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6. How the fandom reads her

The fandom usually holds Octavia as a character of extremity — wild child, warrior queen, broken girl, Blodreina, redemption arc. What's loved about her is that she's never half of anything. Whether she's loving, destroying, or returning from destruction, she always goes all the way. [2]

In Clexa fic specifically, Octavia functions as:

A clear-eyed friend to Clarke
Warrior energy / fight energy — she's always first to physical action
The canonical other half of Lincoln — a relationship that operates as counterweight to Clexa. They are the "healthier" couple that shows Clarke and Lexa what's possible.

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