You think that’s what Carol wants?

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[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

Here's 30 seconds of Carol laughing that I found in my files

[youmakethelight]

I want everyone to know this is my favourite thing that exists on the internet.

[noah-wyles]

all i want for 2026 is that gigantic rancid AI bubble to finally burst in such a catastrophic way that the consequences will be so good and i'll never have to see another AI generated image ever again

[fluoritegalaxy]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

[pangur-and-grim]

things I’ve noticed in the UK:

- when you’re jay walking, cars will actively accelerate bc the drivers want to kill you for breaking the rules

- servers in restaurants act very scared and apologetic, so maybe people aren’t nice to them here??? or I could be terrifying

- it’s really cute when little kids have British accents, but I’m unmoved by adults with accents

- extremely good gluten free options. this country is like 20 years ahead of Canada in that regard

- people will give random insignificant buildings names with little plaques. and then that’s the name that shows up on the map. like even a smaller than average family home, you can name it like it’s a dog

- lots of brick and stone buildings. looks cute and charming until you enter one and there’s no air conditioning

- people are still wearing jaguar print. I like this. don’t let it die

[pangur-and-grim]

ohhh okay! amendment: cars will actively try to kill you for being small and made of flesh, instead of cool and metal like them

[birdplushie]

often you will see things online where you just have to be like "what a strange thing to say" or "i don't think that's true :)" to yourself and try to move on or you will lose your mind

[youmakethelight]

hi I just came here to say I love samantha morton oki bye

[uncertainlys]

i hope everything works out in the end because i am so so scared

[mywalkingdeadsideblog]

[youmakethelight]

this little blushy smile down at the floor is crrrrrazzzzzyyy he loves her so bad

[drizzledrawings]

I haven't watched anything Walking Dead in over a decade but the words "Yuri Caryl" awoke something in me like a sleeper agent. I would like to see it.

Yuri caryl :3

Notice how daryl is the exact same <3

[that-left-turn]

Thanks for your answer about Connie and Leah. And thank you to Angela Kang for doing the best possible with that situation. I’m always grateful that the Leah flashbacks were so subtle and that we never had to see or hear anything explicit, because I can still headcanon that Daryl is an inexperienced virgin.

That point you mention about Yumiko serving as a lawyer with a relative at the CW is interesting, because couldn’t that have been Andrea? If Glen Mazzara hadn’t been a vindictive creep.

Yes, if Andrea had still been alive during the CW arc, she would most likely have gotten that storyline. The audience would've had a stronger attachment to her than a recently added support character with limited screentime and little character development. Andrea would've been one of the leads and, along with Carol and Daryl, had the longest runs on the show.

Angela Kang tried to give Caryl a good emotional arc. She brought the relationship between Carol and Daryl back after Gimple more or less permanently separated them. Without her, Carylers wouldn't have had any of the playful banter in S10 or the emotionally attuned Daryl. She also brought Laurie Holden back to guest for Michonne's arc and gave Emily Kinney some music related work.

[youmakethelight]

[husband]

[youmakethelight]

Thinking about the different ways Kelly, Connie, Daryl, Magna, Yumiko and others responded to Carol after the cave...

It feels like this is super contentious bc it touches so deeply on how people feel about the way women like Carol are treated - especially in response to their grief and their right to exist imperfectly. And I know some people don't like the way that story was handled bc at times, it felt like Carol was being punished excessively.

And I think about that quite a lot, because I adore Carol, and I know how much it hurts to see her treated badly, especially when the reason is bad writing.

Lately, l've been thinking about how that storyline, to me, doesn't just tell a story about Carol's actions and the weight of them. It also tells an important story about how we respond to harm, guilt, grief, and complicated love.

I think Angela Kang once said something like that it's valuable to tell stories about realistic, complex women; to depict them not just as perfect heroines and role models, but to show them in their messiness and their pain too. And I feel like the ways we see characters like Yumiko, Magna, Kelly, Connie, and even Daryl respond to Carol is similar. Their responses aren't alwavs clean or morally comfortable or even fair, and there's truth in that. It's real.

Sometimes we respond like Kelly, with compassion. Sometimes like Connie, with kindness. Sometimes like Yumiko, with anger/ fear. Sometimes like Magna, with both anger and compassion. And sometimes like Daryl, with a messy mix of displaced emotions, hurt, and love.

All of these reactions represent something real, because harm was caused, regardless of whether or not Carol was at fault. The show makes space for that emotional complexity.

It feels like that arc never quite got fully tied up, but the ingredients were there, idk. I'm sure this isn't a perfect analysis. Just some thoughts I'm having about it. Idk idk.

[alive-o]

"Permission to Go After What I Love"

I think for us, it’s always been important that the women be complex, so not only do they kick ass, but they have full emotional lives. 

They can make mistakes. 

They can be awesome. 

They can be smart. 

They can have moments of weakness. 

Having fully formed people is what allows you to look at characters as humans and not just this construct of what you want them to be.  I do think that there’s this kind of toxic perfectionism that can come with female characters.  I don’t want to lean into that, and it’s not always popular when we have the women on our show make mistakes.  But I would tell that kind of story for a male protagonist.  That’s how they get to have a better story.  They’ve got to struggle.

 So, if you’re going to have female characters who are heroic, they also have to struggle against themselves, and against external forces. 

Of course, we don’t always know our own gaps in understanding, but we’re always trying to evolve the conversation and be truer to who we think these characters might be if they were living, breathing human beings.

Angela Kang, "Permission to Go After What I Love".

Conversations with Women Showrunners - Marygrace O'Shea.

[youmakethelight]

Posting this again because tbh I want to repost it every day.

[my-chemical-friendzone]

Daryl to Morgan: If Carol were here she’d kick everyone’s ass and you know it!

Morgan: Maybe she doesn’t want to fight.

Daryl: I call BS on your logic.

Carol: I don’t want to fight

Daryl to Morgan: DAMMIT MORGAN, DON’T MAKE HER FIGHT IF SHE DON’T WANT TO. 

–

Daryl: I don’t trust that Ezekiel guy. He’s a coward and a rat!

Carol: He’s actually pretty nice.

Daryl: Ezekiel is a great man. He’s like a brother to me. 

[veronikalovesthis]

Daryl's dreams 😏

[that-left-turn]

So, why was Carol saved in season 3? Or was that all made up starting with Nicotero? Surely not, since MMB said she was told on the phone by GM that Carol would be killed.

And why did Andrew Lincoln tell Melissa that Sarah Wayne Callies fought for her if that wasn’t true?

I do think I once heard that they changed it T-Dog because IronE Singleton kept showing up late to set, but I don’t know if that’s true.

Could it not be true both that SWC spoke up on Melissa’s behalf and that she didn’t actually have any power? Melissa said she was asked what she thought of the decision to kill Carol, and that all the writers were on the phone at the time. That seems unusual to me. It seems possible that when SWC was told about Lori’s death, she might have said something similar to what Melissa said, like expressing that she thought it was a shame or a “mistake” as AL put it. She might not have literally lobbied for it, but she might have expressed an opinion here or there, which is still something.

For the record, I like Sarah. I wasn’t saying she’s anything like Gimple. As a woman in the industry, it’s just fraught with danger to voice your opinion on anything outside your own job description. (Telling insecure white men that they’re making “mistakes” is how you get labeled as difficult to work with and potentially fired yourself if they’re petty enough.) Obviously, I wasn’t part of whatever conversations Sarah had with the EPs, so I can’t say for certain what she did or didn’t say, but I am dead sure she wasn’t the first person they told about writing Carol off the show.

Melissa knew before any of her castmates did and would have made her plea first. She saved Carol with how she had created a fleshed out person from the stereotype she was given.

The normal procedure for an actor to be told their option isn’t picked up is for the showrunner or another senior EP to call them. If the actor is a lead, the call is made by the showrunner. For supporting cast, the showrunner’s #2 could place the call because showrunners are very busy during pre-production. If there’s an expectation of trouble, there could be one other person on the call too, like a senior EP or someone from legal, depending on the circumstances surrounding the release. Otherwise, it’s a private conversation.

An actor will not get a termination call in the middle of a writing session. The showrunner needs to run the decision by the studio and get approval before they can let a main cast member go and nobody gets fired with an entire audience. Melissa could’ve been invited to speak to the writers’ room after initially having talked to the showrunner, so they could all hear her thoughts on Carol. It would give the room some inspiration to get an outside perspective if they were unable to see beneath the surface of ‘battered wife.’

[youmakethelight]

“I said, “It’s really a shame, because there’s a lot to her.””

- Melissa McBride

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[aronyflo]

[my-mt-heart]

AMC giving Carol and Melissa the spotlight that they deserve? I could get used to that 😏