She did a great podcast right before her death talking about the connection between her and Bellamy and her ultimate loyalty to him (apparently once he got back the mountain, she started following him everywhere like a bodyguard/shadow he didn't ask for) and it confirmed all the stuff I hoped I wasn't just reading in because I liked the idea of it and then boom, gone. I'm never going to be over it, tbh. And oh man, I have a ridiculous amount of background headcanon, especially when it comes to Sterling/the rest of Bellamy's OG militia. She and Bellamy would have grown up in relative close proximity, so I figured she probably already looked up to him/liked him pre-earth because he wasn't the type to pick on younger kids. (Factory seeming like something of a dog-eat-dog world inside the Ark.) Katie also mentioned in the podcast that Monroe did something awful/violent to land in the skybox and that she would have done anything for Sterling, so I like to think Sterling landed himself there first and she went and put the first member of the guard she could find in traction to make absolutely sure they'd lock her up alongside him. Then a million other things, but I'll stop myself from listing them all.
I have a couple ideas so I'll go be tldr overenthusiastic and PM you with links, and then if you've got anything that strikes your fancy you do the same? I'm a fan of kind of working out things as they spool out too, especially since building on old threads is a favorite of mine.
And I love Monroe and O so much, oh my god. We barely got anything with them in canon, but I can't imagine they wouldn't get along like a kickass house on fire. And I have... tentative hopes Raven is going to be a key player in saving Abby's life, so maybe next season we'll get more of them. They have such a fascinating byplay in the (again) few scenes they've had together, especially at the beginning of the season. Raven and Abby, Real Talk Drinking Buddies was such a great glimpse into what they've forged but then everything was on fire forever, so that's much less fun for all parties involved. There's been all this talk about a smaller scale season next year, so maybe that will net more than three Abby and Raven scenes.
Honestly, I'd love to see an Abby and Bellamy scene too. It bums me out so much that we didn't really get a window into how they related over the break, other than her little line to Kane about "he's come a long way" or whatever it was. I've always liked the idea of Abby and Bellamy connecting, given the show keeps making the Clarke : Bellamy :: Kane : Abby head+heart comparison. Yet another thing to sigh and pin on "maybe next year".
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I have a couple ideas so I'll go be tldr overenthusiastic and PM you with links, and then if you've got anything that strikes your fancy you do the same? I'm a fan of kind of working out things as they spool out too, especially since building on old threads is a favorite of mine.
And I love Monroe and O so much, oh my god. We barely got anything with them in canon, but I can't imagine they wouldn't get along like a kickass house on fire. And I have... tentative hopes Raven is going to be a key player in saving Abby's life, so maybe next season we'll get more of them. They have such a fascinating byplay in the (again) few scenes they've had together, especially at the beginning of the season. Raven and Abby, Real Talk Drinking Buddies was such a great glimpse into what they've forged but then everything was on fire forever, so that's much less fun for all parties involved. There's been all this talk about a smaller scale season next year, so maybe that will net more than three Abby and Raven scenes.
Honestly, I'd love to see an Abby and Bellamy scene too. It bums me out so much that we didn't really get a window into how they related over the break, other than her little line to Kane about "he's come a long way" or whatever it was. I've always liked the idea of Abby and Bellamy connecting, given the show keeps making the Clarke : Bellamy :: Kane : Abby head+heart comparison. Yet another thing to sigh and pin on "maybe next year".