Context, #Bellarke, and You

Hi there.

So… it’s been hard to not notice some genuine ire in social media venues about a few things I said on the Nerdist Writers Panel podcast.

Let’s get truthy for a moment:

Bullet Point One: Nobody at The 100 ever mocks our fans. Never. Not once. We spend every waking minute (and a good portion of our sleeping minutes) thinking about this show and these characters. We love them. They mean as much to us as they do to you. Maybe more. Trust me.

Bullet Point Two: We love our fans. You. Yes, you! I’m talking to YOU. We love how connected you feel to the show, we love how impassioned you are. We love hearing your reactions and your hopes.

Sub-Bullet Point A: Yes, I know what I said in that podcast. But context is everything. That’s a writers roundtable and the mood was very breezy. And I was joking. Which I think you can tell if you listen to the interview. I joke a lot. Maybe too much. Right now, as I write this, it feels like, yeah, definitely too much…

Final Bullet Point: My fearless leader, Jason Rothenberg, is a damn genius. He pours ever last bit of himself into The 100 because he loves it. Yes, he teases certain fans about certain ships, but believe you me, he’s doing so playfully. The way friends tease each other.

The world 97 years in the future is a dangerous, scary place.

We need to all get along if we’re going to survive.

Who’s with me?