### 4. How the fandom reads her
The fandom loves Spooner especially in pairing with Astra. Their relationship has been one of the most-loved relationships in Legends fanfic since season 6.
### 5. What's important to keep in writing
- Don't ignore her isolation.
- Don't make her a complete loner — let her open up.
- Let her be funny in her own way.
- Let her love Astra openly (or anyone else, depending on the fic).
### 6. Project fit
Spooner brings wild-loner energy and unique experience around alien contact. In an apocalyptic saga, she's a character built to survive and bring the team intelligence others cannot.
**Working sentence:**
Spooner Cruz is a woman who knew the world was bigger than people told her, and the apocalypse
### 1. Quick summary
Molly Hernandez is the youngest in the Runaways gang, a girl with superhuman strength, and one of the warmest and most genuine characters across the show. She starts as a kid trying to fit in, and across the seasons becomes a character with her own arc around identity, family, and what it means to
### 2. Who she is in canon
Molly is the daughter of Gene and Alice Hernandez, both members of "Pride" who died in a "car accident" (in fact a murder). She is adopted by the Yorkes family — Stacey and Dale, parents of Gertrude (Gert) — and becomes Gert's adopted sister. She has the power of superhuman strength. [1]
### 3. Her character
- Sweet, optimistic, very loyal.
- Smart enough to see what others miss.
- Carrying complex grief around her biological parents.
- A girl trying to grow up faster than she's allowed.
### 4. How the fandom reads her
The fandom loves Molly as one of the most positive characters in Runaways. Many fanfics deal with her ability to grow into a strong woman over time without losing the warmth that defines her.
### 5. What's important to keep in writing
- Don't reduce her to "the smallest kid."
- Don't ignore her grief.
- Let her have real strength, not just super-strength.
- Let her love Gert as a real sister.
### 6. Project fit
In an apocalyptic saga, Molly brings strength, warmth, and a unique perspective as a younger character who's already been through major losses before the world ended.
**Working sentence:**
Molly Hernandez is the smallest girl with the largest strength, and a heart that refuses to harden no matter w
### 1. Quick summary
Alex Wilder is the natural leader of the Runaways gang, a brilliant young guy who in the show goes through one of the most complex moral arcs across the cast. He starts as the boy who brings the gang together and is later revealed to be moving deeper into morally gray territory. [1]
### 2. Who he is in canon
Alex is the son of Geoffrey and Catherine Wilder, both members of "Pride." He is a genius in technology and chess, and in the first season he's the one organizing the gang to investigate their parents. Across the seasons his character grows in complex directions, including alliances that make
### 3. His character
- Intelligent, strategic, leader-like.
- Loyal to his friends, but with a moral instability that surfaces across the seasons.
- In love with Nico Minoru, in a complex relationship.
- Carrying heavy weight from his parents' world.
### 4. How the fandom reads him
The fandom is divided around Alex. Some hold him as one of the best characters in the show. Others criticize his moral choices in later seasons.
### 5. What's important to keep in writing
- Don't make him purely "the good leader."
- Don't make him purely "the dark traitor."
- Let him be a young guy under real pressure.
- Don't ignore his relationship with his parents.
### 6. Project fit
In an apocalyptic saga, Alex brings strategic leadership, sharp intelligence, and complex moral weight. His relationship with Nico, his bond with Molly, and his relationships with the rest of the gang add a complete chosen-family layer.
**Working sentence:**
Alex Wilder is a guy who tried to lead h
## Raven / Clarke / Abby translation lock
For Apocalypse, Now, Raven and Clarke are chosen-family sisters before Day Zero. Abby took Raven under her wing, and Raven became part of Clarke's family structure. This project lock controls the Day Zero chapter and overrides any interpretation that treats Raven as merely a h
## Abby death lock
Abby dies and rises as living dead in front of Clarke during Day Zero at the hospital. Clarke is forced to stop/kill her mother. Raven takes Abby's death very hard because Abby was a maternal/chosen-family figure to her too.