by hotel breakfast » Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:27 pm
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So I haven't been here since like mid to late last season I don't think, but lol the premiere was a doozy, so I need to share some thoughts!
[ Originally, I thought Negan would kill either Glenn, Abraham, or Daryl; I thought it was most likely going to be Daryl, but even if it wasn't him, I thought it for sure couldn't be anyone other than those three. I've known for like... a month and a half now, though, that it would be both Abraham and Glenn who would die.
I honestly thought that knowing that far in advance would give me the time to make peace with it and emotionally prepare for this episode, lol, but it was actually really shocking to me because of how graphic Abraham's (and especially) Glenn's deaths were; even though it was sufficiently gory in the comic, I doubted that they would really be able to get away with pulling that off on TV.
So even though I was as ready for this as I could have been... it was still pretty upsetting for me lol. I thought Abraham and Glenn both had really, really good deaths, and the episode itself was really well put together; I loved the unsettling and suspenseful mood of it, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan is really convincing and charismatic as Negan... I kind of feel bad for finding him so likable lmao, but then that's kind of the point of his character.
Though I do have to say that looking back on the past six seasons of the show, I'm going to really miss the characters we lost today. Glenn always remained so good-natured and uncorruptable through it all, and Abraham was such a strong character who was still really funny and charming... I feel like their arcs could have gone on at least a little longer, what with Glenn becoming a father and Abraham's relationship with Sasha/Rosita. But alas. The show will be missing something without those two, but I think their deaths really honored them--Glenn's last words to Maggie, and the way Abraham rose to Lucille and remained defiant to the end--it was a powerful ending to the both of them. :') ]
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you spirit double, you specter with my face !
why.. do.. you.. mock.. my... love - pain... so
that..tortured..me..here,.here..in..this..place
so ... many ... nights, .... so ... long ... ago ?