The 100 10 Things The Show Changed From The Novels

The 100: 10 Things The Show Changed From The Novels

Not everything stays the same when making the jump from books to the screen. Here are ten things that were changed in The 100 when it became a show.

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The 100 made a splash on the CW Network when the one-hundred juvenile delinquents landed on Earth. However, the novel released first in 2013. While characters such as Clarke, Bellamy, Octavia, and Wells made it into the CW’s darker adaptation, not everything else made the cut.

Jason Rothenberg took the series in a completely different direction than Kass Morgan’s books. In a way, a fan is looking at two completely different storylines, even if they do share the same basis and characters. To create the story that developed on-screen, the minds behind the show diverted and changed details from the books.

10 BELLAMY

On the show, Bellamy gets on the Dropship after making a deal to shoot Chancellor Jaha. However, the novel’s version is more innocent. To get on the Dropship, Bellamy steals his friend’s guard uniform. That is not the only difference between the counterparts of Bellamy Blake. While the show never confirms the identity of Bellamy’s father, the novel does. In a turn of events, it is revealed that Chancellor Jaha is Bellamy’s biological father. This is a detail that gets ignored or stripped entirely from the show. Bellamy and Jaha never share any moment that even hints that they could be related in any way.

9 WELLS

While Wells does not make it past the third episode in the show, he does have a longer lifespan in the novels. Another significant difference between the two mediums is Wells’ time spent with the Grounders.

While in the show, Wells dies before spending any considerable time with the Grounders, the novel’s portrayal shows him heavily interacting, and in a romantic relationship with one of the Grounders. The books also allow the time for Wells to move past his feelings for Clarke, while the show has he and Finn vying for her attention.

8 OCTAVIA’S BACKSTORY

Octavia is happy and open to the ground when she first steps off of the Dropship. Over time, Octavia grows into a more severe warrior, leaving the girl under the floor behind but not forgotten. She has one of the most massive character developments in the television show. In the books, Octavia does not have the same development. Rather than being spotted at a dance, she is discovered at five years old. Afterward, she is moved to an orphanage rather than being arrested. She would not be detained for another few years when she was caught stealing drugs.

7 CLARKE’S PARENTS

Clarke’s biggest tragedy at the beginning of the television series is that her father, Jake Griffin, had been floated for revealing information to the rest of the Ark. The novel shows two completely different people as Clarke’s parents. Rather than a doctor and engineer that the CW shows them to be, the books portray Clarke’s parents as scientists who had been experimenting on children. However, they are doing it because Vice-Chancellor Rhodes is threatening them. Another plot twist shows that Clarke’s parents were not dead, as she thought, but alive and wandering Earth. Another thing changed about them is their first names, initially named in the novels as Mary and David.

6 THE GROUNDERS

Everything that fans know about the Grounders from the television adaptation of The 100 only exists on screen. The culture, language, and warrior lives are portrayed in the show instead of the novels.

Even the major rising war between the delinquents and Grounders doesn’t exist. Instead, one of the most significant offenses they do is kidnap Octavia, which is relatively tame in the overall arc of the tv series. Another change regarding them is their name. In the novels, the Grounders are referred to as “Earthborns.” In the books, the Earthborns had survived the apocalypse and its aftermath by living in Mount Weather. The storyline involving Mount Weather was done drastically different in The 100’s second season, showing scientists using the blood and bone marrow of Grounders to survive the outside radiation.

5 THE DELINQUENTS

Fans of the television series latched onto more than Clarke, Bellamy, Octavia, and Wells from the delinquents. Raven, Jasper, Monty, Miller, Harper, and more became a significant part of watching the series. However, in the novel, none of these other characters exist. Instead, they are replaced by other characters such as Glass. Glass could be considered the novel’s equivalent of Raven in the early episodes of the show. Raven, like Glass, had stayed in space when the hundred delinquents were sent to the ground. While on the show, it is through Raven, Abby, Kane, and Jaha that the viewers understand what is happening on the Ark, in the novel, life in space is mainly seen through Glass’ perspective.

4 TONE

Both series have a sense of tragic foreboding about them. However, the television show ups the stakes and makes the entire feel of the world and characters much darker. The 100 takes the essence of the novels and builds a world around war and moral repercussions of every action. A constant tone of oncoming doom and worry that death is near is part of the show, and not just a plot device. Two scenes that stick out include the Culling in the first season and the Dark Year in season five. The need to survive is a never-ending storyline, as are the questions surrounding what the main characters are willing to do to ensure it.

3 CLARKE AND WELLS’ RELATIONSHIP

In the television show, Clarke and Wells were only ever best friends, at least in Clarke’s perspective. Wells had harbored romantic feelings for Clarke, and his loyalty to her is the reason he ended up on the Dropship. Clarke hated Wells, thinking he was the cause behind her father’s death, and made a point to avoid him when she could.

Once Clarke learns that Wells was not to blame for her father’s death, she forgives him. Unfortunately, shortly after, Wells is killed. However, their relationship in the books did include romantic involvement. They had been together until Clarke believed her parents were floated, leading to their breakup. Another difference shows that in the books, Wells had told his father about what Clarke’s parents had been illegally doing.

2 STAKES

While the novels tend to stay within the exploration of Earth, the tv show reaches beyond that. Politics, science, and future technology are always at play as the main characters attempt to navigate through each world. The show is continuously world-building, and the destruction of everything at the end of the fourth season pushes the boundaries once again, forcing everyone to learn what the new Earth looks like. However, that doesn’t even last that long as it is soon blown up, and everyone moves to Sanctum. The novels do not have the level of emotional and moral depth or worry about characters’ lives.

1 CLARKE AND BELLAMY’S RELATIONSHIP

In the television series, Clarke and Bellamy’s relationship covers nearly every title other than romantic. They’ve been enemies, allies, partners, and friends. However, Bellamy and Clarke have not moved forward into romantic territory. Their novel counterparts differ from this. In the novels, Clarke and Bellamy quickly move from uneasy allies to love interests. At the end of the fourth book, the two have decided to get engaged. Yet, their relationship in the novels is not as dynamic as the television portrayals. The on-screen Bellamy and Clarke have been through much more, and much worse together.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/the-100-differences-show-books/

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