Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7971816-20160304031551/@comment-27607065-20160306194141

Sparkstoaflame wrote:

she was representation. she was a strong, compassionate, powerful, intelligent, beautiful, commanding, and strategic gay woman who did not sacrifice ANY of those aforementioned traits to the wind. there are plenty of strong characters like that, but there are so, so few characters who happen to possess those traits and also happen to be positive representation for the lgbt community. she was more than a plot device. THIS EXACTLY. As a closeted LGBT person, it's so empowering and encouraging to see someone like Lexa on television. She was a lesbian but she wasn't a stereotype. She was intelligent, beautiful, strong, all those things you said. I don't think people understand how much she meant to a lot of people, me included.