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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The Transformation of Carol Peletier

The walking Dead --- The Best Friendship Ever ~~~ Daryl and Carol

The Walking Dead ( spoiler alert)

 Okay so I know I'm like 10 years late to this show but I have good reasons for not watching it when it first came out- firstly it was just me being really stubborn, I don't watch a show just because everyone is talking about it, I watch a show if I find the characters and the story to be compelling. Which to my surprise when I started to watch it a few months ago... it really was! And secondly I am more drawn to a show if I know that the actors are good and they were. Admittedly I watched this show because Jon Bernthal A.K.A The Punisher was in it but he was only in it for 2 seasons and I've watched all 11!

The fact that we are currently in a pandemic and the show is also dealing with the zombie apocalypse was also another pulling factor for me. The show did a very good job at portraying human behaviours and showed what people were willing to do in order to survive, it showed how some people were willing to risk their own life in order to save a stranger like in season 1 when Glenn helped Rick when he was trapped in the tank and also how people will exploit and rule over people less fortunate than the like Negan in season 6. But it also shows how people can be redeemed because even after his terrorising reign, Negan showed his softer side and learnt that there was more to life than scaring the shit out of people! And his interactions with Judith were frankly adorable.  

The show has the ability to challenge stereotypes like they did with Daryl. In season one you were given the impression that he was just a simple red neck/ racist hick especially after seeing his brother Merle, but he has proven to be a integral part of the group not only because of his hunting and tracking skills but because he has shown that he really does care about what happens to people and we see that in season 2 when Sophia goes missing in the woods and he risks serious injury to try and find her . Another reason his  character is one of my favourites is his friendship with Carol which really started in season 2. I find it rather refreshing to see a pure friendship and not having to have this romantic BS that many other shows go down . They have a great bond and I think Carol has made him a better person and Daryl has really grown and it is because they are not afraid to be vulnerable which I think is really sweet.  I will be frankly disappointed if the writers decide to go down the romantic route.

After being so reluctant to watch this show now I feel sad to say goodbye after getting to know all these wonderful and compelling characters.. when we get the final 8 episode of season 11 here in the UK it will truly be bittersweet and I hope some of the storyline that the writers left open will be resolved like what happened to Rick and who are his rescuers??

Ataxia and 2 years of Coronavirus...

 Ataxia is such an awful disease that I wouldn't wish on anyone, everyday you lose a little more   control of your body and it's especially hard  when you have no support and no one understands what you are going through. I have had this for about nine years and I can tell you it doesn't start that bad, you feel a little tired and clumsy when walking but you can still walk without support then eventually you give into the fact that you need support but even then it's not terrible because you can still walk on your own fairly easily and then it becomes more of a challenge and gets to a point where you also require another person- that is where I am today and because of Covid-19 I have seen a dramatic decline not only in my physical health but my mental health.

This government has made mistake after mistake and the most vulnerable in society are being forced to pay. The Tory toffs have decided to give up on the pretence of trying to slow this down by removing all mitigation measures and testing capacities and driving more people like me into isolation, you see I can't be sure if the people around me have the virus and seeing as though no one is wearing a mask I could get easily exposed because it's not like I can keep my distance.... without falling on my face. People also forget there are worse things than dying.... like becoming even more disabled that I already am. There have been studies showing that even with mild symptoms it can affect your brain... and I really can't afford that.

So i stay inside away from people and watch how everyone else gets to live there life while I just watch mine getting worse, you have no idea how lonely I am, I see no one and I speak to no one all I do is get to watch other people live there lives while mine has come to a standstill.