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NORMAN REEDUS & MELISSA MCBRIDE Behind The Scenes of TWD S11

Not just a dealbreaker, THE dealbreaker. If you’re asking me what I want, I want Carol’s hero arc, I want Norman and Melissa to have equal billing, I want Carol’s name in the title (or a title that encompasses their shared journey), and I want UNAMBIGUOUS romantic canon. If it’s ambiguous, if there is any room for interpretation, if I or anyone offscreen has to convince me that we got canon, that doesn’t work.

You’ll recall that the ‘I love you’ scene got mixed reactions. If I’ve learned something from marketing anon, that means AMC missed the mark and feeding us the same slop and calling it a meal as someone else put it will not maximize the impact AMC needs to launch the show into more seasons.

Romantic canon is the thing. It’s the desire, it’s the light at the end of the tunnel, it’s what Caryl fans aka the target audience are waiting for and should’ve gotten at the end of S11. I don’t need a S3 to tell me Daryl and Carol are best friends. I already know that. It will always be true. They were written to be MORE than that. Honor that. Let the characters grow.  

I’m not subscribing for S2 and I will not watch past S2 if unambiguous canon is not delivered in S2. The reunion is the perfect opportunity. Use it. Not lowering my standards on that one no matter how many gimmicks are used to try to placate us. Carol’s on Daryl’s bike. Great. IF it leads to canon. Also, if you’re going to go to great lengths to bait Carylers (i.e. that bathtub shit), go to great lengths to pay it off (i.e. Caryl bath time).