I didn't get that impression at all...why wouldn't women like Michonne, Maggie and Carol be as involved as they are?

 

Out of everyone (as of this season) Michonne is the most level headed, followed closely by Carol. So it stands to reason that she would be the one to draft the charter

Of course Maggie is making big decisions. She is the leader of Hilltop. Just as Rick is making big decisions. Being female does not preclude her from making decisions. And being the leader of the community, that at this point in time, is thriving more so than any other certainly packs a punch to her ability to lead

Tossing about the phrase "female centric" comes off to me as hinting at a strong positive female presence on the show. Having Anne once again show us her dark side in no way fashions her as a strong positive presence so in my definition of female centric she would not be included in this list.

Carol has a cooler head than to be that person who just starts shooting people among an angry mob. Yes she admits to Rick that she just wanted to end it but her cooler head prevailed. Just as Rick admits that every morning he wants to kill Negan and then the saviors...yet his cooler head prevails. It stands to reason that if we can accept Rick's battle against his inner thoughts to kill then we should also offer the same acceptance to Carol.

I see it as we are finally being given the opportunity to have the layers of these characters peeled away.

 

Other than Daryl and Rick all of the original team is dead, so I didn't find it surprising that the women are being focused on. The King went home, so he wasn't part of last night's episode, but since Carol is now leading up the Saviors she was front and center.

But if you look a things, the Heap and Oceanside were already led by women, and now with Maggie leading Hilltop and Carol leading Saviors, of course they have to have a focus on women doing things. Michonne has been working to get the laws put into place for all of the episodes this season, so that's not a new thing. She'll probably lead Alexandria once Rick is out.

 

I didn't see anything wrong with the lady's making the moves they made in this episode at all. Mostly the positions they are in currently go back to last season before the time jump. Or they were stated in the premier episode. Everything pointed out by the two previous posters is dead true. Most of the men are busy trying to fight, trying to take guns, plotting revenge, getting injured or knocked out and threatening people to make any profound decisions. So who's left to be leaders and make decisions? I'm just saying.

 

Doesn't bother me at all. And yes, I'm a guy.

 

I thought it flowed quite naturally, and many of the women taking over are who we would expect to step up.

 

It's interesting you pointed it out, Singtress, because otherwise I wouldn't even have noticed.

 

A lot of the remaining long-standing characters are female and have been built up to have crucial roles in society, so, yeah. Of course they're going to be more important.

Rick, Daryl, Carol, Maggie and Michonne are the five oldest characters. Three of them are women.

If you want to see it as the writers pushing an agenda, whatever, but it's more or less just the natural progression of the series.

 

I actually like the fact that the women are taking over. I don't feel it's forced at all, each one of these characters has grown into their position during the course of their story. So it makes sense.

This is one of the things TWD has always done really well, inclusion without being forced. Be it gay/lesbian couples, interracial, gender. We have seen it all and none of it feels forced. It all feels very natural to the story.

 

Exactly. It didn't even register with me that this ep was female-centric. But, yeah, I guess it was, now that I think about it. Pretty cool, actually.

 

Some of the strongest, most capable characters in the show are female.
It just seemed natural to me that they would be playing these parts at this point.
I like the way they're headed so far.