r/The100 • u/cryptic-weirdo I'm pretty sure I ate a pinecone - because it told me to • 2d ago

Question about the dark year Spoiler

So I've watched the show a few times and idk if I just didn't pick up on it or they just didn't disclose this. Were they only cannibals for a year? Why only one year? What changed to make them stop being cannibals or did they just continue eating the people from the fighting pits? Was there a negative consequence to the cannibalism like others going insane besides Octavia clearly going mad?

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u/EfficiencyAmazing880 2d ago

No offense but how didn't you get the reasons they only engaged in cannibalism for a year even tho u claim to have watched the show a couple of times?

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u/cryptic-weirdo I'm pretty sure I ate a pinecone - because it told me to 2d ago

I understand why they resorted to cannibalism, what I don't get is the fact they every single one of them just suddenly stopped being cannibals cause the issue was resolved?

Edit they say it only lasted a year but I feel like at a years mark they could've covered more of the recovery from cannibalism since I'm sure that not everyone would've willingly gone back.

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u/crunchycrunch246 2d ago

Why wouldn't they go back, I assuming because of the taste, regardless of the food source I think it was just a protien jelly thing they ate, so not sure if people would have cared that much to try and not go back to plant.