thoughts on ricky/michonne/daryl?
[takes a deep breath] i’m glad you asked!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wanted to start off by saying that richonne & rickyl can and SHOULD coexist like c’mon ppl rick has two hands... i think this is a ship that just comes to me naturally as i love all parts most tenderly and i love how each of them connect to each other. it feels good it feels organic it feels as if it was meant to be!!!!!
daryl and michonne are rick’s best friends and pretty much the most important people to him after judith and carl, and he knows he’s got them and they know the got him as well. he knows that with them he can let himself breathe and have silly moments, such as the period after the prison fell in which the main group got separated and michonne reunited with rick and carl, and they had such domestic moments together and it was so important for the development of richonne... from bickering about who ate the last of the chocolate to rick watching fondly as michonne and carl played on the railroad <3 this plus the inherent homoeroticism of pretty much everything rick has ever said to daryl like c’mon. “that’s everything” “you’re my brother” “i need you” . this man LOVES daryl dixon so much it makes him look stupid, sometimes when i close my eyes i can still see them driving together while rick sings along to easy street and daryl pretends really hard not to find him adorable >///<
now... mich x daryl!!!!!!!!! i don’t think people realize just how much they’re alike and it particularly makes me want to go insane... by essence mich and daryl are lone wolves who gradually let themselves care for and be cared for by ppl (rick! carl! judith!), they have the same kind of sense of humor, they’re furiously protective of the ones they love, they tease rick the same... over the years they have developed such strong bond, i think one of the things i liked the most in s9 after *big sigh* rick disappearing was that every mich x daryl encounter was sosososo tender bc they knew each of them were going through the same shit (losing someone they love) and they could find strength in each other. not once did it cross michonne’s mind to resent daryl for leaving (to search for rick) bc she knew she’d be out there too had it not been for judith and the other ppl back in alexandria. and when daryl stays and she knows she has someone she can rely on >>>>> unparalleled michyl rotations. honestly them bonding over the years is something i totally didn’t expect and now i’m always !!!!!!!! thinking of them.
with all that being said i just think it makes sense for mich x rick x daryl to exist as a ship bc honestly... poly rights am i right or am i right? given that daryl and michonne are literally the same fucking person and rick canonically gets together with michonne i can’t believe they managed to make a straight ship QUEER (the gay part being daryl floating around their shoulders with ill intent) (i’m just saying that michonne has 2 boyfriends) (rick and daryl are a package deal) (this is a hill i will die on ANY day) (now that we’re here i just wanted to add thati believe in bi!rick, pan!michonne and bi!daryl with a preference for men & like one girl (mich) SOOOOOO MUCHHHHH)
in conclusion, isn’t it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string tying rich to michonne to daryl? personally i think they make my grey skies turn blue. x
(bonus: i don’t believe daryl and mich would get together after all the rick shenanigans bc i just don’t believe that this ship would sail lmao i believe that rick is what strengthens their bond after all and it’d be too painful <//3 in a perfect world the bridge scene never happens and they all live happily together kicking ass and being tender. c’est fini!)