Based on the young adult novel series of the same name, The 100 aired for seven strong seasons and featured a variety of couples among its ensemble. The series follows a group of teenagers who have been convicted of crimes on the space station where humanity lives. They’re sent to Earth’s surface to see if it’s inhabitable after humanity couldn’t survive the radiation and fallout from nuclear events. From there, The 100 is a story of humanity’s struggle to survive and find a home – whether that’s on Earth or another planet.
As would be expected when dropping 100 teenagers in any environment – even an incredibly hostile one – the sparks of love and lust are bound to start popping up everywhere. While the show is about survival, the characters have to have a chance to really live, and that includes falling in love. The 100 blessed fans plentifully on this matter, and the audience saw couples come and go at the speed of light throughout the entire run of the show. Some of The 100 couples were more compelling to watch than others.
Octavia and Levitt are a very late addition to the couples in The 100, and it initially seems like they might be doomed to fail. One of Cadogan’s disciples, Levitt is an expert at using the advanced technology the disciples have to manipulate people’s memories and dig through them to find information. When he meets Octavia, however, he begins to doubt whether what Cadogan wants is really what’s best for humanity.
Octavia, for her part, learns to take a new approach to her battles with Levitt, becoming more strategic and patient after her talks with him, and not strictly a pacifist as she and Diyoza have tried to teach Hope to be or the warrior she was as Blodreina. The two learn a lot from one another, and become better people as a result, even returning to Earth with Clarke after humanity’s final judgment.
The only reason The 100 fans didn’t love Gina with Bellamy right away is because they didn’t really get a chance to know her character. She only appears in a handful of episodes right in the middle of the series. Gina and Bellamy are suddenly a couple after a small time jump, and there’s no chance to delve into who she really is.
Someone Bellamy knows from the Ark, Gina gets along with Raven, and even works with them on different projects. She makes supply runs to Mount Weather for camp. Gina and Bellamy seem like a perfectly normal couple in the brief time the audience gets to see them. There’s no drama during the time they’re together, no major conflicts to separate them from one another or to make them betray one another.
They could have been great since it seems like Gina has a calming effect on him – but Gina is killed off just in time for Bellamy to begin hating the Grounders for her death.
Jasper spends the first season with a huge crush on Octavia largely because of the rumors that exist about the girl who lived under the floor, and he sees that, despite that, she regularly puts herself out there. Octavia, though, is mostly oblivious to his feelings. That’s why the second season, in which he connects with Maya at Mount Weather, marks a nice change – until their relationship ends in tragedy.
Maya is someone Jasper is able to bond with over music and art and just getting the chance to be a teenager. Despite the dire circumstances of Jasper and his friends being held prisoner, Maya brings out a lightness in him. They’re good for one another, and it’s a shame that Maya ends up as a sacrifice when Clarke, Bellamy, and Monty irradiate Mount Weather.
Bryan doesn’t appear in the series for long, but he and Miller were together before Miller became a prisoner on the Ark, and they attempt to rekindle their relationship once the inhabitants of the Ark make their way to Earth. Unfortunately, they end up on opposite sides of a very big problem – Pike being in charge of their people.
What’s great about this The 100 couple, however, is that despite them disagreeing about Pike, they try to push through their differences. Miller understands that Bryan has a deep sense of loyalty to the man that saved his life. Bryan’s respect for Pike doesn’t outweigh his love for Miller either. When Bryan makes decisions he regrets in Pike’s name, he has Miller to talk to about it. It’s a shame Bryan meets his end off-screen.
Monty and Harper connect during a time when they’re both held captive at Mount Weather. While Monty and Jasper’s friendship is highlighted in the first season, Monty’s character expands as Harper becomes a more prominent figure in his life. Mount Weather is a stressful environment, but they find solace in one another – and continue to do so for the rest of their lives.
They’re one of the few pairings in the series that make it for the long haul. Not only do Monty and Harper come to the mutual agreement that they want to stay out of any more violent encounters, but they also are the ones who actively work toward a peaceful existence for humanity. They live out their days in a spaceship, guarding what they believe is the last of humanity in cryosleep, imparting their philosophy of peace to their son, and making sure the ship stays on course to give their son and their friends a future.
Murphy’s slow trek toward becoming a hero on The 100 begins when he meets Emori. Murphy is undoubtedly an antagonist in the early seasons of the show. He’s selfish and out for himself, only trying to stay in the good graces of the people he sees as more powerful than him. When he meets Emori, there’s a slight shift in his character that eventually becomes a full turn. He’s immediately intrigued by her, and they have a lot of similar skills.
Murphy and Emori are both survivors. They steal when they have to, con who they have to, and unite to keep each other from getting hurt. Along the way, they fall in love. They make one another better people as a result, both willing to sacrifice themselves for the other and even humanity.
Octavia and Diyoza are not a conventional couple. For all the audience knows, they never had a romantic relationship. They might as well have though as they argue like a married couple and raise Diyoza’s daughter together.
These two meet on opposite ends of a war for the planet, but end up having to survive, just the two of them and Diyoza’s daughter Hope, on a planet away from everyone else they know. During that time, they’re a family. They parent Hope together. Diyoza trusts Octavia, and only Octavia, with Hope. Octavia learns to attempt to move forward from all of the horrible things she’s done in her past, and Diyoza gets the chance to be more than her prison sentence. This is one duo The 100 fans would have loved to see more of.
Octavia and Lincoln’s relationship makes history on the show for being the first one depicting a romantic link between a Grounder and one of the Sky people. They have an almost immediate deep connection, and Lincoln’s presence has a big impact on Octavia, acting almost as her guiding light as she’s struggling to find her place in the world.
The two prove time and time again how far they are willing to go for each other, and it is just as heart-warming witnessing Octavia and Lincoln take care of each other as it is heart-shattering to see them apart and suffer because of their love. Lincoln’s death is one of the saddest fans were forced to witness, but his relationship with Octavia will remain in fans’ memories as one of the purest and most beautiful on the show.
The relationship between Clarke and Bellamy is a strong one, forged through friendship and trust. Bellamy and Clarke do not date, but their relationship is one of the most beloved by fans of The 100, who hoped to see these two follow the path of their characters in the books (who do end up together) in at least one way.