#gaiabriel

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. 

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okay, so it’s pretty obvious gabriel is gonna end up with o/ctavia, but i’m over here just dying for him to meet gaia. idk why i’m making myself suffer with a crack ship that’ll never happen, but here i am!! 

there is so much potential for these two, especially since gabriel is a former member of a cult. when we first see gaia, she’s a flamekeeper and at the start of s5 she seems to have gone full on crazy religious fanatic, but her relationship with madi is very interesting because she really does seem to generally care for her. she doesn’t want to protect her just because she’s the last natural born nightblood but because she’s a young child. 

and then in s6, when she was suddenly faced with the decision of destroying the flame or allowing madi to be taken over, she chose madi. she wanted raven to destroy the flame. it didn’t work obviously, but the point is that gaia chose madi over her faith, and i think it could be fascinating what the writers do with her character in s7 because of this. i would love to see her finally recognizing the harm that has come from the grounder religion and how it was a cult much like the primes, a connection that murphy made and called her out on in s6. 

but anyways!! 

going back to gabriel, i would love to see gaia struggling with her faith in s7 and bonding with gabriel because he likely once had the same struggles in deciding to leave the prime cult. 

also, they would just be so pretty together.

i mean LOOK AT THEM.