The Walking Dead: Rick x Whatsername?
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I don't think they'll make Rick look like the bad guy there. The husband will probably be a jerk, and Rick will come to the rescue.
As for the rest, since we also seem what the group went through, is hard not to agree with them, people in Alexandria think the walls are enough to make them safe, and they would probably freak out if they had to face everything we saw. But the line is thin indeed, and Rick might yet cross it a little (even though we know someone will end up putting him back on track), after all
As for the rest, since we also seem what the group went through, is hard not to agree with them, people in Alexandria think the walls are enough to make them safe, and they would probably freak out if they had to face everything we saw. But the line is thin indeed, and Rick might yet cross it a little (even though we know someone will end up putting him back on track), after all
the cannibals on Terminus were victims in the first place too.
I don't think he's the kinda guy who'd go nuts over being friendzoned.carlsberg export said:
I see what you and the OP mean now though. He was definitely giving her lovey-dovey eyes.
Also: Holy shit Carol what the fuck.
This series gets worse with each passing season. Without Michonne, Carol, and Daryl to grease the wheels, I would stop watching without a moment's hesitation.
Isn't the group- and Rick in particular- becoming more morally ambiguous thanks to Terminus quite a big theme this season? Rick is entirely focused on his group's survival, regardless of whether or not the rest of the Alexandrians get fucked up. I can see where this is going- Shit will blow up with Rick & this chick, Carol will get in trouble etc. The group is going to have to decide to either assimilate or fuck them over. Rick will decide to try and fit in (for Carl and Judith's sake), but Alexandria will get screwed because then the writers can move things along without turning the group into bastards.
It's not just Terminus, it's the governor too and the other nasty interactions Ricks group have had with people. Ricks group actually had to really fight to survive these two years, whilst the Alexandria group had a tough time at the start probably but have been exceptionally lucky so far, have Alexandrians even seen a human raider? They have walls that might be great for Zombies but can easily be bypassed by a little girl. If someone like The Govenor had discovered them he would have easily killed everyone in there and taken everything. The Alexandrians are pretty much normal people like us the audience, whilst Ricks group are a bunch of grizzled, survivalist veterans that this world produces.TheRightToArmBears said:
I think the symbolism with the horse was concerning our group compared to the Alexandrians. That horse had been through over 2 years of hell, and as Daryl said, the longer it's out here the more it becomes like it was; I.e., a wild animal. Rick's group has been through it just like that horse, and they too are reverting to their animal instincts.carlsberg export said:
Then that horse, a real survivor, meets a couple of nice people for the first time ever and is immediately killed by walkers. This mirrors what Rick's group is facing: being taken in by the first bunch of decent people they've seen yet may be setting them up for death. Get comfortable, get complacent, get killed.
This is really the core conflict of the show since the mid season break. Where is the line between being 'out there' too long and getting soft? If they stay out there much longer they will become as bad as the rest of humanity, but if they find a safe place they will eventually lose the very instincts that both keep them alive AND push them toward the brink of being just another pack of animals.
It's a complex situation with each character having their own perspective on it. I am excited to see how they resolve it.
Its not like itd be very hard to take Alexandria either. Just capture the armory where they keep all their guns, then you can shoot everyone at your leisure. They still let you have knives so you can just stab the guards.
I stopped caring after the third season's extremely disappointing finale. Someone told me that season 4 was setting the show up to get really interesting so I read a synopsis of it and started watching season 5. Season 5 was okay for a bit, but the midseason finale was so stupid that I haven't been able to bring myself to watch any of the newer episodes.
For anyone watching still, would you say the second half of the season is improving?
For anyone watching still, would you say the second half of the season is improving?
SPOILER ALERT for next episode
After watching "Spend" it became clear that a key characteristic of Rick's group is their extreme efficiency. It came to be at the beginning of season 3 where they had just survived the winter with limited resources and emerged as a walker killing machine. They take out walkers with single shots to the head and will often prefer knifes and other melee weapons to fight walker groups as it saves on ammunition and keeps the noise to the minimum. They know how to operate as a team and how to use the terrain to their advantage. In contrast the Alexandrites are wasteful, uncoordinated and extremely panicky. As a result they waste not only precious resources but also waste lives.
This was brilliantly illustrated by Abraham who not only figured out how most efficiently take on a large walker group but also saved someone the Alexandrites gave up for dead. As the Alexandrites prove to be rather incompetent in survival in a walker world, more or Rick's group will step forward to take control of the situation since they cannot abide when lives are wasted. In a way Rick's group is like a virus with it's approach to survival in the Walking Dead world. People who join up quickly become infected with the same type of efficient determinism. It's why Abraham fit in so well and you can see the effect on Sasha and even Noah and Eugene.
After watching "Spend" it became clear that a key characteristic of Rick's group is their extreme efficiency. It came to be at the beginning of season 3 where they had just survived the winter with limited resources and emerged as a walker killing machine. They take out walkers with single shots to the head and will often prefer knifes and other melee weapons to fight walker groups as it saves on ammunition and keeps the noise to the minimum. They know how to operate as a team and how to use the terrain to their advantage. In contrast the Alexandrites are wasteful, uncoordinated and extremely panicky. As a result they waste not only precious resources but also waste lives.
This was brilliantly illustrated by Abraham who not only figured out how most efficiently take on a large walker group but also saved someone the Alexandrites gave up for dead. As the Alexandrites prove to be rather incompetent in survival in a walker world, more or Rick's group will step forward to take control of the situation since they cannot abide when lives are wasted. In a way Rick's group is like a virus with it's approach to survival in the Walking Dead world. People who join up quickly become infected with the same type of efficient determinism. It's why Abraham fit in so well and you can see the effect on Sasha and even Noah and Eugene.