I like this season, but I gotta say, Im actually more and more sick of Rick and his "leadership." I dont know - its kind of weird - I think theyve so played out the angle of the struggle of leadership now that they stop even trying to have the esoteric discussion, and now I feel like their group is almost cult-like with their Rick-worship.
Rick will save us. Save us, Rick! Submit ti Rick's all-knowing will, or die. If Rick says youre ok, youre ok - no matter how awful you are - in fact, his forgiveness is God-like, and wipes away all errors. Conversely, if he decides youre unworthy - well then, youre irredeemable. Because, you know. He's God now, and stuff.
I mean what is this? Group think???
Im still mad that he literally killed that woman's husband and took her as "his woman." In what world is that ok, and why is everyone acting like that's acceptable human behavior?
I get the guy was a wife-beating piece of trash, and something needed to be done to stop him - but is no one golng to address the fact that Rick wanted to kill him BEFORE he knew he was a beater - and it was because he had decided he wanted his wife. Im sorry. I dont care that the writers re-crafted the story to make what he did more palatable for the viewing audience, it doesnt undo the fact that he is corrupted from the inside - and the older boy knows it, which is why he's pissed.
Dad was a terrible guy, and probably deserved to get what was coming to him. Let's call it justice. but lets not pretend Rick's "justice" was done to "save" the children or the wife. Rick killed the doctor so he could nail his wife without impediment or guilt. He killed the doctor because he wanted what was his, and was strong enough to take it.
I LAUGH at the parallels between his behavior now, and his friends behavior in the first season. Because his friend had the EXACT same self-aggrandizing, self-deserving God-complex too - he even made the argument that he SHOULD have Rick's family because he was "stronger" and more willing to do what was necessary to protect them than Rick. So basically, Rick should just have stayed dead, and now conveniently roll over and die - or barring that, the final showdown, where Rick had to kill him.
Rick is now that man. Worse even. At least his friend actually loved his son, and wasnt just using his wife as a booty call. I have the distinct impression that Rick could care less about her sons - either of them - or if they live or die. And the people that are wishing the older boy dead are odd creatures to me. Seriously? Those boys are first abused then bereaved of a parent they love/hated - their emotions are all over the chart- how exactly are they SUPPOSED to feel? They probably wanted their dad dead, even imagined doing it, and now that he IS dead, they probably hate themselves for wanting him dead. Maybe they blame themselves. Maybe they hate Rick for doing what they feel they shouldve been stong enough to do for their mom. Maybe they just know the truth - Rick killed their father so he bang their mother.
So my thing is -- given that - Rick needs to really, really dial back the controlling step-daddy/guy who's banging my mother. And then telling the boy that they would teach him to shoot, then refusing to let him shoot --- well, they made an enemy of him right there, simply because they told him they didnt trust him. Goodness - they made an enemy of me watching it. The thing to do wouldve been to have an honest conversation with the boy about it all: "I liked your mother when I saw her. I wanted to take your dad out to have her, but I knew that was wrong. I found out he was an abuser and REALLY wanted to take him out then, but I didnt. Then he killed someone, and the Mayor ASKED me to kill him, so I did. And now, I still like your mother. Im sorry I hurt your heart, I never meant to hurt you, and I would never hurt you, but I cant be sorry I killed your dad."
That would've been a fair, true and completely understandable explanation. Here's the problem: he really DOESNT care about hurting those boys. And that really annoys me. Why do we have spend season after season, episode after episode on his wretched teenage son Karl and all wussing/crying/hurting/worrying over his emotional state, and no other child's emotional state is worth even having a conversation about? Give me a break. If Karl wasnt such a sweetheart I'd say kill Karl and keep the other boy. You wanna walk around with swagger because your daddy is a cop and youve shot a gun and killed some undead monsters? This kid LIVED with a monster, and wasnt allowed to kill him because the community wouldnt have let him. Cut him some slack.
And what in the world is going Carol?
I never thought I'd be sick of her, but Im to the point where I feel like in the comics, she was dead long ago, so why is she still standing?? Her little self-righteous murderous world philosophy is really grating on my nerves. How do you tell a child who is obviously traumatized that the answer to life's problem is to KILL?? Honestly, we all know the scars in that family go way deeper than an undead or wolf-man. Why dont you kill yourself Carol? Because Im no longer convinced she truly cares about that little boy - no person who truly cares about someone who is emotionally hurting tells them something so wretched, and obviously unhelpful in the situation. Its like saying "Hey! Im shot in an artery! Help!" and the person says "Put a band-aid on it and shut up and suck it up!" Ok. So you apparently want me to die.
When she followed Morgan and the doctor, I truly thought she should be put down. Like, my god - who in the world are YOU? Not 8 episodes or so ago, they excommunicated you from THEIR group because you are a murdering sociopath! She had to have a sit down with Rick to even be allowed back around "normal" people. Because you never know - she might go on a killing spree because "SHE" thinks its the right thing to do, with her self-righteous psycho mommy-knows-best view of things.
Bottom line? I am getting so tired of their aggrandized view of their own self-importance. I wonder if they've ever stopped to think that while they're so busy viewing themselves as the world's "Saviors," its awkward, because each person or people they come upon that needs "saving" was/were surviving just fine until they showed up. Funny that. I guess the world needs this little band of salvation to come and impose their world-view on them - and destroying them in the process.
Ah. we all know how it will end. Rick and company will walk away as the ashes of Alexandria, and ALL its people burn behind them. Because that's what they do best. DESTROY everything they come in contact with.
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