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This Heart, Fossilized and Silent
Fandom: The 100 (TV)
Relationships: Clarke Griffin/Lexa, Costia/Lexa (mentioned)
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Clarke is only three days into being a runaway when she realizes that she did not fully think this through. When she walked away from Camp Jaha, she took only herself, a handgun with limited ammunition, and the gnawing guilt inside her. Three days without food, water, fresh clothing, or bedding of any kind, however, and she is painfully aware of how foolish that decision had been.
Notes:
Story begins post-finale (s2), three days after Clarke leaves Camp Jaha.
This story is primarily focused on Clarke, and it is about her internal struggle after the events of Mount Weather. It is about her healing process, and how she also grows and evolves through that process with Lexa. The romance/relationship aspects are slow-burn.
171K words
Relationships: Clarke Griffin/Lexa, Costia/Lexa (mentioned)
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Clarke is only three days into being a runaway when she realizes that she did not fully think this through. When she walked away from Camp Jaha, she took only herself, a handgun with limited ammunition, and the gnawing guilt inside her. Three days without food, water, fresh clothing, or bedding of any kind, however, and she is painfully aware of how foolish that decision had been.
Notes:
Story begins post-finale (s2), three days after Clarke leaves Camp Jaha.
This story is primarily focused on Clarke, and it is about her internal struggle after the events of Mount Weather. It is about her healing process, and how she also grows and evolves through that process with Lexa. The romance/relationship aspects are slow-burn.
171K words
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Published October 19, 2015
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May 28, 2021
Literally the best fanfic ever
December 15, 2020
The events of this often times mellow dramatic fanfiction take place between CW's The 100 seasons 2 and 3. It follows Clarke as she recovers from her trauma of having to make horrific decision after horrific decision to keep the hundred dropship survivors alive. She experiences bouts of PTSD, is prone to self harming in subtle but very effective ways, and cannot reconcile her job as the survivor's leader with the ruthlessness she needed to express in order to survive. Luckily, grounder leader, Lexa of the Tree tribe, and the Commander of all the local tribes is unwilling to give up on her and has a unique understanding of what Clarke had to do.
This focuses on building the relationship between Clarke and Lexa, but also explores some of the themes of the show even better than the show itself. I'd say, that seasons 2 and 3 were the best of the show that they put out mostly because they tried really hard to show that there were not always good decisions, or right ones. Just ones that people had to make in order to keep living. I think what this does is show that from both Clarke's and Lexa's perspective much better, and does a better job of equalizing the actions of both the hundred and the grounders. The show tried to paint the hundred as heroes, mostly because it was from their perspective, but it did not do a great job of actually calling out the actions of those that did go too far, so it left that balance out.
I love this fic - it has some really great personal moments between Clarke and Lexa, and does a good job of laying out what a person with severe PTSD can go through. It also does a great job exploring grounder culture, and does an even better job of humanizing them than the show did at this point in its run. I did have to take off a star because it got too wordy and the author often went a little long with her metaphors for my taste, but this is probably my favorite in universe Clexa fic I have read. Recommended to all those Clexa fans out there.
This focuses on building the relationship between Clarke and Lexa, but also explores some of the themes of the show even better than the show itself. I'd say, that seasons 2 and 3 were the best of the show that they put out mostly because they tried really hard to show that there were not always good decisions, or right ones. Just ones that people had to make in order to keep living. I think what this does is show that from both Clarke's and Lexa's perspective much better, and does a better job of equalizing the actions of both the hundred and the grounders. The show tried to paint the hundred as heroes, mostly because it was from their perspective, but it did not do a great job of actually calling out the actions of those that did go too far, so it left that balance out.
I love this fic - it has some really great personal moments between Clarke and Lexa, and does a good job of laying out what a person with severe PTSD can go through. It also does a great job exploring grounder culture, and does an even better job of humanizing them than the show did at this point in its run. I did have to take off a star because it got too wordy and the author often went a little long with her metaphors for my taste, but this is probably my favorite in universe Clexa fic I have read. Recommended to all those Clexa fans out there.
December 21, 2023
The best Claxa fanfic ever, and the third season we deserved
April 5, 2022
I have read it twice, and I loved it both times equally. Marvelous.
March 31, 2025
Such a beautiful story. ❤️ I really liked how the author dealt with Clarke’s ptsd after MW.
The end of the story, the conflict with Azgeda, fell a bit flat for me story-wise. But I found the emotional storytelling very compelling.
I liked the characterisation of the side characters, especially Octavia and Raven. But also some of the OC Grounders that had a bit of a bigger role.
Definitely worth a read if you like Clexa and stories that explore the Grounders culture.
The end of the story, the conflict with Azgeda, fell a bit flat for me story-wise. But I found the emotional storytelling very compelling.
I liked the characterisation of the side characters, especially Octavia and Raven. But also some of the OC Grounders that had a bit of a bigger role.
Definitely worth a read if you like Clexa and stories that explore the Grounders culture.
April 15, 2024
A reread
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