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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Really? So you're saying you like Carl or Enid better? Deanna's son Spencer? Denise, the doctor lady who recently died?
Carol's progress has been slow and deliberate, and she was going down a dark path without any checks to that progress. Now, after being captured and encountering another group that she could identify with, she's reflecting on the things she's done and realizes she doesn't like it. She's not so far gone that she can't feel guilt or remorse, but she still does what she has to for her survival.
I don't think it's a stretch at all, and I like it when characters change a little now and then. How boring would it be if they remained the same all the time? It'd be an episodic show with no story or character arc, and it wouldn't resemble the show as you know it now.
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Most of those other characters are supporting characters, and haven't been given near the screen time Carol has. They are just sort of 'there' and weren't really developed at all, so they aren't a great comparison. The only main character you mentioned, Carl, I do prefer to Carol, by a wide margin. His annoyances can be explained as typical teenager stuff (in a ZA anyway). I find most teenagers to be annoying so it fits.
I like when characters develop and change too, I just don't find her transformation believable at all. She went from a broken woman who had never shot a gun to, seemingly, a fully trained marine within a 2 year span (as well as a cold blooded killer). Her attack on Terminus was so bad my eyes almost rolled right out of my head. She's a one woman army basically, it just doesn't jive with her origins. And now she's all sad and has to leave because she doesn't want to kill anymore? When did this epiphany occur and why? Some time between episode 13 and 15 is my guess. I wonder what the breaking point was? Killing the redhead and her group for kidnapping her and Maggie is my guess. Okay then, makes perfect sense. Maybe it was a magic number? Killing a baker's dozen worth of people is okay but more than that is just a bridge to far, and the only solution is self-imposed exile.
Just a dumb and completely unbelievable path she has travelled down. I know it's a show about zombies but the way writers have portrayed her is not realistic in any way IMO.