In the third episode of the third season of\u00c2\u00a0The 100<\/i>, the twelve clans converge on the capitol to negotiate a truce with the Sky People, and then EVERYTHING FALLS APART. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch\u00c2\u00a0The 100<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Now that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more like it. This is the show I came to adore and appreciate! The writing for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ye Who Enter Here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is brutal, uncompromising, and utterly captivating. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s discuss!<\/p>\n
Mount Weather<\/b><\/p>\n
Before we get to THE THING (which I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think is\u00c2\u00a0The<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0Thing that broke the Internet, though maybe I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m wrong?), I wanted to start with the decision to occupy Mount Weather. I think there could have been a better way to do this, so shout out to Octavia for vocalizing how\u00c2\u00a0wrong<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0it was of the Sky People \u00e2\u20ac\u201c namely the Farm Station people \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to move into Mount Weather. There was a chance for Abby to open a functioning hospital there, one that could have benefited more than just the Sky People.\u00c2\u00a0That<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0could have been a further bargaining chip not just in the initial negotiations, but in the altered plans for there to be a 13th clan.<\/p>\n
Instead, people rushed into that building to enjoy a respite from the harshness of life outdoors. They set up shop in a place that represented death and destruction to others, and they did so without any sense of self-awareness as to what they were doing. That doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t justify what happens to them, but I also think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important to acknowledge the arrogance.<\/p>\n
Of course, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s SO MUCH MORE GOING ON HERE THAN JUST THIS. I actually thought that the attack on Mount Weather was specifically orchestrated to punish the people who were using it. Oh, how na\u00c3\u00afve I was, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all.<\/p>\n
The Summit<\/b><\/p>\n
It is refreshing to me that after two full seasons of this show,\u00c2\u00a0The 100<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0can still impress me with its worldbuilding and attention to detail. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ye Who Enter Here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d provides us with the first chance to truly see inside Polis, the capitol for the Grounders and all their various clans. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a fantastic scene where Kane and Abby discuss their misconception of the world: that it had been empty before they arrived and that they were returning to repopulate it. The brilliance here, then, is that the thriving marketplace and capitol shows them that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just a small part of the machine. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a humbling moment, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s directly responsible for their willingness to compromise. This is not their world, as they once mistakably believed; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one they must share with people who\u00c2\u00a0survived<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0a nuclear apocalypse.<\/p>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why all the scenes with Abby and Kane felt so raw and real in this episode. The writers are honest about their positions in this world. Abby might be Chancellor, but she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spread too thin. Kane might want to exist on the sidelines, but he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got a knack for being a leader who is willing to compromise and empathize with others. (HOLY CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, I LOVE IT.)<\/p>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fascinating, then, to compare his style with Lexa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. Throughout this episode, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cunning, brutal, and vocal about her need to be in control. Both are effective, though Kane is more muted than Lexa in some regards. Of course, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dealing with far less than she is. LET\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S JUST BE REAL. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got the Ice Nation breathing down her neck (AKA TRYING TO KILL HER AND EVERYONE ELSE), she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got a peace to negotiate with the Sky People\u00c2\u00a0and<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0the other clans, and she has her own people to contend with. Namely: Titus, who seems to respect Lexa while also despising the direction she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s taking. He comes off as more of a traditionalist than anything else, so peace treaties are absurd to him.<\/p>\n
Yet that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the future, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it? Constant war isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t going to help either side, you know?<\/p>\n
Betrayal<\/b><\/p>\n
Except that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what the Ice Queen wants: war. She wants war because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll destabilize everyone else, allowing her and her people to take control. The alliance may have given the clans an advantage, but what if this is the thing that unravels it all?<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still a little confused about the ritual that the Ice Nation warrior went through. I wonder if that existed solely as a red herring to make us think he was in Polis or if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s part of the culture. Regardless, I feel for it. I assumed Echo was there to help. I assumed she was telling the truth! Actually\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 she technically was, wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t she? The summit was a trap. JUST FOR THE WRONG PEOPLE, JESUS CHRIST. I hope Monty\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mother survived, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m guessing that the remaining Farm Station members \u00e2\u20ac\u201c especially Pike \u00e2\u20ac\u201c will not be happy at\u00c2\u00a0all<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0with this recent development. And the Ice Queen is going to get exactly what she wants: chaos.<\/p>\n
THIS SHOW IS MESSED UP.<\/p>\n
The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ye Who Enter Here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded\u00c2\u00a0here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – I am now on Patreon<\/a>! There are various levels of support, from $1 up to whatever you want! You’ll get to read a private blog, extra reviews, and other such rewards.<\/b> In the third episode of the third season of\u00c2\u00a0The 100, the twelve clans converge on the capitol to negotiate a truce with the Sky People, and then EVERYTHING FALLS APART. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch\u00c2\u00a0The 100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[643],"tags":[644],"class_list":["post-5656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-100","tag-mark-watches-the-100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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