After third re-watch finally realized ...

That although Eugene is a terrible shot and incompetent with firearms...am fairly certain it was no accident...

He intentionally KILLED Abraham's beloved military transport truck.

He wildly fires at the walkers in front of the truck, but when he turns to side of truck he fires an extended burst and much more concentrated fire. He then stops firing as he turns to walkers coming from cornfield and fires more controlled bursts. As they run around the other side of the truck the muzzle fire appears to be toward the truck again, but accept that may be an optical illusion. I had previously just thought it was incompetence. even after the bus incident, where he deliberately sabotaged the fuel line with crushed glass, and it was clear he had diverted the group back then to avoid and forestall them finding out. Looking back and on 2nd viewing it still seemed more like him taking advantage of an accident, because the truck was a big asset and provided significant safety advantages and Eugene is definitely risk averse.

Part of the reason it did not jump out was they switch the view frequently so that it is not blatantly obvious. Third time noticed his slow turn and more consistent fire as well his knowing smirk as they are on the path walking away. The "i'm smarter than you" jab at abraham seems more pointed as well. as in not just "my informed decision is the right one" but rather "i killed your truck and your none the wiser, now do as i say" . He also calmly fires his weapon as abraham joins him, which now seems like knowing he had multiple hits on the truck he had done what he intended and became almost relaxed. He has never since, pre-time s9 time jump, seemed relaxed fighting walkers or anyone, even just them approaching puts him in coward eugene mode. Not discounting his shaking rescue of tara or his participating in the alexandria rising event by following rick against herd or even his mighty dwight bite, just saying in those instances while relatively brave he was not calm.

Having come to that conclusion, though sure some may disagree its certain, do wonder how many delays and detours eugene engineered preceding that event? would posit, maybe there weren't any. Perhaps having seen how poorly abraham responded to glen just having other priorities, as in attempting to throttle him for wanting to find his wife, eugene suddenly realized that he might be receiving the business end of abrahams unrestrained anger when he had to come clean or his lies unraveled (a very valid and prescient realization).

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Is Eugene a stone cold truck killer or just a spastic opportunist with an M-16?

Submitted March 24, 2021 at 04:53AM by Minimalistmacrophage https://ift.tt/3riM9FN