The Walking Dead - TV Series on AMC ( Comic and Un-aired Spoilers unwelcome!)
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I can't believe I'm saying this but I agree for the most part.
Darth Madden
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I think everyone dies Jim Jones style then the new show starts.
sasha needs to go a lot more than those named,
why kill carol or maggie or "Spoiler" when we still have walker bait like the priest, noah or Tara....
thats when the show starts to piss me off, taking out seasoned, core group members but leaving the weaklings
..... Robert Kirkman: "NOONE IZ ZAFE U GUYSSS!! NOONE IZZAFE DURRRRR"
why kill carol or maggie or "Spoiler" when we still have walker bait like the priest, noah or Tara....
thats when the show starts to piss me off, taking out seasoned, core group members but leaving the weaklings
..... Robert Kirkman: "NOONE IZ ZAFE U GUYSSS!! NOONE IZZAFE DURRRRR"
I dunno. I have a feeling they will use Daryl to replace the character of
Dwight
Along those lines, Any book readers think the actress who played Jessie seems a lot more like the comicbook version of Andrea?
The way Daryl acted this last episode - refusing the take a shower or trying to fit in at all - makes me thing he's a goner. He's like a wild animal that's been put in captivity. They don't always adapt and some die. We know he was a loser before the apocalypse and only really came into his own because of it. This new community is too much like the old world where he didn't have a place or where he didn't fit in. And I think that scares him. He's gotten comfortable with his role in the group and its kind of gone now with them in Alexandria.
I do kind of feel Kirkman added Dwight to the comes as the comic's version of Daryl, but that doesn't mean we wouldn't see a Daryl/Dwight rivalry. Is it possible they'll turn Daryl into Dwight? Sure. I mean it seems DeAnna is going to be the leader of Alexandria rather than her husband like the comic. Its possible he's just not around now and could be out and about with Paul, who could be made their other son because of the same last name and not wanting to confuse stupid TV watchers with unrelated characters with the same last name. They've mixed some of the finer details up before to keep comic viewers on their toes, but have kept the broader ideas more or less the same.
I think we'll need to hear Maggie is prego before we see Glenn go or at least find out just after he dies. Or they could really mix it up and have the prego woman get it instead of Glenn? They have really foreshadowed Glenn and the baseball bat this year (both at Terminus and at Noah's community) so that's still possible. But I think that death would be better suited for Daryl as it would cement an instant hatred for Negan and that desire for revenge might be enough to keep the 'rioters' watching until he dies. But I imagine we'll hear about Negan before we see him, just like we did in the comics. So perhaps we'll hear of him by the season finale but not see him until next year, perhaps that season finally as well. I think maybe we'll see Jesus this year, but if not, for sure next season. I don't really remember much happening from them arriving in Alexandria till All Out War really started or was leading up to it at least. I hope that gets a little more love than the Governor's prison attack did, which was still an awesome episode.
I do kind of feel Kirkman added Dwight to the comes as the comic's version of Daryl, but that doesn't mean we wouldn't see a Daryl/Dwight rivalry. Is it possible they'll turn Daryl into Dwight? Sure. I mean it seems DeAnna is going to be the leader of Alexandria rather than her husband like the comic. Its possible he's just not around now and could be out and about with Paul, who could be made their other son because of the same last name and not wanting to confuse stupid TV watchers with unrelated characters with the same last name. They've mixed some of the finer details up before to keep comic viewers on their toes, but have kept the broader ideas more or less the same.
I think we'll need to hear Maggie is prego before we see Glenn go or at least find out just after he dies. Or they could really mix it up and have the prego woman get it instead of Glenn? They have really foreshadowed Glenn and the baseball bat this year (both at Terminus and at Noah's community) so that's still possible. But I think that death would be better suited for Daryl as it would cement an instant hatred for Negan and that desire for revenge might be enough to keep the 'rioters' watching until he dies. But I imagine we'll hear about Negan before we see him, just like we did in the comics. So perhaps we'll hear of him by the season finale but not see him until next year, perhaps that season finally as well. I think maybe we'll see Jesus this year, but if not, for sure next season. I don't really remember much happening from them arriving in Alexandria till All Out War really started or was leading up to it at least. I hope that gets a little more love than the Governor's prison attack did, which was still an awesome episode.
In the comics
On the whole, I am pretty durn'd excited to see watch how it all plays out.
Douglas' wife's name is Regina... So I think they have done a bit more than a mere role-swap. Even their son has a different name in the comics than in the TV show. I suspect, as with Jessie/Andrea, we will see a Daryl/Dwight role swap. Daryl will leave Alexadria for the reasons you stated. I don't think he will shrivel up and die though, as you suggest. I can rather see him joining with the Saviours. Easily.
On the whole, I am pretty durn'd excited to see watch how it all plays out.
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I feel like Carol has taken over the role of Andrea from the books. Darryl simply takes over the role of whomever is Rick's right hand man in the books. He was more of Tyreese's role than even Tyreese was during that arc.
Ummm... I have a hard time picturing
Carl calling Carol mom and all that implies.
I am curious though in what ways you feel like she has taken the role of Carol. Other than both being female and both being survivors I don't see it.
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You mean the role of Andrea? Andrea in the books is Rick's right hand woman. There are some things that relate a bit even her lamenting over Dale brought an eyebrow up similar to Andrea lamenting over Dale when they get to Alexandria. Even if they go through the whole Carl event coming I could imagine Carol leaning over his bedside and comforting Rick, either her or Michonne, who has changed a bit from her comic counterpart as well. Even the whole "teacher" part with Andrea and talking about the first time she used a gun and how it was foreign, etc. That feels right up Carol's alley with her character progression again.
She's much more than Rick's "right hand" though.
Perhaps in a purely elemental way, I can see how Carol picked up some of the pieces left by Laurie and Sarah's characters leaving the show. But I never had a "wow, that is para-Andrea" moment until I saw this:
Jessie doesn't appear to me mere elements of Andrea. She seems like Andrea in just about every way but name. However, her character was only just introduced so granted I might change my mind as we get to know her better. But as for now, if it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck.... etc....
Perhaps in a purely elemental way, I can see how Carol picked up some of the pieces left by Laurie and Sarah's characters leaving the show. But I never had a "wow, that is para-Andrea" moment until I saw this:
Jessie doesn't appear to me mere elements of Andrea. She seems like Andrea in just about every way but name. However, her character was only just introduced so granted I might change my mind as we get to know her better. But as for now, if it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck.... etc....
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The former's pretty much a goner.
Maggie's practically got one foot in the grave. All she needs is a little push.
I think Carol's safe until next season.
Oh, the rioting that would ensue!
Sasha may as well have "Just Kill Me" tattooed on her forehead.
The group will get a little fat and happy over the next couple of episodes and then we'll get a Hershel's farm type of mass culling where several members die.
If Eugene, Tara, Noah and/or Gabriel were to get the ax, their losses would be pretty much forgettable. But we'll probably lose a longtime cast member or two as well.
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IF the comics are any indication, Maggie isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Long live the Georgia Brits.
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I stopped reading the comics after the fall of the prison, so...
...if Maggie loses everyone close to her and she's still alive and kickin', then more power to her. 
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People would get over Daryl a week or two after his death, unless of course he expired in the season finale where there would be 8 months until the show returned. If I were the writers, I'd troll and do something just like that. I don't buy the "we'll riot" nonsense. People would still tune in, especially if you had a villainous character like Negan that offed Daryl in the first place. There would be a certain expectation to see that character "get his" from the Darlina fans. That'd be enough to ensnare them for atleast a couple of seasons.
They'll probably never do this though because they're putzes. They say every character is at risk and expendable, but I will never buy that unless they give Norman Reedus the axe. Daryl as a character was alright initially, but I think the character has outlived the story. He's got his arc, now the characterization is at a stagnant. There's no where else for him to go. He was the hick nobody liked, then we saw he had a heart when he went looking for Sophia. We got to see him in contrast to his brother Merle. He became Rick's right hand man, his "brother". We saw him paired up with Joe and his gang for further contrast in character, cementing Daryl as one of the "good guys". We've got plenty of background on him, his brother, his mom and his daddy issues and how it's ****ed him up psychologically. He's had plenty of bad ass moments and went from a random secondary character, to a full fledged show veteran. There's really no where else for him to go as a character in this story.
They'll probably never do this though because they're putzes. They say every character is at risk and expendable, but I will never buy that unless they give Norman Reedus the axe. Daryl as a character was alright initially, but I think the character has outlived the story. He's got his arc, now the characterization is at a stagnant. There's no where else for him to go. He was the hick nobody liked, then we saw he had a heart when he went looking for Sophia. We got to see him in contrast to his brother Merle. He became Rick's right hand man, his "brother". We saw him paired up with Joe and his gang for further contrast in character, cementing Daryl as one of the "good guys". We've got plenty of background on him, his brother, his mom and his daddy issues and how it's ****ed him up psychologically. He's had plenty of bad ass moments and went from a random secondary character, to a full fledged show veteran. There's really no where else for him to go as a character in this story.
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Well, there's always this.
Which would result in more structure fires - dead Daryl or gay Daryl?
Well, there's always this.
Which would result in more structure fires - dead Daryl or gay Daryl?
yepppppp
if they need a new story for him... that right there
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Darryl is the show. Say what you will but the amount of fanboys and girls for Darryl is astonishing. At Wizard World cons, people waiting four hours for him, the lines weren't even that long for Chris Hemsworth in Sacramento and the amount of booths that sell Darryl stuff there, at Walker Stalker, it's almost just printing cash. Given that he is a character created for the show itself and there isn't any worries of following anything, he can be put in the background and pulled out whenever needed. Rick, Darryl and Michonne. All three are safe as all three have massive collectible and merchandising appeal.
I wouldn't be shocked if someone else goes but those three will stay intact for a while. If they ever did decide to get rid of any of them down the line it'll be an event type thing that'll be a finale and allow it to really hit hard but I do firmly believe if Darryl Dixon were killed then viewership would drop.
I wouldn't be shocked if someone else goes but those three will stay intact for a while. If they ever did decide to get rid of any of them down the line it'll be an event type thing that'll be a finale and allow it to really hit hard but I do firmly believe if Darryl Dixon were killed then viewership would drop.
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