Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan Smith

The Walking Dead

Season 11 Episode 9 - No Other Way

Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon, TWD 11x16 “Acts of God” 🤍

Synopsis for 11x10 : New Haunts

The heroes experience Halloween in the Commonwealth; Daryl and Rosita undergo military training.

If we don’t get carol making fun of Daryl in that storm trooper get-up, I’m revolting.😆

Tee hee lunch date TEE HEE Carol really said ' this lil bitch isn't ghosting me I know he isn't MERCER '

OK THIS SCENE TOO. WHAT THE FUCK MAGGIE RHEE HAS NO RIGHT BEING THIS MUCH OF A BADASS

!!!TWD 11x09 SPOILERS!!! twd 11x09: my take

!!! heavy spoilers for the latest episode of the walking dead !!!

now that twd is back, it’s time for me to start nit-picking every episode!! 

i managed to avoid spoilers completely this time round, did hear a couple people say stuff like “best episode since- ever” on reddit which got my expectations really high especially because of how critical people are on the subreddit usually. man i was impressed though.

fair warning, this rant is not in any particular order, so be prepared for a jumble of words. 

first off, GABRIEL MY MANNNN, jesus i was not prepared for that sniper scene. i paused my video for a solid 5 minutes with my jaw on the floor. throughout the past season-ish i’ve been seeing people say how awesome gabriel has become, and i’m just seeing that now. imo, yeah he had his scenes here and there, but i can TELL he’s gonna be like this for a while now which has me so hyped.

next, alden. when i saw callan mcauliffe’s name in the opening credits i had a bit of hope, even said to someone “mcauliffe in opening credits = alden alive??” i swear i’m actually blind it’s such a classic amc move, god it was so depressing. alden was one of my favourite characters and i really shouldn’t have had hope in the first place, i think i only wanted to believe he was still alive because i liked him so much, even though it was so illogical. my love for side characters is absolutely killing me, i’ve gotta starting liking some characters with plot armour fr. also what’s gonna happen to adam??

aaron and gracie. my HEART was in pieces that whole scene, i feel so much for the both of them. gracie is another case of “side-character syndrome” i have so much love for her but god she has zero plot armour. i was convinced someone was going to die, and even for a second thought it might have been aaron. i love aaron so much more after that, it really goes to show how far he’s moved on since we first saw him. honestly been loving his character so much since the amputation era. the whole lydia and aaron bond had me a little confused though as we haven’t really seen them together much on-screen. on a lighter note miss grimes was so badass in that scene??? but that conversation’s for another point.

leah. i haven’t liked her from the start, actually thought maggie was going to kill her and was so happy for a minute. maggie not going after her after daryl caught up really just proves that no one fucks with daryl still which is always good. i just REALLY hope we don’t see too much more of her. if anything i’d be fine with an episode where she reappears for the purpose of daryl’s character development at MOST, she doesn’t deserve a meaningful death.

miss not so little ass-kicker. judith has this reserved part of my heart always, she can do absolutely no wrong. her kicking those walkers heads in?? so badass, cailey plays her so well. also the loyalty she has to gracie is so sweet, protecting her over everything. gracie looks up to judith sm though and it has me slightly concerned because it’s something like that that gets side characters killed.

negan. my lord does he NOT want to fuck with maggie. that look he gave her after she did what she did really just said “yeah no i fully believe you every time you ever said you were going to kill me. holy shitballs what a psycho” which was hilarious. out of all mc’s, i think negan is likely to die. it was also EXTREMELY convenient that he left when he did.

in terms of maggie, i don’t really have much to say. i’m not too sure what to think of her at the moment, especially after the last scene with daryl. was cheering at the screen when she killed leah’s friends though.

now i wanna talk scenes.

the flashfoward - the trailer makes SO much more sense now, my train of thought was so messy trying to figure out how there was going to be all these plot lines in 16 episodes but now it’s so much easier to look at. maggie and daryl?? kinda getting flashbacks to michonne and maggie’s fight. and hoLY shit is that hilltop?? really invested to see who’s on what side, also wondering what happened to make daryl be on the commonwealth’s side as he’s usually against people like theirs.

negan and maggie - negan is making a comeback i’m calling it now. really conflicted by my own character biases on their situation. negan has always been a favourite, and i would really love to see him as a MAJOR mc again.

church scene - maggie’s emotion toward alden’s death really tells me that this front she’s putting on is only a facade, she’s not as strong as she’s making out to be. she’s gonna crash hard which might lead to the situation with daryl. she’s acting out of anger and protection of her ego which never ends well.

donnie reunion - love connie, one of my favourites but god i’m not going to stand the donnie stans. could make a whole other post about why they’re family not lovers, please just look at how he embraces her, that’s not what it would look like if he was in love with her.

lydia and negan reaction - lydia’s gonna go after negan i bet, her emotion was too disregarded in this episode for it not to come back up. either her or negan is going to die in the process and i think negan will be a big death this season for the shock factor. i’m gonna be really excited if lydia does get a bigger story.

last segment: predictions for the rest of the season

-negan and lydia plot -a kid dies -aaron death, either saving gracie or defending home -judith and daryl based episode -gabe dies (don’t want it to happen but i have a feeling) -a character conflicted on sides, either aaron or jerry -one of magna’s group dies -stephanie was not the real stephanie -rosita becomes a mother for judith / daryl becoming more focused on carol -rosita and eugene really awkward to watch scene -hershel jr in danger or dies

other:

by the end of the season, i believe that for the “carol and daryl riding into the sunset” theory to happen it needs to end one of two ways:

1. everyone else is either dead or status unknown, extremely unlikely. compromise to this option is everyone in the MAIN group is either dead or unknown status, commonwealth still potentially safe, maybe a major conflict.

2. everyone is safe or at least all plot lines have been tied, daryl and carol have another new mexico conversation, they both leave on good terms with everyone. still unlikely though. more likely it’s daryls choice, he leaves either in spite or in content-ness

it does raise a lot of questions though, what happens to judith in that situaton? (possibly rosita takes parental role?), who of the cast will be in the spin-off other than carol and daryl? etc.

if anyone has any ideas or discussion on any points i’ve missed, i would love to discuss them :))

Possible TWD Spoilers for tonight's episode:

Are Mercer and The Princess the new power couple of the apocalypse?!

I absolutely LOVE them!

TWD 11x24 SPOILER

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twd has been my favorite tv show for years and i know that anything can happen at any time, but i really don't understand the need for this to happen in the very last episode. since s9 there's the theory of rosita and coco dying, and because it's very obvious i thought they would never make it happend... but apparently the writers don't even care about that anymore, right?

anyway, i hope that at least there will be a decent farewell to the character and that coco will be in good hands.

the new TWD…

so many feelings. I can’t even express them here. I don’t wanna spoil anything. But if y’all need someone to vent to, hit up my inbox or DMs. I am very open to discussions. Because damn… DAYUM.

visenyatargaryen -> daryl-dixons

in honor of twd s11b dropping soon AND the actual love of my life daryl dixon 🤍 this will be temporary! signal boosts are appreciated but not necessary 🤍

Caryl and comic Carl & Sophia theory

So there’s been a theory that Caryl are like comic Carl and Sophia for awhile. I tried to find a post that was the first time it made me think of it, but I can’t find it. I think it was back in s10A and someone was arguing that Caryl are not like comic R & M but more like comic Carl & Sophia (Carlphia). I had made some parallel posts about it in my blog. It would be interesting if the writers are now trying to adapt Carlphia and comic Lydia in the 10C and s11. 

I hope I can explain this well and accurate. :P

First, there’s similarities with Caryl and Carlphia. Both ships are like life-long friends and kinda have this subtle slowburn love relationship going on since the start. Oh, they both are actually the last two surviving Atlanta members of TWD. (Comic MIchonne-prison, tv Michonne left). There’s also a thing with one of the Peletier girls living till the end or dying early on. Also, for awhile, I see Leah and it keeps reminding me of another L name in the show, Lydia. So, maybe it’s meant to be connected to comic Lydia. (Name thingies lol. Idk yet what Leah is like in s10c and s11 though.)

*I’ll explain comic Carl and Sophia story, if I remember. And some parallels ..including with Leah if she’s like comic Lydia.

 Carlphia were a couple for awhile when they’re young kids (kinda would make someone to ship them from the start/kinda like a main ship), but mostly were good friends that grew up together. They grew apart I guess when Maggie moved to Hilltop after Glenn died. Eventually, it’s when Carl wanted to be independent and be a blacksmith apprentice(?) in Hilltop. It’s there when teens Carl and Sophia started to be friends again. And also when Whisperer War arc begins and that’s when teen Carl mostly falls in love with Lydia. His first real girlfriend/love I would say.  I don’t remember much and comic Sophia wasn’t really featured in the comics a lot. I think during and after the Whisperer war, Carl and Sophia were doing usual teen things, and helping out communities and family. Carl was more independent and mature (compared to Sabastian) so Sophia would listen to him on some things. Like love and stuff. Sophia would be jealous that Carl would know what to do in life, and have a gf Lydia. Sometimes its like she’s jealous that’s she’s alone, or jealous and misses her friend Carl who was always with Lydia. I think Robert Kirkman did have some hints of a love triangle going on but we didn’t really see it much. (It’s like a most recent love triangle in the story) And then uh I think it’s mostly that Carl and Lydia were shown to be good relationship and Lydia support Carl to being a good young man/leader. Carl and Sophia were good friends too. Then during the Commonwealth arc, an issue before, Carl’s dad died. And then the 20 years time jump on the last long issue (chapter or episode.), we see adult Carl who’s married with Sophia and they have a daughter named Andrea. We see how Carl interacts with Sophia and Lydia. There’s a page of Carl and Lydia that explains kinda why he chose to be with Sophia instead of Lydia. Basically it’s like a trope that Lydia is from the past and was when life was about survival and death. When he’s with Sophia it’s like he’s about living and for the future. So, somewhere in those 20 years, he grew to wanting to live life and making a better world then into the ZA. So, in a way it’s a subtle parallel.

So if Caryl and Leah are to be like comic Carlphia and Lydia, then I can see some parallels. It would be really interesting to see that on the show and sweet because Caryl would be endgame. But, I’m not sure how this theory would play out. The show now since s9 became so different from the comics and the comics ended what would be very different for the show. We don’t have the same main characters now as the comics did. The show is ending with s11..but is it really the end of TWD story when Rick movies will continue(if everyone will be there too)? We’re gonna be into the Commonwealth arc, post Whisperer War, Negan redemption & Maggie arc, and different plots. Also the show sometimes do comic arcs a bit out of order.

 So sdlfjlsajf????? It’s hard to speculate the show now with the comics now. I don’t know how TWD show would end really. To end with Judith...there’s that 20 years time jump to see people in ZA living life like normal in modern times in, in the New World. But, there are other plots not done. Like Rick’s story and Michonne looking for him, and Caryl in their spinoff show. It’s all hard to speculate. 

Anyway, Idk how this Carlphia and Lydia theory would work. I guess the writers could not adapt some things like the last two issues or really alternate it in the show.  Yeah it’s hard to speculate and also s11 is a long season probably like 4 arcs they will do. So that’s a lot of guessing.

Another thing that’s hard is that the writers would put for an example comic Rick plots onto tv Aaron and then later different plot for Daryl. The writers would change characters to adapt comic plots in a season. So, Daryl is using some comic Rick plots and comic Carl’s because it’s usually for the main storyline and Daryl is leading in the show. (Even Carol had some comic Rick plots but she mostly had comic Michonne’s in the past.) Anyway we have Aaron who has a missing arm and long beard like comic Rick, and he might be into political things. I think he might be killed in the end of the show like comic Rick.😢 Daryl might switch up again to be like comic Carl to whenever writers want to explore/remix a plot. 

* So there, Daryl can be like comic Carl in s11 sometimes. We know Leah will be in s11 but Idk where is she from now. If she’s from Commonwealth, I would think she could be the Governor of Commonwealth, Pamela. I can see Daryl acting as comic Rick to Pamela and they can probably fight about the way of living their life in ZA while also being like comic Carl and Lydia. They could argue and maybe try to start their relationship again because of their past. They used to be a couple. During of this I could see Carol realizing her feelings and feel jealous of them like comic Sophia. Idk what else Carol could do in s11. She could probably be like comic Michonne or Magna to be opinionated on the whole politics of Commonwealth and help Daryl. And to end the season, Idk, they could have Judith feel like she’s safe in Commonwealth, or ASZ is at peace with other communities and let Caryl go travel together. Or, Rick and/or Michonne reunite with their kids and warn about CRM community (Rick movie). Somewhere in s11B, Daryl realizes he doesn’t want to be with Leah. It’s always been Carol for him. And then Caryl became canon/endgame and left ASZ to travel. I think that’s what would be like comic Carlphia and Lydia theory.  @carylmeanslove here's a post with my speculations

Norman Reedus 🤍 as Daryl Dixon, TWD 11x15 “Trust”

I WILL LITERALLY DIE FOR YOU DARYL DIXON, OMG HOW ARE YOU EVEN REAL??? 🥲

Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon, The Walking Dead 11x14 “The Rotten Core” 🤍

Those eyes, damn, he is so beautiful 🤍🤍🤍

max u cant be mad at eugene he’s literally neurodivergent and a texan

Hii 11b isn't very Caryl heavy so I haven't been posting as much as well as uni being priority too. But I have been thinking about s11 or more 11b so far and what the storyline has been.

So we know that some of our group has taken up a new hold in CW and they are all on different jobs storys and paths while other are scattered about in Alexandria or at hilltop. So so far Daryl and Rosita are guards full pledge soliders and Carol has created this favour system with Lance while Connie tries to dig deeper into the CW. So far I like the story but I do I have one thing to it. I thought it would be vastly different it's the final season and I feel like we are getting a lot but we aren't receiving as much. I like it but it's missing something possibly the core group which I loved in S10 but this is all scattered to the wind and the six months time jump we are set in is very frustrating as well trying to figure out where we are from where EP 9 ended.

More about the story I thought we would be getting like what Carol and Connie are doing is what I thought everyone in the group would be doing which is basically choosing a target to take down or use Carol is using Lance to get Ezekiel surgery but he is showing her all his ' legal ' action and plans which she can use to her advantage and Connie trying to bring down Pamela and the CW at the same time to expose it, I love these two badass women. I thought that's what the story for 11b even the CW storyline would be is chose a target take them down like how the group took over Alexandria back in s6, you know without the whole someone dying and something being on fire aspect of things but it's really not.

In ep10 we see they've been in the CW for a month and we don't see there screening process or how over that month they adapted to their new homes or given their jobs. I thought we'd see more of the story like Out of the Ashes we see Eugene, Zeke Princess and Yumiko go through screening and we see their reaction to the CW I would of loved to have seen that for the core group who have went to the CW but nothing. More on the target thing like in s6 Carol Rick and Daryl has there plan to take Alexandria, Alexandria being the target as well as Deanna they had a set plan to take this place, which is what I expected from s11 for the CW story I get that they are helping to rebuild communitys that our group have but even small sneaky convos with each other about each target or their plan on how they decided who gets what target like so far Carol has Lance I'm her grasp. Say well Carol has Lance, Connie on Pamela, Rosita and Daryl on Mercer and like Rick Carol and Daryl did in s6 they decide what has to be done for their people. I feel like I was setting expectations high and they have been up and down over the episodes. It's just missing something in the story