#slfj

the characters,  the pendulum swing on decisions, the animation of the question, the ‘psst, it’s me, im a horse’ ruby throwing sapphire up into the air

the integration of human concepts with gem concepts to enrich both

this is an episode to rewatch because yeah i expected virtual reality, and then there was a verbal hint and visual hints and a MORE blatant visual hint and then an absolutely blatant hint with the pain slider.

but the whole engagement thing??? all the dialogue did such a good job of keeping you guessing what was really going on, whether to take the world at face value or not even as i was almost sure it was virtual and even then i just couldn’t figure out what the things they said about themselves MEANT in the real world

also but holy schmoly tho those lil white head thingies, the episode i saw before this one made AWFUL use of them oh my god gods it was terrible. Black Mirror is just. a show that absolutely guts me and now???

it’s like. Charlie Brooker what the absolute of fucks

also how the fuck are these kids not all dying from hunger by now. Grouchy and feeling weak at the very least. they’ve had ONE tiny panther meal in....three days?

who’s this evil looking guy anyway (very subtle show)? murphy? the dude who doesn’t think himself a righteous leader, but just likes to pee it over people? Why does he have lackeys?

Nobody is outraged about this treatment? This black dude being harrassed has no friends who would defend him from.....??? this douche???

Jasper is already up? A few drinks of antibiotic seaweed tea and he’s from the edge of death to walking around? Edit: it’s also been a week  of rest. so he’s good as new yknow.

WHERE ARE THEY GETTING FOOD????

ok these two things are just gonna bother me endlessly i know.

Murphy just got choked with the weight of his own body for more than 10 seconds and he can use his voice???? he can shout???

I’m sorry I juST!!!!!

BELLAMY IS SUCH A DICK. I hope nobody buys his ‘oh it’s not on me and me putting raging authoritarian assholes in place which in turn breeds a culture of viiolence, noooo it was all Clarke’s fault’

FUCK YOU. You killed Murphy, you won’t stand up to the crowd when you appointed yourself their LEADER.

fuckin hell. Murphy should not be able to dance around like this. but also he has a point about justice. EH. that’s what you get when there’s no rules, then people are not equal before the law(violence). GUESS YOU SHOULDN”T HAVE BEEN SUCH A RAGING ASSHOLE. I wish the almost hanging had taken him down a peg.

Seriously Clarke now is your time to fuckking kick Murphy’s ass. Create a court procedure. that kinda thing.

SERIOUSLY. RUNNING AWAY AGAIN????? BELLAMY had one thing right CLARKE!!! MAKE SOME FUCKING ALLIES AND TAKE THE FUCK OVER. Now Bellamy’s lost power and Murphy is in charge of his ‘imma man violence hunting powa powa powa squad’. great.

YESSSS. I love how Clarke speaks fucking TRUTH. even kids need to hear that shit when they’re MURDERERS.

oh maybe Murphy is just gonna run himself into the ground looking for Charlotte. I hope so.

But back up a minute. where did those fingers come from? like. she just stabbed him in the neck right?

Unfortunately Charlotte thinks of herself as a murderer now, she looks up to Clarke and she’s gonna get herself killed because there ‘should be consequences’. Kid. KID. YA IDIOT. Why is moral compassing so hard for people? CHarlottE don’t get Bellamy killedd! you FUCKHEAD!

Murphy needs to.......how do you say. Die. dissapear?

ugh so sick and tired of this guy. sick and tired of Bellamy’s posse that he can’t control. but suddenly they don’t intervene. Because the little girl died? They were chasing her to kill her before. What a bunch of weaklings standing up for nothing damn.

BANISHMENT is a brilliant idea though. It’s like, ye we’re not executing you but basically sending you to your death. although apparently hunting is perfectly easy without any experience and only a fucking throwing knife/axe. HOW ARE PEOPLE NOT DYING OF HUNGER. Also Murphy is definitely gonna come back as a character.

Finn moved in to kiss her btw. he’s torn up about Raven thinking he’s dead + she’s going to be dead soon and then he kisses on another girl in response??? I...don’t get people.

oh wat Clarke and Finn are suddenly gonna have sex? Has Clarke ever had sex before??? I mean I don’t know that much about teenager life on the ARc but it seems pretty reserved and regulated. Clarke seemed pretty reserved and her only friend seemed to be Wells? like. she’s....17? WOW. 17. like. wow. she spent months in isolation? she seems a weirdly experienced kisser/sexer for a first timer. But srsly when the hell did she have sex before? They probably have implanted birth control though, so that’s nice.

oh wait Finn made a animal-like thingie for Clarke as well....just like Raven. huuu

also, so Clarke was like. Sometimes you shouldn’t tell people, you shouldn’t just let the people have what they want. THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. The second part is BELLAMY’s ideology that he’s been selling all over. The first is about the right to KNOW. of course the point is that you should consider what the people will do with the knowledge, that you MUST direct the response. Which Clarke did not consider. But she has a POINT. People do have a right to know. They should not be able to what they want THOUGH! BELLAMY!!!

rules exist for a reason. I wish that the crowd was less of a faceless mob and more of a group of people. not necessarily special, but PEOPLE. I wish there was a people-person amongst our leaders. where’s the hierarchy that existed IN prison? Multiple groupings would have been an interesting variation.