#michone grimes

[nat111love]

THE ONES WHO LIVE ↳ Season 1 ↳ Episode 1 ↳ Years

#the walking dead #the walking dead: the ones who live #twd: the ones who live #the ones who live #towl #rick grimes #twd #twdedit #filmtvcentral #michone grimes #cinemapix #richonne #cinematv #andrew lincoln #danai gurira #richonneedit #twol spoilers #tvedit #mediagifs #tvarchive #dailytwd #twoledit #twdtwoledit

[celtic-crossbow]

Carol, about Daryl and Y/N: My god, would you two just get a room already?

Y/N: Huh?

Carol: You’re gushing. He’s blushing. So seriously, when's the wedding?

Daryl, turning even redder: ...

Michonne: I ship it!

Rick: Ssh, stay out of it. I have to go outside the walls with him tomorrow.

#murda writes #daryl dixon #daryl dixon incorrect quotes #daryl incorrect quotes #twd incorrect quotes #daryl dixon humor #daryl humor #daryl dixon x reader #the walking dead #daryl dixon fanfiction #daryl dixon fanfic #daryl dixon x y/n #daryl dixon x you #rick grimes #carol peletier #michone grimes #daryl dixon twd #daryl dixon the walking dead #daryl dixon x female reader #daryl x female reader

[onlyifyoubadd]

its the fact that after rick said this they were literally only apart for 30 seconds hahaha! they left the tent and met up with each other immediately! they are never leaving each other's side again 🥹🥰

#who needs space when you're richonne?? #they had enough of that for the last 8 years #richonne #the ones who live #rick grimes #michone grimes

[westidia]

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

LAWD I CANT DO IT I NEED ANOTHER SEASON I NEED TO SEE MORE OF TJEM😭😭😭😭😭

FUCK I WISH CARL WAS HERE (fuck them bumb ass producers who kicked him off 😭😭)

sorry for all the f bombs 🧍🏽‍♀️

rj is the cutest 🥹

#rick grimes #rj grimes #carl grimes #the ones who live #the ones who live season 2 #the ones who live amc #judith grimes #michone grimes #rick and michonne #the walking dead #andrew lincoln #danai gurira

[sylvies-chen]

this one gets me 😭

#this quote is literally them now NO ONE TALK TO ME #twd: the ones who live #twd the ones who live #the ones who live spoilers #the ones who live #towl #towl spoilers #twd towl #rick grimes #michone grimes #judith grimes #rj grimes

[lisaphantasia]

"What if I lose you and I can't figure out how to die again?"

Episode 4 fucked me up. I was speachless through the whole of Rick's breakdown. Hand on my heart I think Rick and Michonne might be one of the most beautiful stories of a relationship in media.

Sometimes I feel like I have to look away because it feels like I'm intruding watching a real love story between two people and that is so much credit to Andy and Danai.

Who would have thought one of the most beautiful portrayals of romance involves fucking up zombies on the side

#richonne #rick grimes #michonne #michone grimes #twd: the ones who live #andy and danai #beautifully written and beautifully acted #andrew lincoln #danai gurira

[herebutnothere]

When Rick returns to the CRM and receives the Echelon Briefing, he’s presented with a fork in the road that has two clear options: 

Path A: Save the people he loves by going along with mass murder. 

Path B: Save the people he loves by going home. 

We all know how that ends (with a table slide 🥵), but as I was (re)watching, I couldn’t help but wonder—What would have happened if Michonne hadn't found him? What would have happened if Commando Rick was the one hearing the briefing? What would have happened if the E1 version of Rick had to choose?

On its face, what General Beale offers is the solution to Rick’s biggest problems and the salve to his deepest wounds. When Beale callously, manipulatively, rudely says that even Rick’s best efforts (chomp, chomp) weren’t enough to save Carl in the end, he offers the secret army within the CRM as a way to do what Rick couldn’t and can’t—keep people safe.

But…

But. 

“The Ones Who Live” is an epic love story. In virtually every single interview they’ve done leading up to the show and every single interview they’ve done since it aired, Danai, Andrew, and Scott have been very clear about the story they wanted to tell. This quote from Danai stands out to me in particular: 

“When love is the driving force, when it is the propelling thing, when it is making the plot move, what does that look like?”

In other words, what does it look like when love is both the reason for and the result of our actions and decisions?

Throughout TOWL, we get to explore all types of love: romantic (e.g., Rick and Michonne), platonic (e.g., Michonne and Nat), familial (e.g., the Grimes), community (e.g., the caravan), self-love (e.g., Michonne’s articulation of how she views herself for leaving her Shoto and Little Brave Man to find Rick), as well as all the types of love that Ancient Greek philosophers talked about. 

We also get to explore the bastardization of love. We get to see its abuse, its disregard, its minimization, and the consequences therein—

When Beale rejected love, he sacrificed his community. 

When Thorne lost faith in love, she devoted herself to Beale’s fascist mission. 

When Okafor abandoned love, he killed his wife.

Even when Beale is showing Rick a version of paradise where the people he cares about are safe, he starts to say “a lov-” and cuts himself off with “I don’t give a damn.” For him, a love or lover is inconsequential. This thing that ties us together, that makes us us is something trivial that can be cast aside for the bigger picture…

And while we don’t see the other briefings, we do know that Beale’s done 2,533 of them, so—assuming they all accepted—that means there are 2,531 other people besides Okafor and Thorne who have rejected, minimized, destroyed, forgotten, been hurt by, fear, lost, and/or given up on love, too.

So back to Rick, the fork in the road, and my hypothetical question: 

I think that, if Michonne hadn’t had found Rick, if he was still deep in the trenches of the CRM and Okafor’s mission, if he was still walking around dead inside, I think he would have rejected Beale’s offer. Not because he didn’t want to be reunited with his family, but because he wouldn’t have wanted to be reunited with his family like that. 

He wouldn’t have wanted to be with Michonne with his disregard for humanity standing between them.

He wouldn’t have wanted to hold Judith—that sweet precious baby he left behind—and taint her innocence with his sins. 

Because as Michonne told him, “That’s not how you love.”

(And, needless to say, in this hypothetical scenario of Michonne not finding Rick pre-briefing, he wouldn’t know about RJ so he wouldn’t have been accounted for in this decision-making process.)

If there was no reunion and Rick was left to make this decision without the buoyancy of Michonne and all that she reminded him of, if all he had was the memory of the love and life he left behind, the paths in front of Commando Rick would be bleak af:  

Path A1: Go along with the mission to murder millions and be reunited with his family. (Essentially becoming everything he stood against pre-ZA and pre-CRM and never truly being with them again.)

Path A2: Pretend to go along with the mission, but actually try to sabotage it. (Although he might feel trapped because the briefing was the same day as or just before the Portland attack and he might not be able to undo it all on his own in time.)

Path B: Try to escape. Again. (But likely not succeed.) 

Path C: End his life. (And at least die knowing that Michonne and Judith might be able to get away and continue living.)

Which path do you think he would take? 😔

This is why I internally chuckle and roll my eyes at the critiques that TOWL focused too much on love. The way the finale—and the show as a whole—unfolded was the only option. Everything about Rick and Michonne and who they are in this particular world led to this moment. Everything they'd been through for nearly a decade (nearly eight of which he was held captive) came together.

An epic love story indeed. 

The failure to see that and the desire to disregard the power of love—the power of Richonne’s love—simply means you weren’t having the experience you claim you want to have. Go back and watch from the beginning, babe. Pull up E1 and hit “play.” I promise you’ll like it so much better when you allow yourself to believe.

#twd: the ones who live #richonne #they said it was a love story and love stories (typically) require a HEA so what did you really think would happen #rick grimes towl #rick grimes #michone grimes #michonne x rick #twd towl #the ones who live #twd the ones who live #i know i just got here but it's in the text!!!

[riseuprichonne]

Michonne “Protector” Grimes and her babies ❤️‍🔥

#michonne #michone grimes #rj grimes #judith grimes #my edit #richonne #the ones who live #twd towl

[secondaryartifacts]

Love doesn’t die.

The Walking Dead can have happy endings?

#Rick Grimes #the walking dead #TWD #the ones who live #judith grimes #michonne #michone grimes #family #walking dead family #RJ

[winnie-the-monster]

#the walking dead: the ones who live #the walking dead #twd towl #towl #s1 #1x06 #michonne #michone grimes #rick grimes #judith grimes #rj grimes

[iwasborn-hungry]

mood ‼️‼️‼️

danai’s instagram pictures of towl bts is everything.

#the ones who live #twd towl #towl #towl spoilers #danai gurira #andrew lincoln #the walking dead #twd #bts #behind the scenes #finale #twd universe #rick grimes #michone grimes #michonne hawthorne

[nat111love]

THE ONES WHO LIVE ↳ Season 1 ↳ Episode 2 ↳ Gone

#the walking dead #the walking dead: the ones who live #twd: the ones who live #the ones who live #towl #rick grimes #twd #twdedit #filmtvcentral #michone grimes #cinemapix #richonne #cinematv #andrew lincoln #danai gurira #richonneedit #twol spoilers #tvedit #mediagifs #tvarchive #dailytwd #twoledit #twdtwoledit

[livingfandomly]

Let me start with this: I love the show. It has some of the best character arcs, storylines and visuals I have ever seen. Despite its faults and occasionally infuriating choices, I will always ALWAYS simply adore the show.

H O W E V E R.

The worst decision ever made was killing Carl. I will ALWAYS be mad about that and ALWAYS hate them for it because it had absolutely NO payoff. Did Glenn’s death hurt like a mothafucka? Yup. Did it add to the story and plot? Yup. Same with Abraham and Herschel and Beth and Rosita and Noah and Tara and Enid and even fucking Merle. But Carl????????? CARRRROOLLLLLLL?????? Literally nothing.

Absolute. Fucking. Stupidity.

Why are these emotions rising up now, you may ask? Because TOWL is a beauty of a show and it manages to capture a nostalgia and a beginning (of sorts) that has a lot of promise. The show is genuinely good. The actors are acting. It’s giving. But (SPOILERS AHEAD) while Rick returns home to his family, the most important person isn’t there. Can you imagine how much more the payoff would’ve been if Carl had been there too? Or if Carl had gone off somewhere and Rick gets to know he’s built a relationship with Negan??? There was so much potential, so much that could’ve been done, so many ways to reach an inevitable ending that feels right and satisfactory. But that ALL, literally ALL OF THAT depended on Carl being alive. On Chandler being a part of the show because goddamn did that kid understand the bones of his character.

One fucking decision, just one, that imo fucked up the show in the worst way possible.

#someone get Andrew his Emmy plz #the ones who live #twol spoilers #twd #the walking dead #the walking dead the ones who live #carl grimes #rick grimes #michone grimes #michonne #judith grimes #rj grimes #grimes family #twd negan #rick and michonne #richonne #andrew lincoln #danai gurira #chandler riggs #twd spoilers #twd towl

[onlyifyoubadd]

#AND THATS HOW YOU DO A FINALE! #they deserved their happy ending! #towl spoilers #the ones who live spoilers #the ones who live #richonne #rick grimes #michone grimes #rj grimes #judith grimes #grimes family

[westidia]

I’m still highly upset that we never got to see Carl at his full potential

and he was fine as hell…the glow up that was happening before our eyes…😔 fuck them producers (fyi he is older than me)

Just thinking about all the shit we could’ve see. Carl do, all the moments he could’ve had with Judith, his baby brother RJ 😭

Carl following his fathers steps, having a fine, badass gorgeous black wife ugh a girl can dream 😔

(word on the street the reason why he was killed off was because he became an adult and obv wanted adult pay…mind you basically the whole cast were adults…)

Just don’t sit right with me

we really have no bad ass scenes of him just going off on humans or walkers (like Rick when he bit that man’s neck)

wasted potential I hate.

#a lot of what ifs #carl grimes #carl grimes edit #rick grimes #michone grimes #judith grimes #rj grimes #the walking dead #amc twd #the ones who live #twd towl #towl #richonne #rick and michonne #anti lori grimes #lori grimes #twd #twd summit #potential #andrew lincoln #chandler riggs #danai gurira

[goddessxdivine]

i need Danai and Andy to confirm that there’s gonna be some kind of continuation of TOWL because all I do is spend time thinking of what richonne might be doing now that they’re reunited with their kids and i need a real answer.

my current Richonne obsession: the future richonne baby that is undoubtedly on the way

i can understand why some people want richonne to have time with their kids then choose to have another child. it would be beautiful and intentional which is something that matters when it comes to richonne. however I’ve come to like the idea of michonne being pregnant already. so my solution to this to get the best of both worlds is that michonne doesn’t know that she’s pregnant yet …

most women don’t know that they’re pregnant until about 8 weeks (more or less since it depends). let’s say michonne is early stages like 2-3 weeks by the time that they get back to Alexandria and doesn’t know yet. richonne spends some time with their kids and they go on dates and they get caught up on what they missed. one of these dates they talk about how much they love their family and how it would be nice to experience being parents together from start to finish. and since we know rick is a romantic, who is very madly in love with michonne, i can just see him already have it all planned and pictured in his head. he expresses to michonne that he wants to be there to get her whatever she’s craving, to see the baby on the sonogram and hear the heartbeat, read /talk to her belly, see their baby be born this time, hear their first word, first steps, and just all the things they didn’t get to do together with rj. michonne agrees (of course) and says she’d love for them to experience that too. they both agree though that as much as theyd love to have another baby, they can wait a little on actively trying so they can get more settled in since they’ve only been home for about a month. a couple weeks go by and michonne is realizing it may be time to take a little pregnancy test.

i can’t decide what I’d prefer in terms of the reveal. on one hand, I think it’d be cute for michonne to include rick every step of the way. she tells him she thinks she’s pregnant and he’s there for them to see the results of the test together. on the other hand, I think it’d be cute for michonne to take the test herself and then plan some kind of special way to tell rick. i’ve loved the idea of surprising your partner with the news since I was a kid and saw becky from full house try to tell jesse she was pregnant by making him a dinner that was baby themed (she had baby carrots, baby corn, etc), if i remember correctly becky was nervous to tell jesse cause they hadnt planned it but with richonne that’s obviously not the case. I think it’d be cute for michonne to excitedly plan something intimate for just her and rick so she can tell him they’re having a baby.

or maybe even a secret third option idk lol but either way i think almost any execution of a richonne pregnancy reveal that is trauma-free is what they deserve and what we deserve.

i need amc to throw soooooo much money at Danai, Andy, and Scott and promise them everything they could want to continue this story. alternatively maybe amc can contract the three of them to write romcoms outside the twd that stars Danai and Andy. just saying anything at this point 😭😭 but i just need them back on my screen happy! and i need it real bad. real real bad

#twd towl #the ones who live #rick grimes #michone grimes #towl #the walking dead towl #michonne #judith grimes #rj grimes #babygrimes