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[wufwugy]

TWD would value greatly from Lost-esque flashbacks. Flashbacks are almost a must in any story that thrusts the entire cast into a situation where everything is different. The dramatic situational change will make dramatic character changes, and a fantastic way for the audience to understand and see the contrast is through flashbacks.

If I ever write a zombie book, one of the characters will be a female ruthless savvy badass killer, but the flashbacks will all be about how she was a dumb blonde who used her looks for everything. Such a fantastic character can be created out of that contrast

Imagine how much better Daryl would be if there were flashbacks showing him as a racist myopic hillbilly. That alone would actually give him some level of depth that he currently doesn't have.

[d0zer]

If I ever write a zombie book, one of the characters will be a female ruthless savvy badass killer, but the flashbacks will all be about how she was a dumb blonde who used her looks for everything.

...and you're the one complaining about unrealism...

[wufwugy]

...and you're the one complaining about unrealism...

I'm not complaining about unrealism, but bad realism. The cult of realism isn't the only way to play, but TWD is attempting to have it both ways by trying to be both realist and fantastical in ways that don't work together.

This scene is a perfect example of merging realism and the fantastic because everything is embellished yet plausible



However, the TWD scene when 3dog was overwhelmed by zombies yet he fought his way out was an example of embellishment that had no plausibility. This all in a show that attempts high levels of plausibility. I agree with Boost that the show would benefit greatly by enhancing its fantastical elements, but it still has to do them plausibly according to what is palatable and the internal rules it creates. There are many ways to explain how Rambo pulls it off but TWD doesn't. One of them has been addressed ITT: Rambo is illustrated as an insanely talented badass, so it makes sense when he acts like one, but many TWD characters are portrayed as blundering idiots yet still get running headshots


As for my example of the dumb blonde, it's as plausible as the Walter White story. A transition from a high school cheerleader to a stone cold post-apoc survivor is on the level of an underachieving high school teacher turned meth lord supervillain

[Renton]

Also in b4 "HE TALKED ABOUT THE DEER!"

[boost]

Is the woman who played Lori a bad actress or does she just get shitty characters? I also hated her on the worst show of all time, prison break.

She's a bad actress. She's a bad character.

Also in b4 "HE TALKED ABOUT THE DEER!"

Yeah, I mean, how can you even come close to defending a show that produced this?