The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 4

i am ready to be bombarded with comments eating me alive for this, but i don’t care. i think this fandom is extremely critical of lori, in particular, and her relationship with shane. let me break it down for everyone and plead my case before everyone runs to disagree.

firstly, in the twd verse they do not have zombie media, unlike us, they had no idea what was going on. absolutely zero clue about reanimated corpses coming alive and eating people. in the midst of all this brand new chaotic news, explosions, fire, gunshots, evacuations, lori is alone. she is all alone with her young son carl because rick is in the hospital with a gun shot wound, while the literal world was collapsing.

shane walsh, rick’s best friend, who lori is familiar with, comes to their rescue, like a knight in shining armor. he comes to lori and carl’s aid and helps them get to safety. bravo shane. he eventually tells her rick is dead, which he had every right to assume with how the events at the hospital were on a downward spiral. and let’s be honest, rick surviving that is unrealistic as fuck. he’s lucky he’s the main character.

anyways, now shane, lori, and carl are all living with the atlanta survivors by the quarry. lori now grieving her husband in this new, broken world and carl grieving his father. shane quickly becomes a new father-like figure to carl, beginning to fill the void rick left in carl’s heart.

on the other hand, what three unhealthy coping mechanisms do grieving people turn to? immense loads of work, drugs/alcohol, and sex/new relationships. lori and shane both chose the last option. it’s assumed that they started their relationship roughly 2 months after rick’s presumed death at the hospital, which is extremely fast, but again, this is not under normal circumstances whatsoever.

the remaining survivors, including lori and shane, are now prey in the new world, danger lurking everywhere, food and supplies are scarce. they never knew when their last days were. their relationship was more so a trauma bonding moment, rather than a cold, calculating affair to disrespect rick. i also think lori saw how shane was quickly becoming a new father figure to carl and that played a huge part in their relationship developing. she was also able to find emotional comfort in shane, again with him coming to rescue her and carl he immediately wore the “i will protect lori and carl forever” badge with honor. it was only a matter of time before they began to date.

in conclusion, it’s unfair to say that lori “cheated” on rick. she didn’t. the moment rick came back, she ended it with shane. did she send mixed signals along the way? well yes, but she never tried to rekindle with shane when rick was back, lori stayed loyal to rick. i just think many people would be shocked how skewed their own values and morals
would also become in an apocalyptic setting.

Massively Underutilized, thoughts?

Would love to know what you think!

Tried my best recreating Rick’s gun belt been acquiring pieces here and there I’d say 1 and half year’s still scouting the husky utility belt phone pouch for now I have this cheap $6 amazon pouch and made it work theses are the specs for this belt

BELT: Smith & Wesson police duty belt Basketweave

HOLSTER: American Heritage Gunleatehr heritage holster

POUCH: Tex Shoemaker Pepper Spray pouch

CUFFCASE: Tex Shoemaker basketweave handcuff case

SPEEDLOADERS: HKS 103 MED speedloader pouch case

KEEPERS: Made in the USA basketweave duty belt keeper

GUN: Denix Python Revolver .357 magnum

AXEPOUCH: zacurate Fingertip Pulse Oximeter Carrying Case from Amazon lol

HATCHET: Cold Steel Axe Gang Hatchet

I have his murder jacket as well from black sheep leather I’ll post full outfit on Halloween or when I wear it. Feel free to leave any suggestions what to change or know any better replicas

I didn’t really catch this on the first watch, I am currently rewatching and this one took me out. Ngl, Negan is growing on me 😂

I think we all asked what happened to x place like Mexico, the UK, China, etc or what happened to certain places during or before the outbreak but one that I don't think many people asked is what happened to the OIl Platforms, after all, they are pretty much in the middle of the sea (like the ones in the North Sea in Europe)

I know he wasn't the best scientist in the facility and he had been running on low sleep but I will always find it funny when he spills corrosive substance onto the test plate and just decides to rub his fingers directly into it as if to try wipe it off or ??, then look at his glove like "huh.." right before the decontamination process and kills his ability to work on it further.

Talk about massive blunder.

Idk why this keeps getting marked as NSFW?? But doesn't S3 Maggie look a lot like Jill Valentine? Also idk if anyone's pointed it out

This got a lot more attention than I expected. Wowie Zowie

I am currently at the S6 E16, the famous lineup, and I do recognise the tradegy here with Glenn and Abraham, but come on man. Negan is such a funny character. Those one liners, I am dead 💀😂.

At one point he goes, pointing towards carl, "this is your kid right, (laughs) this is definitely your kid" rick goes "just stop this", and he goes (the image above). I love this type of humour, how he is so chill while being so threatening. Does anyone share the same thoughts with me. Like on first watch I felt real bad but on second one idk this is fun.

(Don't hate me over this, I just love characters like these like Lalo in BCS)

This is my first watch - my husband has read the comics and also stopped watching TWD while it was first airing.

I went in not thinking I would enjoy as much as I did the first seasons. Peak TV! Father and son relationship, our two heroes / anti heroes. I loved it.

Then all of a sudden s08e09. Why. Didn't even cry or felt his death because I was so pissed to lose our one eyed boy.

WHY, WHY ON EARTH KILL CARL!!! Husband said it doesn't happen at all in the comics which made me furious. I've been saying since season 1 to him that Carl is my favorite character.

I looked a bit into it and the actor's father has once said that the decision was motivated by the fact that his son turned 18 so they would have to change $$$ his contract. Also saw that the showrunner wanted to "change Rick's perspective" by killing Carl. Which means Rick's going to become irrational mister goody pants again considering he lives in fucking zombie world. I hate it.

Not even sure if I want to continue this!! Lol tell me it gets good again!

you guys have to see this

I have to say this here bcs im tired of seeing people get jumped for this on tiktok, BEFORE ANYTHING THOUGH im only on s4, and im not referring to people who hate Andrea for being a woman (those ppl r actual misogynists)

Yesterday I made a comment mentioning how I disliked Andrea for essentially choosing an man she barely knew over her friends and I swear, 10 ppl were jumping me for apparently being ‘misogynistic’ simply because I dont like Andreas character in the show, and that shes just an girl who was manipulated. 💀

In s1-2 I genuinely loved her character, although in s2 when it came to her almost letting Beth take her own life is when i started to really hate her, my breaking point was in s3 where she chooses an man she barely knows (which i understand she wanted stability which IS valid) over her long-term friend, even when confronted by everything, even with the reasoning of “i didint want anyone to get hurt” she wanted to be an savior rather than to hear all sides she still sticked by the governor’s side till later on. (Even after hershell says the Governor was an “sick man” she never questioned it until she saw the Governor wanted to hurt Michonne, but by that point it was too late)

I definitely get Andrea likers, everyone can have favorites!! Hell- ill defend Michonne because shes my favorite character in the whole show so far! I love characters with flaws and Andreas definitely complex, but I dont understand the double standard of calling ‘everyone’ misogynistic when they dislike Andrea for very valid reasons, im not even gonna bring up shane and andrea being together because that was like an actual nightmare

the Civic Republic Military (CRM) Echelon Briefing predicted that humanity has about 14 years left before facing total extinction due to starvation, spreading walker diseases, and worsening walker-to-human ratios. I see why Rick did what he did. I’d want to see my friends and family before everything falls apart.

I'm watching the season one finale, when they are at the CDC. The episode starts when Shane tried to get Rick out of the hospital.

Like everyone, Shane lived a traumatic event. He never thought he would have to take care of his best friend family. He really tried to get him out but there were soldier killing patient in the hallway!!! This is insane stuff to witness!

Him and Rick did everything together their whole life. I bet Shane became a police officer because of Rick's influence. He probably didn't know what to do with his life and he followed Rick at the academy. Rick is basically his whole life and family. I can understand that once he saved Lori and Carl, he felt like he had a purpose in life in the mist of the apocalypse. When Rick came back, he took that purpose away from him, so insanity took over.

I really don't think Shane and Lori were ever involved before. Shane saved them because they are his family and his connection to his best friend. Him and Lori trauma bonded over their shared love and experience. Lori was disconnected with reality. It's like the world ended because her husband got shot. She tried to keep a brave face for Carl, but she really had no hope for the future. She was reckless with her life. No way she wanted to get pregnant but still engaged in sexual intercourse because she wasn't thinking that far into the future. This is the type of stuff depressed people do. Many times she hinted not wanting to live.

All this to say, I don't see Lori as annoying as I used to (except for the car accident). And I don't see Shane only as the vilain he was at the end. They are a sum of their trauma and this is what I love about Walking Dead.

I managed to watch all of the walking dead on prime but all the spin offs are payable. Does anyone know anywhere I can watch these that’s the cheapest way or free?? One series of Fear was £14 and I’m currently signed off sick so it’ll be an expensive way to burn through a lot of money in a week 🤦🏻‍♀️

Let’s say you and your group was told about the countdown. Are you staying or are you trying to get everyone out?

I’d choose Carl because he always tries his best to do the morally correct thing no matter how bad things get. So, Who do you choose?