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proximoceptionThe things that go wrong in season 2, and who is to blame:
1. Sophia wanders off. I don't remember if anyone is to blame for this, or for not finding her in time.
2. Otis shoots Carl. His not looking maybe fits the characteristic farm crime of burying one's head in the sand; it could also fit the more genersl theme of not recognizing sll life is precious - every deer is someone's child, after all. Maybe fits, too, the notion that people shouldn't be armed except shen absolutely necessary?
3. Otis is left to die by Shane. Shane had the me or you philosophy.
4. Sophia is locked away in the barn, causing distress.
5. An unnecessary risk is created by Hershel making Otis stuff walkers in the barn.
6. Hershel wanders into town to drink despite the risk. His own esrlier denial made this inability to cope happen, bit so did Shane's callousness and paranoia.
7. A firefight starts with the men met in the bar. Is this all their fsult, or do they onky draw because Rick won't trust them?
(Is each mistake simuktaneously defensible and not?)
8. Carl lets loose a walker, doesnt kill it, doesnt tell anyone, and it kills Dale.
So causality-wise, the fall of the Farm happens because:
...
...which enables Shane to get the gun from Dale...
...who tries to kill Rick...
...who kills Shane...
...which makes Carl shoot Zombie Shane to save his father...
...which draws the sombies to the farm
Hershel refuses to face the facts.
Hershel delegates another to face them for him.
Shane values his own life over another's.
Shane doubles down on this impulse, deciding to out his own interests over others' on principle.
Lori denies Shane a child that is his?
Carl refusesto admit s humiliation. (Be-a-manism?)
Hmm. Yeah, more is up than I noted. Hypotheticslly any farm would do it, right? So the season explains what might stoo the terrified from making a fresh start.
Dos that mean there's some route the grouo could have tsken to get through seaosn 3, too? Did THeY fsil the agovernor somhow?
If Carl had not been ashamed, Dale would have lived, and his voice of reason might have oreventd Rick and Shane from going nuclesr on esch other.
If Rick had not shot that guy in the bar...?
On the other side, Glenn causes Maggie to acjnowledge her losses, and she causes Goenn to ... Find something to live for, which he does, with her. So Glenn gets a fsmily, she lets go of the past, letting her see more clesrly (eg sbout the barn zombies).
Forced choices are condemned again, no? Shane forces Hershel to see, but this doesnt lesd to clesr sight, but despair.
So is Gimple's first eoisode about what to live for? Glenn: family; Maggie: acceptance; Rick et al.: life's continuance; Shane: um?
1. Sophia wanders off. I don't remember if anyone is to blame for this, or for not finding her in time.
2. Otis shoots Carl. His not looking maybe fits the characteristic farm crime of burying one's head in the sand; it could also fit the more genersl theme of not recognizing sll life is precious - every deer is someone's child, after all. Maybe fits, too, the notion that people shouldn't be armed except shen absolutely necessary?
3. Otis is left to die by Shane. Shane had the me or you philosophy.
4. Sophia is locked away in the barn, causing distress.
5. An unnecessary risk is created by Hershel making Otis stuff walkers in the barn.
6. Hershel wanders into town to drink despite the risk. His own esrlier denial made this inability to cope happen, bit so did Shane's callousness and paranoia.
7. A firefight starts with the men met in the bar. Is this all their fsult, or do they onky draw because Rick won't trust them?
(Is each mistake simuktaneously defensible and not?)
8. Carl lets loose a walker, doesnt kill it, doesnt tell anyone, and it kills Dale.
So causality-wise, the fall of the Farm happens because:
...
...which enables Shane to get the gun from Dale...
...who tries to kill Rick...
...who kills Shane...
...which makes Carl shoot Zombie Shane to save his father...
...which draws the sombies to the farm
Hershel refuses to face the facts.
Hershel delegates another to face them for him.
Shane values his own life over another's.
Shane doubles down on this impulse, deciding to out his own interests over others' on principle.
Lori denies Shane a child that is his?
Carl refusesto admit s humiliation. (Be-a-manism?)
Hmm. Yeah, more is up than I noted. Hypotheticslly any farm would do it, right? So the season explains what might stoo the terrified from making a fresh start.
Dos that mean there's some route the grouo could have tsken to get through seaosn 3, too? Did THeY fsil the agovernor somhow?
If Carl had not been ashamed, Dale would have lived, and his voice of reason might have oreventd Rick and Shane from going nuclesr on esch other.
If Rick had not shot that guy in the bar...?
On the other side, Glenn causes Maggie to acjnowledge her losses, and she causes Goenn to ... Find something to live for, which he does, with her. So Glenn gets a fsmily, she lets go of the past, letting her see more clesrly (eg sbout the barn zombies).
Forced choices are condemned again, no? Shane forces Hershel to see, but this doesnt lesd to clesr sight, but despair.
So is Gimple's first eoisode about what to live for? Glenn: family; Maggie: acceptance; Rick et al.: life's continuance; Shane: um?
