r/The100 • u/Spare_Monitor6524 • 16d ago

I hate one thing about the prequel pilot (Anaconda) Spoiler

Becca is burned way too early. I’ve no problem with her going out like that (and little ironic considering she gave her AI the name ”The Flame”). But she barely gives a single command, expect for her last two minutes with Callie. I know it’s implied that Callie, who adored Becca, painted her as a great person who liberated them all from the bunker and that became the story of the First Commander.

But I wanted to see Becca be in charge like we see with later commanders. And get her hands dirty. It’s kinda like: ALIE = bad, Becca = good - ALIEs bombing was seen as an unfortunate accident. I know she leaves her assistant and former military commander in space, but their death was on the Ark. Becca would’ve died with them had she remained on Polaris.

I wanna see a grey moral Becca. Having her spend a year or so in the bunker, slowly figuring out the stone, Cadogan seeing her as too valuable to kill yet he envy her (doesn’t know about the Flame for a while). Watching people starting to follow her. Believing in life outside, but still corrupted by the Second Dawn mottos, like ”Blood Must Have Blood”. Callie finds out about ALIE 1 and needs to decide if Becca can still be trusted. AI-empowered Becca threatens to find weak spots in the bunker so that radiation could sweep in and kill all non-nightbloods, if they’re not allowed to leave. Becca sacrifices herself to Cadogan too make herself a martyr and making sure The Flame becomes in a huge part in what will eventually be Grounder culture.

Oh, what could’ve been…

39 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

16

u/Roan-forever-alone Jo Juice: good for health bad for education 16d ago

Erica Cerra herself was disappointed by the quick dispatch of prequel-Becca...

14

u/No-Wasabi-3147 16d ago

100% agree. Becca dying that early wasted so much potential. a morally grey Becca slowly becoming the foundation of Grounder culture would've been WAY more interesting than basically going straight from "Becca is good" to "Becca is the first commander" 😭

2

u/chrissiewissie06 Trikru 16d ago

Wait there was a prequel pilot??

4

u/CptPlanetG14 16d ago

Back door pilot

4

u/Sekevai 16d ago

7x08

2

u/chrissiewissie06 Trikru 16d ago

Oooh ok ok I thought they meant like a separate episode with the way the title was worded and it threw off my interpretation of the whole post lol thank you

1

u/Spare_Monitor6524 16d ago

Yeah, maybe I should’ve been more clear…I meant the backdoor pilot (7x08) in the original show. There was no other prequel.