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I GOT IT! CUT THE SIRENS! THE SEARCH HAS ENDED! I found my missing Richonne edit and it’s exactly as good as I remember. Everybody say thank you @RICHXONNE (on twitter) for making this mf masterpiece😭😭

#rick grimes #richonne #rick and michonne #the walking dead #twd michonne #rick x michonne #michonne grimes #the walking dead: the ones who live #twdedit #richonneedit #the script #the man who can’t be moved

HELP RICHONNE FANDOM! THIS IS AN EMERGENCY (for me and me alone). I’m looking for an edit that used to be on twitter of Rick and Michonne to the song “The Man Who Can’t be Moved” by the Script. It was one of my fav edits of them like I would watch that thang and cry and be healed and now it’s gone! I need this edit. I gotta get it back. Does anybody have it/know who made it!?

#rick grimes #rick x michonne #rick and michonne #the walking dead #the walking dead: the ones who live #twd michonne #twdedit #michonne grimes #the script #richonneedit #Richonne #Twd

Sorry and no shade to the writers but when I read a Richonne fic that pairs Michonne with Negan or The Governor I instantly form an aneurysm and it explodes and my brain starts leaking out of my ears 😷🤢 cause like who tf is that? Not Michonne?! With a sexual predator?! MICHONNE?!? MY MICHONNE?!?! RICK’S MICHONNE?!! OUR MICHONNE?! The Michonne that can only entertain the idea of romance if it’s with someone she deeply respects out here fucking a man who assaults women in 4K?!??!?! Save those tragic selection skills for Andrea, I beg.

#fix it Jesus #there was ONE time it worked for me but the author was a magician fr #and why is Negan always some charming sex god like wtf ew #it gives me a full body ick #I’m gagged and confused that it’s so common?#richonne #rick grimes #michone grimes #twd #rick x michonne #richonne fanfiction #richonne fic

lamorenareina

Richonne Fic Update

And If I Cry Again (Chapters 2 and 3)

Complete. NSFW.

Archive of Our Own

Fanfiction.net

andimhere

Omg I’ve been so excited to catch up on this fic since I knew more chapters were coming!!! But I’m also a punk ass and I’m scared. This is the only twd story by this beautiful writer that I haven’t read because Carl’s death was almost my trigger to become a supervillain 💀. I need to get my courage up so I can get into it cause I already know it’s amazing 😭

#richonne #rick and michonne #richonne fic #the walking dead #twd #rick grimes

mintsformich

So what had happened was, I had to yeet us both out the helicopter cause he really had lost his damn mind.

andimhere

This is the prettiest girl to ever pretty girl, like… my. god.

#I would bite a throat for her IN A HEARTBEAT #like Rick makes so many good points #michonne grimes

richonnegifs

THE WALKING DEAD: THE ONES WHO LIVE (2024) Season One (insp: x, x, x)

#this set is a drug #twdedit #towledit #richonneedit #rick and michonne #rick grimes #michone grimes #richonne

Rick immediately after Michonne put that thang on him:

Talkin bout some “This is different”. Yeah I bet, bookie 🙂‍↕️🤭

#he dare you to speak on his woman #he was in a trance from go #richonne #rick grimes #michone grimes #michonne #the walking dead #twd #michonne twd #rick x michonne #rick twd #towl #grimes 2.0 #grimes family

One of my favorite things about Rick is his introspectiveness and the beautiful ways this quality plays against the others, specifically his intuition and his perception of the world. The central drive of his characterization is fairly standard for a hero’s journey, i.e. “find my way, go the distance” (in this case, his “way” being his family, “the distance” being the creation of a safe life for them), and he fields the majority of this quest internally — at least prior to meeting Michonne. He feels, to me, like a person who’s spent the greater part of his life searching for something, namely a wisdom that he can firmly grasp and the certainty that accompanies a larger understanding of the world and therefore his purpose within it. This thinly concealed pursuit stirs a restlessness within him pre-fall, his disillusionment in his marriage shaking his belief that ‘father, husband, serviceman’ are the only titles he needs in order to be fulfilled. Suddenly the world crumbles, and Rick’s battle with uncertainty is exacerbated by the (very much unwanted) mantle of leadership. We watch him undergo a persistent, almost flagellatory, inquisition in the absence of this surety, imposed both internally and by those closest to him (I mean for a minute it felt like EVERYBODY was whackin my man 🤧. Funnily enough, his intuition is keen and without it the group would’ve been walker brunch several times over).

In a clearly long-practiced tactic to gain this larger understanding he listens, closely, intuitively. Always. A mentality he imparts on Carl in Season 2, “listen, don’t talk”. It’s a drive that steers him toward characters like Hershel. It’s in the quiet intensity of the way he takes in Bob’s final words and absorbs Tyrese’s lessons from his father in ‘What Happened and What’s Going On’. It’s in the way he allows his children to guide him. His hunger to confidently embrace his own imperturbable truth, it’s a deliciously recurrent theme. And it is most solidly in the magnetic pull he feels toward Michonne.

I think he senses that wisdom, that assured, unwavering stance in self and purpose and the world at large, from the moment he interacts with her. And the fact is that Michonne doesn’t have it all figured out, circumstances being what they are. But what she lacks in certainty, her intuition supplies; and her allegiance to that intuition in the face of such perilous unknowns is wildly intriguing to someone like Rick. It sparks his initial awe of her, her sharp intellect, caring insightfulness, and steadfast capability growing that spark to flame. And the longer he spends in her presence, the more diligently he builds a foundation on his faith in her, the more securely he grasps his own guiding principles and the lengths he’s willing to go to protect them.

The conversation they have on the hood of that car in ‘The Distance’ where Rick is struggling with how to proceed in the world— “The rules keep changing”— he’s expressing his frustration with that disconnect from certainty. He’s watching Michonne navigate these changes, keep people afloat, work toward securing a home for his children, securing a life for everyone, and he’s almost asking her to tell him how. How did you know so fast? How are you so sure? Michonne expressing “they did for me” is an act of graceful understanding. She’s acknowledging that similarity between them to rely on intuition as surety, when need be. How it’s kept them all alive. But she’s also warning him not to allow untamed fear/anger to cloud that intuition; she almost did, after the prison fell, before she decided to look for the people who would become her HUSBAND AND SON. Being able to recognize those conflicting emotions and divorce them from, or even at times allow them to fuel, that self-assured intuition is her—maybe greatest—strength. (very much born of black womanhood, but that’s another analysis. I’ve touched on it here with the beautiful @lamorenareina).

Michonne doesn’t just fortify Rick, she gives him a strength of certainty that inspires and emboldens him to do remarkable things. And he does the same for her with his ferocious protection, tender affection, and unyielding trust. DAMN, THIS SHIT IS GOOD!

#rick grimes #michone grimes #richonne #michonne #the walking dead #twd #michonne twd #rick x michonne #rick and michonne #character analysis #twd towl #towl #the walking dead: the ones who live #the ones who live

andimhere

For @lamorenareina

I wanna take a moment to 🗣️SHOUT FROM THE ROOFTOPS about a fanfic author! I wrote this as a DM to her, but I’m posting it here in the spirit of paying forward these truly fuckin amazing stories to anyone who may be unaware and also in an attempt to reach out to anyone who’s read them and wants to discuss. (Also for anyone who, like me, could read about Rick/Michonne all day.) This post is part love letter to @lamorenareina slight character analysis.

Link to the main story I’m discussing: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39203118/chapters/98085738

Link to Author page: https://archiveofourown.org/users/LaMorenaReina/pseuds/LaMorenaReina

I want to preface this ridiculous amount of words by warning you that this is bout to be a ridiculous amount of words. Please don’t feel compelled to respond to or even read everything that follows. For a while I had no idea how to even begin to express my gratitude for your (FREE?!?!?) work, the weight of its resonance, the interest and awe that it generated for me. But I’ve landed on the realization that the least I can do as the receiver of a gift is say thank you. So, first, Thank you! And also, in thanks, I’d like to give some of my thoughts on the what you’ve so generously shared.

Personally, I find character study to be the most interesting exploration in any form of storytelling — becoming deeply familiar with identity and motivation, evolution versus stasis. I’ve read a lot of the comments under your work and so many of them have already captured what makes your stories feel special— but lemme reiterate. These works are so satisfyingly grounded, inextricably connected to the characters and circumstances we hold dear, and yet uniquely captivating through your ability to illuminate and develop different facets of personality and perspective. You speak so solidly in their voices and deeds that these could easily be official companion pieces for the show. Original characters you’ve written fit so snugly within the framework of who we know our characters to be, retroactively creating a foundation for traits that we’re already so familiar with.

I’m obsessed with one of these instances you’ve introduced in A Rare Sameness: this apparent precognitive ability that flows through Michonne and other women in her family.

“Her dreams weren’t precognition. They were recognition”

It’s such an intriguing seed to explore from the flagship. This notion of “knowing” what you don’t know you know. And we see it in Jim and in Rick, but the most potent concentration of this gift, within the world you’re shaping, seems to reside in the women of Michonne’s family. And this is one of those inextricably connected yet uniquely captivating explorations within your work; because the Michonne we know has impeccable, damn near unshakable, instincts. Her decisions prove sound and fruitful for herself and the group time and time again despite, oftentimes, the absence of an obvious, logical foundation for their impetus. Yes she’s an intelligent character, remarkably astute; but the near infallibility of her intuition could easily suggest something more. These are some of my absolute favorite devices within the show: these unexplained kismet, cosmic, astoundingly serendipitous occurrences; and I looooooovvvee watching you craft a framework for this one.

I’m such a fan of the way you’re teasing out this notion, and I find it specifically interesting because I’m prone to similar phenomenon, sometimes benign, sometimes feeling more substantial. And I recently found out that my grandmother claimed some peripheral, enigmatic ‘psychic' ability despite devout christian beliefs. And here, we have this inner dialogue in which Michonne denies any sort of otherworldly gift but obviously exhibits a heightened understanding, an instinctual “knowing”. It’s beautifully evocative for so many Black women. That almost funny, somewhat devastatingly common refrain about Black women having to do everything, know everything, save everyone. The same way that generational trauma can be passed down, perhaps, so too can a heightened perception, a well-tuned discernment born of hundreds of years living primarily in a survival state. Hundreds of years having to navigate a world that would see an end to you as anything other than caretaker, punching bag, pack mule for the larger burdens of society. And I don’t know if this reads like a tangent or a ramble (because these are still fledgling elements within the story and my predictions and observations might have nothing to do with where we end up), but I say all of this to say that I find your writing deliciously meditative. The most satisfying read, for me, is one that allows me to turn the ideas it presents around my mind for hours after I’ve finished reading it.

Alongside all of this, you’re building these incredibly electrifying dynamics between Rick and Michonne (I legitimately have to throw my phone and scream out loud every so often while I’m reading). His growing reliance on her is so gratifying in every iteration. We’ve only just scratched the surface of their relationship in A Rare Sameness, and already, it’s so curious, connected, inviting. The playfulness at the end of chapter 5 sent me to. heaven.

I see you developing all of these pieces so beautifully, and it makes me so excited for what’s to come that I could cry. I could say so much more. Seriously. So much more. But I’m gon wrap it up and say thank you again. I’m so grateful for your generosity of spirit. I completely understand why it takes time to develop these narratives, and I will be sittin in the nursing home at the ripe old age of 200 waiting for these stories to update if that’s how long it takes. 🙇🏾‍♀️💕🥹

lamorenareina

To @andimhere . Wow. This is lovely. Just so lovely. I wish I had something more profound to say than THANK YOU, but it is sincere.

Knowing

"None of them knew the downright pleasure of enchantment, of not suspecting but knowing the thing behind things. Her brothers had known, but it scared them; Grandma Baby knew, but it saddened her." -- Toni Morrison, Beloved

Were TWD's writers thinking of this odd, terrifying, beautiful, specific knowing-haunting that seems inextricably linked to Black life? Or perhaps the very substance of it? Almost certainly not. But it's what Michonne's canonical prescience evokes for me. She reminds me of my grandmother, who knew and called it the Holy Spirit. My mother, who knows and calls it gut instinct, discernment, intuition. Experience. My sister and aunts, practicing witches, who call it Spirit or the ancestors. Me–like Michonne–who knows but denies the knowing because it doesn't always feel...analytical...enough. And yet, we yield the voice. Because our survival demands we do.

I say all that to say, I'm so glad that part sticks out to you. It sticks out to me too. It's intentional and imperative to the story, to Michonne's character, to what tethers her to the people she loves (currently) and will come to love as the story unfolds. And it of course is one of the most compelling things about Rick Grimes, his ability to know things before he even realizes what he knows.

Rick is so deeply intuitive, in ways similar and different to Michonne. And of course there are just things about the world that he, a white small town cop, cannot know, cannot see. Because what is whiteness and maleness if not blindness? Willful or accidental. But I always found their meeting at the fence a moment of recognition, especially for Rick. Probably more for Rick than Michonne, honestly. In general, Michonne sees before Rick. The rare exception, for me at least, is the way Rick sees them or what they could be. He sees that in canon before Michonne is able to. Delicious. He's obviously nowhere near that yet in my story, but it's an important facet of his character–his own sense of knowing.

Their Dynamic

Their dynamic so far is tethered to this idea of knowing, of recognition. I hope their first meeting conveyed, at least for Rick, a sense of recognition, though, of course, it isn't rooted in anything logical since he'd never met her before. But part of him knows her already. And he trusts her. It doesn't make sense for him to, no matter how capable she is. But he's a bit helpless against it.

Michonne is more guarded and pragmatic than he is. Certainly because of her knowing and the way the world looks to her as a Black woman at the end of the world. But so far, they have shared instincts. And that is more than she can say for anyone else in the camp. It's more than she can say for Mike. And Mike. Whew, Mike. He's got his own sense of knowing, as readers will see. He knows more than Michonne recognizes. What that knowing will yield remains to be seen!

Anyway, I'm still reeling from your wonderful post. Again, thank you. I'd love to hear more of your thoughts! But that isn't meant to solicit more praise for my fic.

andimhere

First of all, thank you for this. I mean we can go back and forth with the ‘thank you’s all day; my gratitude for you is a bottomless well 😂. I so loved reading this, your thinking here. If you write a grocery list, imma read it!

I’m really interested in your conception of these characters, especially the deeper layers of meaning that you’re able to infuse into their actions and thought patterns. I’ve had discussions with my sister where I’ve made similar types of assertions, and she’s said, while she finds the ideas beautiful, she thinks I’m giving the writers too much credit. I think somewhat regardless of intentionality, if the narrative strongly supports an abstraction, and that idea enriches the experience for the audience, then it’s succeeded in honoring the key tenets of storytelling. What is art if not open to, encouraging of, and bolstered by interpretation? This is my personal opinion, but I decree it as law nonetheless. So we can think what we wanna gotdammit! Anyway, this excerpt is motivating me to read Beloved even though I’ve been scared of the emotional onslaught my whole life, eyeing it on my mother’s bookshelf like “hell, no. It’ll lay me out.”

I’m equally obsessed with the ways Rick and Michonne’s internal worlds align so beautifully, despite, as you’ve cited here, the many facets of their lives and identities that could easily supersede that connection. Earlier, I started a lil mini analysis dealing with Rick’s introspectiveness and how it spurred a recognition from his initial encounter with Michonne, every subsequent interaction between them solidifying what he saw in her from the beginning. I might post it soon. This ties in with some thoughts I have about Because I’m Okay Too, but I haven’t ordered them yet.

I screamed reading these last few sentences. I feel like I just got a teaser trailer. I’m so excited for the next installment of this story! Like I’m feenin bad. Chewing on my lip as I type this! (This is not me rushing you, please. Like I said, I’ll be here waiting for as long as it takes. I’M ON YOUR SIDE!)

Your loving forever fan 💛

#richonne #rick and michonne #richonne fic #rick grimes #michone grimes

I saw your post. I will respond soon. Hopefully with the same thoughtfulness you’ve gifted me. But I just wanted to tell you I saw it; I’m grateful; I’m overwhelmed.

🫶🫶🫶♥️♥️♥️🥰🥰🥰

I’m the grateful one, truly 🙏🏾😭

For @lamorenareina

I wanna take a moment to 🗣️SHOUT FROM THE ROOFTOPS about a fanfic author! I wrote this as a DM to her, but I’m posting it here in the spirit of paying forward these truly fuckin amazing stories to anyone who may be unaware and also in an attempt to reach out to anyone who’s read them and wants to discuss. (Also for anyone who, like me, could read about Rick/Michonne all day.) This post is part love letter to @lamorenareina slight character analysis.

Link to the main story I’m discussing: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39203118/chapters/98085738

Link to Author page: https://archiveofourown.org/users/LaMorenaReina/pseuds/LaMorenaReina

I want to preface this ridiculous amount of words by warning you that this is bout to be a ridiculous amount of words. Please don’t feel compelled to respond to or even read everything that follows. For a while I had no idea how to even begin to express my gratitude for your (FREE?!?!?) work, the weight of its resonance, the interest and awe that it generated for me. But I’ve landed on the realization that the least I can do as the receiver of a gift is say thank you. So, first, Thank you! And also, in thanks, I’d like to give some of my thoughts on the what you’ve so generously shared.

Personally, I find character study to be the most interesting exploration in any form of storytelling — becoming deeply familiar with identity and motivation, evolution versus stasis. I’ve read a lot of the comments under your work and so many of them have already captured what makes your stories feel special— but lemme reiterate. These works are so satisfyingly grounded, inextricably connected to the characters and circumstances we hold dear, and yet uniquely captivating through your ability to illuminate and develop different facets of personality and perspective. You speak so solidly in their voices and deeds that these could easily be official companion pieces for the show. Original characters you’ve written fit so snugly within the framework of who we know our characters to be, retroactively creating a foundation for traits that we’re already so familiar with.

I’m obsessed with one of these instances you’ve introduced in A Rare Sameness: this apparent precognitive ability that flows through Michonne and other women in her family.

“Her dreams weren’t precognition. They were recognition”

It’s such an intriguing seed to explore from the flagship. This notion of “knowing” what you don’t know you know. And we see it in Jim and in Rick, but the most potent concentration of this gift, within the world you’re shaping, seems to reside in the women of Michonne’s family. And this is one of those inextricably connected yet uniquely captivating explorations within your work; because the Michonne we know has impeccable, damn near unshakable, instincts. Her decisions prove sound and fruitful for herself and the group time and time again despite, oftentimes, the absence of an obvious, logical foundation for their impetus. Yes she’s an intelligent character, remarkably astute; but the near infallibility of her intuition could easily suggest something more. These are some of my absolute favorite devices within the show: these unexplained kismet, cosmic, astoundingly serendipitous occurrences; and I looooooovvvee watching you craft a framework for this one.

I’m such a fan of the way you’re teasing out this notion, and I find it specifically interesting because I’m prone to similar phenomenon, sometimes benign, sometimes feeling more substantial. And I recently found out that my grandmother claimed some peripheral, enigmatic ‘psychic' ability despite devout christian beliefs. And here, we have this inner dialogue in which Michonne denies any sort of otherworldly gift but obviously exhibits a heightened understanding, an instinctual “knowing”. It’s beautifully evocative for so many Black women. That almost funny, somewhat devastatingly common refrain about Black women having to do everything, know everything, save everyone. The same way that generational trauma can be passed down, perhaps, so too can a heightened perception, a well-tuned discernment born of hundreds of years living primarily in a survival state. Hundreds of years having to navigate a world that would see an end to you as anything other than caretaker, punching bag, pack mule for the larger burdens of society. And I don’t know if this reads like a tangent or a ramble (because these are still fledgling elements within the story and my predictions and observations might have nothing to do with where we end up), but I say all of this to say that I find your writing deliciously meditative. The most satisfying read, for me, is one that allows me to turn the ideas it presents around my mind for hours after I’ve finished reading it.

Alongside all of this, you’re building these incredibly electrifying dynamics between Rick and Michonne (I legitimately have to throw my phone and scream out loud every so often while I’m reading). His growing reliance on her is so gratifying in every iteration. We’ve only just scratched the surface of their relationship in A Rare Sameness, and already, it’s so curious, connected, inviting. The playfulness at the end of chapter 5 sent me to. heaven.

I see you developing all of these pieces so beautifully, and it makes me so excited for what’s to come that I could cry. I could say so much more. Seriously. So much more. But I’m gon wrap it up and say thank you again. I’m so grateful for your generosity of spirit. I completely understand why it takes time to develop these narratives, and I will be sittin in the nursing home at the ripe old age of 200 waiting for these stories to update if that’s how long it takes. 🙇🏾‍♀️💕🥹

#rick grimes #michone grimes #michonne twd #rick x michonne #the walking dead #twd #twd michonne #twd rick #richonne #richonne fic #richonne fanfiction #twd fanfiction #character analysis #twd thoughts #michonne #towl

Okay so I (in the year our lord two thousand and twenty four) have recently discovered fan fiction. I’ve read more stories than I can count at this point and it’s really making me re-examine TWD characters. I only read Richonne fic. And what I’m about to say crosses over with some larger fandom discussions, but I do wanna say this: Lori slander is really somethin! And don’t get me wrong, I LOVE to whack her too, but I think the whackings usually give her too much credit! I feel like her specific brand of insidiousness is repeatedly misclassified, sorting her as either evil temptress or cunning author of destruction, when in fact her defining villainy is a stunning combination of selfishness and delusion.

It’s very interesting, to me, that Lori is often considered some sort of master manipulator whose intentional machinations drove Rick and Shane into that duel, hoping Shane would be victor. I don’t believe Lori possesses the faculties to be truly calculative; she isn’t even perceptive to her own feelings let alone keen and forward-thinking enough to be able to accurately anticipate the feelings and reactions of others. She is not an introspective character; she isn’t measured in thought or action (this is where she and Shane align perfectly and where she and Rick diverge fundamentally). Yes she’s manipulative, but only in the way that all young white women are socialized to manipulate. She cradles her vulnerability, holds it up in presentation, fully aware that it will incite her target to become a tool of “protection”.

Her treatment of Shane was less a conscious manipulation than it was a haphazard release of untended and uninspected emotions that varied wildly based on the immediate circumstance. In fact, all of her manipulations were short-sighted maneuvers meant to assuage whatever emotional state was driving her. First she lashed out at Shane (and put on a performance of falling firmly in line behind Rick) in an attempt to mitigate the intense guilt she felt for entering such a complicated relationship so soon after her husband’s supposed death. Then, in an attempt to pacify her (very rightful!) fear of Shane’s obsession, she contorted Rick into a man willing to kill someone who was like family to him. As she began to reconcile her feelings for Shane - acknowledging her real and present affection for him (which wow girl, really?) - she sloppily vomited a confession into his lap that was just enough to convince him that he could fight for, and win!?!?, her and the baby. Lori was so mired in her own conflicting emotions, expressing each of them as they passed to whomever they may have concerned, that she didn’t even register the collision course she’d set everyone on (she also didn’t consider how she or the survivors of the wreckage would cope).

I never think of Lori as wickedly calculating but rather infuriatingly uncertain of herself and those around her; and we see the immense damage that results from her being capable of manipulation despite lacking thorough understanding and forethought. I think Lori might simultaneously be the most self-interested and least self-aware character to ever call herself a member of Team Family™️!

(And I hate to invoke Freud lol BUT) There are so many moments where Lori- and Shane - appear to be dominated by id, selfish and driven to action by highly emotive and/or instinctual states, not properly filtered through superego nor bridled by ego. Much of their shared mentality begins and ends at sex and aggression 🙃. There’s a beautiful spotlight placed on this in “18 Miles Out” as Rick explains the incredible strength he had to summon to NOT beat the living shit out of Shane— “that wasn’t weakness, it took everything”. Shane misconstrued Rick’s measured approach as spinelessness. Lori misconstrued it as ineptitude; at times, levying her more harmful assessment: she viewed him as indifferent. And while all of this invokes some thoughts about the misogyny of highly emotional, often illogical portrayals of women, that’s an analysis for another day.

Anyway that lady was AWFUL!! Praise heaven and earth that Rick got to meet the love of his life. Michonne supremacy!!!! 😘✌🏾