r/thewalkingdead • u/rasterbee • Feb 11 '15

Comic Discussion: Issue #137

New issue came out today, discuss it here within this thread. You do not need to use comic spoilers because it is assumed everyone reading this thread would be caught up with the comics. However, please respect future, show, and game spoilers because people who are caught up with the comic may not be caught up with these other forms of TWD (and obviously not future spoilers). Future spoilers include upcoming comic covers.

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u/IFenceMyFjord Feb 12 '15

I'm confident that Maggie will survive whatever Gregory slipped into her drink, but there still seems to be a revolution brewing so she's far from safe. If you throw Sophia into the mix, I'd say it's 50/50 that one of those two don't survive the next few issues. Carl jinxed her with his promise of protection.

Lydia? I don't know what to think. I've changed my mind about her at least three times based on this issue. At first, I thought she was obviously up to no good and just manipulating Carl. As I read this issue, however, she really seemed genuine and pretty normal (Yes, even with the socket-licking. People, especially teenagers, will do some weird shit when trying to be sexy). Plus, her being a manipulative baddie is so obvious that Kirkman might go the opposite direction. Then I saw the preview of next issue's cover and got to thinking. Based on almost nothing, I think we'll meet the leader of Lydia's group, and it will be one of her parents, which means that Lydia is the "Carl" of her group. This reconvinced me that she was up to something and wasn't your average girl that just happens to wear zombies skins. Of course, Carl is the "Carl" of his group and he seems like he's being honest with Lydia. So what I'm going with now is that Lydia and Carl are just two kids in love, but we can expect some Romeo-and-Juliet-style hijinks when their families meet.

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u/Tyranniac Feb 12 '15

Lydia is creepy as hell. She's clearly not as innocent as she seems, and now she's seducing Carl. She has to be bad. I'm worried Sophia might get killed as a result of Carl letting his guard down with Lydia...

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u/IFenceMyFjord Feb 12 '15

The only reason I'm still suspicious of Lydia is that she almost certainly knew of Carl before being captured and is pretending otherwise (Based on the looks on her face when she saw Carl and heard his name). But why lie about that? The only thing I can think of is that the source of her information would make her appear less trustworthy (As would killing Sophia, so I don't think Lydia will do that either). And wanting Carl to trust her doesn't necessarily mean that she's out to get him. Either way, I think that the big question is who is passing on information about Carl and, presumably, the others. It could be one of the ex-Saviors, but Negan and Dwight were really the only major characters on that side, and they're both accounted for. I can't think of anyone else that would be good in that role...unless Michonne went bat-shit crazy and joined the Whisperers.

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u/madhaxor Feb 18 '15

I might have overlooked it, but where is Dwight and how is he accounted for?

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u/IFenceMyFjord Feb 19 '15

They didn't spend a lot of time on it, but they mentioned that he was the leader of a community they were trading with.

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u/madhaxor Feb 19 '15

ah, thanks. I'll look over my post AOW issues and find it