#clarkaia

Oof, there are so many storylines that I’ve thought of for her.

1. If her introduction had been in s3, I would have liked her to be the flame keeper in Titus’s place. Maybe have Clarkaia (or whatever their ship name is) happen instead of CL. Also, I would have dropped the Indra x O/ctavia relationship and focused instead on Indra’s relationship with her actual daughter. It infuriates me that in s4 Indra seemed to love the psycho white girl who went on senseless killing sprees instead of her own black daughter, just because Gaia didn’t want to lead armies and O/ctavia was a “warrior.”

2. I’ve also always thought that if nightblood and the flame didn’t exist, then maybe Gaia could have been introduced as the next commander when L runs away off screen to be with Costia or something. Like, maybe Costia was alive the whole time, and since L has been getting death threats she’s like, “Alright, I think I’ve had enough of this bullshit, gonna go run away with my beautiful ex girlfriend.” But anyway, the point is, Gaia would basically be the commander in place of L in s3.

3. If her introduction was still in s4, I’d probably make Gaia a nightblood instead of a flame keeper and have her lead the bunker instead of O/ctavia. In this scenario, I’d also keep Roan alive, and maybe have something happen between him and Gaia, mainly because I think it would be funny watching Indra’s reaction to her daughter having feelings for the king of the Ice Nation. Maybe it’s just me, but I think it would have been hilarious. Also, Roanaia just sounds cool to me.

4. I also think if she had ended up on the Ring instead of E/cho, that would have been really interesting. The only other grounder up there would be Emori, and Emori is far from a normal grounder. Gaia would have been forced to see things from a different perspective. Maybe Bellamy and Gaia could have been a thing too. Bellaia. I kinda like it.

5. The last one is, as you mentioned, my Gaia x Gabriel crackship coming to life. Gaia has never been with anyone romantically on the show, and I would love to see that side of her, especially with Gabriel since they have a lot in common if you think about it. Even if it doesn’t happen, which it probably won’t, I really hope that they at least become friends. Gaia could learn a lot from him. My greatest wish for her now is that she finally lets go of the grounder religion. They kind of set that up in s6 with her choosing Madi over the flame, so I’d continue that development with her into s7.