Clementine's branding ( TWD S3 SPOILERS )
Haven't seen anyone post about or mention this in any forum, what's everyone's thoughts on clementine being branded by the new frontier? Do you think she was forced to? Or she chose to? Also is AJ in the new frontier because when Jesus told the group that Richmond had been taken over by the NF clementine almost had a heart attack.
And definitely a touchy subject and one that I hope I'm wrong about but does anyone else have a bad feeling of what happened to clementine while she was with the New Frontier?
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She most likely chose to out of desperation. The way she talks about it to Javi, it's obviously not something she's proud of and is something she regrets doing, but with their persuasive methods (most likely dangling food, supplies, and protection in her face) and the fact that she had AJ to take care of, getting branded seemed like a small sacrifice for what appeared to be a pretty good deal.
And almost definitely, AJ is in Richmond, which explains Clementine's reaction.
I don't think she was forced to as much as joining was out of desperation. But I think AJ or someone she cares about was in Richmond, she probably left before it was overtaken by NF.
Thanks for the replys, I agree with you both, I wonder what will the NF will do when they see clementine again
Clem's past with the NF, her being branded, and AJ's ambiguous fate are the things that really disturbed me (in a good way) about the premiere episodes. Definitely color me intrigued (and worried).
I'm also playing Javi as concerned about Clem's well-being in the sense that she's a child and he likes her personally, but his family is top priority. That puts me in an entertainingly weird position where my instinct as a player is to protect her, but I'm making decisions that end up going against her best interests. I didn't think I would be all that okay with NOT playing directly as Clem but it's actually worked out well for me.
Cognitive dissonance can be fun! Who knew?
We don''t even know when the branding occurred. If it was at the start, she wouldn't have know they were bad and branding in exchange of safety and food is a good deal.
You all make good points but as id thought everyone has tip-toed around the elephant in the room, what type of people are these new frontier do they just go around killing people and taking their things or do they go further ? Are they messed up and do the unthinkable? I really hope nothing too bad happened to clementine
I'm saddened because now Clem is forever branded
Here's what I think happened.
Clementine was taken by A New Frontier before the events of Season 3. Seeing how poorly they treated their people, Clementine snuck out with AJ to Richmond, where she left AJ in the care of those people in Richmond. For an unknown reason, Clem left Richmond/was separated from Richmond and has been trying to get a ride back ever since. That's why she wanted Javier's van. When the herd caused that plan to run amuck, and Prescott was left in ruin by the NF, she mentions that "there's a group in Richmond, let's go there" or something of the sort. Once she discovers that NF has overtaken Richmond, she is scared shirtless for AJ.
In the ending decision, she doesn't want to be seen so she can sneak into Richmond and retrieve AJ.
With her tendency to lick saltlicks I believe being branded is the next logical step in Clem's transformation into a cow.
I personally would have gone with a bell around the neck first, but who am I to argue with Clem.
My god, this proves my theory, Clementine has been Maybelle this whole time.
Max from the New Frontier seems to be a good guy so I think it's safe to assume that they're not all bad people. Look at Wellington they could've very well been bad people but there was no way to know that.