Ok, so here me out, I know that many people will disagree with me on this, but this season was on another level for me for a couple of reasons.
1-Realism : many people got so pissed off when Glenn & Abraham were crushed by Negan but in the TWD universe it is not surprising actually, threats are always a possibility and bringing that spice of negan makes me actually hold on to watching the show because he makes up for a real evil person who fits very well with the TWD universe & let's not ignore that rick fucked up big time when he thought he got the survivors, and he didn't, although it seems like it at the time, but this is actually closer to reality when we do the wrong decisions we get punished by the unexpected consequences even if we thought we made the right decision it does not matter in real life, many people got pissed when the garbage people broke their promise with Rick and yeah I get it that was a moment we all did not want to see and made us all angry, but that is again letting your feelings for the characters affect your final review of the season , that was one of the most realistic moments in the entire show & it fits very well with the TWD Universe, since Rick met them, we all knew that those people were dogs who did not gave a flying shit about fighting for the greater good all they wanted was to take advantage of whoever trades with them so when Negan offered a better deal it is very expected from them to turn against rick, and it is a reasonable choice for them to make , but it was stupid too that they turned against rick right when the fight with negan was about to happen because they could have told rick earlier if he had something better to offer than negan but yet, this made me realize that they were called garbage people for a reason
2-It was a different season : many people complained about the writing quality that declined in this season, but I just see the opposite, look I know that if you loved season 1-5 so much you're probably not going to like season 7 structure of events because it is completely unique as a season than any other season until now but just because it was different does not mean that the quality of the writing declined , the solo episodes that people called “useless” & “unnecessary” was actually fun to watch for me because it breaks the cycle, and it made me feel like each character has his adventures outside the main group, the variations in the episodes and the different scenery made me realise that the TWD universe is huge, and it does not revolve around Rick's people only, we got introduced to many communities and in my opinion this was necessary from season 1
3-Negan : look I'm not one of those people who love negan . It is quite the opposite I really hated him so bad and I wished I would see him crushed by Lucille in the finale, but his character was the best in terms of acting. It really fits the badass savior that has his bullshit survival rules and is running this community of saviors, it's realistic considering the hardships of the TWD universe. I do believe there is a backstory to negan character the made him the terrible person that he is, but I don't understand the people who stopped watching the show because of negan. For me, I believe that hating him as a character means that he played his role perfectly and got people really pissed off, negan introduction to the show was necessary to keep reminding us that TWD is no place for innocent people and is never going to be a fair place & it showed us how people have turned into after the apocalypse (i really want to know what negan used to do when the world was in perfect order, best guess he was psychopath but had power and authority somewhere)
4-The communities: I loved this season because unlike the previous seasons, it shifted its focus to other communities in the series and I get that it might be hard to digest all these new characters all at once but it was so beautiful with all those communities with different people and the adventures that happened there, each community has its own rules and it pros/cons and Rick has learned how to use those communities as weapon to fight negan in the finale, without the kingdom & Ezekiel (I do find the tiger pretty annoying though with that CGI shit) it could have been the saddest ending of all time, and it actually strengthens the idea that this show was built on from the start which is the power of people together and how this can actually make the impossible possible
Please don't get mad at me, I binged watched it. Maybe I would have had a second opinion if I had to watch from week to week, which is really annoying because it is one of those seasons that cannot be watched like that, trust me, it ruined your experience and even a rewatch would not heal the effect of it I'm sorry (unless you erased your memory) feel free to disagree with me & please don't spoil season 8 for me, I didn't start it yet!
Submitted March 27, 2023 at 08:51PM by amirhamdy45 https://ift.tt/0pvIe7Y
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