I don't care for stories who treat them less as people and more as stock villains or weaklings
Me neither, I hate it when writers ki… morell people just as you get to know them, especially Ill/disabled people because it is only ever to drive a point home that 'they could never hope to survive' without any thoughts about the actual character and how much it de-humanises them. Also, like you said, often disabled people are a lot stronger in willpower which hasn't really been shown in character in the walking dead (Sarah e.t.c) and I don't really know why >_<
Amid The Ruins ranks as the worst episode of the series
I know, It was one of those episodes where you felt like no matter what choice you made it still ended badly, when I saved Sarah and she died anyway I felt like it was pointless
Living and dying comes down to luck. Remember, it doesn't matter how strong you are or how smart you are. One unlucky bullet or bite can kill anyone. Usually the weak does survives, because the strong risk their lives to protect them.
so about ill/disabled people, If they survive it almost seems unrealistic and if they die it feels stupid and kind of predictable, seeing as… more its been done sooo many times
Speaking as a disabled person, I don't particularly care for stories who hammer this point home without come degree of consideration or tact for their conditions, which is one of the reasons why I rank Amid the Ruins as the worst episode of the series.
I get that ill/disabled people will have a harder time surviving in a zombie apocalypse, but this is the zombie apocalypse we're talking about, 'anyone' can die, it's not just the ill/disabled that are at risk of dying.
Lee was a healthy man in his thirties with no illness or disability, and he didn't even make it past the first year. Hell, Carley or Doug might not even last the first week of the zombie apocalypse depending on your choice, and Sarah, Arvo, the Cancer Group, and others have lasted longer than 'no… [view original content]
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Most accurate use of meme ever, gold star
Living and dying comes down to luck. Remember, it doesn't matter how strong you are or how smart you are. One unlucky bullet or bite can kill anyone. Usually the weak does survives, because the strong risk their lives to protect them.