Jasper
With the loss of Maya at the end of the last season, it’s very possible that Jasper will be struggling this season. He seems to have directed most of his blame on the people who he believes killed his girlfriend, Monty and Clarke. But it would be worthwhile to see Jasper move towards forgiving the people around him. He may be in pain but pushing his people away and going off the deep end will definitely hurt him more in the long run. It will be a major contrast compared to the Arkers and their attempts to rebuild their community on the ground. As they try to branch out their world, Jasper could be falling off the deep end and crumbling before our very eyes. It is very possible that in season three the carefree Jasper that we have all grown to love will disappear into a self-destructive Jasper instead. My only hope is that he manages to overcome the PTSD and the anger before he does something drastic that truly changes him. – Yana
I mean, is it rude to ask for less? Jasper would work better as a character if the show wasn’t so actively trying to make the audience forget how much of a nuisance he was in season one when he called a female friend “low hanging fruit,” pined over Octavia and pretended to be a hero he wasn’t. I’d enjoy him as a character more if he still hung onto some of the more irksome personality traits but moved past them, slowly, in a similar way as Bellamy did in late season one. If anything, I hope that his anger at Bellamy, Clarke and Monty isn’t instantly forgotten and that the road to forgiveness is a slow one. This isn’t because I think it would be 100% justified but because it would fit with the character and bring an even greater sense of tension to the show. – Allyson
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