#not daryl

[und3ad-me0wnz73r]

back on my bs again sorry but I think a big part of why Beth's whole arc and then eventual death felt so pointless is bc nobody except the audience got to see the change she had. Like nobody except us and two characters that died either immediately or very soon after. Nobody important.

[headtripparade]

🚨SPOILERS AND LOTS OF UNHINGED BITCHING UNDER THE CUT

Here is why you will not hear me saying 10x18 wasn’t so bad. 🙄🤦‍♀️

So basically, I was furious with the spoilers because number one, the story seemed so unlike Daryl. It went against everything we have learned about him for A FUCKING DECADE.

Number two, I do have it in me to be a petty AF shipper at times and he belongs to Beth, goddamnit. (But I will accept Connie under some very specific terms—namely if Beth isn’t coming back.)

BUT, all of that aside, I tried to calm down. I tried to convince myself that it was just some dumb shit I could headcanon out of existence because he was obviously over it.

One of the main reasons I am still pissed after watching? I don’t think he is over it.

I won’t even go on about how much this whole thing makes ZERO sense—we all knew it was never going to. (To sum it up, I said to my husband, “this makes less sense than Beth bringing scissors to the gun fight and that obviously made no sense at all.”)

We know Leah is returning. I have no clue in what capacity she will be doing that, but it’s a done thing. She’s not just a one hit wonder to stupidly take the narrative somewhere it never needed to go in the first place.

Daryl seemed genuinely disturbed when Dog found the cabin. (Why the fuck did he act so shocked like he wouldn’t know exactly where it was? Whatever. That’s a whole other thing. 🙄)

I also thought he seemed genuinely upset that she was gone and felt guilty for leaving her. Some didn’t see that, but the whole experience of being there and telling Carol about it obviously shook him.

I didn’t read his anger at Carol as stemming from grief for Connie, I read it as him being fucked up over Leah and Carol saying the absolute wrong thing at the wrong time. It’s a giant retcon, but this had zero to do with Connie and everything to do with Leah and his best friend being a shithead.

So that’s my two cents on that particular fuckery.

Now for some general observations and complaints:

• Do NOT get me started on Leah naming Dog. That was one of the most endearing, obvious Daryl Dixon things on the planet and now she gets the credit and he’s the one thinking it’s adorable? Fuck that.

• Who was that confident, flirty guy who smiled and cuddled while looking up at the stars or whatever the fuck they were doing? Cause it sure as hell wasn’t the Daryl I know.

• Her acting was beyond forced and it was painfully obvious they were turning the juice up to the maximum in an attempt to make us care. The only reaction it got out of me was a cringe and a “oh what the fuck” out loud.

• That “sex” scene? It wasn’t even a thing and they still managed to make it awkward AF. And not the endearing kind of awkward Daryl’s first sex was supposed to be—the Alpha/Negan kind where I wanted to crawl up the walls and scream from the rooftops for them to please move the camera to anything other than what we were seeing. That close-up stare and slow-mo hair flip made me so uncomfortable.

• I was completely kidding when I said before she was going to come back with his kid or some soap opera shit, but now I am actually convinced. That scene at the dinner table with the awkward silence and her far too emo ultimatum coupled with them focusing on her losing her son didn’t give me the utmost confidence they won’t pull some horrid shit come season 11. And I am not okay.

• Carol and Daryl’s fight ripped my heart out because I love their friendship but everything that came out of Daryl’s mouth needed to be said. Carol has been ridiculous lately and I’m over it. I’m glad Daryl is, too.

I think that’s all for now. Anticipate another soapbox when I realize I forgot something. ✌️

[onlydarylnormanfic]

Sorry for random Steve Harrington post was meant to go on my main blog...

But I can't take it down. Look at the hair! 😍❤️

[sluttyfranzkafka]

the walking dead did the thing what a surprise no one saw this coming I am shocked :^)

[witchbitchofthewest]

So I was in the shower when The Walking Dead came on and when I walked into the living room my family screamed at me to stop then preceded to tell me not tonight's episode.....well.....I guess I'm going to watch The Walking Dead now...

[lovesdaryl]

It’s really frustrating that people get so upset with him for saying this and actually calling him names for it.

As an actor, of course keeping it mysterious would be much more interesting than actually doing it. Showing the nuances of a relationship like that, showing us, together, how much these two people love each other without actually saying it out loud and without doing much of the stuff that would make it unequivocally canon on screen has to be much more of a professional challenge than hugging and saying “I love you”.

Is it that impossible to understand? This is Norman, speaking for himself - not for Daryl. Let the man live.

[madisonsclarks]

Me @ the Negan casting call

do NOT sign me the FUCK up 👎👀👎👀👎👀👎👀👎👀  bad shit ba̷̶ ԁ sHit 👎 thats ❌ some bad 👎👎shit right 👎👎 th   👎 ere 👎👎👎 right ❌ there ❌ ❌ if i do ƽaү so my selｆ🚫 i say so 🚫 thats not what im talking about right there right there (chorus: ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ) mMMMMᎷМ 🚫 👎 👎👎НO0ОଠＯOOＯOОଠଠOoooᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒ 👎 👎👎 👎 🚫 👎 👀 👀 👀 👎👎Bad shit