Let's reminisce about our actions! (Heavy spoilers on all the twd games)
Hello everyone, I hope this doesn't turn out to be a big wall of text, but we'll see.
What I want to say, by creating this discussion, is that I just realised how well telltale did in recreating the twd universe. No, this isn't a post that aims at praising ttg. In order to be able to thoroughly explain what I mean, I'll have to start with the comics and after that continue with the games, but don't worry if you haven't read any of the books, you'll easily get what I mean. I haven't read all of it, but I'm at around the time the group got to Alexandria. By now, we can see how Rick (and actually everyone) has changed, affected by everything they've witnessed and have been through.
Let's transfer that talk to the games. The way I play them is that I do what I think is the wisest choice of them all. At least that's how I felt it was. But looking back to when I began, with Lee in season one, I was the person that tried to talk his way out of any situation, with the least violence possible. Tried to keep Clem in a "child's world" and not the one she is gonna grow in. Yes, I did give the gun to the woman that wanted to shoot herself, but only after I realised she was bit and there was nothing we could do, I let her have her peace. Later on I fought with Kenny, but ended up killing Larry, because I thought he was already dead. I didn't kill the cannibal (the one you can leave behind), because it wasn't necessary, it was something I could go without. I didn't take from the car, it wasn't mine. I can go on and on... Everyone has their reasoning behind the choices they make, yes. But you see how I started trying to go the peaceful way and only do other stuff if I saw it wasn't possible to go peacefully. Going to the end of the season, I don't remember if I killed the kidnapper or not, but I remember I tried to let him live. Then I didn't allow Clem to kill Lee not to witness his final moments. Now, going into season 2, I see Clem, I have no problem with her. I began as the nice one, giving water to the dying person in the beginning, etc... Then Carver shows up. The moment Kenny kills him is the one that stands out the most for me, because I stayed and watched him do it. Back then, my reasoning was "maybe if I stay, he won't do this to himself, he'll save his humanity". Now I'm thinking it might've really been vengeance. Let's go on to the Arvo situation. He tried to kill Clemmy. I knew if I met him somewhere by the end of the season, he wasn't getting out alive. But what do you know? He really had gone. Killed Kenny, because he had suffered too much. Left alone.
Now Michonne comes and I played episode 2 just today. I didn't let Pete talk our way out of the harbour community. I stopped him and destroyed it all. Yes, I felt bad for the innocent people there, but hey, their leaders tried to kill us right? Randall got to stay alive, I didn't hurt him any more than I had to, I only talked. But boy did it take a lot to drop that wrench.
After I told you all about my decisions and the reasoning behind them, can't you see how the world gradually changed me, my decisions and my characters? Don't worry I'm a completely sane person in real life. Thank you for giving a portion of your time to read this, I hope it starts a nice discussion on how ttg did the universe, or whatever you want to talk about.