July 7th, 2015 at 12:15am
I AM SO GLAD I HAVE SOMEONE TO GUSH WITH OVER THIS SHOW, YOU DONT EVEN KNOW
Octavia was actually my favorite female character in those first few episodes (up until they introduced Raven ), but I got my bestie into the show and she felt the same way you did about her. I like Lincoln and Octavia together, but I feel like in the first season, after they got together, that was all Octavia's storyline was about anymore, so I was glad to see that they gave her some more of her own moments and character development in S2.
Exactly! Alycia is stunning, Lexa is bad-ass, the princess and the commander should just be together. Screw what the rest of the fandom wants I kinda get irritated because Bellarke is the main pairing in the novels, so if the Bellarke shippers want that, I feel like they should just read the books. Raven, Finn, and Jasper aren't even in the books, so I can't satisfy my RavenBell needs in that way. Clexa is cannon, RavenBell is cannon, get over it I feel like the only thing Clarke and Bellamy have in common is that they're both leaders. I see Clarke as being super-condescending towards Bellamy, and I'm just like, "why would he wanna be with someone who thinks she's better than him?"
While I get that Raven and Wick knew each other through their work on the Ark, and while I do like their snarky banter and thought it was cute how he made her the brace, I don't feel like Raven's the same person she was on the Ark - none of them are - so I need more time to flesh out that relationship. Plus, I kinda feel like Wick is just replacement!Finn
I'm all for Raven's happiness because she is bae, but she deserves better than some poorly-written, thrown together ship.
EXACTLY! I actually posted a blog that included all the times Bellamy went papa bear over Raven In my head, I think he's hopelessly in love with her, but Raven's just not ready for any of that yet, not after she just lost Finn. I don't know, I just feel like Raven and Bellamy understand each other the most out of all the other characters on the show, like when she told him about Octavia going to TonDC even though Clarke wanted to keep it from him. She told him because, if the shoe were on the other foot and it was Finn, she'd want someone to tell her.
RavenBell trash United
YES THIS IS SO GREAT.
Yeah, I do admit that when she got together with Lincoln I was a little worried that their relationship would overshadow the potential her character had, but season 2 proved that she is definitely her own character and I am so glad they did not put her development to waste.
Alycia is an amazing actress for making me go so deep with Lexa's emotions and feelings despite only being in a short amount of episodes. Just her facial expressions and delivery got me sold and it's still not officially confirmed that she'll be back for S3 but I NEED HER. I NEED MY LEXA. What annoys me is how rude the Bellarke shippers are and how they hate on Lexa. Seriously Clexa and Ravenbell are life, so these people needa chill and deal with that shit.
Yes yes yes all of that. Raven really just wants to focus on herself because she's always been so devoted to Finn and by putting her with Wick, it's really just like giving her a replacement goldfish as some cheap gift to make up for all the shit the writers put her through. Don't get me wrong, I like Wick, but no, let her focus on herself because she needs a lot of time before she can move on.
As one post on Tumblr said: "I ship Raven with herself because no one deserves her."
It's so funny how Bellamy was all "blah blah blah I don't care" at the beginning but now he cares so much for her. They've really grown to respect each other and hopefully the writers see that they could eventually get together. If they do—and I'm really hoping they do—I hope it will be way more fleshed out because like you said, Raven isn't ready but in time she will be.
Forever sailing on the Ravenbell ship.