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proximoceptionSam attracts the zombies (caused by his mother suggesting this is all pretend; also caused by Carol making him too terrified to feel he can handle this)
Ron lets the zombies into the house by attacking Carl (caused by his refusal to realize his father was unhinged; also caused by Rick's killing his father, rejecting his father's corpse, manhandling him back into town, arming him, and teaching him to fire a gun; also caused (likely insufficiently) by jealousy over Enid)
The falling tower lets the zombies into town by smashing the walls (caused by Rick's directing everyone to focus on bracing the walls)
The truck weakens the tower because a Wolf runs it into it during their attack (caused by Aaron's having left his pack in their trap; caused by Rick's leaving the town ill-defended while pursuing an elaborate proactive plan against a probably non-existential threat; possibly caused by Ron's and/or Enid's helping them invade the town)
The zombies are at the gates because of the truck's horn (caused by the reasons given above)
The zombies are near the gates in the first place because of Rick's inadequate plan (caused by the (presumed) sabotage by Ron (and/or Enid and/or Wolves) of the truck preventing its kinks from being ironed out; caused by Rick's slippery slope logic where posible thrests are interpreted as certain ones)
The zombies aren't drawn in a different direction because Glenn and Nicholas have failed to lure them to a fire (caused by Nicholas' PTSD about his prior cowardly failure to save four comrades; also caused by Glenn's doubts about Nicholas' abilities being apparent to Nicholas, increasing his self-doubt; also caused (probably insufficiently) by the chance occurrence of a foammable building's habing already burned down)
The zombies aren't preemptively led away by Rick because his RV dies (caused by his having to leave its steering wheel to kill the Wolves freed by Morgan's pacifism; also caused by his being without help because he refused it when offered repeatedly)
The zombies are relased from the quarry because the semi blocking them in falls (caused by the neglect of the Alexandrians to come this way and notice it should be shored up; or caused by Ron's sabotaging it as vengeance for what Rick did; or caused by the Wolves' sabotage enabled by Aaron's negligence and possibly Morgan's; or caused by Rick's developing an offensive strategy rather than shoring up the weak point; or caused by Enid's sabotaging it in order to be spared by the Wolves or to help Ron)
The zombies accumulate to a critical level in the quarry because the Alexandrians blocked its exits then never checked back on what might be happening (caused by their habits of running from and/or denying danger)
All the smaller losses have similarly dovetailing or tangling or ambiguous causes. The Wolf's kidnapping of the doctor is caused by Morgan's pacifism AND Carol's total warfare notions AND the doctor's being an easy victim because unready - and of course by his own brand of metaphysical nihilism. The show is not against running, hiding, fighting or surrendering per se, just against their becoming principles followed in all situations. These four represent pretty much the whole gamut: giving up too much, becoming too spoiled by provided safety to keep yourself safe when it's gone, fighting when it's not clear you have to, risking or taking others' lives to improve your own. Ignoring risk, imposing risk, hallucinating risk, inviting risk. Only killing, never thinking of killing, thinking only of killing, never killing.
Ron lets the zombies into the house by attacking Carl (caused by his refusal to realize his father was unhinged; also caused by Rick's killing his father, rejecting his father's corpse, manhandling him back into town, arming him, and teaching him to fire a gun; also caused (likely insufficiently) by jealousy over Enid)
The falling tower lets the zombies into town by smashing the walls (caused by Rick's directing everyone to focus on bracing the walls)
The truck weakens the tower because a Wolf runs it into it during their attack (caused by Aaron's having left his pack in their trap; caused by Rick's leaving the town ill-defended while pursuing an elaborate proactive plan against a probably non-existential threat; possibly caused by Ron's and/or Enid's helping them invade the town)
The zombies are at the gates because of the truck's horn (caused by the reasons given above)
The zombies are near the gates in the first place because of Rick's inadequate plan (caused by the (presumed) sabotage by Ron (and/or Enid and/or Wolves) of the truck preventing its kinks from being ironed out; caused by Rick's slippery slope logic where posible thrests are interpreted as certain ones)
The zombies aren't drawn in a different direction because Glenn and Nicholas have failed to lure them to a fire (caused by Nicholas' PTSD about his prior cowardly failure to save four comrades; also caused by Glenn's doubts about Nicholas' abilities being apparent to Nicholas, increasing his self-doubt; also caused (probably insufficiently) by the chance occurrence of a foammable building's habing already burned down)
The zombies aren't preemptively led away by Rick because his RV dies (caused by his having to leave its steering wheel to kill the Wolves freed by Morgan's pacifism; also caused by his being without help because he refused it when offered repeatedly)
The zombies are relased from the quarry because the semi blocking them in falls (caused by the neglect of the Alexandrians to come this way and notice it should be shored up; or caused by Ron's sabotaging it as vengeance for what Rick did; or caused by the Wolves' sabotage enabled by Aaron's negligence and possibly Morgan's; or caused by Rick's developing an offensive strategy rather than shoring up the weak point; or caused by Enid's sabotaging it in order to be spared by the Wolves or to help Ron)
The zombies accumulate to a critical level in the quarry because the Alexandrians blocked its exits then never checked back on what might be happening (caused by their habits of running from and/or denying danger)
All the smaller losses have similarly dovetailing or tangling or ambiguous causes. The Wolf's kidnapping of the doctor is caused by Morgan's pacifism AND Carol's total warfare notions AND the doctor's being an easy victim because unready - and of course by his own brand of metaphysical nihilism. The show is not against running, hiding, fighting or surrendering per se, just against their becoming principles followed in all situations. These four represent pretty much the whole gamut: giving up too much, becoming too spoiled by provided safety to keep yourself safe when it's gone, fighting when it's not clear you have to, risking or taking others' lives to improve your own. Ignoring risk, imposing risk, hallucinating risk, inviting risk. Only killing, never thinking of killing, thinking only of killing, never killing.
