Outside of fighting for the survival of humanity, it might not seem like the heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the main characters of The 100 have anything in common. That isn't entirely true. There might not be superpowers in The 100, but there's a desire amongst the characters to do "whatever it takes" to give people a chance to prove themselves.
Over the course of The 100's seven seasons, the main group of characters has a lot in common with several of the central Avengers - and a few of their supporting players as well. Beyond their fierceness in fighting, there's also traumatic backgrounds and dramatic changes in character arcs that bond them.
10 Octavia: Gamora
Octavia and Gamora might have different upbringings - Octavia is hidden away from society while Gamora is trained to be the perfect assassin - but they have very similar character paths. Both women search for a place to belong after taking a path through villainy.
Trained to become a warrior, though later in her life than Gamora, Octavia finds herself becoming the villain in order to save her people. She turns her life around, however, and becomes peacemaker. Gamora finds herself in much the same situation as she is a villain to the outside world while working for Thanos. It's after meeting the other Guardians of the Galaxy members that she starts her path to peace, working to defend and save people instead of destroy them.
9 Monty: Erskine
Monty and Dr. Erskine specialize in very different fields. While the former is a whiz at computers and adept at farming, the latter is proficient in biology and genetic modification. Both men, however, turn away from a dark path to become someone who sets the heroes of their story on theirs.
Monty is best known for giving up his own life for humanity's survival, but he was originally willing to do whatever he had to in order to survive. That includes coming up with the plan to irradiate Mount Weather. Dr. Erskine works for Hydra and creates the Red Skull with his experiments. Eventually, Monty comes to be a proponent of peace between the groups of humans left in the universe. Erskine defects from Hydra to help the group be defeated and aids in bringing Captain America into the world.
8 Harper: Hawkeye
Harper doesn't wield a bow and arrow. She's also not a spy. Like Hawkeye, however, she's a regular person amongst a group of extraordinary leaders who just wants a break. She's also in one of the most supportive and stable romantic couples in The 100, not unlike Hawkeye originally being the only Avenger with a family on the team.
Much like Monty, Harper is willing to do whatever it takes to survive. She might not have superpowers, but she can hold her own. Eventually, however, she's tired of the fighting. She just wants to be with the people she loves and leave the conflict behind. She gets the chance to do that when she and Monty have a son in space while the rest of humanity sleeps. Hawkeye gets to do that when he temporarily retires from the superhero life.
7 Miller: War Machine
Miller is the ultimate second-in-command. He's always there to provide backup. Sometimes in The 100, that's for Bellamy, other times it's Octavia, and still others, it's Clarke. There's always one of his friends in the leadership position, and Miller providing the tactical advantage for them.
While War Machine is Tony Stark's friend first, he becomes the second person to successfully use one of the Iron Man suits. Tony even builds him his own. He is always there to pull Tony back from the brink of destruction - or run headlong into it with him. That's exactly the kind of friend Miller is as well.
6 Echo: Widow
Living life as a spy and defecting to a new group to survive might sound like Black Widow, but Echo has more in common with another Widow, Natasha's little sister Yelena Belova.
Echo is thrust out of her life in Azgeda unexpectedly as her world literally ends. Yelena is as well, though it's with the help of a chemical agent to get rid of the Red Room's programming, not the apocalypse. Both young women were taken into the custody of powerful leaders as children and forced to kill to survive. Echo kills her friend to rise through the Azgeda ranks while Yelena becomes a child assassin. They both turn their lives around and find family to turn to; Echo has the Blake siblings while Yelena has Natasha.
5 Raven: Banner
As the smartest person in The 100, it's only fitting that one of the smartest people in the MCU is Raven's counterpart. It's even more fitting because they both struggle to let go of their anger.
For Bruce, that anger manifests in the form of the Hulk until he's able to find a way to combine the two parts of himself. For Raven, that anger manifests in her blaming Clarke for humanity's problems. While Raven's willing to use her scientific knowledge to do things like blow up bridges early in the show, in the end, Raven comes to realize that she has to move beyond that, just as Banner wants to be more than the violence associated with the green guy.
4 Murphy: Loki
A trickster who compulsively lies to get what he wants, but has a soft spot for the handful of people he considers family? It's hard to tell where John Murphy ends and Loki Laufeyson begins.
Both characters begin their journeys as people willing to tell any lie and commit any misdeed to get what they want. But they also both have big hearts that reveal all that scheming is just a result of feeling lost and powerless. Murphy becomes a hero in The 100, fighting to help kids survive on a far away planet, while Loki dies trying to help his brother in the fight against Thanos.
3 Emori: Quake
Plenty of fans continue to debate whether Daisy Johnson's Quake is part of the main MCU timeline or not since Agents Of SHIELD took a divergent path from the movies. With the multiverse in play, however, all timelines are canon, and her trajectory in the MCU is a perfect match for Emori's.
Both grow up without their family, falling in with dangerous groups to survive. While Daisy works with the Rising Tide and learns how to lift ID cards with some sleight of hand, Emori lives in the desert, conning travelers out of their belongings. Both find family in extraordinary circumstances and have a hand in saving the human race. They even both learn how to pilot spaceships in their journeys. Daisy might have literal superpowers, but Emori has the same drive to help people.
2 Bellamy: Iron Man
Bellamy isn't an engineering genius who unlocks the secrets of time travel. That doesn't mean he and Tony Stark's Iron Man don't have a similar path.
Tony Stark is a little selfish and perfectly willing to throw his weight around when he makes his debut. Bellamy is the same, though he doesn't have a fortune to back himself up. He uses his charm to rally teenagers to his side with his "whatever the hell we want" philosophy. Both characters, however, make a change when they realize that their approach is actually hurting those around them. Tony becomes Iron Man and an Avenger while Bellamy becomes a leader of his people and one of their best warriors. They both die for the world they believe in, having changed for the better.
1 Clarke: Scarlet Witch
Considering Clark and Bellamy are at odds as often as allied, some might have anticipated Clarke as the Captain America to his Iron Man. While there are similarities, Clarke's a better fit for Wanda's Scarlet Witch.
Clarke is a dreamer who is thrust into a world that makes her a warrior. She draws and dreams of life on the ground as a kid, just as Wanda watches sitcoms to imagine the perfect life. Both characters get what they want, but in ways that are twisted from their dreams. Clarke and Wanda become fighters, determined to protect those they care about and determined to do the right thing, but in their grief, their judgment is often clouded.
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August 06, 2021 at 12:00AM
