Definitely not a comic thing.

 

I assume they use fresh walkers as a sort of slave labor. Maybe using them to turn machines like a hamster wheel. Generator, grinder, well drill, whatever. As they break down they lose strength and they need to replenish them with fresh ones regularly.

So those are A's.

A B is someone who will be part of the community, probably still working within the community but someone they keep alive. Those types use resources so they aren't as important as an A. With such a small number of living humans to turn into an A, they are a more scarce resource.

Rick was an A, they planned on infecting him and trading him. Negan was an A for the same reason. Negan was going to be the payment for taking Anne. Gabe was a B, but once he refused to go willingly he became an A.

It could also explain what Rick does during the events of his trilogy. He's somewhere far away and isn't exactly sure where, he can't leave. So he bands others together to find a way out and back to his family. Similar to the Maze Runner movies.

 

They may try to unite those different "A"s symbolically somewhere, but story wise, they are not related. At least not 2 of them.The A's in Alexandria stood for Alexandria, the A on Daryl was part of Negan's system for the slaves.

 

I think I heard Jadis told the helicopter guy that ''I now have a B...I never had an A. He is strong....''
So, Rick is a B and is described as ''strong'' (I am quite positive that Jadis used this word).

I think, 'strong' should not refer to Rick's physical strength but more to his ability to lead, and with skills and the will to survive in dire situation (more like a MacGyver type).

 

She was preparing to have Rick, Negan, and Gabe all bitten by a Walker. In Negan and Gabe's case, this happened right before she was attempting to leave on the helicopter. She specifically called Gabe an "A" before knocking him out and strapping him to the creeper.

The person on the helicopter told her it would take an "A" for them to take her. So clearly the "A" is payment.

When she tried to convince them to take her and Rick, she called Rick a "B".

So there are no inconsistencies there. We go off what we know. She uses people as payment for trade. She clearly attempts to have these people bitten so they obviously want an infected person as payment. Why, we don't know.

My idea is that fresh walkers are used to power things, and as I said, over time they break down and aren't as useful. Maybe that's why.

Or maybe these people are working on a cure and need freshly bitten people to experiment on.

Either way, "A" is someone infected and "B" is not.

 

I agree with this. The previous "A's" are unrelated to the helicopter people. Especially Alexandria. There is a chance they retcon the A cargo car and make Terminus a group that also supplied people, but I doubt it.

 

Maybe because infected people are weaker and easier to deal with. I honestly don't know. I just haven't heard any theory that makes sense, that's the best I can come up with that fits the facts we know.

 

Yeah I was of this thought process after Ep 3 (My post from Ep 3 thread about an A and B)

I got laughed at for the thought but good to see more people are seeing it this way as well.

I definitely think the helicopter group is experimenting on people maybe to find a cure or a way to combat the infected or infection?

And yeah Jadis/ Ann's timetable of holding Rick captive seems aligned with the arrival of the helicopter group's timing as they clearly had a scheduled arrival time at the dump.

I like where you're going with the A B mystery.

 

Curious (and I'm not being argumentative here - honest question); Have you heard or read this theory (overall "A" vs "B" theory) somewhere, or is it something you've put together?

 

Someone said something on either reddit or Twitter, maybe even here. About Jadis using walkers on people she was giving to the helicopter people and that "a" must be infected people.

That got the ball rolling and after the last episode when she called Rick a B it sort of all came together. Now I assume the helicopter people are working on a cure and want recently bitten people to experiment on.

But if that's what is happening in the movie, I would never take credit for it. I've recently heard the same thing on New Rockstars. I throw so much shit at the wall something is eventually going to stick.

Plus reading these forums and comments on reddit and Twitter, I take in so many theories and opinions I honestly can't remember if an idea is something I came up with on my own or something I read, forgot about, and resurfaced in my mind at a later time. So I only take credit for my terrible theories (Daryl's daughter), never the ones that are actually good. Because chances are, I was influenced by someone else.

 

When it comes to Rick being a B, I think Jadis lied. He was an A and she was going to have him bit by Winslow way back when. I think A's are leaders and thus more difficult. B's may agree to be there and go along with things, when Gabe refused, she called him an A. The part that sticks in my head is that first, Jadis let Gabe go, she wasn't the person she used to be. And while waiting on the helicopter, she heard somebody on the radio say that Rick blew up the bridge and she noted that. I think she recognized he sacrificed himself for the others. She said he saved her life. Not spared it, but saved it, maybe in the sense she came back to humanity because of him. She told the helicopter guy she was trying to save a friend's life, and I think she was. They obviously have medical skills that Rick needed, or he'd probably die. And she can clue him in on how to act like a B. I have a feeling it will be far easier for Rick to Act like a B and live, than to be an A and die.

 

I will quote myself to condense my thoughts:

Ok, that might be far-fetched, but I don't think the helicopter people are working on a cure - or if so, only to find another use to the virus and purpose to the zombies. They have to be antagonists, otherwise there's no plot or point to these movies and Rick's back within the first year to be with his family. The movies won't be about him being locked in for 10 years, nor about him trying to find his way back (well second option might be a possibility, but wouldn't be a very popular trilogy).

 

That's brilliant. I'm surprised Haircut didn't have that going for the Saviors.

 

Remember when Rick went back to the dump, and they held him in the shipping container. It was an A container. She also took his pictures “for after”. She then set the walker after him again.


I think she lied to the helicopter people. She really thinks he’s an A.


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