Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-94.199.238.15-20180827095457/@comment-24.212.171.17-20180915043407

In this season, she falls into typical 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely' scenario for obvious reasons. Octavia was never meant to wield this kind of power. Or should I say she was too young and inexperienced to be in any leadership position. And this season proved just that. I can't blame her entirely since people around her like Abby is also partially responsible for turning Octavia into what she is now as 'Red Queen'. But the most important point regarding her character though, is that this was destined to happened from the start if anyone ever gives her this kind of authority. Since from the beginning she was very impulsive and too prone to outbursts that she only saw everything black and white and hardly any shades of grey. The result is as time went on she never developed any sophistication or insight to be in the position she's in now. This led her to become extraordinarily impulsive, short-sighted, impetuous, obsessive, disturbed, misguided, paranoid and power-hungry tyrant that rules her people with iron fist and threatens anyone who oppose her. Not to mention ironically she literally became like Pyke. And this is what eventually leads to her fall from grace if not downfall. Like in Game of Thrones, people can be great warriors. But being warriors doesn't automatically translates to great leaders. As history has proven time and again, tyrants have no happy ending. Their greatest enemy is themselves corrupted by power which ends up destroying them eventually. But Octavia survived (unfortunately) but is stripped of all her power in the end. And with so many bridges she now had to fix with her former friends and subjects, her road to repentance will be an interesting one.