#twd 5b

5. Bad Casting - just cast someone pretty. Don’t worry about strong acting skills. Not important.Chemistry between the actors. Not important. 

4. TELL the audience - don’t show them shit. This is not Lifetime - so no leading up to it - no clues or visible evidence or behavior of the abuse. Make the father a drunk - everyone knows drunk = evil. Give the wife a quirky hobby. Quirky = relatable. They don’t need to see things on screen - especially important plot details and concepts. 

3. This is not an After School Special - battered women and children storylines?  NO SYMPATHY for the wife and kids. I mean, who the fuck cares, right?

2.Sacrifice your lead character. And don’t explain shit. Actors are paid a lot of money - make them work for it. Make the fandom discuss and discuss until they come to some kind of sane reason for his behavior.

1. THE FLOOD move. Clean slate time. The audience was not as receptive as you thought? WHO KNEW THEY WANTED LOGIC AND SENSE & NOT JUST THE SCRAPS WE OFFERED? Nah? At least ACT surprised when it doesn’t work. Pretend it was apart of your long-term plan the whole time. Cover your ass. Never admit to half-assing this mess.

I can't help but think Carol's emotions could go one way or another: with Ty gone she is the only one left who knows about what happened to the girls and she might think she can take that secret to her grave just as Ty did. OR, she might think her conversation with him about forgetting it doesn't matter now that he's gone. Ty didn't want anyone else knowing, but Carol is carrying the burden alone now. She and Daryl both feel that they failed the girls they were protecting and I desperately need them to see each other through their grief.