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Character Name: Bellamy Blake
Series: The 100
Canon Point: Season 4 Episode 13
Character Age: 23
Background: Here's Bellamy's wiki page, which is pretty narrowly focused. A general overview of the series is here.
Personality:
Bellamy grew up on the Ark, a makeshift combination of space stations struggling to keep the last of the human race alive. The Ark was never meant to sustain such huge numbers longterm, and so it was run with an iron fist, with strict laws and constant rationing. The population was always on the precipice of outgrowing what the Ark could provide, so as a way of keeping numbers down, every crime on the Ark was punishable by death.
Bellamy’s mother, solidly in the lower classes, raised him to distrust the authority of the Ark and view it as cruel and despotic. When Bellamy was six, his sister Octavia was born, and because second children weren’t allowed on the Ark, they were forced to keep Octavia a secret. Bellamy’s mother, with few options, told Bellamy that his sister was his responsibility. From that point onward, Bellamy’s childhood was essentially over as he took on the task of both helping to raise his sister and protecting his family.
This left Bellamy with massive trust issues, constantly keeping people at arm’s length. He did—and still does, to an extent—split the world into “his people” and everyone else. For most of Bellamy’s life, the only people he trusted and confided in were his mother and sister, which left him emotionally closed off to most. Letting anyone in risked his sister being discovered, which would lead to her imprisonment and his mother’s death. Because of this, Bellamy’s idea of love has always been inextricably tied up with fear and protectiveness. To Bellamy, protecting the people he cares about is all that matters. Over the course of the series, this starts with Octavia and grows to include the 100, then the rest of Skaikru. Bellamy bases his self-worth on his ability to protect, and so he takes each and every failure to save someone he cares for as proof of a deep, personal flaw, even if there was nothing he could do. He’s terrified of losing the people he cares about, and this is only magnified as he begins to lose more and more people as the series goes on.
Octavia, of course, is one of his strongest and closest relationships. The easiest way to get to Bellamy is to hurt Octavia, and he is constantly hyperaware of her safety. At first, their relationship started out relatively unhealthy and codependent—Bellamy was overprotective of Octavia to the point of being a massive jerk, and Octavia was constantly struggling to redefine herself as someone other than “Bellamy’s little sister”. Over the course of the series, though, they both begin to let each other go. While Bellamy still loves Octavia fiercely and would give up his life for hers in an instant, he trusts her to take care of herself now, and sees her for the strong, capable young woman she’s become.
He’s always had a big heart, and this is both one of Bellamy’s biggest strengths and weaknesses. Bellamy’s ability to understand people and connect with them, when he allows himself to, inspires those around him and makes him a good leader. He seems to inherently understand the strengths and skills of those he's leading, and can motivate them and keep them going even when they’re ready to give up. People trust him and are willing to follow him, and when he loves people, he loves them deeply. He’s willing to put his life on the line for those he considers his responsibility, and often does so without much question. Still, because Bellamy feels things so deeply, he often struggles to keep a cool head. He makes rash, dangerous decisions when he’s angry, afraid or guilt-ridden, and once someone breaks his trust, they’ll have a hell of a time winning it back. Echo is a perfect example of this. She saved Bellamy's life and vice versa, winning his trust, but then betrayed him repeatedly to defend her clan. Two seasons later, Bellamy still hasn't fully forgiven her and admits he doesn't know if he can ever trust her again, though he does work with her begrudgingly. For a long time, Bellamy had trouble expressing his darker emotions in anything other than violence and anger, and while this has been tempered to a great extent, it’s still something he struggles with.
Of course, like with any of his other emotions, Bellamy gets mired up in his guilt. He’s made a huge number of mistakes in his life, many of those ending in death, and he remembers all of them and carries them with him. Part of his insistence to do so much for others is out of a desperate attempt to make up for what he’s done. Multiple characters call him out on this, asking him how much he’ll have to do to forgive himself, or telling him he can only save those who want to be saved. By his canon point, Bellamy has started taking those ideas to heart—more and more often, he tells himself “we save who we can save today”. Still, Bellamy is not pragmatic at heart. He gives up an important, lifesaving piece of machinery to save a number of trapped slaves, and he goes out into deadly radiation levels, risking his own safety, to save Raven at the end of season four. While he may not think he deserves to die anymore, there’s still a part of him that thinks he might be inherently less worthy than those he cares for.
Bellamy is a leader, and the intense responsibility he feels for those he’s in charge of resonates in everything he does. He’s a survivor, pushing himself to keep going even when he’s half starving or severely injured. Giving up isn’t in his wheelhouse—even when things seem hopeless, he’s the one to come up with a plan on the fly. While Clarke thinks big picture, Bellamy thinks about what’s right in front of him, solving problems and switching strategies very easily. His guard training means that he’s disciplined and methodical when he needs to be, although that old distrust for authority is still very much alive and well. He takes very few people at face value, and he’ll disobey direct orders if he doesn’t agree with them. Generally, he reacts poorly to being ordered at all. When things start going south, Bellamy will try to step in and take charge unless someone he trusts or respects is already doing it, and his assertiveness and bluntness can definitely rub people the wrong way. He doesn’t shy away from calling others out or stating his opinions, and he can be mule stubborn when he thinks he’s in the right or when he thinks he has no other choice.
That stubbornness often translates to a tireless drive to survive, whether that means survival for himself or for his people. This determination, along with Bellamy's natural protectiveness, often pushes him to make morally questionable decisions. The entire reason Bellamy was on the ground at all was out of a desire to be with and protect Octavia, and initially, that was all that mattered to Bellamy. The end result of this, and one of the main events that turned Bellamy around, was Bellamy's theft of Raven's radio, which left the kids on the ground unable to contact the Ark. This led to 320 people being culled from the Ark to save oxygen and buy time to fix the failing life support systems. While Bellamy is no longer this self-centered, he does kill more directly later for similar reasons—he and Clarke irradiate Mount Weather and kill hundreds of people inside in order to save their own people, and Bellamy never hesitates to kill in self-defense or in defense of someone else. In his darkest moments, he can be pushed to do terrible things, such as torture, mass murder, betrayal, pretty much the gamut. By his current canon point, Bellamy is determined to be better, and his initial instincts to respond to issues with violence are dulled somewhat.
Powers/Abilities:
Bellamy is a normal human, so his skills are as follows:
Guard training: Bellamy was a guard on the Ark and later the ground, so he's proficient in hand-to-hand combat, firearms (especially sniping), as well as throwing knives and axes.
Survival skills: All residents of the Ark are required to learn how to survive in the wilderness, and that experience was broadened when Bellamy got to the ground and was dumped into the deep end of the pool, so to speak. He's good at hunting, setting traps, tracking, etc.
Space stuff: Having been raised in space, Bellamy is naturally more resistant to high levels of radiation, as his body metabolizes it more quickly. Does that make sense scientifically? Who knows! This doesn't mean he's immune to radiation nightblood style, though. It can still definitely kill him!
Power Nerfs (if applicable): None!
Inventory: Just his (very gross) clothes.
Incentives: Guaranteed safety of Bellamy's loved ones will absolutely be enough to get him to cooperate. His first concerns will be those on the Ark with him (Monty, Harper, Emori, Raven, Echo and Murphy) and Octavia.
Here's his TDM toplevel and a thread with Murphy.
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THE CHARACTER
Character Name: Bellamy Blake
Series: The 100
Canon Point: Season 4 Episode 13
Character Age: 23
Background: Here's Bellamy's wiki page, which is pretty narrowly focused. A general overview of the series is here.
Personality:
Bellamy grew up on the Ark, a makeshift combination of space stations struggling to keep the last of the human race alive. The Ark was never meant to sustain such huge numbers longterm, and so it was run with an iron fist, with strict laws and constant rationing. The population was always on the precipice of outgrowing what the Ark could provide, so as a way of keeping numbers down, every crime on the Ark was punishable by death.
Bellamy’s mother, solidly in the lower classes, raised him to distrust the authority of the Ark and view it as cruel and despotic. When Bellamy was six, his sister Octavia was born, and because second children weren’t allowed on the Ark, they were forced to keep Octavia a secret. Bellamy’s mother, with few options, told Bellamy that his sister was his responsibility. From that point onward, Bellamy’s childhood was essentially over as he took on the task of both helping to raise his sister and protecting his family.
This left Bellamy with massive trust issues, constantly keeping people at arm’s length. He did—and still does, to an extent—split the world into “his people” and everyone else. For most of Bellamy’s life, the only people he trusted and confided in were his mother and sister, which left him emotionally closed off to most. Letting anyone in risked his sister being discovered, which would lead to her imprisonment and his mother’s death. Because of this, Bellamy’s idea of love has always been inextricably tied up with fear and protectiveness. To Bellamy, protecting the people he cares about is all that matters. Over the course of the series, this starts with Octavia and grows to include the 100, then the rest of Skaikru. Bellamy bases his self-worth on his ability to protect, and so he takes each and every failure to save someone he cares for as proof of a deep, personal flaw, even if there was nothing he could do. He’s terrified of losing the people he cares about, and this is only magnified as he begins to lose more and more people as the series goes on.
Octavia, of course, is one of his strongest and closest relationships. The easiest way to get to Bellamy is to hurt Octavia, and he is constantly hyperaware of her safety. At first, their relationship started out relatively unhealthy and codependent—Bellamy was overprotective of Octavia to the point of being a massive jerk, and Octavia was constantly struggling to redefine herself as someone other than “Bellamy’s little sister”. Over the course of the series, though, they both begin to let each other go. While Bellamy still loves Octavia fiercely and would give up his life for hers in an instant, he trusts her to take care of herself now, and sees her for the strong, capable young woman she’s become.
He’s always had a big heart, and this is both one of Bellamy’s biggest strengths and weaknesses. Bellamy’s ability to understand people and connect with them, when he allows himself to, inspires those around him and makes him a good leader. He seems to inherently understand the strengths and skills of those he's leading, and can motivate them and keep them going even when they’re ready to give up. People trust him and are willing to follow him, and when he loves people, he loves them deeply. He’s willing to put his life on the line for those he considers his responsibility, and often does so without much question. Still, because Bellamy feels things so deeply, he often struggles to keep a cool head. He makes rash, dangerous decisions when he’s angry, afraid or guilt-ridden, and once someone breaks his trust, they’ll have a hell of a time winning it back. Echo is a perfect example of this. She saved Bellamy's life and vice versa, winning his trust, but then betrayed him repeatedly to defend her clan. Two seasons later, Bellamy still hasn't fully forgiven her and admits he doesn't know if he can ever trust her again, though he does work with her begrudgingly. For a long time, Bellamy had trouble expressing his darker emotions in anything other than violence and anger, and while this has been tempered to a great extent, it’s still something he struggles with.
Of course, like with any of his other emotions, Bellamy gets mired up in his guilt. He’s made a huge number of mistakes in his life, many of those ending in death, and he remembers all of them and carries them with him. Part of his insistence to do so much for others is out of a desperate attempt to make up for what he’s done. Multiple characters call him out on this, asking him how much he’ll have to do to forgive himself, or telling him he can only save those who want to be saved. By his canon point, Bellamy has started taking those ideas to heart—more and more often, he tells himself “we save who we can save today”. Still, Bellamy is not pragmatic at heart. He gives up an important, lifesaving piece of machinery to save a number of trapped slaves, and he goes out into deadly radiation levels, risking his own safety, to save Raven at the end of season four. While he may not think he deserves to die anymore, there’s still a part of him that thinks he might be inherently less worthy than those he cares for.
Bellamy is a leader, and the intense responsibility he feels for those he’s in charge of resonates in everything he does. He’s a survivor, pushing himself to keep going even when he’s half starving or severely injured. Giving up isn’t in his wheelhouse—even when things seem hopeless, he’s the one to come up with a plan on the fly. While Clarke thinks big picture, Bellamy thinks about what’s right in front of him, solving problems and switching strategies very easily. His guard training means that he’s disciplined and methodical when he needs to be, although that old distrust for authority is still very much alive and well. He takes very few people at face value, and he’ll disobey direct orders if he doesn’t agree with them. Generally, he reacts poorly to being ordered at all. When things start going south, Bellamy will try to step in and take charge unless someone he trusts or respects is already doing it, and his assertiveness and bluntness can definitely rub people the wrong way. He doesn’t shy away from calling others out or stating his opinions, and he can be mule stubborn when he thinks he’s in the right or when he thinks he has no other choice.
That stubbornness often translates to a tireless drive to survive, whether that means survival for himself or for his people. This determination, along with Bellamy's natural protectiveness, often pushes him to make morally questionable decisions. The entire reason Bellamy was on the ground at all was out of a desire to be with and protect Octavia, and initially, that was all that mattered to Bellamy. The end result of this, and one of the main events that turned Bellamy around, was Bellamy's theft of Raven's radio, which left the kids on the ground unable to contact the Ark. This led to 320 people being culled from the Ark to save oxygen and buy time to fix the failing life support systems. While Bellamy is no longer this self-centered, he does kill more directly later for similar reasons—he and Clarke irradiate Mount Weather and kill hundreds of people inside in order to save their own people, and Bellamy never hesitates to kill in self-defense or in defense of someone else. In his darkest moments, he can be pushed to do terrible things, such as torture, mass murder, betrayal, pretty much the gamut. By his current canon point, Bellamy is determined to be better, and his initial instincts to respond to issues with violence are dulled somewhat.
Powers/Abilities:
Bellamy is a normal human, so his skills are as follows:
Guard training: Bellamy was a guard on the Ark and later the ground, so he's proficient in hand-to-hand combat, firearms (especially sniping), as well as throwing knives and axes.
Survival skills: All residents of the Ark are required to learn how to survive in the wilderness, and that experience was broadened when Bellamy got to the ground and was dumped into the deep end of the pool, so to speak. He's good at hunting, setting traps, tracking, etc.
Space stuff: Having been raised in space, Bellamy is naturally more resistant to high levels of radiation, as his body metabolizes it more quickly. Does that make sense scientifically? Who knows! This doesn't mean he's immune to radiation nightblood style, though. It can still definitely kill him!
Power Nerfs (if applicable): None!
Inventory: Just his (very gross) clothes.
Incentives: Guaranteed safety of Bellamy's loved ones will absolutely be enough to get him to cooperate. His first concerns will be those on the Ark with him (Monty, Harper, Emori, Raven, Echo and Murphy) and Octavia.
SAMPLES
Here's his TDM toplevel and a thread with Murphy.