I don’t think Negan is as reformed as everyone believes. I think if you’re watching closely it’s shown Negan still stands by a lot of what happened under his reign. I think the biggest thing that’s changed about him at this point is that he regrets the pleasure he took in his atrocities, but as a principle he still believes in his actions. His rationale as a leader was essentially “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few”, mixed with a survival of the fittest mentality. He’s occasionally mentioned that he did what he believed he had to, to protect his people, despite the reality being he was clearly just trying to preserve his power. I don’t believe he actually regrets the act of killing Glenn or Abraham, but more regrets that he’s still facing the repercussions of his actions. Now that Maggie’s returned, we’re going to really dig into all the history. However, just based off the episode we’ve seen where this is briefly touched on, it doesn’t appear the Negan is regretful on a moral level. It much more seems as though Negan’s primary concern is his position (basically as the bitch of the community) that he’s worked very hard to get (even Daryl is sorta cool with him now!), is going to be compromised by Maggie’s desire for vengeance.
Although with more emotional intelligence and perspective, Negan understands why he’s being punished, he still clearly holds some resentment towards his situation and the people who put him there (mostly Rick). However, it’s also clear that Negan is genuinely invested in the new world that’s been built, despite it inherently disproving all his practices and preachings as leader of the Saviours. Imo these layered views of Negan (and his infinitely better writing in S9 & S10) are what now makes him such a compelling character.
Submitted March 03, 2021 at 06:16AM by LickMyHairyBallsMods https://ift.tt/385KbBX
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