I remember Danai saying, of her finally becoming romantically involved with Rick that Michonne had loved him for quite a while. What moment do YOU think sealed the deal for her? I'd LOVE to hear your input.
Well I remember Danai said S3 at SDCC last year so who am I to argue with her lol she knows Michonne better than anyone. I didnât ship them til 4x01 so my brain wasnât operating on that frequency then. I was too preoccupied with trying to scoop up Rickâs marbles and shove them back in his head to care about where his love life might go(and Lori just died). I mean Iâm not so dim that I didnât register that a bond was forming that was likely going to be very important going forward but I didnât stick in the romance column. That said I still think itâs hard to point to one exact moment because it was all on the subconscious level for so long. I donât think there was a âBANG Iâm madly in love with this dude now and I know it!â moment. She wasnât pining away, writing I HEART RICK in her journal, or squealing in secret or anything. What was between them was building and simmering beneath the surface and just became more and more obvious(if you werenât blind) as we moved through seasons 4-6(David/Betsy being the fucking bullhorn and flashing siren) Like Gimple said during 6x10 is when they were finally able to realize what was there once the world stopped clawing at them for 12 seconds. But if we look at S3 two incredibly defining moments from that really stick out to me are the end of 3x12 with the I See Dead People talk and the âMustâve been somethinâ else thenâ exchange in 3x16. 3x16 is a moment where I think she really got a true picture of the sort of man he was and I wouldnât be surprised if her subconscious was like âGirl, that dude right there. Him.â Then you look ahead and theyâre closer in 4A, and then by 4B Iâm sure Michonneâs heart was screaming at her but her brain and the world were like âcan u hush thx.â My thoughts are all over the place but like I said I think itâs difficult to concretely pin down an exact moment AH-HA! moment, if you will, because itâs not something she was cognizant of until she was.