Yeah, I jumped the gun; so what!?

Some Whisperers are about to get f*cking water-boarded!

 

Hell, if a a mob of burping, farting, blue-haired geriatrics could steal it from him; I'm willing to bet I could take it out for a spin.

Not to mention, bearded, one-eyed, Governor Kenny would totally be down with hitching up the boat, grabbing a case of beer, and heading down to the lake to try out some super-cool, modern, CIA interrogation techniques on a bunch of creepy, skin-wearing freaks.

 

Holy crap! I'm digging the continuity in this issue.
[MENTION=7785]Neuropyramidal[/MENTION] you were right about the preview panel in the infirmary. It isn't Harlan Carson. It's his assistant, who is none other than Jesus's lover Alex. Go figure?

 

[MENTION=39001]HondaS2kXD[/MENTION]

Still disagree about Negan's influence on Carl? LOL

 

Maybe more of a cold war-style civil war? That could be cool. They could get into intelligence, and spies, and tradecraft and all kinds of apocalyptic spook stuff.

 

One of the Skybound employees who runs the TWD twitter account had made a comment yesterday about a "Carl moment in this issue that blew their mind"--I was seriously expecting Carl to just snap and kill the boys father in the infirmary. I really thought when the man tried to grab him he was just gonna pull his pistol, draw down and level all the parents.

 

We've all pretty much been spot on with our generalized predictions. It's looks like there's going to be a power struggle, a possible coup-d'etat, maybe an assassination, and possibly a civil war.

We all knew this Carl incident was going to lead to the questioning of Maggie's loyalties, and her fitness to lead. And of course, who else to lead the traitorous crusade than the original snake-in-the-grass himself, Gregory.

Something just hit me. Remember back during AOW; Gregory went to Negan and attempted to make some kind of truce. Saying the Hilltop would surrender, yadda, yadda, and it failed and Negan kicked him off the steps? Well, what I'm getting at is, I wouldn't put it past Gregory, to try to spring Negan. Knowing that he needs all the muscle he can get, and seeing as how most of the real fighters have sworn allegiance to the Grimes Regime, he'll know Negan has no love for the Grimes Regime, and he also know what kind of monster Negan is, and what he is capable of. I wonder if he might try to spring him in hopes of rallying a rebel force to perform a hostile takeover at the Hilltop? Thing is, it would certainly backfire on Gregory, Negan wouldn't stop at the Hilltop, he'd want vengeance, and complete power. Or, wouldn't it be some shit if he sprung Negan, and Negan was actually reformed, and chose to fight for Rick, because he realized that without Rick and his ideals, life is just going to be an endless cycle of infighting and chaos.

I knew Carl had been more heavily influenced by Negan than some folks wanted to believe. They're just too similar for Carl to resist his influence. Carl believes in many of the same ideals as Negan, kill or be killed, eliminate your enemies, vengeance, rage, death. Things Rick is trying to distance himself from, but thing Carl believes in. I can see Carl going to that dark place more and more now. It starts with his realization that he's different from most other survivors, then comes his blatant disagreement with their laws and rules, he won't understand why would-be murders shouldn't be killed, or why problems shouldn't be routed out and destroyed. This will lead to him going rogue.

As far as the Whisperer girl, I didn't expect her to be a child. Especially a pretty little girl. It's apparent she's been drinking the Kool-Aid; as her words sound like a script, as if they're coming from someone else's mouth. I can't help but wonder if she was forced into the Whisperers when she was much younger, in the beginning of the Turn. She's very off-putting. Her matter-of-fact manner, her pragmatic attitude(why haven't you killed me? etc), and her interest in Carl is all very suspicious. I wonder if she's truly attracted to him(odds are there aren't many decent, good-looking boys her age in her community), or if she has ulterior motives, and sees Carl as a possible ally? Honestly, I think it may be more of the girlish crush variety, although she claims that adolescence is a luxury, she's still a 16 year old girl, with hormones, and feelings, and all that jazz. It could be she's never seen a teenage boy, and once Carl walked by, with his badass battle-scars, and fresh wounds, the way he carried himself, his voice, etc, she was most likely attracted to him. That's why she reached out to him in the holding cell, I honestly think it's just hormonal curiosity.

I just really hope Carl doesn't abandon Sophia for this crazy little skin-wearing super-freak. But hey, maybe Carl's into that sort of thing?(Hey babe, can you wear the mask while we do it??)

 

Totally off topic. But I had to reply to your post because you're sig is f*cking classic! I laughed so hard when I read it.

In case you were wondering "full bone guy's" name was Davis. And this is just a humble suggestion, but rather than having his epitaph read "~his dick was a full boner~" it should say-"~his dick and balls were hungry for death~".

 

Oh, I would never suggest you change that!

"Full boner guy" beats the hell out of "Davis", any day of the week. :Grin:


Also, seeing as how I forgot earlier; Welcome to the forum!--Looks like you've been on the road a while. We usually do this where the tracks meet. We've got nothing to hide, but the welcome wagon's a whole lot nicer. No worries, someone will take you around front, ask you a few questions, and fix you a plate. But first, I'm going to have to ask to see all your weapons. Don't worry, we're not those kind of people, but we're not stupid either. So, as long as we understand each other, there should be no problems...just solutions. :Grin:

 

It's slow, and only really consists of the roughly hour and a half to two hours that transpired immediately following the final panel of issue #134. Seriously, the events of this issue couldn't have taken place in more than two hours. Pretty neat though if you ask me; because it's almost as if you're reading the issue, and the events within are happening in real time.

 

Another thing. After reading this issue, and seeing the the angry Carl splash page; I'm thinking he would look pretty badass if he started wearing a headband. Very "John Rambo"-esque. He's already got the perfect hair for the look. Now, I'm not saying I want him to ditch the hat, but he is growing up, and the hat was a sort of childish token or talisman; like a special blanket, or teddy bear, or locket, or coin, etc. It was something Rick gave him that was "special", something that would give him strength, or courage, or had some sort of special ability or power. It's something we all do with children to help them cope with what they don't understand.

I think it's time he relegate the hat to a nail driven into the wall, and hung ceremoniously above the head of his bed. Like a dream catcher almost. Then he can ditch the glasses, and don a badass, preferably red, headband. I think it gives him a certain, savage/mercenary look to him.

Billy Green rocked a headband too and totally pulled it off.