John Murphy

Character
Name:	Jonathan "John" Murphy
Occupation:	ex-Lieutenant to Bellamy's Militia
Relationships:	Alex Murphy (father), unnamed mother
Fandom:	The 100
Other:	Portayed by Richard Harmon
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John Murphy, or simply Murphy, is a main character in the 100 series.

Canon

Murphy is part of the original 100. Murphy was Bellamy Blake's second-in-command until Clarke accuses him of murdering Wells, resulting in the Delinquents trying to hang him. He is banished from the camp and captured and tortured by Grounders before escaping. He returns to the Camp unknowingly infected with fever, spreading it to most of the camp. He then kills Connor and Myles for their participation in attempting to hang him. He also tries to hang Bellamy and badly wounds Raven by shooting her before he escapes from the camp and is recaptured by Grounders.

Murphy is eventually reunited with the remaining Delinquents outside Mount Weather. He ends up going with Finn to Tondc in search of the missing Delinquents. As Finn massacres 18 villagers, Murphy tries to stop him unsuccessfully.

He decides to join Thelonious on his journey to the City of Light, where they eventually reach an island and Jaha leaves an injured Murphy behind. Murphy discovers a lighthouse bunker from before the nuclear war and makes himself at home.

Fandom

Pairings

• Bellamy Blake/John Murphy - most popular pairing
• Emori/John Murphy - canonical and most popular het pairing
• John Murphy/Ontari - canonical
• John Murphy/Raven Reyes
• Clarke Griffin/John Murphy
• John Murphy/Nathan Miller

Statistics

• In 2018 John Murphy was the 10th most popular The 100 character on Archive of Our Own

Common Tropes in Fanworks

• Modern AU:modern setting, where he meets or knows other characters from the series
• High School AU or College AU: common because of his relative age
• Canon Divergence AU: varies, but may include him not going with Jaha in Season 2
• PTSD: dealing with the aftermath of the torture inflicted upon him in Season 1 and Season 3
• Supporting Character: featured secondary character in stories focusing on other members of the 100
• Murphy is sometimes seen as a controversial character due to his past actions (killing two of the 100, shooting Raven)

Other

• Fans of Murphy sometimes refer to him as the Trash King

Fanworks

Fanart

• Punk!Murphy by gothichorrcr^{[Dead link]}
• small town au by stopmurphy^{[Dead link]}
• don't take that sinner from me, ^{Archived version} and what a joke, ^{Archived version} by ohlazarus
• Murphy, ^{Archived version} by samanthalagace
• murphy fanart from last year, ^{Archived version} by localkd

Fanfiction

• Tales from the Promised Land by Phalene, Murphy explores his new surroundings and makes a few discoveries about pre-Cataclysm Earth culture. (Post Season 2 finale)
• Days Will Pass by hopelight, "Let me live, will you?" (Murphy & Raven)
• The Perversion of the Peaceslinger by Ghelik, Of how Trickster John Murphy used Finn Collins aka. Peace-Slinger's anger to his own needs. Or: the massacre of the grounder village in S2 as told by the Grounders of the Future. Because even after death, karma keeps fucking with Murphy. (AU/Futurefic)

Vids

• kettering by octaviablakes
• Second Chance by Rose
• Heathens by SwedishProduktionNo1

Fanmix

• "I Feel Blood" by ganglyteeth

Archives & Fannish Links

• John Murphy works at AO3
• John Murphy works at FFN

Tumblr

• Tags: john murphy, johnmurphyedit, john murphy the 100, the 100 john murphy
• murphygifs
• murphy-gifs
• goodguyassholemurphy
• murphystartedthefire

Other

• John Murphy The 100 at FanPop
• John Murphy tag at FanForum

Resources

• John Murphy at The 100 Wiki

References

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