favourite twdg villain?
I'm a fond enjoyer of the St. John's as villains. I don't know if they're my favorite just because they're only in one episode, but I love the concept of this family almost immediately jumping into cannibalism toward the start of the outbreak, dealing in human flesh to bandits, and casually feeding this group their friend's legs.
Like... what the hell was this family like before the outbreak that all three of them were like, "Hey now listen... nothing should go to waste, the dead are eating people so why shouldn't we? We gotta survive and in our defense, we only target those who were gonna die anyway... like y'all."
Dude, Mark was shot in this shoulder with an arrow. He wasn't going to die from that injury. It's so fucked that these seemingly friendly people took the group into their home and then fed them Mark's legs.
If we take the idea that everyone is infected and have the capacity within themselves to become walkers, to become monsters, then the St. John's were infected long before the outbreak, y'know? Not literally, but something was wrong with them and the outbreak just further spread that infection and changed them.
But again, are they my favorite? I dunno if I can say that since I have a lot more appreciation for Lily now. Yeah, some of her writing gets a little wonky in ep3 of TFS when she goes on her monologues and shit, but y'know what? I'm into it.
You have to remember who we're talking about and the fact that she's the antagonist; Lily isn't some anti-hero in TFS who secretly has a heart of gold that's brought to light because she reunited with Clementine... she's a fucked up woman who did fucked up things in the name of survival. She's full of rot now. She sees kidnapping children and turning them into soldiers to protect her home as a means to an end, but she doesn't actually give a shit about the people she's taking. They aren't people to her, they're as the episode title suggests, toys in her game. The only one she sees as a person is Clementine, and while that makes her hesitate at first, she sees Clementine's a prize to bring back.
She remembers what happened in S1; her father had a heart attack and as she tried to save him, Kenny smashed his face in with a saltlick and then expected Lily to just stand up and help him get back to his family because "he did what he had to, he made the hard choice." Yes, Larry was a piece of shit. No one liked him, and you can even question Lily on him and she'll tell you that he has a lot of pain. Yes, it makes him an asshole, but he's still her dad and he's all she has. I mean... the simplification is daddy issues, but in all seriousness, I don't doubt for a second that many of Lily's issues stem from Larry being a shitty father to her.
Then everyone thought she was losing it when she insisted there was a traitor in the group, which she was right about, but she was unstable. She was unwell, but how do you help someone like that when you don't have training to go about it? Then Lily ends up killing either Carley or Doug and the group turns on her, and either she's left behind or she steals the van and runs away.
Then we don't know what the hell happened to her until we see her again in TFS, but like... a lone woman with decay festering inside of her joining the delta? Exposing her to their methods? I mean, what else did she have to lose? She had nothing, she lost everything, and she has a lot of issues. Survival is easy when you're numb, when you don't care about the individual; they're all just cogs churning to make the system run, and if a piece doesn't cooperate, you get rid of it and find a new one.
Plus I think there's something to say about Lily not wanting to be perceived as weak again. That whole display she put on in the cells? Telling the story of what happened to Minerva and Sophie? I get the criticism that it feels like Lily did a 180 between episodes but like... yeah dude, because it's a performance. It's not just her and Clementine anymore. It's a display of power and authority. She's playing the part and thriving in it as she ensures everyone else is terrified of her.
But then when Clementine and AJ get the upper hand? Again, she's not afraid to play up the pleading to earn enough sympathy to spare her- hell, just to let their guard down enough to strike and get the upper hand again. I mean, she's got nothing else to lose, right? If she doesn't go for it, she'll be killed and sure, you can kill her anyway but at least she tried.
Honestly, I look at Lily in TFS and still see that scared little girl playing the tough bitch, just like Carley said in S1. It's just now escalated from "tough bitch" to a downright vile person. She's so... lost? I suppose? Lost within herself and the monstrous means she's taken to survive.
I get the criticisms of how she was used in TFS, but for me, it's like when people complain about Minerva not getting the redemption arc she supposedly should've gotten, y'know? There's no saving her. Lily was never on our side, and there was no getting her on our side. She wasn't ever going to redeem herself. Even if you spare her and she drifts away on her raft, can someone like her actually find redemption? Or will she just find another group that'll feed into her rot?
Truly, I say let her be horrid. Let her be the piece of shit villain with a few fleeting moments of humanity. Let her drown in the blood she's spilled.
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i'm seriously just so
because like,,,
man, i don't even know what to do with myself lmao. i don't even know how to PROPERLY ARTICULATE/REACT TO ANY OF THIS.
because i cannot express the amount of times i've hoped for some type of really solid and natural and BEAUTIFUL representation, only to be spurned. or even the amount of times i've hoped for beautiful and fluid and NATURAL love between two leads PERIOD, only to get SPURNED.
many, MANY a time i have anticipated seeing such wonderful depictions of love...only to get nothing.
and now here i am sitting on top of so much teaser/trailer content that points to nothing BUT love, devotion, and passion.
and i'm just.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS INFORMATION HSDJKSDHKL????
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IMAGES OF CHIYOKO HISAKAWA : 1 of ???
once gaining steady income as a mangaka, chiyoko seriously contemplates a more elaborate tattoo; rather than the cute little images she's imagined here and there, she wants something truly stunning to look at. the idea strikes her one morning after managing to spill paint all over her favorite pair of shorts, a deep green running over the blue material and down her calves.
wouldn't it be pretty to paint her skin much like a canvas?
chiyo eventually settled on a design that looks similar to watercolor, and though the visuals above lack much color, chiyo's tattoos are deep blues, purples, and reds that fade into each other, similar to what you see in these images here ( nudity warning, though nothing explicit ). the shading would most resemble the bottom right image, filling empty space with shadow or colored gradient.
her tattoo curls along her right arm, across her chest, and down the left side of her waist, hip, and leg ( as depicted in the bottom left image ). getting to this point has, of course, taken quite a bit of time, especially as chiyo had to grow comfortable enough with her tattoo artist to allow them near parts of her body that are typically concealed. the whole thing has cost her a lot of money and tears, but she's pretty proud of the art she and her tattooist created.
she plans to keep adding to it in the future.
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My dad: I'm so glad you're watching my fav show. It's really great for about 6 seasons but I think you should stop before a guy called Negan shows up. Too many people start dying, people who didn't even die in the comics, I couldn't deal with it
Me: Yeah right sure, this show's BEEN killing people, that's what it's about! The Walking Dead? Bitch, The Dying Dead. The Dead. I can handle anything! Here's Negan! Oh no Glenn and Abraham! It's cool though I got it, barely even winced! Looks like I'm just too tough t-
CARL
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THANK YOU!! :D i was so bummed when i couldnt find it here, omg. i'm sorry i didn't think to check your main! had a great time rereading it lol. while i'm here i just wanna say i am OBSESSED with your aus. they're always so unique & so intriguing!! especially in these lil excerpts, i love it when you bring up all these tiny bits of lore/worldbuilding or past events so... shit, idk how to phrase this, casually?? you always manage to make it read like it's being brought up for the characters themselves rather than to inform the audience, like us hearing about it is incidental. even with so much less knowledge than the characters you feel like you're on the same wavelength as them the entire time, & it really makes these places & their history feel less like a backdrop for the story & more like there really is this whole entire world existing just outside of our perception, yk? :) i love that! i always have so much fun going through all your posts for an au & trying to piece everything together... once i'm done crying over the moirails, LMFAO. the way you convey emotions & tenderness is a whole other thing i am somehow even MORE obsessed with, but this is already way longer than i meant it to be LOL. i hope you have a great day! 😊
Oh shit this is all so deeply sweet! I don't blame you for not checking my main tbh the tag is so long and so full of old stuff haha. There's a lot to dig through! I was surprised I couldn't find it on my drive, I need to go through and save those drabbles some time.
RE: AUs I don't exactly know what I'm doing to achieve the effect you're takling about but also I'm so very flattered about,,, all of this, and I hope I can keep it up! 😊🫡 I always see your tags and replies on posts and they make me so very happy--I owe a huge chunk of the credit for anything I manage to finish to you and people like you, who let me know there are people out there who want to see the finished product, haha. So thank you very much!
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