A very small percentage of the viewership are comic readers, so it didn't really surprise me. Several months ago I posted a link to an article where Image comics said they only distribute about 60,000 comics each month. So even if 9 out of 10 people are reading the comics online, or by other means, instead of buying a hard copy, that's still only 600,000 comic readers, about 3% of the total viewship.

 

Its a poll asking if you think hes good or bad...the tv audience has been trained to always suspect bad, just as the characters on the show this week will do. If the audience thought he was good would mean the writers hadnt been doing a very good job. No surprise.

 

The group, and the television audience, should be suspicious of Aaron at this point. How many times have they trusted another group only to get burned? They also just came from Shirewilt, where it seemed like the community had been attacked by a group who cut people's limbs off and carved Ws into their heads. This far into the ZA, there are fewer and fewer good people around. If someone is offering you something that seems too good to be true, it probably is.

 

The show has done a really good job getting the viewers to distrust. I know people have complained about every group they've ran into is bad and how there is always a huge problem every time they meet new people, but all of that is necessary for this moment, and its all about to be proven wrong.

Terminus in particular was brilliant with this, since (while there are changes) there are similarities, especially with Aaron comparing to Gareth (also, apparently Ross Marquand originally auditioned for the role of Gareth).

 

With everything that's happened it makes sense that the audience would think that Aaron is bad. I also think that Chris Hardwick put his hand on the scale a little bit and moved the audience in that direction too with some of his comments.

Nevertheless...

 

I think it's reasonable to be mistrusting. Although he obviously isn't a cannibal - the two options don't give you much leeway. The truth is usually always somewhere in the middle. Even if he is just some jolly good guy with a heart of gold - he would still have his motives to want to recruit people - meaning he wants something from them - and that itself can be dangerous. Rick knows this, as would Sasha. It's not like the prison where Rick and his group are calling the shots - so I do look forward to this storyline, for sure and seeing them discuss that.

It's suspicious for after a huge storm being approached by this guy that looks clean, shaven, really well put together and is personable - specifically asking for Rick the leader of the group. Meaning that he has been watching and listening to them - and sent them water. You can't help but think the worst!.

I was saying in another thread how is they had still been in Georgia - it would absolutely be reasonable to assume he was one of the Terminus people.

 

I think Aaron made a mistake there too in saying Rick's name, even if he overheard it. The situation is already sketchy enough with him approaching the group, but to toss that in there he makes them even more wary. People in general don't like strangers, or even individuals they don't know very well, coming up and telling them things about themselves. It raises your defense mechanisms in a normal society, let alone in one on TWD where the world has fallen apart.

 

I'm willing to bet the TV characters haven't read the comics either. Especially Daryl.

 

If Daryl were to read anything, I would think it was comics.

 

Yeah it startles you in real life when someone you don't know says your name without you giving it - so for sure in this situation you'd be like whaaaat the heeeck?

 

Speaking of this...and maybe I should ask this someplace else...please forgive me if that's the case. I just started reading the comics on my iPad. The first set was only $8.99, but the second set is $14.99 and this seems to be the going price on iTunes. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the first set, but I was hoping not to have to spend a couple hundred bucks on comics with a newborn in the house. Do you know of a cheaper way to read these digitally or otherwise?

 

Yes, you can read them for free online. I'm not allowed to tell you how, due to forum rules.....but think of a certain letter that is shaped like a cup. In fact that letter is the middle letter in the word 'cup'. Then think of that old slang word for television....they called it the boob 'blank'.......let's watch the boob 'blank'.......the word in blank starts with a T. Then put that letter and that word together, and you can figure out where to read them.

Oh, f*ck it, I'm trying to say youtube. You can read them for free on youtube.

Also, you can buy the compendiums. They are large books that contain 48 issues each, and you can find them online for as cheap as 28 bucks each or so.

 

Wow! I was following you...Haha! Thanks for the information. I truly appreciate it! Glad to share a common interest with so many great people out there. Thanks again!

 

No problem.

 

i really need to stop skimming and actually read...I was at cupboob.com and so confused.

 

I would really like for that to be a site.


Then again... Maybe not.