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S4 Meta: Jasper's Pranks and What He Means By Them
I got inspired to write this meta by a youtube comment on a clip of Jasper and Bellamy forest talk in 'God Complex'. The comment was - "I think that Jasper is actually trying to be nice to Bellamy". Which made me laugh because it's actually true. I think that Jasper has been trying to be nice to people through most of S4, but because this comes through the filter of his drunken obnoxious madness, nobody is really getting it. Not the other characters or most of the viewers. And that's really tragic. What's more, I think Jasper's trying to be especially nice to the people he has felt the most hurt by. I think this is part of Jasper's process for letting go. Just as Jasper urges Bellamy not to waste his last ten days on his self-recrimination, Jasper also doesn't want to waste his time on his negative emotions. I think Jasper's pranks are his form of purging. He is trying to turn resentment into something positive. He's trying to be nice.
Prank One: Floating Jaha
Like all members of the 100, Jasper resents Jaha for sending them to die on the ground. All the hell they have gone through since they set foot on Earth is a hell that Jaha dropped them into. What's more, the 100 were all waiting in cells to be floated on their 18th birthdays. Many had seen family and friends floated before their imprisonment. So with the mattress on the lake, Jasper gives Jaha a funny mock execution as a very public prank. Not only can Jasper laugh at Jaha, but anyone else who suffered under his merciless Arker laws can laugh too. Jaha's executions were a serious matter, but hating Jaha for them won't bring anyone back. Jasper's prank renders Jaha powerless and makes him human again. It means a few days later Jasper can offer Jaha a drink and try to cheer him up with Dr Seuss poems. It means Jasper can be nice.
Prank Two: Scaring Monty
This one is the toughest to explain because it's obvious to any sane observer Jasper's acid rain prank is very cruel. And sick and wrong. But to the less than sane Jasper, it's meant to be a joke. I feel that this prank is deliberately aimed at Monty, the only one who tries to run out to save Jasper. Now Monty is actually the person Jasper cares about most. Monty is the one Jasper addressed his suicide note to and Monty is the one who Jasper is upset about being deemed expendable by Clarke's list. So why is his prank on Monty the darkest? I think it's because Monty is the person Jasper felt most hurt by. Because it hurts worse to feel betrayed by your best friend, your brother. Jasper mock dying of radiation poisoning in front of Monty after Jasper had to watch someone he loved really die of radiation poisoning is to purge the resentment he feels towards Monty for Maya's death. With the acid rain prank Jasper is giving Monty a taste of that same pain. But he knows he can't waste anymore time resenting Monty. It won't bring Maya back. And sure enough after Jasper has had his mean little joke at Monty's expense, they're right back to being best friends and Jasper has talked Monty into playing pranks with him like old times.
Prank Three: Foaming Clarke
I think fans overestimate how much Jasper resents Clarke. His prank on Clarke has nothing to do with Mount Weather or Maya. As Jasper said way back at the Dropship scene with Monty, he understands why Clarke did it. He understands that Clarke has no chill when it comes to survivalism. What Jasper resents are all the"pointless tasks" Clarke roped him into in the name of survival. His prank on Clarke is simple - Jasper just wants her to chill out. As he snarks to Monty, getting Clarke to chill would be doing her a favor. I think Jasper even feels sorry for Clarke's total inability to have fun. Of course, the foam prank goes array as Jasper discovers the list just before it and is consequently given a new reason to resent Clarke. But after the list leaks out and Jasper has his own time to chill in the brig, not only does he let go of his anger at Clarke, but he offers her advice on how not to make everyone else mad at her too. Again, Jasper's trying to be nice. His final line to Clarke is heartbreaking - "Some day when all this is over you're going to realize that foam bit was funny". To me, what Jasper is saying here is that after the radiation has passed, he expects Clarke will have survived while he will be dead and that he just wants for Clarke to remember him as the boy who squirted foam in her face and smile.
Prank Four: Hijacking Bellamy
Jasper roping Bellamy into a pointless task of his own isn't part of the Jasper prank season but it serves the same function. I'm sure Jasper has heard about Bellamy almost getting himself killed trying to save a delinquent and his dad lost in the woods during the acid rain. Jasper teases Bellamy's desperate need to save everyone, the surviving 100 especially, by waltzing into the forest knowing Bellamy will have to chase after him and protect him. Jasper knows Bellamy is wallowing in self-loathing for the crappy things he's done and all the people he's failed to save. Jasper knows this because he's wallowed for the same reason. And Jasper doesn't really forgive Bellamy for his failings, anymore than Jasper forgives Clarke or Monty, or anymore than he forgives himself. He just knows that resentment and recrimination are pointless at the end of the world. It won't bring anyone back. It doesn't matter anymore. The clock is ticking and Jasper just wants his friend to be happy again. Embracing Bellamy's old"Whatever the hell we want" motto is ironic considering that little S1 Jasper first hugged and started idolizing Bellamy after he'd stopped being their reckless rebel leader. Jasper is the reckless one now and he knows that Bellamy needs to let go. So Jasper does a nice thing by basically abducting Bellamy and forcing him to have a day off from hopelessly trying to save the world.
Tagging the usual people @jontyaxefive @insufficient-earth-skills @ginalou16 @dreamersscape @murphystartedthefire @rosymamacita , etc, for your thoughts on Jasper's end of the world fun.
Source: https://falafel14.tumblr.com/post/159054296526/s4-meta-jaspers-pranks-and-what-he-means-by-them
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