#paralllels

(All Too Well 10 Minute Version)

Just twin fire signs, four blue eyes

I actually think that they are going to go BEYOND a full on parallel with c/f/r and c/b/e into a resolution fo the princess mechanic conflict that has lasted SINCE c/f/r. 

It’s one of the reasons that I know c/b/e is ending. Because c/b/e parallels c/f/r, and raven doesn’t forgive clarke, and chances are that she will bring up clarke’s continuing tendency to make other girl’s boyfriends fall in love with her, because raven can be bitchy and she’s already said stuff about bellamy and gina and clarke, and clarke never even MET gina. She wasn’t there. Like it was a plot point. 

and it’s back to being a plot point. even if c/b/e isn’t contentious and echo bows out, it’s still going to feed raven’s resentment of clarke. because she did it again. breaking up another couple. but clarke never did that. not with finn and raven and not with gina and bellamy. she stayed out of it as much as she could, or wasn’t involved at all. same with b/e

and more. if raven reflects on it, she’ll come to realize that if there IS a parallel of c/b/e and c/f/r, it’s actually e/b/c. Echo is the new girl who gets the guy to fall for her, and Clarke is the old love who was left for dead. Clarke is not doing it again. Clarke is in Raven’s place this time. 

If we see a parallel of c/b/e and c/f/r, I’m afraid it’s not going to be ABOUT c/b/e at all. I think it will be about RAVEN and princess mechanic. Because raven has always told clarke she was responsible and to do her job and to decide who lives or dies, and then she’s angry at her when she is responsible and does her job and decides who lives and dies. And she’s never forgiven Clarke for killing Finn, despite it being the best option left to them. 

So.

Yes. There is a parallel and I think yes it will be important.

But in a whole crazy swerve to the shipping community, I don’t think it’s going to be about the love triangle at all, but rather about Raven’s redemption, her forgiveness of Clarke, and will be the final piece in bringing Clarke back into the family.