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These people are TERRIBLE friends

posted 3 years ago by TerraFirma69 (2353)
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I'm in the early stages of season 6. One thing I've noticed in the last dozen or so episodes is that these monsters, when one of their friends (or even people they don't know that well) are caught by the walkers, just look at them getting eaten - literally having their flesh torn away by teeth which would be fucking agony.

In so many instances they are just a couple of feet away and armed, and they just walk away and let it happen. Shoot them!

In this world the 'infinite ammo' cheat is usually on but they don't waste a single bullet putting doomed people out of their misery.

Not only should you end your friend's pain, but it's possible that when they turn it could be an eternal 'locked-in' conscious nightmare.

[–] emori (3681) 3 years ago

True.

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 3 years ago

I wondered this from the very beginning but they decided normal human compassion had to take a backseat to special effects..

[–] TerraFirma69 (2353) 3 years ago

Probably true. But at the same time they could have really padded out the drama by them having to put their friends to sleep too.

Hey maybe it's a good thing after all, I think I'd rather see the gore than having one of them spend three quarters of an episode blathering on with their 'feelings' about what they had to do. Maybe we've dodged a bullet.

[–] aavfreak (3397) 3 years ago

While this has happened a lot, there was an episode around the time of the Glen dumpster fiasco that was the worst. I don't remember the complete details, but they had climbed over a chain link fence and one of them didn't make it. They stood there and watched as the one who didn't make it got eaten alive, right on the other side of the fence. I was screaming at the TV "at least shoot him (her?)"

There was much discussion about it on the IMDb boards after. One of the many frustrating things about this show.

[–] mtxmind (3296) 3 years ago

there was an episode around the time of the Glen dumpster fiasco that was the worst. I don't remember the complete details, but they had climbed over a chain link fence and one of them didn't make it. They stood there and watched as the one who didn't make it got eaten alive, right on the other side of the fence

I think it might've been the very episode of DumpsterGate, or maybe the one right before it ("JSS")

[–] TerraFirma69 (2353) 3 years ago

Definitely the dumpster one. Well it was the one where they fell off the dumpster.

It was the next episode (or two episodes later maybe) where Glenn was revealed to be miraculously untouched, I'm not sure which one is referred to as dumpstergate.

I haven't heard it called that before, but it sure fits. Scandalous.

[–] mtxmind (3296) 3 years ago

I haven't heard it called that before, but it sure fits. Scandalous.

That was the main thing it was being called at the time on the IMDb boards. Very apropos.

[–] TerraFirma69 (2353) 3 years ago

Haha Yep, that was just egregious. That incident was the final straw that brought me here to make this post.

He was literally being torn to pieces in front of them - after he had helped them over the fence - and they did NOTHING to end his suffering.

[–] ILJtheFirst (2139) 3 years ago

This is true of all zombie shows and even animes such as Attack on Titan. Everybody just stands around and watches, sometimes they turn around, it's very annoying.

[–] Bloodshot77 (14276) 3 years ago

What if they want to become a zombie? You think of that?

[–] TerraFirma69 (2353) 3 years ago

I must admit I hadn't considered that.

A new life free of responsibility and moral qualms and with lots of like minded friends to hang with might have it's own appeal I suppose, so why not?

[–] Bloodshot77 (14276) 3 years ago

Maybe it feels good, like being stoned 24-7

[–] TerraFirma69 (2353) 3 years ago

The munchies certainly seems to be a feature of their existence.

[–] Bloodshot77 (14276) 3 years ago

🤣 and immortality

[–] TerraFirma69 (2353) 3 years ago

And not that lame 'only come out at night' vampire immortality, these dudes can live their rockin' lives 24/7.

[–] aavfreak (3397) 3 years ago

If that's the case, they'd want to be bitten and escape, not devoured completely - ala Lori Grimes.