CletusMusashi

On the rewatch, Daryl and Connie actually do have a good idea. Instead of "Run away from small group of whisperers, then deal with them plus larger group later," they went for "We have Lydia, and you know we have Lydia, so we're gonna go up into a high-rise siege situation." If Alpha didn't obviously want Lydia back alive, it would be a death trap. The whisperers could just drag in a bunch of firewood and smoke those upstairs to death. But under those particular circumstances, it was a rare opportunity to eliminate some of the enemies' top fighters. Oh, the plan sure as hell didn't go perfectly. But compared, to... oh, I don't know... let's say... a Rick plan? Daryl Is fucking killing it!

Uncle Fester is mad. And you all know what that means. Look out! Here comes Lurch.

I agree, being alive and handicapped in the ZA, unless you're living in a protected community, means you're doing something right. Connie is smart, fast, and knows when to choose between planning and decisiveness. She's not an action hero. She's a scrambler, like early Glenn. And I like that character type. I just wish they'd streamline the note-passing scenes. After commercials, the show's only like half an hour long, so scene length matters. You don't need to talk, though, to do a compelling scene. Rick spent a good chunk of the pilot episode with nobody to talk to, and it was riveting. Enid rolling bottles around to make the zombies move and help Glenn? I like those quiet, simple, easy to see in broad daylight activity moments. And they'd be a good use for the silent character.

Please tell me none of that fanfic you've been... um, researching... involves Dog.

Asexuality is a thing. Wasn't really on my radar, either, until, the topic came up about a character on another show. So I did a little easy google check and said "Huh. Okay."

I agree that there are more "realistic" examples of the zombie genre, but the show I'm talking about is "Walking Dead." Where zombie skulls can be destroyed by a firehose or a thunderstom. You can swing a flexible chain through three of them. You can kill two of them bare-handed by ripping one's head and hitting the other with it. You can slowly push a not-particularly-pointed knife straight through them. Honestly, from what we've seen on this show, I think a slingshot might kill them even if you were loading it with tiny little snowballs. Their brain cases seem to be made of paper mache.

I assume Connie carries multiple pens and writing tablets. Which is a habit more people should have. Another good habit would be for the rest of the group to start learning sign language from her and her sister and using it in stealth situations. AMC would need to have subtitles for that built into the broadcast, but it's no more difficult than "Survivor" doing exactly that whenever they have a whisperer, mumbler, or person with heavy accent.

Well, as far as the slingshot thing goes, they can kill and distract zombies just fine without attracting as much attention as guns, plus the various ammo types are easier to find. And there's no reason to assume she hasn't used guns, or spears, or pool cues during her years of survival. But if your main skill is running away and hiding, then you want to travel light, especially if you ran out of pistol ammo a long time ago. I agree that I don't want to see Connie and Daryl forced together. To her, he's old and stinky. To him, she's sexually irrelevant, because I do not believe that Daryl actually has a sex drive. And while the notes make sense plotwise, they do harm the pacing, especially in badly lit scenes where I can not even read them. It would actually be easier if they resorted to that schtick where she hands him a piece of paper, he reads it out loud, and she scribbles her next note while he responds. But as far as her being a scrappy sneaky little survivor, I think they sell that pretty well, slingshot and all.

The "Walking Dead Club" has got to be at Riverdale High.

He can get new ones from a zombie. I'm sure that's not unhygienic at all.

Daryl cuts his toenails with that knife. Lurch will be be dead in about fifteen seconds.

Why don't they just invite The Whisperers to a movie?

Let's hope she isn't hungry.

It's not a joke. We need somebody to work the corn dog stand!

Why didn't those guys cock their guns before this scene started? Oh. Because they suck at being fake cowboys. OK, I'll buy that.

Uh oh. It might be Stannis Baratheon.

You need bait. I vote you pull a Shane on Henry.

Shut up, red shirts. Bring back The Kingdom.

The Kingdom versus an evil LARPing group? Oh, HELL yes!

No, she'd monologue until evreybody froze up from boredom, and then she'd chop their heads off with Noose-cille.

Still dark, but clear dialogue at least. I'll just pretend it's a radio show for now. Where's my Ovaltine?

Something loud is happening to somebody in the dark! Eek! Or perhaps yay!

Please let the fair be this week.

Alpha, as she'd prefer you addressed her, has the world too afraid to molest her With her mask on her head she looks just like the dead And without it just like Uncle Fester

He forgot "As soon as your kid becomes an interesting person, he will be killed off and replaced with Henry." I'd call that one about -40.