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Following the finale, ComicBook.com had the chance to ask The Walking Dead showrunner Scott Gimple if Carl and Negan’s relationship would be brought to our television screens next year.

“Yes. A thousand times, yes,” Gimple said confidently. “But in a very weird… I’ll say this - it may be very, very, very brief but we will absolutely see them have a pretty intense moment. There’s gonna be a bit of remixing. There might be another character involved that takes some of it. I’m kind of tripping on some aspects of it that I don’t want to reveal but that relationship will be absolutely shown.”

are you fucking kidding me?! at least it can’t get any wor–

Gimple, trying to keep the finale’s cliffhanger in tact, went on to say it might not actually be Carl in the scene, though.

“Whether it’s with Carl or not, I cannot say,” Gimple says. “I absolutely want to explore Negan having that strange respect for someone which I think was the hallmark of that relationship and we’ll tell versions of that story.”

okay that’s it i’m done i’m so done i didn’t think they could already fuck up season 7 but here we are

My friend suggested this as an explanation; ‘maybe gimple the pimple realized, after his first sentence, that he basically gave away that carl isnt the one getting lucilled, what im saying is maybe gimple’s whole “it could be another character” thing is his way of trying to cover up the fact that he basically just told everyone carl didnt die in the finale. its just such a strange quote, like he starts off with YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES….WAIT BUT MAYBE NOT CARL THO….’

I really hope she’s right!

i’m not completely convinced, as gimple’s talk of “remixing” didn’t seem like just a cover-up. however, this is a good argument, one that i hadn’t considered, and i think it’s only fair (and a bit reassuring) for us to take it into account.