While watching this weeks episode of The Walking Dead with a family member I was asked that question.
My response was simple
"Daryl has been broken by guilt and remorse"
So then they asked:
"What about Rick?"
"Rick?" I said, "Rick has been turned into a giant puss"
This statement might seem harsh but I honesty believe it's accurate. Daryl is understandable - he is emotionally broken by the belief that Glenn's death is on his hands. Further to that is Father Gabriel leading Negan to believe that Maggie is dead, one more thing to drive Daryl's guilt.
Rick however has lost his will to fight through fear of what could happen - hence he has given up.
How long will it be before Rick's people give up on him?
We are now four weeks into season seven and after the shocking start to the season we were given two weeks of drama, the ability to catch up with various characters, but now it seems we are finally moving forward with the theme of season seven as Negan came to Alexandria to deliver service with a smile!
As the Saviors knocked on the front gate a lone walker sought to attack the group so Negan selflessly and heroically crushed it's skull with no concern for his own Well-being. The tribute he demanded for his protection was simply half of everything they had. Furniture, mattresses, guns and medicine, he wanted it!
Making a tense situation worse was Carl who took a shot at one of Negans people - prompting Negan to spare his life BUT now demanding all of the guns instead. Believing he had no choice Rick agreed, however when two weapons where confirmed missing it was made clear that Olivia would be the one to pay the price.
Frantically Rick made a plea to his people - turn over the missing guns before Olivia's time ran out. It was at this point we realized Rick's people had already begun to lose faith in him.
That didn't take long!
Eventually the guns were located, along with food and alcohol in Spencer's home - this would later lead to a confrontation between Rick and Spencer. Negan would take what he came for and as he was preparing to leave Rick asked if Daryl could stay, Negan suggested that if Daryl wanted to stay then maybe Daryl should speak up, try and sway Negan to allow it.
Daryl said nothing.
As they were leaving Negan informed Rick that when he came back they had better have something "Interesting" for him or one of Rick's people would surely die!
Rick would later tell Michonne that he had always known Judith was not his daughter but that he loves her and accepts her as his daughter just the same. Rick also confirmed that he was afraid of losing more people - he wants to watch Judith grow old.
The common theme seems to be the numbers game, Rick is worried that his people can never stand against the Saviors based on pure numbers. What he has yet to realize is that at his core Negan is a bully who is being allowed to have his way.
Cut the head off the snake and the snake dies!
Had the residents of Alexandria taken the fight to Negan and his people as soon as they set foot within the towns walls then I'd venture to say things would have gone much differently.
As part of setting the tone for what is to come for the remainder of season seven:
As Negan was leaving he asked Rick if he had anything to say, Rick offered a reluctant thank you referring to the fact that no blood had been spilled, Negan laughed and responded with "I just slid my dick down your throat and you thanked me!"
How long will it be? How long will it be before an all out confrontation begins and who will get the ball rolling? Personally I'm betting on Maggie being the one to rise up and seek her revenge but I'd also love to hear what you think.
Either comment below or head over to our CanGeek website were you will find links to our social media feeds - let us know what you think.
Daryl said nothing.
As they were leaving Negan informed Rick that when he came back they had better have something "Interesting" for him or one of Rick's people would surely die!
Rick would later tell Michonne that he had always known Judith was not his daughter but that he loves her and accepts her as his daughter just the same. Rick also confirmed that he was afraid of losing more people - he wants to watch Judith grow old.
The common theme seems to be the numbers game, Rick is worried that his people can never stand against the Saviors based on pure numbers. What he has yet to realize is that at his core Negan is a bully who is being allowed to have his way.
Cut the head off the snake and the snake dies!
Had the residents of Alexandria taken the fight to Negan and his people as soon as they set foot within the towns walls then I'd venture to say things would have gone much differently.
As part of setting the tone for what is to come for the remainder of season seven:
As Negan was leaving he asked Rick if he had anything to say, Rick offered a reluctant thank you referring to the fact that no blood had been spilled, Negan laughed and responded with "I just slid my dick down your throat and you thanked me!"
How long will it be? How long will it be before an all out confrontation begins and who will get the ball rolling? Personally I'm betting on Maggie being the one to rise up and seek her revenge but I'd also love to hear what you think.
Either comment below or head over to our CanGeek website were you will find links to our social media feeds - let us know what you think.
