Was looking at gif after gif from 4x13 and like... they were so in love with each other. The look on Bellamy’s face as he waits and waits and finally realizes she’s not gonna make it is heartbreaking. He just looks so young and innocent somehow, despite everything he’s done. He’s barely keeping his head on straight the entire episode from the moment she starts saying her goodbyes. He holds out hope even after he’s closed the doors. He holds out hope until the moment they successfully reach outerspace and she’s not there.

What’s really frustrating about this season is the way it deliberately shows plot developments and then makes them irrelevant the next episode. Like Bellamy grieving an entire episode, but the next time we see him he learns Clarke’s alive and everyone believes him. Like Bellamy learning Clarke’s alive only to do nothing until Emori tells him, too. These are not things that moved the plot forward. So far, nothing has happened as a result of these events. Their only purpose is character development. They’re only about bellarke.