bellamyblakeprotectionsquad2k16:

asweetdeception:

I’m sorry…I have been pretty understanding and sometimes supportive of Cl/xa’s relationship, but rewatching the show is really putting into perspective for me how absolutely unhealthy their relationship was. What L did at MW was such a huge betrayal and dick move overall to begin with, but if you look at the relationship on a macro level, L had her army attack the 100 when they first landed because she didn’t need them, then Clarke convinced her that they had to work together so she suddenly welcomed Sky People into an alliance and used their resources to attack MW. The only reason she was able to get to MW was Sky People. They did all the leg work, all L did was give fancy speeches and bring an army that never even did anything. Then, after using Sky People to get their, when she was given an option to save her people and basically screw Sky People over, she chose that and left them to die because she didn’t need them anymore. Then, she didn’t give two fucks about anything until 3 months later when Azgeda started moving against her and the legend of Wanheda came into play. Now suddenly she was weak and needed Clarke again so she sent Roan after her and had her kidnapped. When Clarke confronted her, she tried to convince Clarke that Clarke’s anger at her wasn’t validated and that Clarke would have done the same thing (even though we know that she wouldn’t have), when Clarke didn’t fall for it, she basically said “okay get over it, you can’t dwell on the past” and told her that she had to bow in front of her and become the 13th clan to save her people. 

It’s basically a cycle of L needs Clarke/Sky People and uses her/them but then when she doesn’t need them anymore she fucks them over and leaves them to rot and then when she needs something again she comes back to them and tells them that they have to help her or they’ll be in trouble and if they do anything to hurt her (300 grounder massacre) it takes her 2 seconds to want to kill them all. Just the power dynamics of the relationship are so off, it’s freaking me out just thinking about it. I can’t believe the writers and media tried to pass this off as a revolutionary, healthy relationship.

Your last paragraph actually perfectly encapsulates an abusive relationship. The cycle of “I need you, come help me.” to a betrayal of some sort then back to “I need you, come help me.”

Let’s also not forget that while Clarke was with L/xa she was completely isolated from her own people/friends/family. Some people may argue that was Clarke’s choice, but we also know that Clarke spent a week refusing to speak to talk to her unless she agreed to let her go and the only reason L/xa managed to get through that barrier was because she guilt tripped Clarke about her actions at Mt. Weather (after she abandoned her!) and then mentioned that her people were in danger and the only way to save them would be Sky Crew becoming the 13th Clan. 

Let’s also discuss the irony of what you pointed out, every time Clarke has depended on L/xa or the Grounders to save the Sky People, the problem ends up being solved by Clarke and Bellamy and Raven/Monty. Literally every time.

 In Season 1, they tried to form an alliance with the Grounders, which failed and resulted in war and it was Clarke’s idea, combined with Raven’s execution and Bellamy’s sacrifice (fighting the Grounders back-specifically Tristan) that allowed Clarke time to close the door and press the button. 

In Season 2, they successfully formed an alliance with the Grounders, which failed when L/xa abandoned them at the mountain and Clarke and Bellamy pulled the lever, after Monty reversed the fans (an idea he got from Raven’s attempt to blow up the turbines in the first place.)

In Season 3, Clarke reforms her alliance with L/xa to save their people from Azgeda, which fails before it even gets off the ground, because Azgeda attacks Mt. Weather and Pike declares war on all Grounders. The day ends up being saved once again by Clarke, Bellamy and Raven with essentially no help from any grounders save Indra, who still isn’t an integral part of the final plan. 

Each Season we’ve seen that no matter how hard Sky Crew tries to work with the Grounders it fails. “Together” and “We” always ends up being Clarke and the Sky People (and more specifically Clarke and Bellamy) in every season.