Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11565898-20170508222419/@comment-27794543-20170509073742

Definitely not Raven. She wanted Clarke to kill Lexa (which would have resulted in Clarke's death & all the Grounders attacking Camp Jaha), killed 300+ people with dropship ignition, and killed more people with more bombs. She's threatened to kill people and physically attacked others. But the part that makes me completely rule her out as the most 'innocent' is the way she tortured Lincoln. I'm not saying she wasn't allowed to be upset, but her actions were not morally right or virtuous.

Decisions and actions rule out Clarke, Bellamy, Octavia, Jaha, Kane, Roan, Murphy, and Finn. To a lesser extent, the same applies to Abby, Monty, and Jasper.

Lincoln was a warrior, so he's got enough blood on his hands, but he was quite 'innocent'. But the most innocent main characters were the ones with the fewest appearances: Callie and Wells.

Out of those alive, I'd agree that Monty is pretty innocent but he's done his share. Without him, the irradiation of Mount Weather wouldn't have happened. He argued to abandon the slaves at Farm Station (for the greater good, similar to how Abby choose to do Nightblood experiments for the greater good). And he's been responsible for other deaths.

Jasper is a bit of an oddity. He opened fire on the bridge, but the Grounders speared him first, so it's their fault that he was on edge. During the second season, he only killed those who directly attacked him and his friends. Since then, he hasn't killed anyone. While he isn't being helpful, his actions aren't morally wrong. Even with DNR, it's not morally wrong to chose a shorter fulfilling life vs a longer constrained one.

But what I think the writers have been trying to do is to show that there are a lot of gray, not just black and white. Characters, especially the main ones, are shown to be 'good' and 'bad'. There aren't any Mary Sues.