#caryl spec

We know Daryl and Carol have been filming together for every episode since at least ep 18. From filming tracking, it’s speculated Daryl is on the run/hiding from the CW for awhile after allegedly shooting Lance in the arm. Carol most likely went after Lance (crew pics of Mel/Carol filming with Lance kneeling by her side in some dark tunnel) to possibly prevent him from warning the CW against Daryl.

+ bloody Lance and Melissa

Later, there were night shots of CW soldiers escorting a prison bus to ASZ gates, so it’s also possible Daryl has been captured and taken prisoner to ASZ, which is now part of the CW. More night shots at ASZ including loud noises and smoke. Both Daryl and Carol stand-ins were on location.

+  sunset

Another interesting fact is Melissa/Carol getting a new stunt double for ep 21, one that specializes in motor vehicles... could it be Carol is breaking her Pookie out of jail !?!? YASSSS. 

I am so HERE FOR IT. I can already see Carol blowing up/burning down ASZ to save Daryl and then fleeing together in a stolen bike, riding off into the sunset like they should!

Appreciate you! I am still very much conflicted about when I'd want them to go canon, yet like you, I do not want it to be rushed between the 99 storylines to be resolved/end in the last 16 episodes. On the other hand, I don't think we could compare Caryl canon to the relationships you mentioned because Carol and Daryl already have soooo much history. The build-up is already there, it's just a matter of putting their thoughts and feelings into words, so that it is absolutely undeniable for the audience too.

SOOOO, taking everything into consideration, I'd probably say canon in the spinoff too. However, as I also mentioned before, I'd sure love that before the end of the main show, they made it pretty damn clear Carol and Daryl love each other, and the only reason it has not happened yet is because they were too wrapped up in solving everybody else's problems, and also about them not having enough confidence/self-worth to take the next step.

There's no way it can go wrong!! Main show or spinoff? Right? BTW, I wanted to make a new post about this, but here is the perfect opportunity to add, I am feeling like we may get something more than we hoped for sooner than we might think... based on Duane’s (TWD’s director of photography) IG comments: 

Maggie and Negan returning to tell her Daryl is gone

Dog running away from meridian and finding Carol 

Carol finds Daryl’s crossbow (via @freefromthecocoon)

Carol finds Daryl’s knife, the one he threw at Leah (via @peletiersdixon)

reapers capture Carol while she’s out there trying to find Connie

Leah and Daryl bump into Carol/Kelly/Magna while they are searching for Connie

Carol/Kelly/Magna find meridian by chance while looking for Connie

if tptb decide to waste all these opportunities to pique our interest, then all the ways this show/writers have disappointed me/us over the years:

💯caryl is coming!! 💯s11 for me!! and 💯 feeling it coming with the intensity of a thousand suns and the drag of a million snails since the start s9 (specially since i did my full twd rewatch last year!). i'll explain after the jump...

i hope not. Carol and Daryl already have their own spinoff, so i feel like the movies are a good opportunity to show Rick and Michonne’s story, and how they find their way back to each other and to their children. no need to complicate things and take away from their screentime, when we won’t have seen those characters for a long time whenever the movies get released.

i really think richonne either reunites with their children (and everybody else, including Daryl and Carol) in the final ep(s) of s11, so we can have that big series finale feeling, or they will all reunite by the end of the first movie, which should happen before Carol and Daryl leave for their road trip.

+Daryl already left those kids behind when he lived as a hermit in the woods for 6 whole years. i really don’t understand why everybody seems to forget Daryl or Carol have only been a part of their lives for just a few months. the kids will be fine either way with uncle Aaron, Gabriel, aunt Maggie and tia Rosita. Daryl himself already told Judith he couldn’t promise he would always be there but there’s a whole lot of people who love her and will do anything for her and her little brother.

I WISH. however, i really don’t think so. since they had already originally planned s11, i don’t think they would give us canon out of the blue in the premiere when there’s still so much to discuss between Carol and Daryl after we see them hug at the end of the whisper war. the additional 6 eps were only written as a way to tide us over until s11 can be filmed and released. so whatever happens in those 6 eps cannot relevantly change anything until s11 premiere. 

however, AK has already hinted there would be "a lot of story related to Carol and Daryl,” so i fully expect a bottle ep of the 2 just talking, opening up to each other, and healing old wounds in the 6 extra episodes. we need this. bonus, if we get both playful and emotional scenes.

no. i don’t think they did. it was def not love at first sight for either of them, imo. at the time, i just think there was some kind of pull, recognizing something familiar in each other, wanting to connect with someone who would understand them on a deeper level. i think Daryl was the first to see it in Carol when she pickaxe’d Ed, then she started seeing the kindness in him when he made damn sure to be an asshole to everybody, including Carol, as a form of protecting himself. i think the love between them developed slowly, which allowed it to have such a solid foundation. my fav kind tbh.

adding a few more anon questions i got, thank you!

Q:  Do u think Carol and Daryl's frienship will change once they are a couple? I mean, do you think their relationship will change too much? Will it ruin it?

NO. the only thing that changes is the physical intimacy cause they already have everything else. they are friends first. they respect each other and their own space and agency. they have been acting like a married couple madly in love for years, except they will actually get to keep a very cosy warm bed in those long winter nights. i think they will actually thrive in a romantic relationship that will allow them to fight for that happiness they deserve while being their true selves. no more hiding or playing a part, no more fake it till you make it.

Q:  Do u think we'll ever get to see carol saying she never truly loved zeke like that? Maybe to Daryl?

NO. Carol doesn’t need to say it. i’m sure she loved Zeke, just not the way she and he deserved. i think there’s a reason we never heard Carol say those words to Zeke. however, whenever she is ready to go all 8-3-1, she will def mean it. and Daryl will be very happy to hear them 😉

Q:  What do you think about the camera pointing at a book of sign language on Daryl's pocket? Does that mean something to you?