Did the writers effectively created this morality outcome? *Michonne mini-series spoiler*
Did anyone feel that the writers did a good or a poor job exploring the 'grey vs gray' morality between Michonne, Pete, and Sam versus Norman, Randal, and the Monroe community?
Did you also feel that the writers intended for us to believe that we weren't the heroes throughout the entire scenario, and had us behave more like the villains of the story as we fought against the supposedly 'bad guys', or was it always meant to be black and white?
I'd like to hear your thoughts on the idea.
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Episode 1 it was perfect, replaying it and everyone is a bit more reasonable at the community and sam is honestly pretty horrid to begin with however this swaps over several times. No one is good and no one is bad
Episode 2 was bad, Randall was a bit much but that was his character but Norma was portrayed angry and horrible which doesnt match any other point in the game.
Episode 3 was okay, sam was a bit too good or at least the story never called attention to what she did, norma was back to episode 1 levels of being harsh but understandable
The main issue was that the massacre on the mobjack was never really explored and also the reason that the boat crew were mad at us was never really developed, we apparently burned their community down somehow by mistake. randall goes full psycho and norma and her group are pissed but we never feel the impact of this, we dont see the kids apparently dying on the boats and even if we did we cant feel guilt as nothing we did or planned to do reasonably leads to the community burning down.
At the end of the day good or bad Normas group were the antagonists as they opposed michonne throughout the story
For the most part, I think they did a good job with it. I'm not gonna say it's perfect, and it does seem to be a bit lopsided and in favor of certain sides at times as people have pointed out, but overall, they did a good job keeping the waters muddy enough.
I think we can at least agree that it was handled better than S2 with Carver and the cabin group. A House Divided made it sound like the cabin group might be hiding some skeletons in their closet, and that maybe the situation wasn't as clear-cut as it might seem at first glance. Then In Harm's Way comes along, and it's like "nah the cabin group are actually pretty cool folks, Carver's a dick"
You're right, it was disappointing that the story behind the Mobjack massacre was never really resolved or properly explored. I had forgotten about what had happened on that ferry, and had only remembered when Norma had brought it up via radio by the end of Episode 2.
I wonder if the writers only included the Mobjack massacre aftermath just to make the Monroe community appear villainous, as without it Sam's stealing from Norma and Randal would have made more players side against her.
I agree. How Season 2 handled the conflict between the Cabin Group and Carver's community was a big letdown, after all that build-up to Carver's character, motivations, and his speech about how you shouldn't trust others who can't even trust you.
I'll admit that while I didn't care much for the mini-series, the conflict between Michonne and Sam's group against Norma and Randal was executed better in comparison.