From wiring up defunct shuttles to flame broiling Grounders, Raven Reyes has become The 100's top mechanic with courage for days. It's for this reason that many viewers will be surprised to know that Lindsey Morgan's character was originally supposed to be very different.

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Instead of playing Finn's girlfriend and lifelong BFF, Raven was first penned as the doomed Spacewalker's mother.

"In the original pilot, Raven was Finn's mother, that's true. The realities of production dictated that we needed to lower our page count, so we took her out of the pilot and then reimagined her for series," writer Kim Shumway explained on Monday. "We liked the idea of seeing young people on the Ark as well as the ground, so she eventually became Finn's girlfriend, left behind."

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She wasn't behind for long, and if Bellamy hadn't trashed her radio, she would have quickly become the 100's much needed life line. Road bumps aside, Raven went on to be the teens' savior on more than one occasion. No matter how hard the Earth tries to beat her down, the beloved character just keeps popping right back up.

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Find out more when The 100 returns to The CW on Jan. 21.

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