Friday 5 August 2022

This obsession with Carol and Daryl... ( spoiler alert)

..... Okay I know I'm fairly new to the Walking Dead universe but I feel a need to speak out. 

Carol is one of  my favourite characters with one of the most interesting story arcs-  from a meek and abused housewife to a bad ass warrior. She has been through so much trauma the first of course being married to Ed! Then losing Sophia, having to kill Lizzie and losing her adoptive son Henry in the most brutal way and  she deserves to finally find some happiness. .. And I think her friendship with Daryl has given her that.

Her friendship with Daryl is one of the most endearing and sweetest things on tv and I personally believe it should remain a friendship. I know this may seem like a radical concept and may enrage some "shippers" ( yes I do mean Rayon!) But hear me out... these 2 characters have been through so much together and know each other so well that I think it might cheapen things a little if they had a romantic element.  Not only  are they so comfortable with each are and can be show true vulnerability and be their true selves, that I think in my humble opinion this will be best if it was left as a friendship.


Also do you want to turn the show into some teen drama?? Don't forget it's a show about the zombie apocalypse not a show about "hooking up". And to quote Rick " this is not a democracy"  just because you want these characters to get together doesn't mean Angela Kang , Scott M Gimple or Robert Kirkman etc have to listen to you. And least we forget, there are millions of Walking Dead fans all around the world with all sorts of opinions on how things should turn out, so it will be impossible to satisfy everyone, so there are always going to be people out there who will be disappointed. 


On a different note I am slightly disappointed that Melissa  McBride will not be joining Norman Reedus in the future spinoff. I completely understand why she wouldn't want to uproot her life to film in Europe, and also she has been playing the role of Carol for over a decade so cut her some slack! 

October can't come soon enough ( not only is my birthday in October) I'm looking forward to seeing more of the Dynamic Duo!


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