the queen is dead; long live the queen
Nasa is on Unsplash sharing photos from space. jsyk
Manila, 4 October—One of the shows I was terribly invested in, about half a decade or so ago, ended its seven-season run the other day. It was about this dystopic society that migrated to space after the Earth was annihilated, who then had to go back to Earth because they were running out of oxygen. But since they were unsure if the Earth is habitable, they opted to send a hundred juvenile delinquents on what could be a suicide mission back to the ground.
The rest, as they say, is history. I abandoned this show halfway through season 3 because I disagreed with a choice the creators made about the character I was most attached to. I eventually moved on to other shows, but I assure you, nothing has quite made it to my heart like Commander Lexa of The 100.
The show had been good as dead to me—until it was brought to my attention that it had killed off the main male lead in their final season. Because we loved a good drama (oh yes), we parachuted back into S07E13, not really understanding any of the things that have happened since S03E07, and watched Clarke shoot Bellamy in the chest—in my limited view, such a cruel way to go about this, considering Lexa had died from a bullet wound herself.
We hadn’t been holding our breath for the finale, either—until people started posting on social media that Lexa was in it. (READ: The 100 Series Finale Explained via Den of Geek) It wasn’t quite the endgame we wanted—this wasn’t really Lexa, not really, but an amorphous intergalactic villain that was willing to pin the guilt of the world on Clarke, but who only took on Lexa’s face because she was Clarke’s greatest love—but man, did it look so good.
After all these years, I’m still mad at the missed potential of this storyline between two complex women characters who were both in positions of power and were saddled by difficult decisions and morally grey areas—and in the midst of all that, love! Why would you throw a storyline like that!
Anyway—I am so glad we are finally free of Jason Rothenberg’s mess and that the fans can finally go and run away with this epic mic drop to end all mic drops in peace for all they want in the years and years to come.
The 100 is dead; long live The 100.
Media recs
🎬 Gaya sa Pelikula episode 2 is up! Not only is it a fake dating au—it’s also a roommate au! Definitely looking forward to more. Wish we had content for wlw, too! Universe, beke nemen.
🎙️ Super Evil: Hatched in Hell episode 1 is also out! This one’s about the rape-slay of UPLB students Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez by Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez and his henchmen in 1993.
Anyway, we end once again with my favorite meme for this week. I have never identified more intensely with anyone than I do with this singing woman in a wedding dress walking around the neighborhood and catching everything that is thrown at her—monobloc sofas and washing machines, too. What a mood.
Thank you for making it this far.
xo,
K