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2. Who Clarke is, in canon and in vibe

Clarke Griffin is one of the characters who holds the show through an almost cruel combination of intellect, guilt, intuition, and the capacity to make decisions other people don't survive emotionally. She is not "cold." She just learned very quickly to convert feeling into action. Instead of falling apart, she builds a plan. Instead of crying, she finds a solution. And instead of asking someone else to hold the world, she holds it herself until she starts to break. [C1][C5]

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