TWD michonne; Does Sams' shirt color gauge her morality?
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I have done a few play throughts and i notice thats sams clothes slowly change through out. could this be a gauge of her moral compass?
In the devils advocate Keanu Reeves suit slowly darkens to measure his moral code. could this be the same but opposite with Sam? Showing her karmic scale rising?
In my most recent play through she died saving me. her shirt was blue/ green. in the beginning she has a red and white shirt and she is selfish and lies. she is the only one that has a wardrobe change.
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Sam has the same shirt in episode 3 michonne screenshot
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I second that.
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Maybe she just has some different colored shirts
In the first episode of the walking dead michonne Sam wears a red and white shirt and in ep 2 she wear a blue shirt and In ep 3 she wears a green shirt
This is worse than the 'Name meanings' threads.
Yeah, I mean I get what they are trying to do but theories like this are just looking to much into things.
I will third it.
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I am talking about the screenshots for the walking dead michonne ep 3 that sam wear a red shirt with grey sleeves but the actual episode she wears a green shirt.
Gonna fourth it.
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They have done this to characters before Like James Franco in this is the end he changes his wardrobe. Like sam.
I'll be fifth.
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Runs away crying.
Better late than never
Gonna sixth it
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Gonna seventh that.
What the fucking shit...
I actually did notice this. Granted, she has a good reason to change wardrobe unlike any of the other characters (she's at her house with her own clothes, and her red one was ruined after getting shot). But since she is a character that arguably goes through the most change in character, I don't think it's as much as a coincidence as people think it is that she's the one that goes through the most wardrobe changes. Red could reflect an angrier, selfish Sam. After getting shot, she changes into a blue/green shirt that could reflect a cooler temper, mourning, and her selflessness when saving Michonne.
Yeah yeah I know "this is as ridiculous as the name meaning threads" which I also defended. But when you're writing and designing this stuff, the symbolism behind minute details really does come into play. The same thing happens to Clementine in season 1. She starts out in a white dress to symbolize her innocence. Then you can give her a red jacket, which is a mark of loss of innocence (perhaps not for Clementine, but for the player) and marks her for a mistake the player makes in mortality. Even if you did not give get the jacket, in episode 5 you must cover her white dress in walker blood, and she further bloodys herself when hitting the walker in the jewelry store. She leaves in a dress that is no longer white, signifying her loss of innocence. This is not a stretch or something I pulled out of my ass, this is from Clementine's character designer.
I know that doesn't mean all of these kind of theories are true or what Telltale had intended, but stuff like colors and names I feel like are totally valid to consider. At least they're not "Lee is alive" theories.
i loved all the whats!
i know it sounds crazy but no one elses outfit changes.
granted she did get shot.
thanks for the points! i appreciated your comment!
i didnt noticed that about clem in season 1 but you are right.
i wonder if sams shirt is the same color on all of the different story lines..
This actually reminds me of an old post I made once before in a similar vein, so allow me to hijack your thread for a second:
In the very first episode of the game, you have Kenny fixing a pick-up truck on Hershel's farm. A blue truck, specifically. Blue is usually seen as a cool, calm, and collected color. Just like Kenny himself at the time (more or less)
Now flash forward to No Going Back. We have Kenny working on another pick-up truck. A red one this time. Red can smybolize rage, aggression, anger, etc. By this point, Kenny's lost his family, most of his sanity, and his anger's becoming more and more uncontrollable.
It's probably not intentional, but it's a cool concept to think about. As for Sam's outfit, it might potentially have symbolic meaning, but it most likely wasn't intentional, either. Interesting to think about either way, though.
i like that theory about kenny. he seems to work on the trucks when he needs to think or blow off steam. Kenny is one of my all time favorite walking dead characters and i hold out hope that he and jane could have survived.
Boutta have to eighth that
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what the hell happened here
well no one else seems to ever change clothes.
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I still feel so bad about it, though!
What do you mean? I don't get it, why you summon me?
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You know, that one time we were all dicks and kept tagging you in a thread that was related to Luke?
and then you came over and told us we were being dicks?
then we all felt bad about being dicks?
I don't understand all the meme posting and confusion in this thread. Symbolism is a part of many stories, no? I don't find it that hard to believe that her shirt colors could have some kind of symbolism towards something.
Sometimes I wish I didn't make so many jokes.
And not in connection to this, but I think I'm going to leave the forum for a little bit. I've been planning to go for a while now. I don't think it's such a good idea me being here when news on Season 3 hits.
Oh, for real? Damn… Is it going to be temporary?
Would you mind it if I asked why?
Yeah, temporary.
Um...
Do you want the long version or the short version?
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Actually you'd be surprised how much writers look into these things. This would have been stupid had she not been the only character throughout the episodes who changes their clothing. Considering she's the only one it is probably intended. So yeah don't hate on it. Especially since name meanings are another thing given a lot of consideration by writers. Writers love nothing more than adding fun little details to their work.