Are you betting money on my response? Hope you haven’t put much money on it.

As much as I like logical progressions in stories, this show writes itself into so many corners, that if you offer a suggestion, it will almost always be wrong.  

So – a new Commander? Who? Why? Gaia will likely turn up again, so will Indra. Who is connected to them? Octavia.  Those Aragorn jokes seem a little less funny?  Octavia has been in the process of becoming something for a while. Does it seem a likely fit?  Perhaps, in the future, at the end of the series.  She fits the mould of mythic heroes: 

• A secret birth, a child that had to be kept secret (Arthur, Aragorn, Luke/Leia)
• Apprenticeship with an older, noble character (Arthur, Luke)
• A threat to the old order (on the Ark and on the ground) (Arthur, Aragorn, Luke/Leia)
• Survives a terrible wound/fall (Aragorn, Luke)
• The claiming of a weapon of power (Excalibur, Anakin’s lightsabre, Isildur’s sword) – in Octavia’s case, this could mean The Flame, or maybe she’s given Lexa’s sword?  This is where I lose the thread because Octavia hated Lexa (she might have developed a little respect after death) and having her succeed Lexa would just be another loss of whatever legacy Lexa has lying around.  Octavia is not her heir.  She’s a warrior, a murderer as well, which taints her a bit – but if there are growth spurts for her character, who knows?  

Now, Lexa was seen as somewhat Arthurian (in series 3, at least), but Octavia rings certain bells.  If they will have another commander, it makes sense to me that this character would not emerge until the end, a new commander for a new day (if, you know, they all survive) and being a character who has an understanding of both Grounders and Skaikru, Octavia might emerge as that leader.  But who knows? 

It is possible that, if given night blood, Clarke could take the Flame again but for no use other than to have it, not to be Commander.   Sadly, it seems Clarke’s agency, fierceness and leadership have been undermined and overwritten and she’s basically a shell of the character she was.  Niylah telling Clarke that ‘Lexa lives through her’ might be hinting at something, but – not enough to suggest anything (except a Clexa endgame scenario that isn’t terribly likely).  Clarke could wind up a brood mare like all the other women who could survive Apocalypse part deux, just settle down and repopulate the world, or she could save her thankless people one last time and wave goodbye.  

This last bit, of Clarke being killed off (which some seem to want to see) is a problem to me because the makers of this show got scorched over killing off one queer character already (as we all know, eh) – are they likely to risk pissing off everyone again by killing another?  Clarke could very well live and I’d love to see her as the Commander proper.  

Now, having said that, it isn’t at all likely to happen.

Like I said: hope you didn’t put too much money in this!