Similarities and Differences of The Walking Dead
As a habitual reader of TVTropes, I have developed a tendency to use their terms to describe and analyze characters from many different sources of media. And with a series as full of complex characters as the Walking Dead, of course it would get this treatment.
One of my favorite tropes is that of the literary Foil: A character who highlights another character's trait(s), usually by contrast. This character can be the opposite of the character in many ways — or perhaps very, very, very similar, except for a crucial difference. This trope is so flexible that it can really apply to any two characters and it has several common subtropes (such as Foils, Counterparts, Shadows, and Opposites) to specify the nature of the foil. So, the purpose of this topic is to compare and contrast the characters of the Walking Dead and help find what makes each so unique on their own.
Table of Contents
- Stranger and Kenny
- Kenny and Ben by @Kenny726
- Kenny and Jane by @TWDazehnuu
- Jane and Stranger
- Lee and Larry by Deltino
- Ben and Arvo
- Kenny and Larry
- Kenny and Lilly by @LoseMyHome
- Kenny and Sarah
- Jane and Kenny
- Lee and Kenny
- Clementine and Duck
- Lee and Vince
- Lee and Carlos
- Katjaa and Brenda
- Shel and Carlos
- Carver and Arvo
- Luke and Nick
- Sarah and Jane
- Russell and Nate
- Duck and Shawn
- Pete and Carlos
- Sarah and Arvo
- Gil's Pitstop and Crawford by @megamike15
- Carley and Luke at the request of @BroKenny
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Just gonna post a rough guide to be edited into a Table of Contents later on.
Common Foils:
Adventure Duo The Hero tends to be fairly serious, at least for what world they're in.The Lancer, on the other hand, is weird.
All Work vs. All Play
Always Second Best
Always Someone Better
Arch-Enemy The Hero's most prominent enemy.
Armored Villains, Unarmored Heroes
Beast and Beauty
Beta Couple
Betty and Veronica Two girls in a Love Triangle: one a sweet Girl Next Door and the other sensually exotic, or hot-tempered on the outside, but sweet on the inside.
Black Sheep
Brains and Brawn
Cain and Abel
Classic Villain
Commander Contrarian
Deliberately Bad Example
Evil Counterpart A character who has similarities to a good or not as evil character, but is evil(er).
Evil Counterpart Race
Evil Knockoff
Evil Twin
Fan of Underdog
Force And Finesse
Geodesic Cast A large cast is divided into teams with counterparts.
Ham and Deadpan Duo
Junior Counterpart
The Lancer The second most-capable member of Five-Man Band under The Leader, and the Foil to The Hero in The Team.
Mentors
Morality Pet An amoral character's voice of reason.
Not So Different
Not So Similar
Odd Couple A friendly (sometimes romantic) relationship between completely different people, usually the main characters.
Opposites Attract
Polar Opposite Twins
The Psycho Rangers An enemy team whose members are each specifically designed to destroy a particular hero.
Red Oni, Blue Oni Two characters, one passionate, headstrong and wild, and the other level-headed, collected and rational, are associated with each other for contrast.
Right Way/Wrong Way Pair
The Rival
Rude Hero, Nice Sidekick
Salt and Pepper
Shadow Archetype A character that embodies something another character does not like about themselves--positive as well as negative things, anything suppressed or denied in the personality.
Sibling Yin-Yang
Sidekick
Similar Squad
Soldier vs. Warrior
Straight Man and Wise Guy
Student and Master Team
Talker and Doer
Technician vs. Performer
Token Evil Teammate
Token Good Teammate
Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey
White Sheep
Worthy Opponent A character shows their respect for an adversary.
The Stranger could be a darker foreshadowing of Kenny in Season 2. The two are very similar as husbands and fathers, and plausibly could've swapped roles in the story. As Kenny tries to kill Jane, it parallels neatly with The Stranger's attempted murder of Lee in Season 1, to the point of using lines very analogous to the Stranger.
Kenny and Ben could be considered foils. (Maybe?) Kenny knew that a lot of his actions were wrong, yet he purposely chose to be in denial so his guilt didn't consume him. He tried to mentally play the hero, even though he truly saw himself as anything but. Ben, on the other hand, never mentally denied his actions. Because of this, his guilt ate him up. Um...would this be considered a foil? Sorry if this is completely wrong.
No, its fine, mate&love. Actually, as I mentioned in the description, a foil can technically be any two characters with a significant contrast and difference. Funny I never thought of that exact duo.
Okay. I wasn't sure if that example would be some sort of parallel, or if it would be a foil.
Kenny and Ben would make a great sit-com duo. Have you ever watched any videos or had a playthrough where only Ben and Kenny go with Lee to find Clementine? It's pure gold.
There's a lot of commentary in this video, but it's the only one I could find if you haven't seen this choice play out.
Well, you seem to know your Walking dead quite well. Good for you.
Yeah actually!
I didn't even think of that!
Jane's gambit of lying about a family member to manipulate the situation and gain her trust is disturbingly similar to The Stranger lying about Clem's parents.
I've always seen Larry as an anti-Lee. Both of them are older guys that have had to deal with their own hardships in life. Both of them have one person left in the world that they still care about, and are willing to protect at any cost. The only difference is how they go about doing so; Larry's been hardened from everything he's gone through to the point where he just tries to push everything and everyone else away. Him and his daughter, fuck everyone else. Lee has a similar set of beliefs, and even says so himself. He's a family-oriented person, and he has the firm belief that family is what's important in the end. But unlike Larry, Lee doesn't let that get in the way of helping the people around him.
Lee and Larry diverge at the point when the people around them enter the equation, and that's because of where the loss they've dealt with comes from: Larry is more than willing to push people out of his bubble, because the loss he's faced left him bitter to the world that surrounds him. The world is what took his wife, his friends, and his family from him, and he doesn't want it to take anything else. Lee has lost a lot as well, but unlike Larry, that loss isn't because of circumstance; it's because of him. He's killed. He's already been shunned by everyone else around him, seen as something he isn't because of his mistakes. The world didn't take anything away from Lee; Lee took everything away from himself, or at least, that's how Lee sees it. He's a man seeking redemption, a man that is quite obviously filled with regret, who doesn't blame anyone but himself for his current situation. And taking care of Clementine offers him the redemption he seeks. All the same however, helping the people around him contributes just as much towards the redemption he is so desperate to find. Lee doesn't want to die a killer, ostracized by the people he loves and cares about, like he did with his family. He wants to die a good man, or the closest he can come to it, whose death will give someone else's life meaning.
That's like poetry, man.
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Like Ben Paul, Arvo is timid, awkward, and unlucky young man who is apologetic to those he considers good people, a bit of a screw up when it comes to successfully executing his plans, and constantly in a position where he is the subject of victimization, abuse, and ridicule from friends and enemies alike. Both are timid young screw ups who are constantly bullied by Kenny, that the player naturally feels inclined to give the benefit of the doubt in hopes they'll prove themselves. The only difference is that while Ben was a part of the group and wanted to help, Arvo is being held against his will and actively despises the group. Additionally, Ben is a victim of bandits who teams up with the protagonists against them (mostly). Arvo sees the protagonists themselves as bandits, and tries to rob them in turn. And whereas Ben was close with Clementine (implicitly due to her reminding him of his sister), Arvo hates Clementine and blames her for the death of his sister. Both Ben and Arvo get fed up with Kenny's treatment in Episode 5 of their respective seasons, and tell him to fuck off. For Ben, it works. For Arvo? Not so much.
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Kenny and Larry. Both are unreasonable, violent and Papa Wolves. Larry, however, is a Jerk Ass.
I think Kenny and Lilly are the series archetypal "foil" characters. They are, really, two sides of the same coin.
Kenny and Lilly are both leaders. Both are headstrong, out-spoken, and stubborn; and both would do anything for family. In personality, they are very much alike, which coincidentally is why they clash so often. Their opinions diverge when they decide what is best for their family. For Kenny, that meant leaving the motor inn to keep a target off their backs, killing Larry to ensure his survival to help Katjaa and Duck, and stealing supplies to feed and cloth them. For Lilly, that meant rationing out food fairly, staying at the motor inn to give Larry a quick and easy supply of meds from the drugstore, and performing CPR on her father. As much as they hated each other for their decisions, there was still a level of respect between them. They understood each other because they knew that what they were doing was best for their family. It's why Lilly didn't shoot Kenny. Even during her breakdown, she didn't seek revenge on him because while she hated his decision to kill her father, deep down she understood it was for family.
I think it's interesting that Lilly leaves the story just as Kenny faces the loss of his family. They both deal with their loss similarly, and they are unstable and ready to snap at anyone who questions them. I think if Lilly were to stay, she might have been able to share some sort of mutual pain and morning with Kenny that might have resolved some of their conflict. Lilly knew she meant a lot to Larry as the last thing in his life after her mother died. Maybe Lilly might see some of Larry in Kenny after losing a wife and child.
It was also why I was a little upset with Season 2 with Kenny mentioning Jane as another "Lilly situation." While I agree Kenny and Jane are also foils in a way, I don't think Jane serves the same purpose as Lilly did, and I would like to think Kenny knew that.
A forced character foil in my opinion was Carver and Kenny. The game tried very hard to make them have a rivalry and then foreshadow Kenny to maybe becoming like him, but I didn't really see it. Carver and Kenny had different motivations and personalities that in my opinion did not have any parallel significance, other than they both wanted AJ (but again for different reasons).
One that had a lot of potential I think would have been Clementine and Sarah, with Sarah as an echo of Season 1 Clem, serving as older Clem's moral compass as she used to be with Lee. Didn't quite work out that way though.
Wow, you didn't hold back, did you? Ah well, Good work!
Kenny and Lilly were two of the most obvious ones and you went into detail. As I just posted and you elaborate on, it would have been interesting if Lilly had stuck around to witness Duck and Katjaa's death so as to share some common ground with Kenny.
As you probably know by now, Clementine and Sarah was one of the highlights of the story for me and, unfortunately, one of the sticking points. There was so much they could've done with that....
Funny you mention that considering I originally thought Jane was Lilly until you got to know her for an extended period of time. While there are differences, she does eventually have a similar role as a sensible female who contrasts with the passionate Kenny. Though I am curious as to how they would've gotten along had things not escalated so fast.
Oh no, a forced character foil would be Carver and Clementine. While I just rolled with it a bit on my first playthrough by promising to be nothing like him in terms of compassion, it did come across as cliche-- a poorly utilized one at that!
Meanwhile, I did buy the Counterpart-ing of Carver to Kenny since it actually had some relevance to the story, plus there's also the reminder of what could have been(or what should have been, in my sour opinion).
Kenny and Sarah
Both are Shadow Archetypes that represents Lee and Clementine(the player character)'s repressed flaws and whom they form an encouragingly friendly relationship that later has a determinant affect on their later interaction. Both are emotion driven with a tendency towards negative emotions, both have little to no regard for rules or authority at times, both are older than their friend, and both are incredibly attached to their family members.
Jane to Kenny
Both are selfish, but well-meaning hypocrites who are stuck on the losses of the past and are willing do nearly anything to protect the people they consider family. They’re also capable of being incredibly petty, inconsiderate, and childish. They have a variety of contrasts between them: calm vs. hot-tempered, functional vs. unstable, working alone vs. teamwork, self-righteous vs. acknowledging of own flaws, and manipulative vs. opinionated.
To Kenny. Just like Kenny was looking for a Replacement Goldfish for his son and wife, Jane was looking for one of her sister. Just like Kenny attached himself to Alvin Jr., Jane attached herself to Clementine. Just like Kenny was willing to do anything to start over again with another baby boy, Jane was willing to do anything to start over with Clementine. The player must choose in the end which one deserves their sympathy more, if either of them do.
The final episode paints her as one to Kenny. Kenny is an unstable person who is aware of his faults and values teamwork while Jane is a more functional person who ignores her own faults while preferring to work alone. Despite these differences, they still hold dangerously lingering affection towards their deceased loved ones, which they transfer onto Clementine.
I always saw the stranger as Jane in that scene. As he felt like the cause of his family's death like Jane and kidnapped a child like her. Kenny would know not to take anyone's child and be so damn creepy like Jane or the stranger could. Also it was Jane that went after Kenny, she had the weapon and let it be used against her when she could've prevented it just like the stranger could have let Clementine go.
Kenny has never been selfish, just not understanding to why people can't just do what he says is right lol. Which to be fair he has been right about most things he suggests. Also I doubt Jane would do much for anybody she loves anymore. When they crashed the truck in episode 5 she bolted and didn't even try to help Clementine.
Disagree about Kenny never being selfish, Agree that Jane isn't the most trustworthy.
Another profound comment, LoseMyHome!
I must admit though that, upon thinking about the parallel between Kenny and Lilly, I've come to the conclusion that you might be romanticizing their relationship in a way that it looks more appealing than it ever was.
We observe plenty of times in Season One that even though Lilly says that she has considered Kenny's perspective neither of them share a bit of respect toward the other. They do not agree on anything, and their disagreements serve them as a way to destructively criticize the other person. Lilly refers to Kenny several times using demeaning insults, then Kenny doesn't have any problem with leaving her at the Motor Inn when the push came to shove, and the fact that Kenny refers to Jane as a "Lilly situation," as in somebody who doesn't agree with him, makes their relationship all the more shallow.
This is less about respect in the sense that they're civil to each other, and more respect in the sense that on some level they understand each other's viewpoints despite deeply disagreeing with each other. When Lilly steals the RV, she tells Lee "I know you did what you did for a reason. Part of me understands," and I would imagine this would be extended to Kenny too. She hated Kenny for what he did, but she did not take revenge on him. She only went after those she thought were purposely putting the group in danger, and because she knows Kenny has a family to take care of, she never really suspects him of wronging her or can honestly hold the murder of her father against him as being completely unnecessary for his family's safety. There was no way to know.
Likewise, Kenny shows some understanding of Lilly's side too during his talk with Lee while on the walk to the drugstore. He understands she's unraveling because of what he did. Being ready to leave Lilly at the motor inn in my opinion doesn't indicate any lack of regard for her, they were in the middle of a bandit shootout and zombie horde, and for the safety of his family he couldn't wait on her forever.
The "Lilly Situation" mention in season 2 making their relationship seem shallow is exactly why I have problems with Season 2. Season 1 did a great job crafting intricacies between characters and their relationships even if they were mostly negative. To refer to Jane as a "Lilly situation" totally negates their separate character complexities by using a blanket statement painting her as merely the female that doesn't agree with Kenny. He knows Jane's motivations are completely different than Lilly's (no family and being a loner vs. holding on to what remains of family and trying hard to keep a group together), so to reduce the relationship to only the disagreement aspect of it made me a little peeved. Similar to how I felt about him referring to Ben as a "fucking shitbird" but that's a different discussion.
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Lee and Kenny.
Both generally want the same thing- to help people. While Lee can generally be infallible with a lack of faults, Kenny has plenty- hotbloodedness, selfishness to name some. However, Kenny comes with a legitimate desire to help people. He always puts others before him if he gets the chance, and sacrifices himself several times. Despite this, his flaws (such as his selfish and later violent tendencies) turns him away from the path Lee walks. For all his attempts to be a hero, Kenny fails not because he doesn't try or he doesn't want to- but because he's inherently flawed.
Additionally, Lee's life was pretty much ruined right before the plague, and the apocalypse gave him a chance to redeem himself. Kenny was a relatively successful family man pre-apocalypse, and the events following the plague slowly tore him apart.
Clementine and Duck.
While both happen to be friendly kids under the protection of the Motor Inn group, they are very much opposites. Clementine is a girl being protected by Lee, who took her under his wing, is quiet and thoughtful, and is alive due to Lee teaching her how to survive before he ends up deader/undead due to her not being there where he can protect her; Duck is a boy being protected by Kenny, who is his dad, is loud and boisterous, and is undead/deader due to Kenny not being there for once to protect him from being bitten.
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Lee and Vince
Both are males of an ethnic minority, both were sentenced to jail for murdering someone related to a close person (Lee's wife, Vince's brother), both can be played as either a Nice Guy or a Jerkass and both are forced to make a Sadistic Choice the end of his campaign. They also become The Leader of their group over time.
Lee and Carlos
Both are fairly reasonable and intelligent minority men, both are prone to sudden fits of anger, both are very protective, and both have a deep desire to protect their little girl from the outside world. The difference is that while Lee is usually very helpful and sympathetic to other people's problems, Carlos is prone to making logical mistakes concerning the well-being of others. Also, Lee taught Clementine how to survive and stop relying on him to protect her, whereas Carlos never taught Sarah how to survive nor stop relying on him.
I really liked how you mentioned that Sarah and Kenny were a sort of manifestation of the playable characters' flaws. That's an interesting way to look at those two. I mean there are a lot of apt comparisons you could make between Kenny and Lee and Sarah and Season 1 Clementine, but the way you worded it just makes me look at the same thing a little bit differently.
Thanks!
I forget exactly where the idea first popped into my head, but there was a thread where Kenny was briefly invoked as concerning his screentime and I mentioned how I liked that Amid the Ruins had him sit off to the side so other characters could get some focus, something I credit Sarah for doing. Then, with that thought still in my head, TVTropes listed them both as being Shadow Archetypes and the other similarities they happen to share suddenly popped into my head, which in turn was one of the inspirations for this thread.
Not to go into rant mode here, but it also raised the question of why wasn't Sarah suddenly not allowed to fulfill her potential with this purpose? She was the one of the only things by that episode that still gave Clementine a personal stake in the plot and talking to her after you save her from the trailer park seemed to be setting up some sort of falling out with Clementine and/or Jane--then it's just like "Nope! Can't have her and Jane at the same time!"
Katjaa and Brenda
Both are supportive mothers to their more aggressive family members, both have similar looks and personalities, both dislike guns and/or violence, both have limited medical skills, both get attacked by an unexpectedly turned patient, and both die during a moment of distress. The difference is that while Katjaa is usually a very peaceful and nonviolent person, Brenda, though more reluctant to commit murder than her sons, is still complicit in kidnapping, mutilation, and cannibalism. Additionally, while Katjaa only uses a gun once to kill herself when she is unable to fix Duck, Brenda takes Katjaa hostage at gunpoint while backing upstairs and fails to see a recently turned Mark crawling towards her, which results in her death.
Shel and Carlos
Both are responsible survivors whose primary concern is the well-being of their younger family member, for whom they only want what's best and hope to shield away from the horrors of the world. The difference is that while Shel allows her sister to participate in group meetings, engage in activities that help keep their community in order, and attempts to be a role model for her, Carlos has his daughter be left out of group meetings, be sheltered from much of the issues that troubles their group, and constantly talks down to her.
Carver and Arvo
Both act as Big Bad's for Season 2 and both are Evil Counterparts to Season 1 characters. Both ended up being at odds with Clementine and Kenny do to extending circumstance, but this is where the similarities end. Carver is the Disc One/Overarching Villain during the first majority of the story, while Arvo is the Disc Two/Interim Villain during the breather period after dealing with Carver. Carver is major, insufferable, forceful, magnificent; and an absolute hate sink; Arvo is incidental, kindly, submissive, ineffectual, and a borderline designated villain. They further differ in terms of vileness, effectiveness, and threat level: Carver is a villain that has the ambition, malice, and misdeeds necessary to antagonize people and enjoy doing so for his grand design, while Arvo lacks these things and is more of a neutral bystander who got unlucky, real unlucky, and had to make what ended up being a bad decision for justifiable reasons. Additionally, both have an abusive dichotomy with Kenny, but their primary antagonistic interaction is with Clementine.
I mention his parallel in her further down. Also, I've seen plenty of other people note that Kenny's attachment to AJ is kinda creepy.
Also, I'm getting some of this information of other sources, mainly TVTropes. So sometimes I'm posting things from my perspective(Kenny and Sarah, for example), other times I'm posting things that someone else pointed out.
Luke and Nick
Both are guys who were childhood friends for twenty years, both have a bit of a temper, both have something of a guilt complex, and both can die trying to protect someone else at the cost of themselves. The differences are that Luke is more rational, passive, outgoing, easygoing, and prone to hesitation, while Nick is more emotional, aggressive, angsty, stubborn, and prone to hastiness. Additionally, Luke uses a machete, while Nick uses a rifle.
Sarah and Jane.
Both are young women who are the older best friends of Clementine, both have trouble in social situations, both can come off as creepy at first, both have a tendency to ignore the feelings of others, both show symptoms of a personality disorder, and both suffer from PTSD due to the death of a family member.
Sarah seems to represent Clementine's innocent/blissful past, in that she is friendly, emotional, has middle length hair, is relatively feminine, and has a meek and gentle demeanor. However, she is also portrayed as being a "liability," seems to have dependent personality disorder due to the influence of her dad, is prone to becoming anxious when stressed out, and sometimes reacts in an impractical and even hysterical manner in the face of danger. However, she seeks to satisfy her desire for the knowledge she needs to become a true survivor in spite of her meek nature.
Jane seems to represent her neutral/bitter future, in that she is cold, rational, has short length hair, is relatively masculine, and has an assertive and abrasive demeanor. However, she is also portrayed as a survivalist, seems to have schizoid personality disorder due to the incapacity of her sister, is prone to being pragmatic when stressed out, and tends to react in a versatile and collected manner in the face of danger. However, she seeks to satisfy her desire for a friend in spite of her abrasive instincts.
Thanks?
Okay, gonna move this alphabetical list down here for later referential usage.
Abigail
Adam: Duck
Alex Fairbanks
Alfred
Alvin: Omid Rebecca Carver
Alvin Jr.
Andre Mitchell
Andrew St. John: Danny
Anna Correa: Christa
Arvo: Clementine Kenny Ben Vernon Michelle Sarah Carver Jane Natasha
Atlanta Police Officer
B. Everett
Bart
Beatrice
Becca: Clementine Carver Troy Sarah Shel
Ben Paul: Kenny Doug Travis Nick Arvo
Bennett: Clyde
Berto
Beth
Bonnie: Dee Tavia Walter Troy Reggie Mike Natasha
Boyd
Breckon
Brenda St. John: Katjaa Jolene
Brie: Clementine
Buricko
Cam
Carley: Doug Lilly
Carlos (400 Days)
Carlos: Pete Kenny Natasha
Charles
Chet
Christa: Lilly Rebecca
Clementine: Lee Duck Brie Becca Michelle Sarah Carver Jane
Clive
Clyde: Bennett
Colette
Crawford Oberson: Vernon Carver
Danielle
Danny: Vince Justin
Danny St. John: Andrew
David Parker
Dee: Bonnie
Diana
Dierce Belman
Dominic
Donna
Donna Clarke
Doug: Carley
Drew
Ed
Eddie: Wyatt Nate
Edith: Clementine Edith Taavia Troy Jane
Elizabeth
Ellen Breslin
Elodie
Fivel
Fivel's Father
Fivel's Mother
Gabby: Jonas
Gary
George
Gill: Clementine Dick
Girl(Javier's friend)
Glenn
Greg Fairbanks: Sam Randall
Hank
Hershel Greene: Kenny
Irene
Jaime: Molly's Sister Sarah
Jake
James Fairbanks
Jane: Clementine Kenny Lilly Molly Stranger Michelle Sarah Carver Buricko
Janey
Javier Garcia: Clementine
Jean
Jeff
Jenny Pitcher
Jerry
Jimmy
Joe
John Fairbanks
Johnny: Bonnie Walter
Jolene: Brenda
Jon Sandusky
Jonas: Zachary Gabby
Joyce
Justin: Vince Danny
Katjaa: Brenda Sarita
Kenny: Lee Hershel Larry Lilly Ben Stranger Luke Nick Carlos Carver Jane Arvo Vitali
Kenny Jr./Duck: Clementine Shawn Gil
Larry: Kenny
Lee Everett: Clementine Kenny Mark Vernon Stranger Vince Shel Luke Carlos Mike
Leland
Lilly: Kenny Carley Mark Christa Nick Edith
Linda
Logan
Lowell
Luke: Kenny Carley Nick Carver
Mac
Macon Resident
Man(Javier's friend)
Marcus Crabtree
Mark:
Matthew
Maybelle (Animal)
Michelle: Clementine Russell Becca Ralph Reggie Mike Jane
Michonne
Mike: Lee Clementine Kenny Omid Bonnie Michelle Luke Jane
Molly: Jane
Molly's Sister: Jaime
Mr. Everett
Mrs. Everett
Mrs. Moore
Natasha: Katjaa Brie Bonnie Carlos Arvo
Nate: Russell
Nick: Kenny Lilly BenLuke Sarah
Norma: Sam
Oak
Omid: Christa Alvin
Paige: Sam
Patricia: Katjaa
Pete: Michonne
Peter Joseph Randall: Carlos
Radio Survivor
Ralph: Michelle
Randall: Greg Zachary
Randy: Kenny
Rashid
Rebecca: Christa
Reggie: Bonnie Michelle
Rich
Roberto
Roman: Oberson
Russell: Nate Michelle
Sam (Animal)
Samantha Fairbanks: Norma
Sandra
Sarah: Clementine Kenny Becca Nick Sarita Jane Arvo
Sarita: Kenny Katjaa Sarah Walter Matthew
Save-Lots Bandit 1
Save-Lots Bandit 2
Save-Lots Bandit 3
Shawn Greene: Clementine Duck
Shel: Lee Becca Carlos
Siddiq
Sophia Fairbanks
Stan
Stephanie: Bonnie
Steve (400 Days): Nate
Steve
Stranger: Lee Kenny Jane
Tamara Sandusky
Tavia Troy Bonnie Rebecca Edith
Terry St. John
Tess: Katjaa Sarita
Tisha
TJ
Train Engineer
Travis: Ben
Troy
Tyler
Vanessa (Atlanta)
Vanessa
Vera
Vernon: Lee Arvo Mike
Victor
Vince: Justin Danny
Vitali: Kenny
Walt
Walter (Animal)
Walter: Kenny
William Carver: Clementine Kenny Chuck Oberson Luke Alvin Jane
Winston
Wyatt: Eddie
Zachary: Randall Jonas
Zombies
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Russell and Nate
Whereas Russell is hesitant to trust and is uncomfortable with killing, Nate has no qualms with either.
The stranger caused Lee to get bit, Clem to be left alone, and the breaking of the whole group. And Lee is just going to let him go because the Stranger saw the error of his ways?
If the Stranger were to just give Clem back, I believe that Lee would die eventually, and season 2 would begin will the stranger, Christa, Omid, and Clem walking to some place. Because who else would watch over her?
Nah. Lee would still kill the Stranger for just wasting his time and hold him responsible for the breaking of his group. I just don't realistically see anyway that the Stranger is going to leave the house alive.
Ok. We get it. Stop.
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