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Myheartisskippingbeats wrote: can someone explain luna to me, like who is she????? leader, coward, what???

does she lead the boat people??? is she in the coalition? is she leader of the bopat people and not in the coalition??? what???? Ok, so Luna was first mentioned in Season 1. Lincoln ask Octavia to run away with him and go to a clan a friend of his was responsible for. That was Luna. However, we all know what happen then and they never went. In recent episodes, Octavia kept pleading Lincoln to leave and go to Luna's clan, but Lincoln knew she would turn them away because of his kill order. So, now that 3x09 has seed some light we have more infromation to go on.

Luna was one of the novitiates for the Conclave that made Lexa Commander. However, while the killing-each-other happened, Luna fled and never looked back, either seeking refuge in the Boat People or creating the clan (probably the former, it's still unclear). We know Lexa forbade Titus for hunting her down for her cowardish, so she is still alive. From pictures released in the beginning of the season from JR we know the Boat People ARE one of the 12 clans (13? Skaikru is a big questionmark right now) but the question remains what is Luna's position in there. If Lincoln's words hold some ground, first clue is that Luna has the power to accept them (season 1 discussion about Luna) or refuse to shelter them (season 3 discussion about Luna). So, she probably is high enough in the hierarchy. So let's think for a second that Boat People are like Trikru. The person in Trikru that could make such a decision is probably only Indra. So, if in fact the Boat people are like that, Luna is the Indra of the Boat People, hence the leader.