Ice Nation and they accept Kane's offer to come to Arkadia, where the other Sky People live. [21] Show creator Rothenberg said labels and gender are not a factor in the series, which Debnam-Carey viewed as true to the story. [31][32] This resulted in a rivalry between the fanbases. Speaking to everyone, Lexa orders the armies not to attack, but instead make a perimeter around Arkadia and says that any Sky Person found past the five-mile buffer will be killed. Commander The Flame is passed from Commander to Commander. Enjoy it ! [22] Rothenberg said Clarke would eventually come to terms with the likelihood that, if she had been in a similar position as Lexa, she would have done the same thing: Protect her own people at all costs. [7], Debnam-Carey viewed the betrayal as a relief and release for herself as an actor, and as a "very honest" and "open" moment for Lexa. They have also "taken characteristics from each other", with Lexa becoming more trusting and learning that love can be empowering, and Clarke becoming more ruthless. [1][2] As Commander, Lexa led the Coalition in wars against the Mountain Men, Reapers and Sky People. [3] Debnam-Carey was allowed to continue work on both shows. It is loosely based on a 2013 book of the same name, the first in a book series by Kass Morgan. May 25, 2015 - It looks like Clarke is teaming up with the Grounders to take down Mount Weather in The 100 season 2, episode 7! Gustus confesses and Lexa kills him. [...] They share a connection on an emotional level, a romantic level, and they recognize the burden of responsibility that they each have taken on". Clarke takes one of ALIE's chips and enters the city to stop ALIE from within. Two years after the first Nuclear Apocalypse, Becca Franko completed her latest AI invention, A.L.I.E. Return To Characters Page Grounder characters on The 100. The activism that goes on online is [very] important". The Grounders established a tradition in which whoever took on Becca's spirit (a.k.a. She ultimately decides to let Lexa banish him. referring to saving their people from Praimfaya. Later, Titus is against Clarke staying, believing she further endangers Lexa's life. Portrayed by Eliza Taylor, Clarke Griffin is the daughter of Abigail Griffin and Jake Griffin, and the effective leader of the 100 for much of the series. As they wait for the deadly fog to clear, Lexa informs Clarke she does trust her and will no longer try to hurt Octavia. They escape but become temporarily trapped in its cage. Though she starts to show romantic feelings for Clarke Griffin (leader of the Sky People) and takes Clarke's views into consideration, Lexa puts her people first, even at the expense of losing Clarke's trust. Sheidheda subsequently defeated Indra in a single combat challenge and became the new Commander of Wonkru. Here are all the spoilers to do with the upcoming episodes. [16][19] Debnam-Carey said the characters progression from being allies to becoming romantic "stems from a connection that they both share—which is similar experiences and similar positions" in that they are "both very young leaders with great authority, a lot of responsibility. It is representative of the world that we live in today, but it also doesn't make it out to be this statement—it's not a social/cultural statement", she said. "[She] is going to have to figure out how to compartmentalize, the way that all of us have to do in the real world when people are suddenly and tragically taken away from us", he added. Clarke figures out a way to escape and also has an idea about freeing the Grounders inside Mount Weather to help fight the Mountain Men. Sheidheda compares himself to Lexa, stating that they were both killed by their Flamekeepers who were afraid of their ideas. The Eligius Prisoners pledge their loyalty to Sheidheda. Aug 30, 2016 - Explore Megan Scott's board "The 100: Grounders" on Pinterest. [3][8], With Debnam-Carey's limited role on the series, Rothenberg contemplated how best to continue or end Lexa's story. Ryan felt Lexa "does not suffer fools gladly, yet Debnam-Carey made Lexa's vulnerability and her attraction to Clarke Griffin (Eliza Taylor) not just believable, but engrossing". Clarke believes Lexa only wants this because her (Clarke's) defeat of the Mountain Men has made Lexa look weak. She said when the chance to portray Lexa presented itself, she was excited because of the quality of the show and its actors, and because the character allowed for a multifaceted dynamic; this resulted in Lexa being the character she has favored portraying thus far. Following the Damocles Event, Wonkru and the Eligius Prisoners left Earth and found a new home in Sanctum. Clarke and Lexa are a tangle of emotions and motivations. Type Lexa was not expecting Clarke to win, and to subsequently become a legend. The Commander was the highest-ranking Grounder and, at some point or another, had been the absolute leader of the Coalition, Wonkru and the Eligius Prisoners. When Lexa refuses clemency, Clarke asks if she can say goodbye to Finn. Later, Clarke goes into Lexa's room and realizes she is saying goodbye. "That was kind of the theme of the entire season, which was how far can you go and still be the good guy in order to save your people. They have a lot of expectations riding on them". Lexa has been well received by critics and fans, who consider her to be one of the show's more interesting and complex characters. Clarke finds and kills the spotter with Lincoln's help, and realizes the spotter's lack of a hazmat suit means the Mountain Men have started harvesting her friends. In "Fog of War", two days after a massacre, mechanic and explosives expert Raven discovers Mount Weather has jammed communications, preventing them from reaching out to other potential survivors from the Ark (a ship that held descendants of humans who survived the nuclear apocalypse 97 years before). She was placed in a position where suddenly she was forced to make a lot of hard choices that most people never have to make, no matter what their age is. She does not think Lexa was preoccupied with the repercussions. [18], Lexa is the first Grounder leader to seek peace, which Debnam-Carey described as "somewhat difficult" for the other Grounders to understand because of their "rough and aggressive" culture; she is also "the first person to unite the 12 clans and to actually have the option of an alliance". But maybe eventually, Alica will be able to have her own kind of power". Overcoming both guards, Clarke escape… Clarke kisses her and they have sex. Jaha and Kane, two former leaders of the Ark, are told that one of them must kill the other to have even a chance at speaking with the commander of the Grounders. "She was probably—master strategist that she is—thinking several moves ahead. Online stated with regard to season 2, "People who want to see Bellamy (Bob Morley) and Clarke (Eliza Taylor) get together—ahem, in every sense of the word—have had to suffer through a full season in which they were actually separated for pretty much the entire time". She was augmented to carry an AI (the Flame). In this city, the minds of those who have died live on. Discussing the situation, Titus wants Lexa to destroy the thirteenth clan while Clarke thinks they just need time to take out Pike from the inside. In the series finale, the fact that the Judge took on Lexa's form served to confirm that Lexa was in fact Clarke's greatest love. ", "The 100: Alycia Debnam-Carey on Lexa's Feelings for Clarke, Her History and More", "7 things every post-apocalyptic YA show can learn from The 100", "Variety Expands TV Team with Maureen Ryan", "TV's Apocalypse Specialist Learns To 'Fear The Walking Dead, "Apparently its Commander Lexa Cosplay Day on Twitter! Feb 4, 2021 - Explore Gracieobenschain's board "The 100 grounders" on Pinterest. [51] She emphasized Lexa's death never came from a place of hate or negativity from the writers or Rothenberg, or anyone in the crew, and the death was purely a creative decision made due to her obligations to Fear the Walking Dead. She goes back to help survivors, while Lexa and Clarke set off to find and kill the spotter who called in the strike. Lexa, and her relationship with Clarke, have been well received by critics and fans. "I've said this many times before and I'll say it again here", he added, "a good costume makes a good actor a great one. Jan 29, 2017 - the-100-season-2-photos (3) Pinterest Today Explore Log in Sign up Visit Article from tvline.com The 100 Season 2 Finale Photos Visit the post for more. The Flamekeeper uses scouts to find Nightbloods. Roan has Emerson, the last Mountain Man, delivered to Clarke; she must decide his fate. Lexa is a fictional character from the American post-apocalyptic science fiction television series The 100, produced by The CW. Club's Kyle Fowle felt that while "it's certainly frustrating to see one of TV's prominent lesbian characters written off so hastily", the show made Lexa's death mean something. [47], Rothenberg said he had not always planned on killing Lexa, but the fact that Debnam-Carey was simultaneously on another show (Fear the Walking Dead), and was therefore unlikely to ever become a series regular on The 100, he felt use of the character would be limited or absent in the future. I had no idea. It was the first time I realized I was a figure for that community", said Debnam-Carey. With Ontari dead, King Roan of Azgeda became the acting head of the Coalition until a new Commander could be found. Octavia, however, was not considered a Commander because she was not a Nightblood and therefore could not bear the Flame. Club's Kyle Fowle reasoned that Lexa's resolve while facing the reality of protecting the Sky People, the 13th clan, while risking an uprising from the other clans and her own people "is exactly what makes her one of the better characters on TV". Season 2 S2, Ep1 22 Oct. 2014 The 48 8.4 (4,162) 0 Rate 1 Rate 2 Rate 3 Rate 4 Rate 5 Rate 6 Rate 7 Rate 8 Rate 9 Rate 10 Rate 0 Error: please try again. [...] Here are two young women, leading their people to salvation or at least as close to salvation as they can get". In the end, Clarke cannot do it and Lexa apologizes for her betrayal. Lexa is "brutal and she's a pragmatist, but not out of unkindness. After a group of survivors finds the communications tower, they are forced to split and take shelter from an acid fog. In "Watch the Thrones", in a fight to the death for the right to the throne, Queen Nia chooses her son Roan to fight Lexa. The Commanders use these to gain knowledge and wisdom on how to lead their people. "The commander A.I. The recurring television character (portrayed by Alycia Debnam-Carey) does not appear in the books on which the series is based. [52] At her second Q&A panel weekend at Copenhagen Comic-Con, she said, "It saddens me to think that this was an event that tarnished the show". The title "Commander" originated from the badge on Cole McAdams' spacesuit that Becca was wearing when she descended back to Earth and came into contact with the Second Dawn survivors. As Titus (Lexa's right-hand man and former mentor) wants Lexa to kill Clarke because he feels that Clarke has weakened her reputation, Roan suggests that Clarke kill Lexa. led Clarke to try to make first Luna, the only other known Nightblood, and then reluctantly Ontari into a Commander to defeat A.L.I.E. He said she did as much in the season 2 finale. Clarke catches Lexa as she falls and they take her to the bed. She says her fight is over and that Clarke was right that life should be about more than just surviving. On the way, Clarke is haunted by visions of Finn. [40], "Five plot developments in 'The 100′ book series that will blow TV show fans' minds", "Channel Surfing #260: The 100 Showrunner Jason Rothenberg Guests", "Alycia Debnam-Carey on 'The 100' Return: a Lexa, Bellamy and Clarke Love Triangle 'Would Be Ferocious, "Alycia Debnam-Carey on 'Dramatic Shift' to 'Fear the Walking Dead' From 'The 100': I Have No Weapons, No Power! [36] The "bury your gays" trope rose to a national debate,[40][41][42] and the international fan-led initiatives "Lexa Deserved Better" and "LGBT Fans Deserve Better" emerged, initially dominating Twitter. Before Lexa sacrifices herself to get Clarke to safety, Clarke tells Lexa that she loves her. [4] Rothenberg said he would have done the same had it been the other way around, with creators asking to borrow one of his actors, and he would have done his best to make the situation work. Before her death, Becca entrusted Callie with finding the next host for the Flame, thus starting the Flamekeeper tradition. Through the Flame, the new Commander gets dreams / flashbacks and hears voices of the past Commanders. Emerson, the last survivor of Mount Weather, is revealed to be alive. No, I heard it was 10,000 people!' Associated Groups For Clarke, her greatest love was Lexa so the Judge took on her form, solidifying in the series Lexa is Clarke's greatest love. To Debnam-Carey, "any attention we can draw to a movement like that is an amazing thing, and is a great thing to pursue and keep working towards". Now those cards are back on the table, if she wants to restart an alliance or whatever else".[18]. As part of the rites of Ascension for a new Commander, they are required to recite the lineage of past Commanders. It's one of the first shows that really has two characters in the cast that are gender and sexually fluid and embraces that. The belief among Grounders is that the Commander's spirit (in fact the AI chip of A.L.I.E. After becoming a Nightblood, Clarke attempted to claim the title and the Flame, but was rejected by the Grounders due to the artificial source of her Nightblood. [...]". Skaikru's champion, Octavia Blake, won and invited the remaining 12 clans (Floukru were extinct following the Final Conclave) to share the bunker. In a moment of distress, Clarke subconsciously calls upon Lexa to help her. [1] To this point, Rothenberg had Clarke have sex with a different woman in season 3 (while parted from Lexa) to make it clear that Clarke is bisexual, ensuring she would be viewed as a lead LGBT character. Semet is angry at this and attempts to kill Lexa, but is stopped by Titus who kills him. [35], Selina Wilken of Hypable.com appreciated that the show had "subtly introduced [its] first queer character" and that it is free of the other "big issues in today's society", like gender stereotyping, racism or misogyny, but felt the writers had been heteronormative with their romances before that point, which she characterized as "bizarre" for "an imagined future where marginalization" no longer exists. In "Spacewalker", Clarke returns to camp and tells them the Grounders will cease their attack if they are given Finn, who is the one who massacred a number of their people. Not much is known about the early history of the Commanders after that. [25], The fan outcry and discussions over Lexa's death led several screenwriters and producers to sign the Lexa Pledge, promising to treat gay and lesbian characters with consideration of their emotional and cultural impact. Unlike Rothenberg, Debnam-Carey felt "[Lexa] always knew [Clarke] was going to [survive]. [6][16] This was significantly exacerbated by the death of her girlfriend, Costia; the anger, grief and subsequent dissipation of the grief hardened Lexa further. Bellamy and Clarke! ! She notes that the Grounder ways are just focused on survival. The Grounders believed that the Flame held the "Spirit of the Commander" and that the Spirit helped to choose and guide the next Commander. 2.0. ASAP. [8] In 2015, two commander jackets were described as being "made out of leather, metal, and fur". When asked if she knew she had that much of an impact on the LGBT community, Debnam-Carey commented, "Not that much, no, that's amazing". So Lexa dying became a very tragic necessity". "Certainly it means that her alliance now no longer has a real reason to be held together. I will miss her. Since the Flame was only compatible with Nightbloods, they were the only ones who could become true Commanders. And I love that! [19] "I was on Instagram or something and I checked my tagged photos, and I realized that suddenly they were all LGBT artwork. When he chose to kill her off, this resulted in much animosity among the fanbase, with viewers and critics (especially those who were upset or confused by the decision) debating whether she was killed off for being lesbian, and whether she was killed off the right way; many also felt the decision was a blow or slight to the LGBT community because of the view that it reinforced the "dead lesbian syndrome" (or "bury your gays") trope, which posits that a lesbian couple (or other same-sex couple) on television or in film can never be happy for long, if at all, because one or both of them will soon die. The 100 (pronounced The Hundred [2]) is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama television series that premiered on March 19, 2014, on The CW and ended on September 30, 2020. Part of the group continue to search for Clarke, who has been on the run for three months due to now being a legend and subsequent target because of her defeat of the Mountain Men after Lexa's betrayal. Inside Mount Weather, Jasper (a friend of Clarke's) and the others fight back and find refuge with those in Mount Weather who do not agree with Wallace or Cage. [43], Trish Bendix of AfterEllen.com, on the other hand, challenged the outrage, stating that while LGBT visibility matters, fictional characters of color (including transgender characters of color) do not get a tenth of the attention that white television characters do. [24] Hypable.com's Selina Wilken said that she was "one of the best and, yes, most divisive characters in recent TV history". Clarke and Indra attempted to share command of the clan at first before Indra took over fully; however, they struggled to get the clan to follow them as they were not Commanders. https://the100.fandom.com/wiki/Commander?oldid=230081, The gold emblem worn on the foreheads of Commanders such as Lexa and, The shoulder guard and red sash worn by Commanders such as Lexa and Madi, as well as false Commanders such as, Even before taking the Flame, she was given the title of. - Leskru WW's fundraising page for The Trevor Project", "Why the best episode of The 100's third season has also thrown its fandom into chaos", "Why the Controversial Death on 'The 100' Matters", "The 100 Boss Breaks Down That Heartbreaking Twist and Shocking Reveal", "Opinion: A Few More Thoughts on The 100's Lexa", "Bury Your Gays: TV Writers Tackle Trope, the Lexa Pledge and Offer Advice to Showrunners", "Even though she was killed halfway through it, Lexa and the discussion surrounding her death were the most significant parts of 'The 100's third season", "TV keeps killing off lesbian characters. Lexa realizes she is going to die and tells Clarke not to be afraid. Clarke stops the attempted murder. Debnam-Carey said "it's in [Lexa's] blood" to put her people first because they "are so close to her, that's what she's been groomed to be. Despite Octavia's initial efforts to remain in power, Madi was given the Flame and ascended with the help of the Flamekeeper Gaia. "The journey is long, and eventually we'll be able to tell that story in all its glory". It's a wonderful thing to be a part of. The Flame is how every new Commander is chosen, with each new Commander becoming a part of the Flame. Madi was succeeded by a resurrected Sheidheda and upon his death, the reign of the Commanders came to an end. ), the shocking deaths of multiple main characters, and amounts of blood and gore you wouldn't expect to be approved on network TV. Meanwhile, Queen Nia of Azgeda plotted to overthrow Lexa and replace her with an Azgeda Nightblood named Ontari.

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