How would different characters have been treated, if they had been given endings in Season Two?
This is my first attempt at starting a discussion. If the formatting is iffy, lemme know!
So, a lot of people are - or at least, were - up in arms about the ending flashbacks. And, hey, rightly so! The last thing I wanted was for Howe's to have a new chandelier! That's so tacky.
But then I got to thinking, what would you want in a flashback with different characters? For example, I would've very much liked an ending with Luke and Clem buddying up and surviving. Maybe the town across the river from Parker's Run could've had a little home for them to low five in all day long, and they'd have lived forever and ever because the power of friendship is the most powerful thing in the world.
I have a minor fixation with that GIF of mine. Sorry :c
So, I started thinking about what his ending flashback would've been - honestly, having looked at Kenny's, I got to thinking maybe Luke would stub his toe and die from internal bleeding. Or, maybe die from venereal disease or something equally stupid. Or - heh, this is a good one - maybe he'll fall through a frozen lake even though they could've walked around and... oh, wait, crap.
But in all seriousness, I'm kind of curious to know how other people think different characters would've been treated if they'd gotten endings. It's a bit of a weird question, but I kind of think about this stuff a lot. Namely 'cause I spend way too much time thinking about these games and writing sub-par stories about said ideas. Heeee...
In summary - What endings/flashbacks do you think different characters could've (or perhaps should've) gotten?
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4 minute flashback
Luke: clem, let's take this frozen lake shortcut to somewhere irrelevant because I'll be dead in a matter of seconds. (:
Clem:
I loved Omid and if he had lived though season 2 and got an ending it be pretty cool. I mean they already have his flashback all done and finished too! Shot in the bathroom!
In the girl's bathroom.
Alright so here s how i think it would have been handled
Season 2 ending ((Yes this is taken from someone that i saw in DabidRG s rewrite threads)) :
Luke and Clem head back to the cabin after leaving Kenny/Jane after Kenny and jane fought.
They arrive at the cabin and start settling down until they see Christa s shirt in one of the chairs Clem then gets a choice between Looking for christa because she might still be close or Stay in the Cabin ((By the way there would be Baby formula in the Cabin that the cabin group dint bring with them because they left in a hurry and dint pack alot of things)).
Now for the flashback:
The flashback would open up with Clem and luke talking about the events of season 2 on how they miss the Cabin Group ((Consequences of the ´´choice´´ to look for christa .
Look for Christa: Luke will mention that its a shame they dint find Her friend ((Christa))
Dont look for Christa: Luke will tell Clem that he still doesnt understand why she dint want to look for Her . Clem will then see that AJ was drawing something and you get the same event as in the wellington where you have to guess that he Drew Clem. Luke will mention the obligatory fact that AJ still hasnt learned to speak.
When all of a sudden they hear several loud bangs on the door Clem then gets a choice between opening the door or not.
Opening the door: As soon as Clem opens the door she s met with the barrel of a gun owned by Tavia who survived the herd ((Not opening it equals Tavia breaking the door open and the same thing happens.))
Tavia will then take Clem hostage as Luke tries to get Carver s gun to stop him from doing anything .
Tavia will then have them both at point blank range of her gun as she looks at the Cabin and spots AJ She gets distracted for a second and Luke grabs a normal hand gun , Tavia sees him doing it and Shoots him at the same time he shoots her since Luke shot first Tavia Misses her original target which was luke s head and hits him in the stomach tavia dies very quickly while Luke lives for a couple of minutes and Clem gets to say her goodbyes to him after doing that Clem looks at the Gun Luke s holding and you get a Choice between shooting him ((Which luke doesnt want her to do because he doesnt want her to Carry the guilt of having killed him)) or Leaving him there ((Which is what Luke asks her to do))
If you shoot Luke the flashback ends with Clem grabbing AJ and leaving the cabin
if you dont shoot Luke Luke will say his final words and die . The flashback ends with Clem Shouting Luke s name as he dies.
The normal storyline would resume with Clem holding the same gun Luke used to shoot Tavia with.
From a realistic perspective, I agree. From a narrative perspective, though, if a character died from something like venereal disease... I mean, I'm not saying I'd be mad.
I'd be furious.
I got ya. Still though, I'd be hilariously fitting considering Jane's hygiene.
Considering Telltale's total respect for our Season 2 Endings I think it's safe we'd get something like this
Luke: Drowns in a toilet
Nick: Found Zombified in a gate instead of a fence
Christa: Dies off screen
Bonnie: Dies of overdose in first two seconds of gameplay (ironically this one makes the most sense)
Ah yes, I do remember that! I came from a linked tumblr blog or something like that. I should really get back to reviewing my thread again.
Not gonna lie, that actually sounds pretty good. Not sure why Tavia is there alone, but still a neat idea.
If you go with Sarah: Clementine and Sarah make camp under a deck when it falls, killing Sarah instantly.
And Clementine?
Why, Clementine just rolls out of the way in a QTE. And she thinks AJ's dead, but Sarah tossed him out of the way because the only other person who has plot armor is him.
Okay, just needed an explanation.
Christ. I laughed way harder at this than I should have.
Kenny Jane flashback = 5 min
Luck and anyfucking body left = 2.5 min flashback...the flashback was to big they had to CUT it to half
Ooh, that's really well thought out! Brings back a previous antagonist, and gives us some time to say 'bye' to Luke ;-;
Of course, we'd have to cram all this into five minutes - so people can play it all in one sitting, any more than that and I'll need a toilet break - but I really love the idea! (I'm so painfully unfunny, it's unreal.)
If I played that flashback, I think I'd probably leave Luke, 'cause I left Lee too. I'm sorry, Luke... :c
But Christa s flashback is already cannon it happened in season 2 lol
For the same reason why Kenny would conveniently forget his seatbelt. Cause the plot demanded it.
RIP.
Exactly my point
Clementine stays with Mike.
Flashback: Mike chases a wild raccoon for dinner and gets bitten by it. Mike dies 30 seconds later, because of a disease.
Another idea for Mike "I'm a Raccoon Eater" McGee, is that he'd die from eating the shit out of a raccoon. L - Literally.
It'd be, uh, a real shit show.
That poop pun was crap.
I regret nothing.
Then he would turn into a walker and instead of attacking Clementine he would start running to find the racoon because he still wanted to eat the shit out of it.