What Blows My Mind Is...
... that Clementine went from being a child herself, to being a mother caring for a child in such a "short" amount of time.
Consider it, not long ago she needed the guidance of a grown man, now she guides and takes care of a toddler herself.
It seems so obvious but that was never talked about, as far as I can tell.
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Kenny talked about this before and its not even mind blowing
It's kinda fucked up how she accepted that role so quick/easily (from the players perspective) with no further argument...
It's like the game is trying to tell us something...
Would've been nice if there was conflict about it for actual character development.
It's the same idea as when a person who doesn't know how to swim is suddenly tossed into a lake. She doesn't know what to do, but has to force herself to try out this new role in order for AJ (and even herself, to an extent) to survive.
I can't imagine what it's done to the poor kid's mental health, though. Seeing all of her friends and family die right in front of her eyes, and then being forced to become a guardian for a small infant all the while avoiding death by hunger, thirst, walkers and other people? It's a miracle she hasn't caved in on herself already.
I meant talked about here on the forums.
Who else was going to do it? She had no choice unless you consider killing him or leaving him to starve a choice. I don't.
Clementine has always been very mature for her age. I don't find it that surprising that Clementine turned out to be a great caretaker, especially with all the guidance she had received from Lee, Christa, Jane, Kenny, etc.
Now if the responsibility of caring for AJ was given to a sheltered kid like Duck and Sarah that would be a whole different story.
tbh theres a pretty big time problem with ep 4.
No way its only been 13 months since Season 2. It just doesnt work. Not to mention Kennys is just 1 month after. So within that 1 month, Kenny and Clem find car - Kenny dies - Clem ages alot? and is alone with Aj - Ava finds her - Clem joins ANF (even if you say no she would have to join right away anyway ofc it wasnt really explained why she went even if you say no) - and then was there long enough to want to be branded - then got kicked out - and then lived in that small shed
Like, thats ALOT of shit to just happen in ONE month, Clem had to be in the New Frontier for only like a week lmao
Exactly. I really don't think telltale put that much into consideration especially seeing how they treated the flashbacks.
She was just following Lee's example. IF there is anything that Clem is sure to remember about Lee it's that he gave his life to protect a child. Clem just sees it as natural. Especially after having gone to a group of adults for help and then being locked in a shed to die. Then meeting SArah, Clem would definitely have a lot of confidence at that point.
Actually, I'm pretty sure Kenny's death was way after season 2 ended. Like a year or so, and then 1 month after he died is when clementine meets Ava, and then the time from then to now is unclear, but seems to also be a fair while.
Jane's death was shortly after season 2, and then she was alone for 13 months until she meets Ava, and then again we have an unclear time frame from that point to now. I think you just misinterpreted the time skip.
I will concede that telltale could've done a better time clarifying this, but I'm pretty sure they pieced it together decent enough.
Nope.
Sticking with Kenny flashback because its easier to describe the time but...
Both line up to 13 months after S2 ends. The Ep 4 Kenny flashback is 12 months in. We know Kenny dies pretty recently after the ep 4 flashback as he talks about finding a car going to Florida. Anyway, after the Jane/Kenny flashback we are at the Ava flashback. This says 1 month later. As in 1 month after all this happened Clem is talking with Ava after she lost Aj. If it was like 2 months later it could be possible, but it says 1 month, as in 1 month after Kennys ep 4 flashback all of what I said happened in the first post apparently went down.
Are you saying Kenny died one month in or not? Cuz that's what it seemed like in your first post, but this one it's like you're saying he died later. The time from when clementine gets kicked out of the new frontier to where we are currently is unknown. She could honestly have been separated from AJ for months now. We only know what happened within the year or so after season 2, not what's between clem getting kicked out and now. I originally commented to point out Kenny didn't die one month after season 2, and that it doesn't necessarily take place only 13 months after season 2. It adds up, it's just unclear what has happened to Clem between getting kicked out and now. Maybe I'm missing something.
Believe it or not, this is actually not far fetched. Girls as young as 12 or 13 today in poorer countries do take on "motherly" roles such as change their baby siblings diapers, bathe them, do laundry, and even cook. I personally have seen it. The living conditions simply dictate that they become mature at a much younger age. Throughout the world, women in general used to get married and have kids at much younger ages in the past. That's why Juliet in the play Romeo and Juliet, she was 13 and her mother was already telling her that she needs to get married. This was actually the norm of the time. I would imagine an apocalypse will force people to become more like how they were before technology.
Dont_Look_Back posted in the details thread that the listed length of the time skip is wrong
Instead of Kenny's death and everything after the Ep. 4 flashback and joining and getting kicked out of TNF happening in 1 month it actually happened in 2 months
Janes timeskip instead of being 12 months it is actually 18 months from end of Ep. 4 flashback.
I guess its a woman thing
You know, you just made me want to see an apocaliptic story in which things work in a very old way, like, middle ages way, but with tecnology, and you see "Kings" in jeans and leather jackets and girls are forced to get married at short age and there are fucking zombies everywhere and people living inside walls because they think living under the King's evil commands is better than outside and they just go ridding horses are shooting assault rifles while yelling FOR THE KING or some shit
I need to write this down thank you
Kind of like a Game of Thrones meets Walking Dead sort of thing?
Kinda, yeah.
They meant one month after taking the meds. I flipped out at first when I thought that it was one month after kenny's death. If that was true, Clem must've went though some kind of SSJ transformation seeing Kenny's death.