I'm with @Lindigo , @Jen7 , @EZD , and @purriwinkle . Maybe once we see Rick and Michonne rejoin them we'll get a bit more reaction, but think it might be when they read the letters Carl wrote to them that we truly see a complete breakdown from Rick- we've got some emotion from Rick(more from Michonne, imo) but nothing like the reaction he had to Lori's death. On a side note, I liked seeing all of our core group back together in one place

 

Most of them just didn't really care he is dead, I mean who did he really develop relationships with in that show? He didn't get close to anyone except Rick, Michonne and Enid and they were all crying about it. Lets be real, the ones like Maggie, Carol and Daryll will feel bad because of their relationship with Rick but I doubt that they will lose much sleep over the kid himself. He was such an underwhelming character anyway and his time had been up for a while. Moving on then.........

 

I don't know why no one else likes the cranky pants posters. They make me howl with laughter.

 

There's a difference in butt hurt posters and those just trolling their hidden vendetta against other members. Mr. Fancy Pants up there isn't sporting a butt bandaid. Yet.

 

There are dedinitely notable exceptions. All of "Honor" and Enid's response among them. To a certain extent Bob, Lori, Dale, and Tyreese gave us something like what I am talking about... (imo) Unfortunately some my favorite characters were treated like after thoughts. Glenn and Abraham felt lacking, especially considering all the hype going into their deaths - a lot of emotion felt unsaid or action based (like Rosita and Sasha's responses during season 7), but I feel like they should have had a good 15 minutes of getting more emotional interactions/responses in 7×01.


Maybe I am weird, but I really wanted something more substantial from Maggie and Daryl in the pantry in "Go Getters"... Some anger from Maggie; a breakdown from Daryl... Something..

Carol's reaction to Morgan telling her what happened to Glenn and Abraham felt so cold and underwhelming

Sasha was treated like a real after thought, which still bothers me til this day... We got a raggedy ol' slow motion cry from Maggie and a that was that... Only to be barely mentioned in season 8.

 

We all know how everyone would react. I don't think we necessarily needed to see it played out. Sometimes imagination can fill the "gaps" better than being shown something can.

 

That's why I like that we see Daryl mouth "Carl" with no other words and we see the immediate aftermath of Maggie and Enid finding out.

I'm sure we will get more detailed reactions as the characters deal with the loss, in later episodes. I'm sure there will be some of that in the next one.

It reminded me of when Carol found out Lori died. It was a similar situation. She asked about Lori and Rick just shook his head and she knew what that meant. Here her smile turns to a frown when she realizes something is wrong and just hearing "Carl" is all she needed.

Some scenes should be more subtle like this. We don't always need characters wailing.

 

I adore you so much. Lol

 

They make me add levels to my dungeon

 

They make me add levels to my Lego 2-man outhouse.

 

then would it not be more than a 2-man outhouse by now? Rough estimate, how many can you fit into you "2" man outhouse?

 

Depends, are we talking Americans in general, or people who live within a few miles of a Sbarro?

 

within a few miles of Sbarro BUT a town over from Johnny Rockets

 

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I guess I just like really gut wrenching emotional scenes. For example, Breaking Bad really featured some wild and emotional exchanges and they weren't even following a death. The cast would just throw themselves into the chaos of their character's situation.One specific example is the character Jesse's spiraling depression that really shaped him.

At the risk of sounding like a dead hearted automoton, I just like scenes that make me feel something.. Now this isn't to say I dont mind subtlety, it's just that I feel like the emotional responses to character deaths are frequently not proportional to the investment and emotion that said characters have for one another. It's fine if the subtlety here or there, but all too frequently we get what I feel are stand-offish performances.

What exacerbates this issue is that another core problem of the show is that half the cast talks too cryptically. Normal people (imo) do not speak in such a vague, stilted way as characters like Carol, Daryl, and sometimes Morgan. Idk which season this really became bad (maybe 6), but these characters used to talk to each other in really natural ways... Now not so much.

A good example of how the show does this right is Rick. This man absolutely throws himself into a scene, with amazing range (although Rick is probably the worst offender of speaking vaguely/melodramatic)

Unfortunately, many others dont really share their internal motivations let alone feelings, and when they often do, it's via some opaque dialogue that tries to sound deep, but just sounds weird..

 

Exactly. TWD is already walking a tightrope of trope. So we don't need to venture into the soap opera routine of playing the same scenes over and over again.

 

No. I was reacting to AJ Dantly's post about how no one in the group would miss Carl.