Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7971816-20160304031551/@comment-16845200-20160306193631

"I'm sorry, are you saying people went to the hospital because of this episode?"

Unfortunately, yes.

"I simply didn't understand why anyoe would be more sad about losing a lesbian rather than losing a influential character."

in NO WAY am i saying that lexa was NOT an influential character. let me explain:

you've got people like raven, who (and i'm boiling it down a lot here) embodies tenacity. you've got people like lincoln, who embodies courage. you've got people like clarke, you've got people like octavia, you've got people like bellamy...

and you've got people like lexa.

to me, lexa was so important. not just as a gay character, but because she was lexa. idgaf what the show will do with the next heda. why? because they ain't lexa. lexa was special. lexa was strong, compassionate, powerful, intelligent, beautiful, commanding, and strategic. lexa had this gravitas about her that immediately attracted her to her character the moment she appeared on screen. even before she was revealed as lgbt, i really, really liked her.

but lexa was also important to me because she was a gay character.

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.

the reason i don't bring UP the fact that lexa was everything other than gay is because everyone knows this. no one QUESTIONS this. no one COMPLAINS about her being strong or whatever. but people are complaining that fans are getting too worked up over lexa's death because she's gay, and THAT is why i am so vehement on the subject. that is why i talk about how this aspect of her character in particular is so affecting.

is lexa more than her sexuality? certainly.

but lexa's sexuality is also a part of who she is. and people shouldn't be diminishing the impact of that.