I really think the people who say that if The Walking Dead had started from the POV of The Saviors we would've seen Negan and the group as the good guys when Rick's group was fighting them haven't really paid attention that well.

Even Chris Hardwick believes that old idea of "if The Walking Dead had started from the POV of The Saviors we would've seen Negan and the group as the good guys when Rick's group was fighting them" and for the people who think this, it boggles my mind (which is funny considering that Chris Hardwick has seen every episode a bunch of times since he has to stay knowledgeable of all this stuff more than any other fan).

First of all, The Saviors were bullies. They didn't just govern the other groups, they actually threatened and bullied them into submission. All of the other groups were terrified of The Saviors and only worked with them because they knew they couldn't fight back against them

Second, Negan was plain evil as head of The Saviors. As we saw in some episodes, he would kill anyone for any given reason if he felt like it that day. He was unstable and irrational. Basically, he was The Joker in that regard.

Thirdly, The Saviors attacked Rick's group FIRST! After that happened, Rick knew that it was only a matter of time before The Saviors would attack them again so Rick's group was completely justified in slaughtering The Saviors as they were sleeping.

Submitted August 23, 2021 at 05:42AM by sockableclaw https://ift.tt/3z9BvpC