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While some fans considered Rick Grimes’ reaction to his wife Lori’s death a plot inconsistency, walking dead Creator Robert Kirkman explains that this is, in fact, a display of character growth.
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Robert Kirkman explained Rick’s actions after Lori’s death, in contrast to how he reacts to Shane’s death, highlighting the change in Rick’s priorities over time, as he became the zombie outbreak’s complete survivor.
- The Walking Dead Deluxe #95 reprints the original letters page from this issue, providing insight into fan reactions to the progression of the comic story as it was originally published.
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The Walking Dead Creator Robert Kirkman offered a counterargument to fans who considered it a “plot hole” that Rick Grimes did not return to the prison to retrieve his wife Lori’s body after her deathWith the author noting that this is, in fact, intended to signify growth for the character.
The Walking Dead Deluxe #95 – written by Robert Kirkman, with art by Charlie Adlard – features the original characters page, printed alongside the issue when it was first released in 2012. How fans reacted to Kirkman’s zombie epic when it was released.
In this case, Kirkman responded to a fan’s question about the difference between Rick’s response to Shane’s death, and his later response to his wife’s shocking death, explaining that it showed progression for Rick’s character.
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The Walking Dead Deluxe #95 – Written by Robert Kirkman; Art by Charlie Adlard; Color by Dave McCaig; Lettering by Rus Wooten
At the time of The Walking Dead’s Rick fully recognized the futility of treating the dead as if they were in any way connected to what they once were.
Lori’s death was a turning point in The Walking DeadForever altering Rick Grimes as a character. Therefore, some readers questioned why there wasn’t more of a parallel to Rick’s actions in the wake of Shane’s death early in the series; Famously, Rick returned to the site where he had buried Shane, dug him up, and killed the zombified version of his best-friend-turned-nemesis. According to Robert Kirkman, the reason the character didn’t do something similar for Lori is indicative of the fact that he was further along in his character arc.
As Kirkman wrote in the letters page to The Walking Dead #95:
I would maybe take Rick’s move forward as a sign of how far he has come since he dug up Shane and killed him. Rick’s values ​​have definitely changed, and I would say that the events leading up to and including the raid at the prison basically gave us the Rick we have now.
in other words, The Rick Grimes who killed Shane, and then killed him again, is fundamentally different from the Rick who later left his wife and child’s bodies behind. In the wake of their tragic death. At the time of The Walking Dead’s Rick fully recognized the futility of treating the dead as if they were in any way connected to what they once were. If he hadn’t learned that lesson, he wouldn’t have survived as long as he did.
Rick Grimes’ reaction to his wife Lori’s death was a dark step forward in the evolution of the character
No more looking back For Rick, when he lost his wife and baby daughter, there was no going back – and somewhat paradoxically, it was a clear sign that The Walking Dead’s Main character was moving forward.
It’s understandable why some fans might not immediately recognize this as character progression for Rick; It may seem counter-intuitive to some that the early version of ​​the character buried his enemy, and then went a step further by putting the zombified Shane down for good, but later did not do the same for Lori. In a sense, this is indicative of how the world of The Walking Dead is one In which traditional, familiar value systems have been flipped on their head, if not dispatched entirely.
Over the course of the series, Rick Grimes became the ultimate survivor. He dealt with his grief in his own way, notably in what was possible The Walking Dead’s The most emotionally devastating scene, in which Rick imagines talking to Lori’s voice on the phone after her death. For Rick, when he lost his wife and baby daughter, there was no going back – and somewhat paradoxically, it was a clear sign that The Walking Dead’s Main character was moving forward.
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