Board Thread:Spoilers/@comment-27794543-20170218011401/@comment-27794543-20170227081545

Since I knew that Octavia is in a battle in 409, it did make her survival in 404 anticlimactic. That's what I get for reading Marie's interview :P (and why this post is on the spoiler board).

As for Octavia's relationship, I'd be really surprised if they decided to do a romance with Ilian this season. I interpreted Marie's comment as some sort of non-romantic partnership, perhaps eventually turning to friendship.