Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26814591-20150724030749/@comment-27754434-20160524140801

if you want to understand clexa and why it happened so "fast", then continue reading:

1) finn killed innocents and was at his breaking point, some might argue that he was at his breaking point, to the suicide line.... he knew what his death meant it meant peace and no matter what ,he knew killing was wrong, he knew that not knowing they didnt have clarke was no excuse for killing them, so he decided to accept his punishment. this even prooves how he was no savage, but reasonable man, who understood you cannot get away with something just because you could....

2) clarke killed him because she knew there was no other way..... killing lexa meant 1000+ warriors, willing to die, and were trained to kill from their childhoods, all that released upon camp jaha..... sure guns would kill a lot of them, but soon they would get to the distance of meele combet and you know how that would end..... so clarke did the best she could, finn, even if he was skaikru, was a killer and had to be punished for his crimes, because no matter how you put it, he DID kill a lot of innocent people..... so the grounders wanted him dead, atleast she could do was make sure he didnt suffer.....

3) their first kiss.... ok, first, LEXA KISSED CLARKE. and she said she wasnt ready. at that point, clarke already saw that the grounders werent just savages, but a civilization and lexa was smart, inteligent and cared for her people. who does that remind you of? clarke. lexa and clarke saw "trough" each other because they were so familiar. they both lost someone they love3d in a war with someone they now had peace, they both wanted to be free, but had to protect and lead their people, and both sacrificed everything for their people..... lexa saw strenghtr and power in clarke, but it was clarke compasion that lexa fell in love with.... clarke was a leader like her, and lexa never smiled and did what she had to, what she needed to, for her people, clarke understood that, thats why she didnt blake her for finn, because she knew his death wasnt lexas fault..... imagine clarke when lexa tells her she didnt let her burn in tonDC... she knew that lexa saw her in some regard other that a strategic ally, but not how much more..... until the kiss.

do you think clarke had a speech prepared for when she was 18, some plan to get herself back on the ark? no, she knew they would float her. she was preparing to die for over 1 year.... and then those people send her on earth, like a lab rat, and still, she protects them..... she still tries to save them..... she doesnt let jasper die, she meets with anya, she makes contact with thew arc, she doesnt enjoy MW, she sees the danger and risks everything to get out, to save her friends.... then she mets with the heda, lexa, whose 300 warriors she killed because it was her who always protected her people, not bellamys "idiotic" plan to fight off an army with limited suplies with KIDS...... killing finn was the best she could do. and how many people thanked her for that? her mother? bellamy? jasper? NOONE. after risking her life more than a few times to save everyone, she always does what she has to and always gets treated like dirt in return.... they were her people, but after everything she did for them, they still only saw trhe bad in what she did..... tonDC is wha tprotected bellamy, and stuff like that.... she felt that. she felt like noone liked her, loved her, cared about her..... her own mother was willling to let her die for the greater good. but then came lexa, who kissed her. an enemy, who would be killed by her generals if they knew she kisswed her. clarke found someone who cared baout her, lexa evenb saved her life..... finn broke her heart and had a girlfriend, but she sr+till cared for him. but lexa didnt want anything from her, she saw her, got to know her and...... well, she started to care for her. clarke found someone wha was willing to do that for her, someone who would protect her, and that was a role she was never in before, a role she was safe in, a rolew she liked to be in..... lexas presence made her feel something more again. she lkiked her back. but it was too soon. they were in a middle of a war. and at MW she saw what lexa had to do. she blamed her but she also understood her. lexa did what she had to for her people, just as clarke has more than once..... and that is why she reacted like she did, saying she wasnt ready. it was because of finn, but lexa was not out of the picture because she was a grounder..... and as we later saw, clarke loved her back.

also, i think it was a day or 2 between finns death and their first kiss, and clarke said she wasnt ready, so i dont hink it was disrespectfull towards finn.....