Do you think Lexa would have abandoned Clarke at the mountain if Clarke had reciprocated her feelings?
Clarke did reciprocate her feelings. Idk exactly which scenes you were watching but Clarke kissed Lexa right back with as much intent. Maybe Lexa took her a bit by surprise, but I think that has everything to do with the fact that Lexa had literally just spent the last week telling Clarke love is weakness and that she couldn't trust her. Then bam, "not everyone, not you" and bam, those big ol juicy lips on hers. Takes a girl off guard.
I mean, does this look like a woman not into the kiss?
She literally went "Wai-wha- oh..." and melted into the kiss.
Does her holding Lexa back seem like she wasn't into it?
Or her pushing into the kiss and practically sucking on Lexa's lips?
Not yet never meant 'not interested', it meant 'hey I just had to kill my bf of 3 days and uh we're about to head into a war we might die in so erm, maybe lets raincheck this and circle back to it.'
Not to mention this little exchange
And before you call manipulation, she really had no reason to. As far as she knew at that point, which was 100% correct, Lexa had no intention of betraying her and skaikru. They were just two leaders heading into war side by side. That's what made the betrayal so devastating. She did return those feelings and she was convinced her and Lexa were in this together. That's why she got so fucking pissed and hurt by it and yet still, still, couldn't kill her when she had the chance. It's not as tho in those months alone in the woods somehow she miraculously started caring for Lexa out of nowhere and when Roan gave Clarke the knife, they hadn't had much time to be together and make up. She was furious. But she still cared. She always cared. And I think her spending so much time getting over that hurt was something Clarke regretted for the rest of her life after losing Lexa.
And that's not even delving into the fact that you know damn good and well Clarke would've taken the deal if the roles were reversed. Clarke proved time and time again that she would sacrifice just about anything to save skaikru. So yeah, while it hurt, while it took her by surprise, Clarke "For My People" Griffin understood why Lexa took the deal because she was as pragmatic and ruthless of a leader as Lexa was.
Finally, I think reducing Lexa to a character mentality space that she would've further endangered her warriors in exchange for 40-some-odd non-coalition members just because her crush said yes instead of not yet is reductive and kind of insulting to Lexa as a leader and a person. Her warriors were getting mowed down left and right with no real footholds happening in the mountain. It was becoming more and more clear that they had underestimated the MM's forces and that's before even making it into the actual mountain.
What real choice did she have aside from "concede this battle to win the war"? It pained Lexa to have to make that decision and she was quite honest about that fact. She showed that in the moment and every subsequent action thereafter. But it was one she felt she had to make no matter how much she cared for Clarke. You're talking about a woman who an hour earlier was making plans to take Clarke to her home to show her the wonders of her culture. So I'm not at all sure where you're getting the idea that Lexa made her decision based on Clarke's feelings, or that she might've been persuaded another way if Clarke hadn't said not yet. That's not how Lexa functioned as a leader.
The only role Clarke played in it was being one more person Lexa cared about, and thought she'd have to lose.
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