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youledmehere · 2 days

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an underrated part of towl is how carl is still apart of the story. even though he died in season 8 and timeline wise YEARS have passed its nice that he’s still a connection between both characters and is still a big source that fuels rick to keep going. it honestly surprised me because in typical twd fashion once you’re dead you’re hardly mentioned or even remembered for that long but they made sure he was still included

#how was i supposed to be normal about this #carl grimes #the ones who live #grimes family #richonne #rick grimes #michonne #the walking dead

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siancore · 2 days

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My sister just recently let my 14 year old nephew begin to watch zombie genre media and he’s devouring The Walking Dead. He’s been in our family chat giving live updates and reactions as he watched TWD all week during term break. He’s reached Season 3 and absolutely LOVES Michonne — thinks she’s the best character on the show (rightfully so).

He got to that scene after Woodbury where Rick is all, “We patch you up and you are gone” to Michonne and then posts this in the group chat:

No no no Rick! Just no! You’re gonna marry her. She’s not going anywhere!

This kid has never been in fandom and didn’t know what shipping was. I had to explain it and he was like, “Yep. I ship them.”

He’s gonna lose it when he sees what’s coming:

#richonne #rick grimes #michonne

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jonesywrites · 2 days

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What folks who complained about the romance in TOWL cannot seem to grasp about Rick.

What Shane failed to understand.

And Beale.

And Pearl.

And fuckin shitface Negan.

And those ungrateful Saviors.

And even Okafor.

Is that LOVE and EMPATHY do not make Rick weak. They are precisely what makes him stronger than Shane, and Negan, and Beale, and Pearl, and anyone else who believes that him being a sensitive caring person is something that weakens him. Horse shit. No. The whole premise of the ENTIRE show (TWD) is:

Who survives?

The most cruel?

Or the ones who remember their humanity (which very much includes love) at the end of the day?

Who survives?

Rick and Michonne.

Love is not fuckin easy. It’s hard as all hell to love human beings. We’re flawed egotistical mush, it’s not easy to choose love. It’s muuuuch easier to give in to our base instincts, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many cruel horrible murdering jackasses roaming around post apocalypse. Choosing love in a word like that is the hardest thing. That IS strength beyond measure. GTFOH.

#richonne #twd towl #Rick grimes #michonne

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myobsessionsspace · 2 days

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“I found you”

#Richonne #rick grimes #michonne #twd #towl #the walking dead #the ones who live

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thatsmetiffany · 2 days

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Sooooo, is this not Rick and Michonne's commitment ceremony for anyone else? She's been Michonne Grimes since 7x12 Say Yes as far as I'm concerned.

#richonne #michonne #rick #the walking dead #twd #rick and michonne #michonne grimes #rick grimes

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fadumahira88 · 2 days

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✨️Babygirl ✨️

#danai gurira #twd universe #michonne #richonne #black panter wakanda forever #twd towl #sally and tom #general okoye #black panther okoye #black panther

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mintsandapples · 2 days

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rick and nat would've been kindred spirits obsessed with making life softer for michonne

#loud and proud michonne supremacists etc #also nat could've made rick's au!michonne outfit dreams come true #and rj would've loved him since they're both geniuses #michonne #rick grimes #nat towl #honorary grimes family member #richonne #michonne x nat #the ones who live

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phoeberigley · 1 day

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idk to me saying you hate richonne is kinda like saying you never fully immersed yourself into the story, because the kind of devotion and love they have is almost unmatched in any other tv show couple like i'm sorry

#richonne #the walking dead #michonne #twd

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flicksandfables · 2 days

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We laughed, we cried, we yelled, and we recapped The Ones Who Live

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#twd #towl #the walking dead #the ones who live #richonne #rick and michonne #andrew lincoln #danai gurira #andy lincoln #andy and danai #rick grimes #michonne #spoilers #Youtube

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frangipanilove · 13 hours

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Full Circle Apple Symbolism; Rick's "Resurrection" in TOWL

From TWD 10x13 What We Become to TOWL 1x6 The Last Time

Apple symbolism was always tied to Rick and Michonne specifically, but in a more general sense, it tells a story about reunion, rebirth and resurrection.

In TWD 10x13 What We Become, Michonne went with Virgil to his island, because he insisted there were weapons to be found there, and Michonne needed weapons for the Whisperers war.

Once there, things took a turn. There were no weapons, and Virgil wasn't in a great place, psychologically speaking. He was confused and traumatized after the loss of his wife and children. He trapped Michonne in a room, and poisoned her by mixing Jimsonweed into her tea.

My favorite way to decipher symbolism in TWDU is through etymology. Almost everything in TWDU has multiple layers of symbolism, and an etymology search is helpful in most cases. This one was no exception; the name Jimsonweed is ultimately derived from a Hindi name which translates to "thorn apple".

Yup. Jimsonweed is ultimately an apple reference. In fact, "Jimsonweed" goes under the name "thorn apple" in many languages, my own included.

The first apple reference of the episode came as we watched Virgil pick the hallucinogenic plant immediately after the opening credits. There would be more to come later...

Michonne did not have a pleasant reaction to the drug. She hallucinated herself in a series of alternate existences, such as being one of the Saviors, and not being around her real family. After the drugs wore off, she overpowered Virgil, and scolded him for putting her in a drugged out state where she experienced having temporarily lost her family:

Then she asked him about his hallucinations:

And this is where we start to touch on the true meaning behind the symbolism around apples. Because, unlike Michonne, Virgil experienced that the hallucinogenic thorn apple brought his family back to him:

"What do you see when you're tripping anyway?"

"Lisa with that damn camera pointed at everyone.

My babies.

Bobby and me lying on the roof of that Annex, looking up at the stars."

It brought his family back.

Virgil wasn't primarily evil, he was broken from the trauma of losing his family.

There's a parallel with Rick there. Where Rick survived in the CRM by meeting up with his loved ones in his dreams, Virgil got to be with his family by taking hallucinogenic herbs. They both found ways to stay close to their loved ones through an altered state, Rick through his dreams, Virgil through the thorn apple tea.

On a surface level, it's clear that Michonne had a bad trip from the thorn apple, and that she was shook by what she experienced as a temporary loss of her family. She was rightfully angry about having been drugged. Virgil, more confused and traumatized than evil, explained that he had wanted to help her because he could tell she was in pain over having lost loved ones, much like himself.

Michonne was not impressed, but at the very least she didn't kill him.

However, under the surface, the apple symbolism heralds "reunion, rebirth and resurrection", something which she was about to discover:

Virgil took her to a boat marked with the numbers 672, in which she found Rick's boots and an Apple iPhone with etchings of herself and Judith. It was the same boat we later saw in 11x24 Rest In Peace, when we saw Rick throw his backpack onboard, before being recaptured.

This is the first "proof of life" both we, the audience, and Michonne got from Rick, and it was the apple symbolism that led us here. Because, apple symbolism is about reunion, resurrection and rebirth.

As we know, finding the Apple iPhone and his boots was what convinced her Rick could be alive, it was what encouraged her to leave to search for Rick.

We recently watched her succeed at finding him in TOWL, but not without some resistance from a deeply traumatized Rick.

In TOWL 1x4 What We, which is the episode where Rick fully "came back", the episode where he finally broke free and chose "life" with Michonne over staying "dead" in the CRM, we learned that he had initially gotten through the days in the CRM by meeting up with Carl in his dreams.

Then that had stopped, Carl had stopped coming to him in his dreams.

Michonne had gotten an iPhone with an etching of Carl, and implored Rick to do what Carl would have wanted him to do, which led to a psychological breakthrough for Rick.

This was Rick's true "resurrection", this was when he fully "surrendered" to Michonne, to his family, to "life". It was the Apple iPhone with Carl's picture that truly made Michonne able to reach through to him, through all the layers of trauma and isolation accumulated over time.

On a symbolic level, the apple symbolism and the Apple iPhones were what facilitated this reunion between Rick and Michonne. He had survived in the CRM by "being dead", then the Apple iPhone with Carl's picture "brought him back to life".

This symbolized Rick's "resurrection", this was the true purpose of the apple symbolism all along. Apple symbolism is about "reunion, resurrection and rebirth"!

Similarly, it was the Apple iPhone Michonne found in the boat on Virgil's island that made her believe that Rick could truly be alive, it was the Apple iPhone that convinced her he was out there, that made her go out searching for him.

Apple symbolism as something that heralds reunion, resurrection and rebirth had started with Virgil picking the white thorne apple flower in 10x13 What We Become, and was fulfilled with Rick's "resurrection" in TOWL 1x4 What We.

In 1x6 The Last Time, we see Rick utilize this new insight during Major General Beale's Echelon briefing:

"He brought me back".

The Apple iPhone with Carl's picture brought him back. Back to Michonne, back to his family, back to himself, back to life.

Just like how the thorn apple tea brought Virgil's family back to him, the Apple iPhone with Carl's picture brought Rick back to his family.

Then finally, we see the apple symbolism fulfilled one last time:

We see Michonne holding the Apple iPhone she originally found on Virgil's island, the one that convinced her that Rick could be alive, the one that prompted her to go out searching for him. We see this phone, with etchings of herself and Judith just as the apple symbolism comes full circle:

The final reunion, resurrection and rebirth!

#twd towl #the ones who live #rick and michonne #michonne grimes #rick grimes #twd #the walking dead #richonne #team delusional #michonne

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danaredbeard · 2 days

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Will Michonne have a change of heart towards Maggie?

I mean when Michonne found out that it was Jadis that took Rick away for almost 8 years she wanted to outright kill Jadis.

Compare that with Negan killing Glenn, will Michonne now feel that Negan is fair game for Maggie to kill?

Rick stops Michonne from shooting Jadis he later even asks her if they could try to reason with Jadis. Michonne asks if she could maim her,,,

I wonder if Rick's return in season 2 (Manifesting) will cause more tension in the family. If that was really Carol telling Daryl that Rick was back she didn't sound joyful.

I have a feeling that Maggie might not be too happy either. Happy that Rick is alive but unhappy that she couldn't have the same outcome with Glenn and Carol has lost so much, with Henry.

Maggie and Carol could be a repeat of Sasha telling Michonne that “Things worked out for you”.

We will see.

#the ones who live #the walking dead #towl #twd towl #rick grimes #richonne #michonne #michonne grimes #twd dead city #dead city #neggie #negan smith #maggie rhee

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msanonships · 1 month

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rick grimes, the romantic™️

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azizefan · 1 month

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RICK + MICHONNE in The Ones Who Live s1.3 // The Walking Dead s7.5

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prettyshon10 · 1 month

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Also, can we just really take in the true excellence and impact of Michonne’s character.

She’s a black woman whose story isn’t defined by the hardship of being a black woman.

She’s given incredible emotional range. She’s absolutely badass and strong, but not stoic and stiff. She’s allowed to be as compassionate and nurturing as she is fierce. She expresses grief, loss, anger, pettiness and annoyance; she also expresses hope, love, devotion, loyalty, and bravery. She’s tough and hardcore, but also soft and feminine.

She’s not the sassy best friend. She’s not the magical negro. She’s not the stepping stone for the male MC to decide he doesn’t want. She’s not forgettable or disposable. She can challenge white characters (including the main man) without the writing trying to humble or punish her.

She’s pivotal (the ratings and fan engagement prove that). She’s desirable. She isn’t chasing after a man who barely considers her to own detriment. Her love interest loves her unconditionally. He respects her and wants her in EVERY way. He dreams of her. He can’t truly live without her.

THIS is an immaculate character, brought to life by an incredible actress who is valued in production, and backed by the narrative. THIS is what characters such as Bonnie Bennett and Abbie Mills (amongst others) deserved. THIS is what we want to see.

#the walking dead #michonne #twd #twd towl #the ones who live #richonne

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coolpartytimefan · 19 days

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Michonne + Cat 🐈 - TOWL s1.6 / TWD s7.10, s3.12

#the one who lives #the walking dead #towl spoilers #michonne #the ones who live spoilers #towledit #twdedit #twd thce ones who live #michonne cat #towl #twd #parallels #richonne #rick grimes #carl grimes #twddaily #my edit

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sharpesjoy · 20 days

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# back home

THE ONES WHO LIVE | The Last Time (1.06)

#*mine #towledit #twd towl #towl #towl spoilers #twdedit #richonne #rick grimes #michonne #judith grimes #rj grimes #twddaily #dailyflicks #tvedit #THE BRAVE MAN IS HOME

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