-strung up a boy from a tree for kissing his sister, fully cognizant of how dangerous it was.
-when clarke refused to take her wristband off, he threatened to cut off her hand (bonus: considered dropping her into a pit of spikes not long after).
-when wells and murphy started fighting, instead of breaking it up, he gave them knives.
-starved the delinquents into taking off their wristbands.
-hung murphy because “it’s what the people wanted” (bonus: then blamed it all on clarke).
-destroyed raven’s radio, fully aware that the ark was running out of air, which resulted in the death of 300 innocent people.
Season 2:
-taking orders instead of giving them
-not that bad of a guy tbh
Season 3:
-mass murdering king (bonus: blames it all on clarke, again).
I honestly hate how art and media have kind of romanticized the idea of like “going off your meds and being your true self again” because like I started taking antidepressants and like immediately got a new job, found a place to live, improved my relationships with people in my life and completely reconciled with my sort of estranged ex-girlfriend?? Medication can be rad and while I realize that it’s not for everybody I don’t think anything should be trying to convince anyone that being on medication inherently makes you less of who you are
(Most) Medication is for helping you to be you again. The real me isn’t tired by just walking to the train station. The real me is not my anxiety or depression. They don’t define me.
The real me is who I am when I’m not anxious and feeling worthless 24/7.
Medication is supposed to be the chemical equivalent of glasses or a wheelchair, depending on the severity of impairment. It tries to help you compensate for what has been taken, been broken, or is missing.
In particular, i always hear the myth that anti-depressants give you “artificial happiness”… no, no, no. They give your brain the ability to be happy. You won’t always be happy, and sometimes you’ll be sad. But the happiness you’re able to feel when you’re on meds is your own, real, happiness.
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE NEUROTYPICALS IN THE BACK!!!
modern!Clexa AU: When Clarke visits Raven and the boys in California, she falls head-over-heels for the cute girl who works at the diner
— and Raven can’t stop teasing her about it.