#danai

And Teyana Taylor killed that fit.

Vogue World 2025, October 26, 2025

Danai Gurira at the The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing Opening Reception at The Met [wearing Gabriela Hearst]

Thank you @capcollector for the tag!

Danai Akinyemi

1) Her first name is Zimbabwean and means “to love one another.” Her father named her that. Her last name is one of her middle names, but it’s what she started going by after she was disowned. It means “destined to be a warrior.” It’s a Yoruba (people group from Nigeria) name traditionally given to guys, but her mother sensed something about her. She was right, even after losing an eye, she never stops fighting. All together (including her real last name), her name reads “having a heart to love and fight.”

<a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/63252547"><strong>Making Stuff Happen; Thangs</strong></a> (42905 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/MardouFox"><strong>MardouFox</strong></a><br />Chapters: 15/?<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/The%20Walking%20Dead%20(TV)">The Walking Dead (TV)</a><br />Rating: Mature<br />Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death<br />Relationships: Rick Grimes/Michonne, Lori Grimes/Rick Grimes/Shane Walsh, Lori Grimes & Michonne<br />Characters: Michonne (Walking Dead), Rick Grimes, Carl Grimes, Lori Grimes, Shane Walsh, Daryl Dixon, Andrea (Walking Dead), Carol Peletier, Hershel Greene, Maggie Greene<br />Additional Tags: Protective Rick Grimes, Protective Michonne (Walking Dead), Cheating Lori Grimes, Slow Build, Jealous Rick Grimes, Possessive Rick Grimes, Richonne - Freeform, Prison (Walking Dead), Post-Prison (Walking Dead), Pre-Alexandria Safe-Zone (Walking Dead), Alexandria Safe-Zone (Walking Dead)<br />Summary: <p>Richonne specific trajectory beginning in the prison era that differs dramatically in parts from the show with Michonne arriving before Lori and Shane’s death. Explores her relationship with Rick and Carl as Shane and Lori’s affair and pregnancy becomes a stressor for all, then moving forward into the slow burn of Rick discovering his feelings for Michonne first as she becomes his closest ally and Michonne fighting her own slowly evolving attachment to him regardless of of her disdain for his past and largely in part due to her wild love for his children.</p>