The 100 S07E11 - Etherea FULL REACTION
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Having been in Bellamy's corner since post-Pike, I was quite disappointed in how his character was treated starting from this episode. It is as if the writers have decided that the one consistent trait that Bellamy has throughout the show is that he just listens to and get convinced by the last person in the room (Commander Shumway on the Ark, Pike on the ground, always Clarke when she has a chance to, and now Disciple Ducette). It seemed like he learned his lesson after Pike, but his religious conversion has undone that character development. What's especially frustrating is that the writers didn't really show how the conversion happened, with the exception of that silly vision Bellamy had in the cave. The underlying assumption seems to be that a little bit of hallucination, a dash of lucky coincidence, and a couple of "OMG how do you explain that?!"s is enough to make a religious zealot, by virtue of some innate human tendency toward religious zealotry. I think this is a highly flawed assumption that took me right out of the story here, and much earlier when we met the faithful fanatics of the Primes on Sanctum. The harsh life experience that Bellamy has had as part of The 100 should have given him enough critical thinking skills to see through the coincidences and keep his wits about him in that cave. The constant psychological pressure that Diyoza, Octavia, Echo and Hope experienced during their Disciple training would have been much more likely to convert them to a cult mentality. Yet, inconsistently, that did not work on them. Poor writing all around!
igor.kh
2023-03-06 00:00:23 +0000 UTCTrue. I feel like having a class or something on these kinds of things would be a good way for people to recognize the available terminology, when to use it, and how to respond in any given situation. After all, it’s also insensitive to just say someone is going through a rough time. “Don’t mind that person crying. They’re just going through something”. Even if some mental illnesses are more common than others, it doesn’t make them any less severe. We need to be reminded of that, though, as a society. I actually had an incident as work last night, where this young guy came in and crushed a bunch of yogurt in the cold case. He ended up asking for a glass of water, and I gave it to him. He was saying how life is a scam, that after working for 2 years he still doesn’t make enough to live, and that there seemed no point in continuing on. I tried to talk him down, but by the time I’d gotten him to agree to let me call emergency services for him, my coworker had already called the police. He ended up stealing a can of beer and left, while I was trying to help my coworker describe what was going on over the phone. I needed to make sure they knew he admitted to being suicidal so that they didn’t approach him wrong. Suicide by cop is big here in the States. Throughout the night the person I was working with just labeled him as a crazy person (or “depressed crazy”) and kept insisting that I should have radioed her right away. The fact of the matter is that he was in the same situation I was in last year, and I knew I was in no danger. The only thing I would have done different is remember to get his name. I hope he gets the help he needs.
AshLand Writer
2023-03-01 00:51:08 +0000 UTCI dont like how all these words like "mental breakdown" or other mental health issues are being thrown around so much that it loses its actual meaning and makes it sound less serious than it is.
JamStan
2023-02-28 14:08:38 +0000 UTCAfter I listened to someone’s comment on the term “psychotic break” in your last set of reactions, I decided to look up whether it was considered an outdated term. Obviously, psychotic is a word you want to avoid when discussing medical conditions, but I’ve heard this term so often that I thought it was a legit medical term. I thought it just translated to a “break of the psyche” or a “break of the mind”. Turns out that a psychotic break usually develops when someone is under so much stress that they lose touch with reality. They may start to see and hear things that aren’t there, develop irrational beliefs, or become very paranoid. A psychotic break is usually a sign mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia or bipolar. In cases like this you won’t say someone is having a psychotic break. You would say someone is having an episode, such as a manic episode for someone who is bipolar. But episodes only usually last for a number of hours or days. I’m unsure whether you would use the term “episode” or “psychotic break” for someone who is undiagnosed. In comparison, a mental breakdown is described to include mood swings, self-harm, and a detachment from one’s environment. This term does fit Echo’s situation better. I just didn’t think to use it, because it’s so commonly spoken nowadays that it didn’t seem like a serious enough of a term for her extreme behavior. When I think of a mental breakdown, I think of people quitting their jobs, setting their house on fire, or other singular actions taken to reduce the stress without thinking or caring about the consequences. I didn’t think of it as a long-term condition.
AshLand Writer
2023-02-28 00:59:33 +0000 UTCI was thinking if maybe for the series finale you could make a separate video for just reading the comments and talk about it with us or if you dont do that maybe you can reply to our comments on the series finale? I honestly think this is in character for Bellamy. Hes very easily manipulated. He was manipulated in season 3 as well. Its just a negative character trait for Bellamy which i wish wasnt there because its so annoying. He was also an ass in season 1 as well, every other season its like he gets manipulated somehow.
JamStan
2023-02-27 19:26:52 +0000 UTC
