I am far more interested in her Heir than her Hair. Was it a little Glenn? A mini Maggs? Or will there be a curve ball thrown, and she had a fire-headed Babraham?

Reading even more, I have concluded that Carl has an ulterior motive for wanting to move to Hilltop; It is about the girl who showed him her chest taffy. Carl likes her ok and all, but with him maturing and getting to the point that he is noticing girls, what he really can't get out of his mind is--- Sophia! It was her he was thinking of when he saw his first boobies, and is now looking for the quickest avenue to that goal. Apprenticing with the blacksmith gives him both the opportunity to be closer to her, and keeps "Daddy" from Rickblocking him. Only suspicion, but why develop them together all this time and just ignore their status as original survivors like Andrea and his Father?

 

That poor soul...

I knew a Quana (Not ethnic in any capacity, very cowgirl in fact.), and an actual Ben Dover (Did his folks do that on purpose, or are they just daft?). I thought I would be somewhat unique, and named my son Kamin, but found a couple with their own newborn Kamin at a kiosk in the mall where you could make custom name bracelets... Go figure.

 

I'm excited for where the series could go now that we've jumped ahead 2 years. Mainly what's gonna eventually happen with Negan...will Carl actually kill him someday? Oh, and I'm loving Rick's new look; the cane and robo-arm are bad-ass!

 

I'm thinking maybe Rosita is pregnant, it's the only thing I can think of. Very curious to what it is, and am glad Kirkman is actually giving Rosita stuff to do.

 

I agree with Carl and Sophia. They definitely have a very elaborate history together. They've shared many traumatic experiences; and have definitely been attracted to one another in a puppy love manner in the past. Carl is definitely thinking about her now he's showing interest in girls. Most of all he's thinking about their last encounter and how she drove her away; he now wishes to change that and then some, hence, like you said, his motive to move to Hilltop. I feel like at this point, this far in, any remaining original characters, no matter how minor or unimportant, should be recognized a little more and elevated some as well. I mean it's only right, they've made it so far.

You know who I've been wondering about? Father Gabriel. We know he's still alive(I think RK even mentioned him in the most recent Letter Hacks); but haven't seen him at all since #115. He hasn't even been mentioned or alluded to at all. You would thikn he would have played a larger role during the war. The war weary souls of the factions seeking peace and solace in their faith. What's that sneaky little craven been up to? He's probably holed up in the church; doesn't even know the war ended. LOL

 

I keep forgetting about him since he was relegated to backdrop scenery. If he stayed hidden in the church, he should have plenty to eat since he will be alone. They may need a battering ram to get in though.

 

He could have been interesting during the war as the leader of a faction inside the group who stoop up against the war, and against Rick in general, based on some religious principles. A wrench in the works for awhile. Maybe even a staged attempt to overthrow Rick. I hope they use him in some religious riot fashion in the future.

 

I can see it happening. You don't really need a good leader for that type of thing. He could just preach a few things, and the faction would take on a life of its own.

 

I think Eugene's going to die soon. I can sense it's his time. He's becoming very likeable and a leader, and Rick was talking about how he shouldn't put himself in danger and that he's valueable. He could be dying of cancer or something, that might've been what Rosita was wanting to talk about. Either way Eugene's dying soon. Give him 10 issues. 10 months. I'm better than Trevschan lol

 

It'd be a nice change for someone to die of natural causes. When was the last time a character died from anything other than a zombie bite or murder?

 

Yup. "You're important. We need to keep you safe." = you are going to die. Soon. And probably in a very shifty way.

 

Agreed...he'll most likely die after they find out he's a lying little shit..I've grown to like him though...he's definitely funny...but because he says stupid stuff

 

Exactly. That's what we are missing in this ZA. Everyone seems to be doing so well without their medications. No seizure disorders. No insulin dependent diabetes. No heart attacks or cardiac arrhythmias. No emphysema or asthma. No migraine headaches. Not a urinary tract infection in sight! Statistically, with as many characters as their are in the comics, we should be coming across these things. We should delve into the problems of keeping a community alive without access to much of modern medicine.

 

I wonder if there's a doctor or not. There was Carson but he was with Hilltop right? Im sure they have a medicine stock, but it'd ad more realism if a character mentioned they had occasional migraines or something. Obviously we don't want this to be the plot of a comic, like issue 131: Heath's diabetes, but it should be further established that each community has a doctor, at least.

 

Well Heath is a Stan Lee superhero, who can recover from a major traumatic amputation in 47 minutes, but I think a good 'Olivia's Diabetes' issue would be nice, as it would outline the unexpected hardships of living in an apocalypse, instead of just the expected ones. And it would lead to a pharmacy run which could go down hill. As for doctors, when Rick originally arrived at Alexandria, he was told that they had '3 doctors'. Denise was one [now dead], Pete Dodson/Anderson was another [dead], and the third has never been seen yet. My guess is that the existence of this third mysterious doctor will just be forgotten, but by now dozens of new members have probably been added to Alexandria, so we will see...

 

That's the thing they must not forget. In the show we had the opposite case which was good.