Christa Doesn't Care About Clem
I feel that from the beginning that Clementine feels more like a obligation for Christa, a burden. And the only reason that she watches over Clem is because Lee's dying words was for Omid and Christa to look after her. Without Lee saying that, I don't think she would had gone out the way to Guardian her.
Come to think about it, it was Clementine who found Omid and Christa,not the other way around. They weren't even trying to look for her. I believe that they just assumed that she was dead and move on.
Another thing to point out is: why did they leave Clem alone in a random bathroom in the zombie apocalypse, while having relations on the other side? Anything could've been in that bathroom: walkers, people,mountain lions, the worst.
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Christa probably feels some ill-will towards Clementine, but I'm certain that if she didn't care about Clem she wouldn't have told the scavengers she was alone.
Wasnt that line determinant? My Lee told them to make sure Kenny looked after her, because he would protect her with his life as Lee put it.
However i agree with you on that Christa acts like Clem is a burden, after Omid died anyway..
EDIT was meant to be a reply to the OP.
I said "doesn't care", not hate. she didn't care that much for her , but she's not demented enough to do something as sinister as to submit Clementine to some bandits
No. Christa stood by Clem's side for, what, 2 years? And a little 9 year old girl is more of a hindrance than a benefit, so it wasn't like Christa was using her for survival. Her actions speak for themself, and it tells us that she had Clem's back.
She really doesn't, and the feeling is mutual. I don't want her to show up again in this series
Christa lost her boyfriend and her newborn child. Her not being super nice to Clem in that instance is pretty understandable.
She's bitter towards Clementine due to her indirectly contributing to Omid's death, even though she fails to realise that she and Omid themselves should have know better than to leave her idle for a few minutes. To be fair, a bandit showing up out of the blue to corner Clementine with her own gun was just pure bad luck that went quickly out of control.
But I disagree with the idea that Christa doesn't care about her, otherwise she would have just walked out of the toilet stalls after putting a bullet in Omid's brain and never look back. In her condition it would have been easier for her to abandon Clementine after learning of Lee's death and suffering from her own losses, and yet she didn't. She continues to fulfil Lee's wishes for a good two years in spite of how much she felt about Clementine and the incident that took Omid's life as well as their child.
What happened after the bandit attack is up to speculation, but I doubt Christa would just run off to save her own skin, not after these two years she spent to protect and teach Clementine. She's most likely either killed off-screen, or alive but still searching for her, and inevitably having given up hope after suffering another loss.
She took care of Clem for 16 months, I think she cares about her.
I kinda want to see her as the season 3 protagonist. Maybe her not caring about Clem as a guardian, we can see if she truly care for her or not because now she would have a choice.
Christa was just frustrated with the fire and depending on your choices in that scene Christa can almost sound pleasant or optimistic. Christa cares about Clem, and while she might see Clem as an obligation I think those feelings are self imposed. Christa didn't agree to look after Clem because of Lee or Omid, back at the mansion Christa says that Clementine is all of their responsibility. Christa can sound like she is speaking harshly at times but none of her words come from negative feeling for Clem, and all she's really ever doing too is giving Clem good advice.
I think she cares. She's just bitter about losing so much.
She took care of her for almost two years, kept her safe, taught her some things (at least to stitch a wound)...I'm grateful to her. I feel like this was way past an obligation.
She lost Omid and her baby, anybody would be devastated over that. She still took care of Clementine for years...(two, right?)
I feel like Christa looking out for Clementine went beyond an obligation, there had to be more motivating Christa to stick around than just that. Even though it does seem like she held some resentment towards Clem I still think that she cared for her...I think it would have really helped if S2 didn't jump right into a giant time-skip. I wanted to see more of their relationship and gain more of an understanding of what may have happened between the two of them.
Oh god...no
One year and four months.
Christa & Omid were a couple so they probably felt a strong urge to protect this this young girl from harm; if they didn't, how could they look each other in the eye with whole trust when they eventually had a child of their own? Clem essentially being an orphan likely compounded this feeling even more (remember Christa's first words to Lee: "You're not her father, are you?").
Even if I dislike Christa, I am still grateful to her for taking tare of Clementine during those months. She could've just abandoned her, if she suspected that Clem was somehow guilty of Omid's death.
She started to show concern the first day when they met, remember? She supported the idea of teaching Clementine how to shoot a gun, she was worried when Clem was in any danger and inquired anxiously what Stranger might've told her. Clem's presence gave Christa belief that a properly raised child can survive the apocalypse, which was what she needed, considering the fact that she was pregnant.
you're forgetting the fact that they skipped atleast 5 months before the 16 months time skip, evidenced by the advancement of Christa pregnancy and her stomach. So, it would be 5-9 months with Omid and Christa, and 16 months with Christa, totaling to at least 20 months. It's the only explanation that can rationalize her being 11 years old.
Also, i'm confused on how they can tell the day in the ZA. Is there a person who's job to do so? Is there a mystery calendar in Clemmy's backpack?
No idea and I don't really care.
I was just calculating the 16 months.
Um no... Christa was angry because Omid was killed with her gun. If you remember correctly Christa offers to take care of Clementine in Episode 5.
I think she cares about her. If she didn't she wouldn't have looked after her for those 18 months despite the fact she lost Omid and baby.
I hope she turns up in season 3.
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I'm pretty sure that your judgement is entirely incorrect, considering if she didn't care about Clementine, she wouldn't be telling her that she needs to be tending a fire, she wouldn't be telling her about Wellington, she would have ditched her by now, or killed her when she got Omid killed.
Christa cares about Clementine, and you'd be pretty blind not to see it. Especially when she took care of her for 16 months, she wouldn't of cared about Lee's words. It's the apocalypse, to her, he's dead. He can't do anything about it, so she could have any chance to ditch her.