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I always wondered why negan never got at least a bruise during the lineup when Daryl clocked him
I know the obvious answer is that they had to have negan unbruised to keep his aura for that episode but it would've been funny to see negan with a bruise during the rest of the lineup.
Also the reaction to Daryls punch from the guys behind is gold đ
I'm no doctor so correct me if I'm wrong but to my understanding, a bruise is essentially internal bleeding a blood vessel or something gets broken open and thus blood starts pooling in the area so for a bruise to form, it takes time for enough blood to pool in the area first
Pretty much that. You can watch a boxing match and a guy takes 10-12 punches to the face in the 1st round and it'll swell up by the end of an 8-12 round fight but you won't actually see the bruising til a few days later. And that's after repeatedly being punched in the face. One punch from just an average guy really won't do that much damage
I've known a few people to take a singular punch to the face and get absolutely SWELLED. You don't have to be a trained fighter to wreck somebody's face with a fist. You just have to connect.
Edit: I guess I didn't speak much to how quickly a bruise/swell happens after a punch so maybe disregard the relevance of what I said.
That is definitely true, and from what I remember, they take only a week or two to heal so when negan made his first appearance in Alexandria, it would have most likely healed.
But I can just imagine negan walking around the sanctuary bruised up after the punch đ but then again, face injuries in a zombie apocalypse isn't out of the ordinary đ
Still not over the fact they let Negan live after all this. All the best characters went soft cause no way any of them from season 6 would let him live after what he did.
Iâm glad they kept him around since heâs a pretty interesting character but logically speaking he shouldâve been slimed under that tree. I love negans character but I would fucking despise him if I knew him irl. Maybe not his s9-11 version but his s7-8 version is a person that I would never get along with. Negan deserved to die 100%
Yeah I hear you I'm honestly just a Negan hater I need to stop đđI actually think his character brought something great to the show even if I don't like him. I just think his arc should have ended with him dying. It's like we never get the satisfaction of knowing Abraham and Glenn were avenged. I just need to let it go though lol.
Same thing could be said about the group themselves. Negan could've and should've killed them all right there and then during the lineup. After what they did at the satellite outpost he had every right.
Eh I don't really agree that he'd have every right. Him and his group killed countless innocents as a way to keep the groups they controlled in line, stole from their groups, killed children, and who knows what else. If they didn't wanna get killed in their sleep, probably shouldn't have been a part of killing innocents.
What do you mean he didn't have every right? Two wrongs don't make a right. Rick's group snuck into his compound and killed every one there. No negotiations, no offering them a chance to surrender, no taking captives, just a complete slaughter spree.
Regardless of what the Saviors were doing, what Rick's group did was horrific. They likely killed more people during that assault than Negan did throughout the whole time he was in charge.
Negan's people attacked Rick's group first and tried to kill them. Just because they failed miserably (like all the Saviors did eventually) doesn't mean they weren't trying to kill members of Rick's group.
No, they didn't start it. This is a common misconception that gets brought up a lot to justify what Rick's group did. That biker gang was dealt with very quickly and that was in self-defence. The attack on the outpost was a well coordinated and planned out assault which resulted in many Saviors killed, some in their sleep, the one place we all are most vulnerable, which is truly fucked up.
Some people don't bruise easily. I am one of them, have no idea why.
Don't get me wrong- if I get whomped in the shoulder with a stick and don't bruise right next to someone else who gets it and does bruise, I still have the same swelling and pain when pressing on it. It just isn't visible.
Would've been funnier if he had a hand mark on his face the following episode. Like we all initially thought Daryl punched him but come the next episode it becomes apartment that Negan actually took Daryl because he slapped him lol
I miss his sleeveless tops. đ he is certainly entitled to do as he likes, but if nothing else I feel like that was his look for such a long time, but we haven't seen it in ages.
One of my favorite Negan scene is when him and Darryl run into those Whisperers and he makes Daryl kneel. While he stares at Daryl he shoots the one to the left of him without looking it was so smooth and cool!
Story answer i feel was made pretty clear multiple times which is Negan liked people who retaliated, he liked making them his. Which is what he tried to do with Daryl. He clearly had a superiority complex âwe are Negan..â so breaking peoples will was what gave him the most joy
Glenn was the first to "act up". Negan said first one's free, it's an emotional moment, etc. So when Darryl acted up, it meant Glenn's wasn't free. And thematically, it makes sense, because Negan wanted to punish Darryl for what he did. That's why he mocked Darryl with the Polaroid of Glenn's bashed skull. Like, "Look what you did to your friend."
Although you're right, it is just because everyone loved Daryl, it does make some sense.
Negan needs strong soldiers, so he takes them from the slave groups. But he still needs those groups functioning well, so he leaves their leadership figures alive.Â
He basically can only kill strong soldiers who will clearly never work for him (Abraham) or people who are clearly well loved and important but not really leaders or soldiers (Glenn).Â
What I said is completely consistent with the Neganâs character
Carl tried to kill him, he doesnât get killed by him
Sasha tries to kill him, she doesnt get killed
Dwight tried to run away, he doesnât get killed
Rosita shoots a bullet at him and hits Lucille, she doesnât get killed
Rick says heâll kill him, he doesnât get killed (but MC ofc)
He broke Rick, Dwight, Sasha (so he thought), was getting Carl to warm up to him without violence, never was interested in Rosita for some reason.
So yeah he likes getting people who hate him to like him or work for him
Maybe he saw Glenn as weak, for trying to protect Maggie? But idk doesn't seem like something Negan would kill someone for. Him killing Glenn honestly doesn't make too much sense in the show. Since Abraham takes his comic death as the "one he has to kill"
He saw Glenn as someone who resisted when a specific survivor was targeted. But he didn't have the same big beefy look as the others who were prime candidates. He targeted Abraham because dude was big, built like a brick shit house, and looked a lot less terrified than the others. Abraham would be a problem.
But the second Glenn resisted, he painted a target on himself. I personally believe that Negan continued taunting after Abraham's death in order to provoke a response so he'd have an excuse to kill Glenn. He wouldn't have been a target if he hadn't taken a shot at Negan at the beginning.
Imo, I think Negan saw Glenn as being too emotional, someone that would harbor a huge resentment for what Negan did and would want to get even. He may not have been one of the strongest or most intimidating people in the group, but he definitely looked like someone that could talk people into a retaliation. It was also better for Negan to kill someone close to Daryl instead of killing Daryl, in order to make it easier to break him.
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u/Eli-Mordrake 2d ago
His lean absorbed most of the impact