Three weeks after fans objected to the death of a lesbian character on “The 100,” showrunner Jason Rothenberg has broken his silence and apologized for the way things went down.
“Despite my reasons, I still write and produce television for the real world where negative and hurtful tropes exist,” he wrote on Medium. “And I am very sorry for not recognizing this as fully as I should have. Knowing everything I know now, Lexa’s death would have played out differently.”
Fans reacted strongly when Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey), the lesbian commander of the Grounders and the love interest of main character Clarke (Eliza Taylor), was killed by a stray bullet meant for Clarke.