I remember Danai saying, of her finally becoming romantically involved with Rick that Michonne had loved him for quite a while. What moment do YOU think sealed the deal for her? I'd LOVE to hear your input.
Well I remember Danai said S3 at SDCC last year so who am I to argue with her lol she knows Michonne better than anyone. I didn’t ship them til 4x01 so my brain wasn’t operating on that frequency then. I was too preoccupied with trying to scoop up Rick’s marbles and shove them back in his head to care about where his love life might go(and Lori just died). I mean I’m not so dim that I didn’t register that a bond was forming that was likely going to be very important going forward but I didn’t stick in the romance column. That said I still think it’s hard to point to one exact moment because it was all on the subconscious level for so long. I don’t think there was a “BANG I’m madly in love with this dude now and I know it!” moment. She wasn’t pining away, writing I HEART RICK in her journal, or squealing in secret or anything. What was between them was building and simmering beneath the surface and just became more and more obvious(if you weren’t blind) as we moved through seasons 4-6(David/Betsy being the fucking bullhorn and flashing siren) Like Gimple said during 6x10 is when they were finally able to realize what was there once the world stopped clawing at them for 12 seconds. But if we look at S3 two incredibly defining moments from that really stick out to me are the end of 3x12 with the I See Dead People talk and the “Must’ve been somethin’ else then” exchange in 3x16. 3x16 is a moment where I think she really got a true picture of the sort of man he was and I wouldn’t be surprised if her subconscious was like “Girl, that dude right there. Him.” Then you look ahead and they’re closer in 4A, and then by 4B I’m sure Michonne’s heart was screaming at her but her brain and the world were like “can u hush thx.” My thoughts are all over the place but like I said I think it’s difficult to concretely pin down an exact moment AH-HA! moment, if you will, because it’s not something she was cognizant of until she was.