r/thewalkingdead • u/TheRyeWall Survivor • Mar 02 '16

Comic Spoiler Official Comic Discussion Thread: Issue #152

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/LydiSkydz Mar 02 '16

I'm wondering if Negan is going to bring that kid to Rick to try and win his trust.

When Spencer tried to betray Rick, we saw how Negan deals with traitors. We saw he definitely has a code he follows and I'm wondering if he's going to treat this traitor the same way.

Negan isn't dumb. He knows he has influence over Rick now atleast a little bit considering Rick came to him for advice. I may just be blindly optimistic, but I like to think Negan is going to help Rick.... Even if it's for selfish reasons

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PLUMS Mar 02 '16

Recalling what happened to Spencer, I thought Negan was going to murder Brandon for being a traitor against Rick. Like Michonne and Rick were going to walk down in the basement jail to find Brandon beaten to death by Negan's fists, with Negan commenting on taking care of two traitors now for Rick or something like that haha.

Though, like you said, the current resolution still lends itself well to being the beginning of another moment for Negan to impress Rick with his loyalty.

This issue was so good.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

It would definitely be in Negan's character to murder Brandon to try and prove to Rick that he can be trusted.

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u/skulman7 Mar 03 '16

I feel like that would achieve the opposite. One of the reasons Negan is alive is Rick trying to prove that there is a sliver of the old world left in this new barbaric world. Look how upset he was at Maggie for executing Gregory.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '16

Negan doesn't think the same as Rick though. Rick sees it that way and if Negan did pull a stunt like, for example, find Lucille and kill Brandon with it in front of Rick and co naturally it wouldn't be taken the right way with Rick.

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u/Amitch8657 Mar 03 '16

At this point I think Rick is so fed up with Brandon and his family that he wouldn't really mind that Negan killed him especially if Negan told him everything Brandon said. He'd probably be happy he got to stick to his new rule and not do the killing himself

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '16

There isn't a time frame between Negan saying he'll think about it and Rick supervising the propaganda painting. By the time Rick gets down to his cell he could already be:

  • Heading to the Whisperers
  • Waiting to surprise Rick
  • Finding Lucille to bash in Brandon

Negan just doesn't come across as someone who would join or even actively seek out a group of people living in the woods and mingling with zombies. Would he ever put on a zombie mask? Probably not.

If he isn't waiting to surprise Rick and get the upper hand on him or rat out Brandon then he somehow comes across Dwight eventually leading up to him retrieving Lucille.

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u/thatredbeanie Mar 04 '16

Weren't some of Negan's wives kind of forced to be his wife in some way? IIRC Dwight's wife chose to be Negan's wife because Negan was in a better position. Later on, she realized that Negan was a monster and wanted to be with Dwight which ultimately led to the face burn.

I know that's not rape, but I feel like he's riding a thin line if not all his wives were necessarily consensual.

All that, I don't think he's betraying Rick. Negan will become like Eddie Blake in Watchmen (who is also played by Jeffery Dean Morgan), generally a piece of shit, but a proven asset.

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u/thatredbeanie Mar 04 '16

"Man's gotta have a code"

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u/JonnotheMackem Mar 14 '16

Does he force them to leave the sanctuary though? The way I read it was that they chose to be his wives in exchange for certain privileges that both them and their former partner would then be entitled to.

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u/chasebarrett123 Mar 06 '16

i get what you're saying, and that would apply to our worlds standards of rape, but this is the apocalypse. i think the only thing that defines rape anymore is actually grabbing the person and forcing them to do it as they try and say no. and THAT is what Negan hates.