Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-92.40.178.76-20191124213725

When we first meet Indra back in season 2, she followed the commander's orders without question, we could see that she didn't agree with Lexa half the time but she never went against her, even after the bombing of her home. After Lexa betrayed skyikru at mount weather we see her free Lincoln to go help skyikru despite coalition orders, this would mark the frist time we see her do what she thinks is right against what is expected of her.

In season 3-4, she mostly acts as leader of Trikru and follows orders but pays the price for them with the massacre and her pride. We our also introduced to Gaia, her daughter who chose a different path then the one her mother intended and this shows us she was like this long before season 2.

While serving the Red Queen, a person she loves and the daughter she always wanted, we see Indra slowly turn against Octavia after several brutal acts. It appears something changed for her after the Dark year as she is going against orders and doing what she believes to be the right thing at the cost of her own life and the lives of others. We see that she recognises the repeating cycle of war and destruction when she agrees to help her friend Kane stop the Primes even at the cost of his life.

In the season 6 finale, Indra tells Gaia that she saw Shaidhada in her childhood and states he killed everyone and their families who didn't bend the knee to him, she likely bent the knee too out of fear but With Shaidhada returning as a major villain in the next season, I believe he will gain control over Wonkru and force people to follow him, thay all bend the knee but Indra remains standing, she says some words then is either killed in that moment, she goes to try and assistant him or she demands a trial by combat. This will reinforce the idea that people have a choice to do what they believe is right like we've seen with Kane, Finn, Monty and Harper.

This would be a really good way to bring her story full circle and make Shaidhada a threatening villain IMO but I hope Gaia survives to honour her. 