It was just a chance comment from a friend while we were talking... "None of the relationships in The Tribe ever seemed to work out."
Hmmm....
Is that true?
I guess, mostly, yeah. It's true. Check it out...
Start with Season-1, right up front--Trudy. Trudy'd become symbolic of dysfunctional love that would last for 5 seasons. From Bray to Zoot to Bray, to the Guardian, to Jay--not much luck, huh? But a very sweet little baby girl to see her into old age.
As for Bray, same-same. Bray bounced all over the place, way too many to map out here, but he always came back to Amber. Unfortunately that didn't work out either... leaving Amber with a very sweet little baby girl to see her into old age... and maybe Jay. Then again, Amber was all over the place too. Sasha to Bray to Pride to Jay. We have to see how Jay works out.
Salene was another girl who couldn't quite make up her mind. Bray to Ryan to Luke to Ryan to... May? That got verrrrryyyy confusing!
Then there was Lex. Good ole' sexy Lexy--from Zandra to Taisan to Salene to May to Taisan to Siva to Taisan... yep, our boy got around. But he always seemed to land on his feet. Relationships didn't quite mean the same thing to our Lex as they did to other people. That probably saved his sanity on more than one occasion.
Ebony was pretty much the same. She started with Bray but survived with Zoot and constantly chose survival over love. Would she even know love if it bit her? She thought she did, constantly, right up to Jay. But each time she screwed it up, chosing something else--like Ram?--beyond love. Still, she's a survivor. She will survive.
So you think maybe my friend was right? There are a lot of other examples. The course of true love didn't run very smooth for Dani, or Cloe, or Alice, or Pride... so many...
Yet there is one Tribe couple that makes me smile and gives me hope. Have you figured which one yet? Of course it's Jack & Ellie. From the moment they met, it was on. They thrived on each other, supported each other, and loved each other. No, it didn't run smooth. I guess it never does. But through all the crazies they constantly survived and constantly found each other again. And when that last boat sailed away from the city, they were still together. I like to think they still are.
-Chyna
photo source: copyright Cloud-Nine "The Tribe"
