What would you do with AJ? (poll)

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  • Abandoning a baby is bad enough but using him as bait? That's just monstrous.

    I chose "keep him as a distraction." You got to think ahead, and I'm not going down for some baby I don't know or care about because Clem

  • Isn't wanting to survive inherently selfish?

    Rigtail posted: »

    I voted to find another group to take care of him. Even though I hate those types of humans, I'm not that cruel. If it did however come down

  • Because you first must find that safe place and a baby would easily get you killed on the way?

    KCohere posted: »

    If you could find somewhere safe for him, I dont see why anyone wouldnt do that.

  • Humans are selfish animals, just like any other.

    KCohere posted: »

    Isn't wanting to survive inherently selfish?

  • I also assume you are atheist.

    You can not be serious. Assuming that everyone who is completely self centered survivalists are always atheists is why most people find religion to be a borderline joke now-a-days. Do not be so dense, and think for yourself.

    Now, my personal opinion about AJ is very biased. I don't like babies myself personally, and if placed in a similar circumstance to Clementine, I'm not going to pretend I wouldn't just haul the baby around with me just as a "get out jail free card." I'd look after it until shit went sideways, then it's "bye-bye baby" in a heartbeat.

    Does that make me evil? No, I don't think so. I'm cynical and jaded about "the preservation of life in a post-apocalyptic" world thing. It doesn't make a lot of sense for Clementine to put herself at risk because it's the "right" thing to do, especially after Lee died trying to do the "right" thing and save her. And lets not forget the cavalcade of evidence supporting the claim that good people with wholesome intentions die.

    Omid, Walter, Reggie, Alvin, Carlos, Sarita, Sarah, Rebecca, Luke, and now Clementine? No. I refuse to let my Clem die horribly because she was trying to grasp on to petty idealism as her modus operandi. It's not happening like that.

    I enjoy life too, but I also don't enjoy leaving defenseless babies to their death because of it. That's just plain wrong. If you have to

  • Not anymore than getting Clementine cornered with the baby and then they both die.

    If the baby can help me survive then, unfortunately, it automatically elects itself as a sacrifice for my survival.

    Petty idealism can only push you so far, it's the tough choices that matter at the end of the day.

    KCohere posted: »

    Abandoning a baby is bad enough but using him as bait? That's just monstrous.

  • Or maybe it wouldn't. You're making it sound like baby=certain death. The choice is if you have a chance to leave the baby somewhere safe, would you? Not if you have to get the baby somewhere safe, you're going to die in the attempt.

    zykelator posted: »

    Because you first must find that safe place and a baby would easily get you killed on the way?

  • Yeah it is more because you're making a choice to do this is. If you get cornered, that's not your choice, it's a circumstance.

    Not anymore than getting Clementine cornered with the baby and then they both die. If the baby can help me survive then, unfortunately, i

  • I wouldnt even try. No point to risk my life for something i dont care about.

    KCohere posted: »

    Or maybe it wouldn't. You're making it sound like baby=certain death. The choice is if you have a chance to leave the baby somewhere safe, would you? Not if you have to get the baby somewhere safe, you're going to die in the attempt.

  • it's a circumstance.

    Yup', a circumstance that I'm involuntarily involved in. Meaning the baby has to go to get me out of the circumstance.

    KCohere posted: »

    Yeah it is more because you're making a choice to do this is. If you get cornered, that's not your choice, it's a circumstance.

  • You know what they say, people who don't like children or dogs are assholes...

    You must be great with children.

  • Dude... Stop whatever compulsive-invaliditation you're trying to do with people.

    zykelator posted: »

    Nice way to invalidate everything Kenny tried to achieve in season 2. Dont get Clementine to safety, but rather make her sink with the boat.

  • I actually liked jane (sometimes more than kenny), and I wouldn't leave the baby behind. Ever.

    Ellias posted: »

    I would leave him behind, because he puts others in unnecessary risk 13%

  • Well i like dogs.

    Palcto! posted: »

    You know what they say, people who don't like children or dogs are assholes...

  • "Tou fuckin' baby killer!" -Kenny

    Kenny-Lee posted: »

    If i had to i'd trow him 30 feet away in the grass, rather a few bruises then dying ... then i can use both my hands and pick AJ up later

  • edited September 2014

    Kinda torn between finding a safe haven and a group that could take care of him. I think I'd go for the safe haven if that's meant to be Wellington because Clem's only 11 years old and taking care of a little baby is not easy, more so with zombies everywhere. So the best thing she could do is find AJ a place where he'll be safe and won't put their lives at risk if he starts crying or she struggles to find baby formula for him. That or the other option of finding a group to help.

  • She/he said he wanted to enjoy life, so I made the safe assumption that he/she didn't believe in an afterlife.

    I also assume you are atheist. You can not be serious. Assuming that everyone who is completely self centered survivalists are alway

  • I have no reason to assume that there is such thing as afterlife. this life would be even more irrelevant than it already is, if there was an afterlife.

    She/he said he wanted to enjoy life, so I made the safe assumption that he/she didn't believe in an afterlife.

  • I would dump him on the first person i could.

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  • That's not really true, but I wont argue about it.

    zykelator posted: »

    I have no reason to assume that there is such thing as afterlife. this life would be even more irrelevant than it already is, if there was an afterlife.

  • You wanna know what's funny?
    Most people who are willing to ATLEAST take care of AJ are people who like kenny.
    I think there's a correlation there...

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    lee4life posted: »

    You wanna know what's funny? Most people who are willing to ATLEAST take care of AJ are people who like kenny. I think there's a correlation there...

  • Surely you can explain with logic and reason why im wrong?

    That's not really true, but I wont argue about it.

  • I picked Kenny, and would give the baby to someone else because i know i wouldn't be capable of taking care of it. Am i going to risk my life for it, probably not.

  • like to pretend

    Stop assuming things.

  • I could, but I don't want to derail the thread.

    zykelator posted: »

    Surely you can explain with logic and reason why im wrong?

  • I was thinking about that as well but I could not carry the damn thing around anymore so just leave em lol

    I chose "keep him as a distraction." You got to think ahead, and I'm not going down for some baby I don't know or care about because Clem

  • Well said sir, well said.

    zykelator posted: »

    I wouldnt even try. No point to risk my life for something i dont care about.

  • Well thats what ive learned from most of the Kenny fans i've talked with.

    lee4life posted: »

    like to pretend Stop assuming things.

  • I doubt that.

    I could, but I don't want to derail the thread.

  • Just so we are on the same page here.... are you aware that the Walking Dead universe is fictional?

    zykelator posted: »

    Yeah sure, i live by my moral values.

  • Just keeping it with you puts your life at risk. All that crying and search for baby food

    CrazyGeorge posted: »

    I picked Kenny, and would give the baby to someone else because i know i wouldn't be capable of taking care of it. Am i going to risk my life for it, probably not.

  • I'd probably atleast try, but my cowardice would lead me to maybe leaving it behind... and forever living with that in my head

  • Whats the point of your comment?

    Kennythegod posted: »

    Just so we are on the same page here.... are you aware that the Walking Dead universe is fictional?

  • I like neither. Guess I am an asshole.

    Palcto! posted: »

    You know what they say, people who don't like children or dogs are assholes...

  • Dude, just stop. You're being one of those people.

    zykelator posted: »

    Well it just feels shitty thing to do for Kenny. All he cares about is your safety, but he knows he cant ensure it, so he gets you a chance

  • "Well, AJ, sucks to be you. Hope someone else but a walker finds you before you starve..."

    turns around and walks away

  • I would do everything in my power to try and protect it however I don't think I would sacrifice my life for it. Call me a monster

  • Well, here's the thing. I would never leave the baby, but if I was all alone and risked myself in a life or death situation, i would be no help to that baby dead. If there were other people around i trusted i would be more willing to risk myself in a situation if needed.

  • That despite your many attempts to prove yourself as being a amoral, rational thinking survivalist type, in a real world scenario akin to the Walking Dead the decisions you believe you could make now in theory would not be the same as the ones in practice. I may not know you personally, but since we live in a civilized time, were you to find a baby deserted somewhere, crying, it's safe to assume you would not simply ignore it and abandon it. These are largely instinctive responses we act upon. As such, even when the world is crumbling and people are becoming more ruthless it would be difficult to simply reverse these moral beliefs and values you have naturally ingrained in you simply by living for the past 20 years. I truly believe if you were in the situation you would not drop the baby at your feet and walk away. It would not be as easy of a decision as you seem to make it out to be.

    I compare your way of thinking to that of a person going in for a job interview. You prepare well, know your information, and account for variables. You go to the job interview and all of a sudden the person is asking you all the wrong questions, ones you don't have answers for and were not prepared to answer. Your confident facade crumbles, and the answers you prepared to the questions you thought were going to be asked are no longer relevant. You are dumbfounded, and in the heat of the moment you don't know what you are going to say.

    zykelator posted: »

    Whats the point of your comment?

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