RANT: I’m not so sure Gimple is entirely to blame for the garbage that TWD has become. I believe there is a a fundamental reason TWD has gone downhill, and I’m worried that Fear is next.

So let me preface this by saying that I thoroughly enjoy TWD and Fear; day one viewer of both shows, and have read the comics up to The Whisperer War.

Now, first off, TWD was and is in someway a fantastic story. Andrew Lincoln is an amazing actor, so much so, that he can actually pull off ridiculous one-liners that is apart of the terrible dialogue in the past two seasons. I used to love the show, diehard fan; and then things started to change. I used to sit on the edge of my seat during some episodes, and now, now I hate watch it. Things just had to change.

While the terrible dialogue and plot points didn’t start until season 7, it started to surface in season 6. Some episodes being so terrible that I cringed, Rick and Daryl chasing Jesus for instance. I think there is a reason for the soap-opera drama that we now see.

Actual point of my post:

So to state it plain and simple: You can only tell the same story so many times.

There are characters that go in circles rather than an arc, and it is absolutely infuriating (Morgan being an example). I think this is because it’s a zombie apocalypse, and the first year or so of any apocalypse is by far the most entertaining. There is PLOT to go off of. Now we’re at the point where nearly every event is character driven, which is fine, but it’s not fine when it’s soapy. Which Gimple is.

So Fear was actually in its prime, I believe. It had a good writer, a good cast, great crew, and a set of characters all unique and powerful. It was what? 3 months into the apocalypse? THATS PERFECT! Stay there!

Alas, nope. We get a Morgan crossover 18 months later.

I’m not saying S4 will be bad. I’m just worried that they’re going to ruin Fear now, the same way they’ve ruined TWD. So much so, that I have to hate watch it now.

So maybe it’s Gimple’s fault, maybe not, after all, he did write seasons 4 and 5 which I think were mostly great. But he also wrote 7 and 8. Which is cringe city.

In the end, TWD and Fear became like little show babies to me. I’ve been invested in the universe for 8 years, and now those babies are looking mighty stupid compared to some of my new babies.

It makes me sad.

Feel free to criticize everything I said; half the time I don’t know what I’m talking about.

Submitted April 28, 2018 at 01:05PM by LeaderOfTheBeavers https://ift.tt/2raNvWa