What Makes Richonne Special
Throughout the day, mostly when things calm down at work or out of the blue at home, Richonne will come to my mind. I might see an apple or the weather reporter might say East, and I will smile and my heart will swell, and I will feel happy. Richonne make me happy. Why do I react to them in this way? Why are they so special? I have many couples that I love to pieces, but none like Richonne. I don’t think of my other couples out the blue. The other couples are not a daily part of my life, but my Richonne are always with me. I watch Richonne scenes every single day. I have not stopped watching The Ones Who Live since the first episode aired. I am a true blue down in the deep Richonne fan, and I knew they were special from the moment they met at the fence.
Why were they special from that moment?
Because Danai and Andy have amazing chemistry? It is that. They certainly do have insanely intense chemistry. But, it was also more.
A few days ago, I saw a clip, one I hadn't seen before, of Danai talking about how Richonne got together and when they were filming Clear she thought it could happen. Clear was big for Richonne, but their meeting at the end of Hounded, S3x6, was when Richonne truly started because that’s the moment that changed them. That was the moment they saw each other.
Think of the word “hounded”. It means to pursue with or as if with hounds. To pursue. I like that. Was hounded not what they were by people or ghosts all episode? Indeed they were. But at the end of this episode their pursuits end. They found something they needed. Their safest place. Their person.
Both Danai and Andy, as well as others, have said Richonne finally saw each other on the couch and it clicked. I can accept that. They saw each other in that “It’s Always Been You” light. But guess what? That's always been the case.
Why are Richonne so special? I;m talking about infinitely more special than any couple I have shipped and loved prior to and after discovering them? Again, I love my other couples, but when I compare them to Richonne, there is no comparison. It’s like comparing a pack of crackers to a five course meal. It's all food, but not at all the same.
The truth is when Richonne met they truly saw each other. They saw in each other that something inside themselves they didn't see, maybe didn't want to see, but knew was there. Inside them. Hounding them. Danger, fear, and determination to live and protect those they love at any cost. To not go back to that dark, isolating place they enter when they cannot protect those they love. The place each were when they met. They looked at one another and saw themselves. Someone frightening but not. Someone dangerous, but not. Someone hurting with a hurt they each recognized. Rick had been shot and Michonne was newly shot. Rick had just lost Lori and Michonne had lost Andre and Mike.
Grief and Pain. Physical and emotional trauma. And they saw that and more in each other. I go so far as to say they saw their future, too.
In Clear, Rick allowed Carl, his baby boy, to go off with Michonne. A woman he had known all of about five days. A woman who carried a katana and had no hesitation in using it. Yet, Rick trusted her with his most precious thing. His first born. His son. In Clear, Richonne bonded. Michonne opened herself to Rick, shared some of herself, and Rick appreciated that. Even made an attempt at a joke by saying he saw things.
In Clear, Rick already trusted her, because he knew her. He saw her. He saw her at the fence. He saw himself inside her at the fence.
He saw himself inside her at the fence.
There was no pun intended with that sentence, but there is double truth in it. Richonne were connected at the fence. Roughly nine months later, they were connected in body. Rick was truly inside Michonne in all ways, and that connection solidified, melded their soulmate bond. That heat, that passion, that love sealed their forever fate.
Richonne saw each other at the fence. All the hurts, pains, fears, every unspeakable thing they don't need to speak, they see everything in each other. More, they accept it without question, and make no attempts to change it. They are each other. He is her and she is him. They are indeed one half of a whole. Two pieces that make one. They are a perfect fit.
Richonne love each other. They truly love every single thing about each other, and there's nothing either could ever do to change that. It's fact, truth, gospel, it's everything. That's why Richonne are so special. They are the definition of ride or die. Through any and everything, they are there for each other. They are an unbreakable bond.
That's why they are like no other couple. They understand each other on a level no one else could ever understand. They accept each other without question. They speak their own language. They speak without words. They see each other. They are connected. They are love. They are Richonne.
