The 100: Bellarke At Odds

The chemistry is still burning between them!
They've been through so much together

                 Feels like only yesterday that Bellamy was calling Clarke by his pet name for her "princess". Now they're once more on opposite ends though still on the same side. Does that mean there's no hope? At the beginning of season 3 when Clarke was captured by Roan, Bellamy was hell bent on saving her. He was even willing to follow her on a wounded leg! If that's not a sign of some romantic feeling brewing then I don't know what is. However, they're second meeting didn't go so well... 

I don't like Bellamy wearing that uniform. It scares me

           To be fair to Bellamy, Clarke did abandon Arkadia, but not just Arkadia. Bellamy was the helping hand on that lever that killed everyone in Mount Weather so he felt as guilty and self loathing as Clarke. They used to lean on each other for support when faced with moral decisions but this time Clarke took the martyr route. So Bellamy had a right to be angry but that still doesn't mean he's right. Under Pike's influence (which is based on prejudice, grief, and anger) Bellamy has turned into a soldier of genocide. Though he pleaded for the wounded Grounders to be spared and has shown some conscience, he still follows Chancellor Pike to a point of moral blindness. It seems that nothing can persuade Bellamy to change his mind though I refuse to believe that.

Are these 2 going to do it of what because
I'm waiting for that

          Clarke's stance is towards peace which to me makes more sense. Assimilation has been happening since the dawn of human history. There's a clash of cultures followed by some bloody conflict but eventually there's unity; a combining of sorts, such as intermarrying of people as well as beliefs. Clarke's way seems less bloody and more in her people's best interest, increasing their chances of survival. For one thing the Grounders outnumber Arkadia 10 to 1. They could easily wipe them out despite Skaikrew having guns. And Pike is only enflaming tensions. He tried to wipe out a village when he could have easily found another spot or before massacring 300 Grounders could have negotiated a trade. In Clarke's defense she's trying to make up for her past sins by choosing a more peaceful path, hoping to never be put in a Mount Weather situation ever again. 

Seriously? Bellamy's so self loathing that he's going to
be Pike's bitch

           I still feel that Bellamy and Clarke are soul mates. Bellamy only handcuffed Clarke and took her prisoner because he felt that he was saving her. We see that they still have a strong bond though a bit frayed. They were both changed by what they did in Mount Weather but both chose different paths. Bellamy sees genocide as the only way while Clarke sees assimilation as a more sensible solution. Clarke feels so guilty that she doesn't want more blood on her hands which is why she let Emerson live. Revenge is too easy. Peace is hard but if Arkadia wants to survive then they have to burry some hatchets and make peace with the Grounders. It's not that peace is a foreign concept, it's more of a perpetuating circle of violence of hot heads. I think Bellamy can still be reached and that Clarke is the one who can do this. He just has to make the reach across the aisle.

I guess this guy forgot that he was killing Clarke's people
prompting her to genocide in Mount Weather...