Board Thread:Show-Related Questions/@comment-168.9.35.207-20180521174237/@comment-37073666-20181003063940

I think that is a bit unfair to Clarke, she has made many mistakes but in season four she was willing to go into the radiation chamber in order to test the night-blood theory knowing that she could quite possibly die in order to save everyone.

Yes, she is biased to her friends but tell me that if faced with a situation where you have to choose between saving your friends and family or strangers that your friends wouldn't take priority.

Octavia united the clans by force, she made them choose or die, she may have earned their respect, but that is because everyone was too scared to oppose her. This isn't a dig on Octavia because quite frankly when we do eventually move past the Bloodreina thig she is still one of if not the best character in the show.

Clarke since season 1 has tried to find peace with the grounders. She went to the meeting with Anya on the bridge in season 1, she saved Anya, even her relationship with Lexa was a step towards peace just as much as Octavia's and Lincoln's was.

Clarke isn't perfect, she was unable to unite the clans, but that didn't stop her from trying. Octavia was, but in doing so she made many mistakes as well. Clarke doesn't just use people, she tries to save people and is willing to put her life on the line to do so.