I think this time around, it's beyond "what we, the grounders, get in return" because the answer isn't just ending the reaping, it is maybe a final PEACE / in theory, Lexa is avoiding a war that the grounders could win (by sheer numbers) but incur a lot of death due to automatic weaponry.

New crack!headcanon around my house: Nyssa al Ghul = Lexa's mom

This could support the theory that the longer you are "under the influence" the less subtle the "numbing" of pain is … so it went from "there is no pain in the City of Light" to "there is no memory of pain in the City of Light" (does that makes sense at all?)

Clarke coming down from the sky early is really causing a glitch in the system, eh? (Also I have a bigger theory that ALIE 2.0 is protecting the grounders in all sorts of ways)

I snorted so hard at "there are turtles older than your civilization". They literally were blasted back to the stone age oooOOO

Tbh, I think a lot of his motivations have played out on screen—or at least things that would bring him guilt and trauma, depression and ptsd. Between the guilt of convincing Abby to put a whole lot of people in Mount Weather (and be blown up) and the trauma of honestly being one of the few doctors for a people who…

Did you get a better look at the whip Titus was using? Made of component cables! Someone's got a temple littered with old technology… just like a certain beach…

I think she may be presenting it as an "update" … or she is trying to destroy her own upgrade.

I think you're right (about the "plan"), and wrong on this — or we are all still naive like Monty. It's easy to say to your young, non-bloodthirsty troops "this is just an intimidation measure" but the reality is Pike knows that these villagers won't give up their homes as planned: at gun point, in the middle of the…

I think it's kind of amazing storytelling that Arkadians have become the antagonist in their own story.

If it helps, just go rewatch S1 but remove Lincoln as a peacemaker and remove the reveal that Bellamy accidentally started the war with the flare — just remember how senseless and violent the deaths were and how fearful of being slaughtered the kids were

I don't think she was poisoning, they were collecting water and soil samples to see what territory they should take over. I think it's pretty clear (based on this episode) that Skaikru / Farm Station Arkadians lack the same deep knowledge as the grounders who have lived and thrived (survived) on earth since the bombs.…

forever cried the most in the aftermath of the train crash when they separated the two people off the pole. ooooof

Asked the angry gf about aquaponics etc - she said they'd need like pvc piping and a bell siphon so really they should be more than managing.

Listen, I too am looking forward to the gay boy kisses. But Miller isn't a main character so honestly, I'm not surprised we didn't get a major kiss from him and his barely in the episode—missing from Miller's life and the show for months—boyfriend. If, you know, we had ladylady kisses every single episode, it'd be a…

(plus, you know, rules about only have 1 baby)

It's a little Eternal Sunshine, in that regard, but I'm not sure if that fully clicked for Jasper in that moment (I never know if I am under or overestimating him). I think it all depends on how deeply rooted that pain really is. I loved how you worded it earlier, a colonization of the brain stem. Jaha sent his son to…

yes!!!!! That's my theory too: fleimkepa = firewall

yeah they're all a bunch of gays

I thought it might be because 1) Miller was covered in grime from "losing the horse", and 2) because maybe they aren't as close with each other after all these months … that being said, maybe it's just me, but not all couples kiss goodbye, especially if they're comfy enough in their relationship that PDA isn't a…