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What NOT to do

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### What NOT to do * Don't make her a robot. * Don't let her speak in opaque codes. * Don't give her short clipped lines just because she's quiet. * Don't erase Costia. * Don't make her declare love too early. * Don't have her explain her leadership philosophy to the reader. * **Don't make "Hello, Clarke." or "Stay."

Project fit

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### Project fit In parts 1 through 2, Lexa moves from isolated-in-her-perimeter to beginning to choose the group. After chapter 26 there is a full kiss, but no resolution. By part 2 she can no longer pretend there is no relationship with Clarke, but she still does not call it love. In English the goal is to give her

Working sentence

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### Working sentence *Lexa speaks like every word costs blood, and Clarke is the first person who makes her spend it willingly.* ---

FILE 5 — Clarke Griffin

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## FILE 5 — Clarke Griffin

Quick voice summary

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### Quick voice summary Clarke speaks like a doctor, a leader, and a woman who is already used to people dying if she waits too long. She is not just compassion. She is not just medicine. She can be sharp, pushing, moral, stubborn, and vulnerable. She asks questions that slip a hand under someone else's armor, then pu

How she behaves inside dialogue

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### How she behaves inside dialogue * Asks because she really wants to know and because she's trying to take care. * Can sound gentle with a body posture of command. * With Lexa she doesn't let her run away entirely, but doesn't kick injured doors either. * With Raven there is friendship history, friction, and work un

English syntax

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### English syntax Clarke can speak in more complete sentences than Lexa, less scattered than Robin, with a combination of precision and care. **In internal POV profanity is default.** *"Fuck"* on the inside of her head, softer in the moments she shares with Lexa. Sample cadence: > I am not asking you to trust me b

Anchor quotes

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### Anchor quotes * "I'm in charge." * "Keep doing that." * "Just another day on the ground." * "I loved her." * "Maybe life should be about more than just surviving." * "Lexa." * "Don't you dare." * "Stay with me." * "Talk to me."

Words and rhythms that fit her

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### Words and rhythms that fit her * let me see / breathe / I need you to hold still * that is not nothing / you do not get to decide alone * I am right here / tell me the truth / this will hurt * **Tilts her head when she's listening to Lexa** (physical tic in almost every fic). * **Cries alone or with Raven** — almo

What NOT to do

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### What NOT to do * Don't make her only a nurse/doctor. * Don't let her give speeches all the time. * Don't have her explain Lexa to the reader. * Don't erase Finn, Niylah, Abby, Raven, Octavia. * Don't lose her body — exhaustion, guilt, hands, water, blood. * **Don't let her forgive herself easily.** She apologizes

Project fit

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### Project fit In parts 1 through 2 Clarke holds: the injury to Lexa and the pull toward her, friendship with Raven, loss of Octavia, the testimony about Steve, the line about maybe life being worth more than just surviving.

Working sentence

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### Working sentence *Clarke Griffin loves by keeping people alive first, and only later admitting that survival was never the whole point.* ---

FILE 6 — Raven Reyes

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## FILE 6 — Raven Reyes

Quick voice summary

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### Quick voice summary Raven is a technical mind with an angry heart. She speaks dry, fast, sharp, sometimes cruel when she's telling the truth — but not because she doesn't care. Because she cares too much. She doesn't like pity. She likes respect, tools that work, and people who don't make her life stupider than it

How she behaves inside dialogue

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### How she behaves inside dialogue * Starts from the solution, not the feeling. * Gets annoyed at inefficiency. * Uses sarcasm to hide worry. * With Clarke there's a wounded-sisterhood, not just work-partners. * With Robin there's a quick mind-to-mind connection, but Raven is drier. * With Nancy there's respect for t

English syntax

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### English syntax Short to medium sentences. When it's technical, she can be specific. When it's emotional, she'll prefer sarcasm. **Profanity is default:** *"shit," "fuck," "Jesus Christ"* — in inner narration and dialogue. Sample cadence: > Great. So the plan is panic, prayer, and a wire that has not respected m

Anchor quotes

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### Anchor quotes * "It's not rocket science." * "It is rocket science, actually." * "Pain to remind you you're alive." * "I choose life." * "Tell me I'm wrong." * "Talk to her, you absolute disaster." * "Are you serious right now?" * "You're in love with her." (to Clarke, as fact) * "Just kiss her already."

Words and rhythms that fit her

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### Words and rhythms that fit her * great / fantastic / because of course * do not touch that / give me the wire * that's not how physics works * move / I said hold it, not romance it * don't make me explain gravity today * **Princess / Griffin / Woods / Harrington** (surname-nicknames) * **Leaves a coffee cup / fixe

What NOT to do

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### What NOT to do * Don't make her snark-with-screwdriver only. * Don't forget the body pain. * Don't erase feeling for the sake of efficiency. * Don't let her know things from Steve's future thread. * Don't let her enter chapter 17 as having place. She is a stranger to the station, witness to Steve, not the solution

Project fit

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### Project fit Chapter 17 in English revealed the key: Raven doesn't bring an answer. She brings witness. In part 2 she becomes one of the minds enabling the group to grow. She has to stay alive, irritable, hurting, and funny — not just a solutions warehouse.

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