Murven

Murven is the het ship between Raven and Murphy from The 100 fandom.

Canon
INTRODUCTIONS

At first Raven only knows Murphy as the outcast traitor who doesn't care about anyone as he returns to camp from having been tortured by Grounders. When Raven gets sick and is sleeping in the drop-ship, unbeknownst to her, Murphy checks that she is sound asleep and murders Connor, one of the guys who tried to hang Murphy. After the fire in the meat storage everyone goes hunting. When they return at night, Raven asks if Finn is with them and Murphy rubs salt in her wound saying he's sure Clarke is keeping Finn safe, although Murphy doesn't necessarily know that Finn was Raven's boyfriend.

ENEMIES

When Murphy murders Myles and takes Jasper hostage, Raven is tasked by Bellamy with opening the drop-ship door from beneath the ship. Bellamy swaps himself for Jasper who helps Raven enter the below the ship. While working on the wiring, Raven is shocked and lets out a yelp. Murphy reacts by shooting at the floor and hits Raven. Nobody realises until Raven has crawled out from under the drop-ship and limps back into camp, but it turns out to be an injury that leaves Raven in chronic pain and with a permanent limp.

After Mountain Men have taken everyone, Raven is left dying with her injury in the drop-ship until Murphy comes back. He asks Raven not to shoot, but she does, only she's run out of ammo. Raven asks Murphy how he turned into a murderous psychopath and Murphy reveals to Raven that he had a good life until he got sick with the flu as a kid. His father stole drugs to treat Murphy, which didn't work, and got floated for stealing. Apparently Murphy's mother wasn't a very good one and became an alcoholic who choked to death on her own vomit from drinking, but not before telling Murphy that he killed his father by existing. Raven mocks Murphy before he tells her the story and when he's told it he cries, and Raven tries to be cruel, but, in spite of herself, seems affected by what Murphy has divulged. When Mecca station shows up at the camp, a pained Murphy tells them to help Raven. After Murphy's cleared from medical, he gets locked up at Camp Jaha with Bellamy. When Raven decides to have non-anaesthetic surgery, they can hear her screams in their cell. Murphy starts talking about how he sounded like that when the Grounders tortured him.

After her surgery, Raven tells Finn to go look for the missing delinquents and he frees Bellamy and Murphy to help, the latter despite Bellamy's protests. Raven gets a job as part of the mechanical team and works on a radio beacon to signal their friends, while Murphy goes off with Finn to find the others, as Bellamy returns to Camp Jaha with Monroe and Octavia. Murphy tries, but fails to stop Finn massacring the Grounder village in an effort to find everyone, until Clarke, Octavia and Bellamy show up, sneaked out with help from Raven. Two days later, Finn and Murphy are pardoned by the council and Murphy's drinking Monty's Moonshine and trying to talk to the others. He sits down with Clarke and Finn, but Finn gets up and Raven arrives, telling Murphy to 'beat it', which Murphy does, clearly feeling continuously rejected by the other delinquents.

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Abby leads a mission to Becca's Lab to find information on Nightblood to save them all from the coming nuclear meltdown, accompanied by Nyko, Luna, Emori, Murphy, Jackson, Miller and Raven. Raven is hard on Murphy, saying he's only there for the chance of survival — 'always the cockroach' who doesn't care about anyone else. Once they take fire from one of Becca's drones, Murphy supports Raven who has trouble running because of her leg. Miller divides them into smaller groups as they look for Luna who has disappeared after Nyko's murder by the drones, while Raven stays behind because of her leg, much to her dismay. She later saves Abby's life by hacking the drones with Luna's help and asks the groups to return. When they're all gathered again, Raven thanks Murphy for protecting her from the drones. Murphy responds with a characteristic quip, suggesting Raven's hitting on him, and she rolls her eyes at him as the group finally locate the lab. Everyone stays at the lab as Luna lets Abby and Jackson research her blood, and Raven suffers a seizure. A brain scan informs Abby that Raven will die and she has to impart the information to Raven, who realises that she still has part of Becca's consciousness in her brain. Realising that she will die, Raven decides to use the last of her time to save the rest of the human race from the radiation.

As everyone takes turns while Raven tries, unsuccessfully, to make the rocket simulate zero-G, Murphy has a shift looking out for Raven in the lab, in case she gets ill. Exasperated at another failed attempt, Raven's bemused by Murphy's uninvited running commentary. She has another headache and Murphy asks if he should wake Abby. Raven declines and runs the simulation again, with Murphy continuing his commentary. Later, after another unsuccessful try Raven yells and Murphy makes another snide comment. The hatch opens and Raven comes out, agitated. Murphy asks her what's up and she starts yelling at and berating him. After her tirade, he fires back and she punches him and starts hitting him. Her screams wake up Luna, who comes out and calms her down, while a startled Murphy asks if he should get Abby. After she calms, Raven looks up at Murphy, who looks hurt and shaken, and it seems she's about to say something as they hold their gazes at one another for some time. Then, Raven just walks to the rocket announcing another attempt, leaving Murphy looking resigned, as though he feels he deserved her rage.

Luna asks Murphy if he's alright, and he defensively scoffs and walks away, handing watching Raven over to Luna. As he leaves, Murphy dejectedly kicks the remote controlled car he was playing with. Luna goes to talk with Murphy, to tell him that Raven needs him and that she doesn't hate him. Murphy counters that he's the one who crippled her and that she does hate him, but Luna points out that he hates himself more for what he did than Raven ever could. Her succinct analysis of Murphy has him return to the lab, where he and Luna both help Raven find a solution that works. Murphy's feeling overlooked as Raven applaud's Luna's idea, but after he suggests that Raven fly the simulation manually, Raven halts on her way to test it out and thanks Murphy, whose features betray a vulnerable smile of validation. After Raven successfully runs the simulation, they're informed that they lost some of the fuel needed. Raven falls to the ground and starts seizing and Murphy runs and screams for Abby.

After failing to find a way to make Nightblood work against radiation, the group leave the Lab, all except Raven who still has part of Becca's consciousness in her mind and is on a mission to make Becca's old rocket work, betting on going to Space. Raven suffers from headaches, convulsions and delusions, and has received a medical death sentence, so she sharpens her focus on making this work as her last action. Luna tells Murphy that Raven needs him there to help her believe in herself when her pains are overwhelming.

Raven at one point lets her frustration out on Murphy and attacks him verbally, with Luna having to calm her. Although Murphy at first is done, Luna persuades him to stay and Raven later thanks Murphy for helping her and gives him a hug. Murphy's pleasantly surprised and hugs her back, in a very vulnerable way he never really shows to anybody.

Behind the Scenes
Clearly, the Captain of this Ship. #murven
 * Lindsey Morgan (Raven Reyes) posted a photo of herself (wearing a Captain's hat) with Harmon, captioned:


 * Richard Harmon (John Murphy):
 * I think Murphy has a great deal of respect and admiration for Raven and I think Raven's coming around for Murphy

Fanon
This is a popular pairing, taking off during Season 4 when Murphy and Raven spend more and more time together and eventually deal with their past as well as grow closer when Murphy supports Raven in the lab. This is one of the most popular het pairings for Raven. Murven is the 4th het ship for Raven on AO3.

Fandom
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 * Murphy/Raven on FanFiction.Net
 * Murphy/Raven on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * In a moment cut from the episode "Sleeping Giants" (503), Raven kisses Murphy on the cheek:
 * "Raven musses Murphy’s hair, then kisses his cheek, before resuming her rush for the bridge. Murphy does his best to cover, but clearly the kiss didn’t suck. Bellamy and Echo don’t notice. Their attention is on each other, foreheads pressed together" This could have indicated that the writers were considering/planning for a romantic connection between the two, but it never came to pass.