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Clarke: Hey, Raven? I'd pick you first.

Raven: Of course you would. I'm awesome.

We Are Grounders (Part 2)


Clarke and Raven is the relationship between Clarke Griffin and Raven Reyes. They are portrayed by cast members Eliza Taylor and Lindsey Morgan, and début in the fifth episode of Season One.

Summary[]

The two first meet in Twilight's Last Gleaming when Raven's pod crash-lands near the camp. Raven seems to admire Clarke, mostly because of her mother. However, later Raven discovers about Clarke and Finn's relationship and becomes cold towards Clarke. It is understandable to say that they were both stuck in a love triangle with Finn. Despite this they are able to get along for the good of Finn and the camp when things go wrong with the Grounders. Together they will prepare the furnace that will burn 300 Grounders/Trikru.

In the second season, they seem to grow closer until Clarke mercy-kills Finn. They are able to repair their friendship when Raven sees what Finn could have gone through and they will gradually truly care about each other. When Clarke irradiates Mount Weather, Raven is one of the rescued Sky People.

In the Season Three their relationship is a little strained due to Clarke leaving for 3 months, and when Raven is controlled by A.L.I.E., she goes after Clarke blaming her for the deaths of her loved ones, but when she wakes up from A.L.I.E's grip they will work together to stop her.

In Season Four their relationship is similar. She stays tense because Raven doesn't understand Clarke but they care for each other and work together for everyone's survival. And even if she does not understand her, she has confidence in her and is aware that no one can make these decisions by asking her to write the list of the 100 people who will survive in Arkadia. Their relationship will be tightened when they try to make black blood to save everyone and that questions of ethics arise. Nevertheless Raven does not oppose it and finally Clarke injects herself the test even if it will not be verified. At the end of the season, Clarke and the others return for Raven and decide to go to space since they no longer have time to get to the bunker. But eventually Clarke will sacrifice herself to allow them to leave and will stay on earth.

In Season Five when the Spacekru descends back to earth and meets Madi, Raven and the others are happy to hear that Clarke is alive. But things quickly turn sour and their respective priorities cause their relationship to deteriorate. After living 6 years alone with Madi whom she considers her daughter, Clarke makes her her top priority to the detriment of others. And Raven after living 6 years with the spacekru, they became her priority. Clarke indirectly tortures Raven but eventually she changes her mind and tries to save them. Together they will send everyone back to space.

At the start of Season Six, Raven hates Clarke for the events of Season 5 but when Josephine Lightbourne takes Clarke's body and they think she is dead, Raven is deeply touched. When they find out that she isn't, Raven is relieved. They work together again to save Sanctum from the Primes and Madi from Sheidheda. Raven is very affected by the death of Abby whom she saw as a second mother figure, so she sympathizes strongly with Clarke.

The last season honors them, at the start of Season Seven they try to rebuild Sanctum and live in peace. But things don't get better and they face a threat yet again. They fight to get their friends back and go through many trials. While Clarke deals with the Russell Lightbourne/Sheidheda problem, Raven has to deal with the generator about to explode. Raven sends 4 men to death without telling them. After that she is devastated, she understands for the first time what Clarke felt during some of these choices. Clarke comforts her several times, telling her that she made the right choice, telling her that she's probably one of the best humans, better than her, and later when she sees Nikki coming out of the room where Raven was raven, she rushes to see if Raven is okay and comforts her with Murphy and Emori. When the time comes for the test and she learns that Clarke has failed, she goes to see the judge protesting her decision saying that she does not understand how Clarke could have failed after all she has done for them. Finally, it is partly thanks to her that the judge changes his mind and exept Clarke everyone can transcend.

When she learns that Clarke will not be able to transcend and that she will be left on her own, Raven and the others of their group refuse transcendence to end their lives with her.

Throughout the Series[]

In Twilight's Last Gleaming, Clarke and Raven meet when Raven crash-lands her pod near where the Delinquents have their camp. Raven takes a liking to Clarke immediately, mostly because of Clarke's mom, Abby. Clarke sees Finn, the guy who she likes, kiss Raven and claim they have known each other their whole lives and are dating, which makes Clarke jealous and upset. However, she helps Raven apply pressure to the head wound she got when her pod crashed. Clarke later breaks up an argument between Raven and Bellamy. She also helps Raven send signal flares up to the Ark, hoping that the citizens of the Ark will see them and know that Earth is survivable.

In His Sister's Keeper, they learn that the signal flares fail to reach the Ark when the ashes of the 320 Ark citizens return to the ground. Clarke assists Raven in finding parts to fix the damaged radio from her pod ship so that they can talk to the Ark. Later, Raven finds out about Clarke and Finn's relationship and is hurt and upset by it.

In Contents Under Pressure, Raven talks to Clarke's mom by using the radio she fixed in order to assist Clarke with Finn surgery after he was stabbed with a poisoned knife. She also helps Clarke and Bellamy torture a Grounder in order to get the antidote to the poison that was on the knife blade Finn was stabbed with.

In Day Trip, Raven promises Clarke that she will watch over Finn while she goes to look for supplies for the upcoming winter with Bellamy.

In Unity Day, Raven gets jealous when she finds out that Finn is with Clarke and she gets even more jealous when Finn holds Clarke's hand before the peace meeting. Raven is upset at Finn for telling Clarke about the peace meeting with the Grounders but not telling her.

In I Am Become Death, Clarke helps Raven when she is sick. Raven gets jealous when she sees Finn catch Clarke when she falls. Raven breaks up with Finn, believing that he loves Clarke more than he does her.

In The Calm, Raven seems slightly hurt when John Murphy tells her that Finn and Clarke went on a hunting trip together. However, later she expresses concern when Monty tells her that Clarke and Finn were with another guy, Myles, and none of them came back.

In We Are Grounders (Part 1), Raven insists on searching for Finn and Clarke; however, Bellamy doesn't allow it since the Grounders are coming.

We Are Grounders (Part 2), Clarke stops Raven's gunshot wound from bleeding. Raven and Clarke work together in order to create an explosion by using rocket fuel in order to win the war against the Grounders.

In The 48, after Clarke is reunited with most of the Delinquents in Mount Weather, she asks if anyone has seen Raven after the explosion that took place in the finale. Once the others tell Clarke that they haven't seen her since then, Clarke is saddened.

In Human Trials, Clarke returns to Camp Jaha and when she sees Raven she hugs her. Clarke is also saddened when she notices Raven's leg.

In Fog of War, Raven tells Clarke that Mount Weather and jamming their communications. They go on a mission with Finn, Bellamy, Abby, Sgt. Scott and two other Camp Jaha Guards to blow the tower. However, Clarke and Finn are separated from the group. Raven soon realizes that they can listen in on Mount Weather, something they won't be able to do if they blow the tower and in order to convince Abby of this she says "[she knows] what Clarke would do."

In Spacewalker, they work together to protect Finn before he turns himself in. When Clarke goes to Lexa to beg for her to spare Finn's life Raven hands her a knife and says if Lexa refuses Clarke should kill her. However, Clarke uses the knife to mercy kill Finn, devastating Raven.

In Remember Me, after Raven's suspected of trying to poison Lexa, Clarke goes to confront her by telling her that "if [she] tried to poison [Lexa], [she] needed to know". Raven, still saddened by Finn's death punches Clarke in the face and says to Clarke with disgust: "You're the only murderer here."

In Rubicon, Clarke asks Raven on her progress with the tone generators which Raven responds that "[tone generators] don't grow on trees" and she's working as fast as she can. Seeing that Clarke is clearly anxious and stressed, however, Raven hugs her and their relationship is seen to be improving.

In Nevermore, Raven who is being controlled by A.L.I.E. is used against Clarke blaming her for all the deaths of those she cared about including Wells, Finn, Lexa and her father. Clarke is furious and accidentally reveals to Raven that they intend on frying ALIE to free Raven.

In Demons, Raven, Clarke, Bellamy, Octavia, Jasper, Monty, and Sinclair return to Arkadia in order to retrieve Lincoln's journal which contains information about Luna. Later, when Emerson puts Raven and the others in the airlocks and forces Clarke to watch them suffocate, Clarke puts the flame in his neck killing him and saving her friends. At the end of the episode, when Clarke, Bellamy, Jasper, and Octavia depart while Raven, Monty, Harper, and Miller stay behind, Raven hugs Clarke goodbye.

In Perverse Instantiation (Part 1), Clarke, Bellamy, Octavia, and Jasper return to Arkadia with Roan. Since they failed to convince Luna to take the flame, Clarke has a new idea, put the flame in Ontari. Raven hands her to EMP and she leaves with Bellamy, Octavia, Miller and Roan for Polis.

Quotes[]

Raven: "Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me Finn didn't make this for you. Tell me you weren't screwing my boyfriend as I was risking my ass to come down here."
Clarke: "I can't tell you that."
Raven: "He made one for me, too. Just in case you thought you were special."
Clarke: "Do you think I wanted this? I didn't even know you existed. Look, as far as he knew you were dead, Raven, or you would've been soon enough. My mom, too, and everyone we ever knew on the Ark. There was nothing we could do to stop it."
Raven: "He could've waited more than ten days."
-- His Sister's Keeper
Raven: "Raven: It's not rocket science."
Clarke: "It is rocket science, actually."
Raven: "Guess we finally found something you're not good at. (pauses) I used to be picked first for everything - Earth skills, zero-g mech course . . . First - every time. So, how the hell did I end up here?"
Clarke: "Hey, Raven, I'd pick you first."
Raven: "Of course. I'm awesome!"
-- We Are Grounders (Part 2)

Clarke: "Raven, I need to know the truth."
Raven: "I'd step back if I was you."
Clarke: "You wanted me to kill Lexa yesterday. If you tried to poison her, I need to know."
Raven: (punches Clarke) "You're the only murderer here."
-- Remember Me
Clarke: "We're too late. they're already bleeding them. It's over."
Raven: "No. You don't get to give up, Clarke. You killed Finn and I didn't give up. I'm building a damn tone generator. You do your job."
Clarke: "What is my job."
Raven: "I don't know - to come up with something."
-- Coup de Grâce

Raven Reyes: (speaking of Clarke) "She saved us again"
-- Praimfaya

Clarke Griffin: "I can see that you'r not okay."
Raven Reyes: "Fine i'm not okay."
Clarke Griffin: "There have been deaths, but you must not feel guilty ...a reactor almost exploded ...if you hadn't acted like you did 4 people would still be dead ...just like the rest of the inhabitants of sanctum."
raven Reyes: "I can't forget their faces"
Clarke Griffin: "And you won't forget them so soon ... but think of all those you saved"
-- Hesperides
Raven Reyes: "How do you do it?"
Clarke Griffin: "Do what?"
Raven Reyes: "Stay so damn strong. Whatever happens, Clarke Griffin doesn't break."
Clarke Griffin: "That's not true."
Raven Reyes: "Really? I killed 4 people in the nuclear reactor... 8 more later that night for good measure and I feel like my soul's cracked open. You just hum along like a finely tuned engine."
Clarke Griffin: "Raven --"
Raven Reyes: "Maybe this is karma for everything we've done, all the people we've killed."
Clarke Griffin: "Hey, the people we've killed we've killed to save the people we love."
Raven Reyes: "They loved people, too. When does it end?"
Clarke Griffin: "It doesn't end here. I don't believe in karma, Raven, and if we have a soul, yours isn't cracked. You're a good person, maybe the best I know."
Raven Reyes: "Best you know, huh? Then why didn't I go in? I could've welded those pipes myself, but instead, I sent Hatch and his people to die. I could've welded myself, but I was -- I was afraid."
Clarke Griffin: "Hey, it's ok."
Raven Reyes: "I was so afraid. Oh, Clarke, I'm sorry."
-- Nakara
The Judge: " Why are you here? The test is finished. As you know Clarke failed."
Raven Reyes: "How could she have failed, having sacrificed everything so that others do not have to do the same?"
Raven Reyes: "This girl sold her soul so that we can keep ours !"
The Judge: "She committed the worst atrocity"
Raven Reyes: "She only wanted to save her people"
...
Raven Reyes: "Did we make any mistakes? Yes. Clarke, Me, all of us. But we made them to try to survive"
-- The Last War

Notes and Trivia[]

  • Raven admires Clarke's mom, Abby, causing her to take an immediate liking to Clarke.
  • Raven and Clarke were very hurt when Finn lied to them, about the other.
  • Their relationship is built on mutual respect.
  • In Season 1, Clarke says that she would "pick Raven first" if she needed help with something. later In Season 7, after failing the test, Clarke tells Raven that the Judge should've "picked Raven first."
  • They share the first love triangle of the series. However, Clarke immediately stops her relationship with Finn once she finds out about Raven.
  • Clarke and Raven don't have much interaction, conversation, or eye to eye in season 4, except in Heavy Lies the Crown, where Raven tries to tell Clarke that she should warn everyone in Arkadia about Second Nuclear Apocalypse. In The Chosen, Clarke was willing to go to Becca's Island to rescue Raven.
  • Raven seemed hurt when she had to launch the rocket. She had to leave Clarke behind, as she went to The Ark along with a few others.
  • Season Four is only season that Clarke and Raven didn't kill or indirectly kill anyone.
  • Their friendship began to be strain when Clarke betrayed Raven and her friends in Season Five, having Raven show her hatred towards Clarke, accusing her and not forgiving her in Season Six, leaving Clarke heartbroken, due to her devastating remorse that caused her to become guilt-ridden. In The Blood of Sanctum, their friendship is able to be rebuild after Clarke hugs and thanks Raven for saving Madi, Raven then apologizes about her mother’s death.
  • Lindsey Morgan states that Clarke and Raven will reconcile in Season Seven, Lindsey said that she don’t seen them as “friends” but “sisters”.[1]
  • Raven was one of the people that decided to give up immortality in the form of transcendence to be with Clarke, so she wouldn’t be alone

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