i hope after this finale that certain people can finally let go of being absolutely OBSESSED with maggie forgiving negan. ive always found that to be so incredibly disrespectful.
every single point you can make to claim she's in the wrong can easily be rebutted by the fact that because of negan, glenn would never see his son. and by the fact that when she was sickly pregnant to the point of being carried on a cot, she was forced onto her knees by a man who would bash her baby's father's face in front of her and make fun of him while he did it. and by the fact that he didn't understand how she felt until he was in a "similar situation". it still irks me that he had the nerve to call his case (where he decided to sacrifice himself BY CHOICE) in any way "the same". he has known his wife for just a few months. and it took him being brought to his own knees to really understand what she felt? not to mention he'd lost his first wife before. there's no way he didn't know.
he didn't feel even a third of what he put these people through. it should be more than enough for the rest of the group to like him, so why is almost everyone in the fandom so irritated by her choosing not to let it go? i think negan was a big baby for continuing to bother her with puppy dog eyes in the first place, but i'm especially annoyed with the fans who feel this way, because how could you? after knowing glenn all those years, i don't care how much time passed. we could've given the governor time to learn from his mistakes too, but that would still never erase what he did to hershel. " well, if it wasn't glenn, it would've been somebody else!!" and what makes you think that makes any sort of a difference? it also could've been carl. or daryl. do you think either of those deaths would have gone over smoothly or been forgiven? i would still feel this way. the people who were affected by it the most deserve to take as much time as they deem necessary to mourn. last time i checked this was called human decency, not rocket science.
at the same time i feel this way, i also pity him. because he will never meet glenn and fully understand what he took from everyone. and he'll never know what he's missing by not knowing glenn. i love the person negan has become, but there's a fine line between us, the viewers, and a character like maggie who was directly impacted by his decision to do what he did. there was no way she was ever going to fully forgive him. it was sick of anyone to expect her to. and i ask you this... if the roles were flipped and it was maggie who was killed by negan, would ANYONE be annoyed by glenn's blame? would anyone be pressuring him to forgive? i really, HONESTLY don't think so.
negan went through his own redemption arc, sure, but it had nothing to do with maggie and hershel. and on top of that, she wasn't even there to see it. why should his few good actions justify what he did? he's always gonna be that person to her, and that's to be expected. and btw, this is coming from me, a person who adores negan and jdm. please kindly separate your personal experiences from the way a show runs. i guarantee you'd be far worse than maggie if this had happened to you.
