rewatching ep four of towl, and i’m seeing the scene where michonne is changing and rick is staring at her
at first i thought it was just “oh michonne is getting changed in front of him and he’s watching” type energy, but i don’t think that’s all! (ofc it’s some cause rick IS still a whore for her)
i think with the added knowledge later on we get of rick being so afraid to let michonne back in cause he can’t lose her again, being able to see these slivers of her actual body is pushing her to be reality for him again. he can’t let himself get used to this thought of her actually being in his presence because he’s SOOO sure he won’t be able to hold onto it
so seeing her fully, and seeing that x scar on her back as well, something new he knows nothing about, is scary as hell! it pulls him into her orbit. he wants to know what’s happened to her but he won’t allow himself that opportunity to ask, because it will only make it so much harder for him to push her away
I’m not 100% sure on the timelines at the min but from what I’ve followed I think it’ll work…
My soul needs Cailey Fleming to still be playing Judith when Rick and Michonne finally come home. Daryl and Carol too. That girl IS Judith. She looks so much like Lori and Shane (don’t shoot me it’s true) but she captures being Rick and Michonne’s daughter so well. That girl has the Grimes mannerisms down. And I need it to be HER that meets Rick. I need it to be HER that sees her mom again after all this time. I need it to be HER that welcomes home her Uncle Daryl and Aunt Carol. I need it to be HER whose little face we see finally happy and safe when her whole family is home and reunited. Not some recast older version. I NEED IT TO BE CAILEY. Please let the timelines work. Please let Cailey be the right sort of age when they film it (if it’s not already filmed)
This was one of my faves growing up. This little girl, listening to her own rhythm, free-spirited - just like Judith. I loved it so much I thought I was meant to be a writer for a while there. Judith is gonna love this.
Mama and Papa Bear Grimes + making sure Judith gets her book
we all need to get together and collectively say “thank you danai gurira” because she did michonne a beautiful justice in this episode
in all the episodes, truly, but especially this one
in the mothership, michonne was incredibly strictly the “badass” character. she was always on go, ready to do the next thing, very rarely did she have vulnerability and softness to her character
this is so so SO common for black women in tv, especially darkskin black women. in this episode, we truly get to breakdown all the shit she went through, especially during her pregnancy, and see her be sad and hurt and all these “soft” emotions about it.
in the main show, it was instantly shown as “oh this thing made michonne into a hardass and she was super strict and mean,” but we never got to her feel any other way about it, or literally any trauma of hers in the show.
in this episode she gets to be open about those events, as well as verbally express the hurt she’s experiencing from rick by him pushing her away like it’s nothing. that is, hands down, my favorite part of this episode.
michonne becomes a full fledged character in this episode, to me. she cries, she gets mad, shes understanding, shes understood, she’s funny, she’s protective, she’s vulnerable, she’s in love, she’s openly loved in returned. she is shown as a real person. and that? that is more beautiful than any scene i’ve ever watched in the entirety of the walking dead.
this probably old news (or feelings) and I never really thought about while watching it when I was younger but I wish twd had young black girls on it. Around carls age. I know we had Sasha and Michonne and I love them but they were grown women. cause ain’t no way all the young black girls was just gone. 😭 she didn’t have to be a main character but a main side character yes! somehow connected to the main cast. Anyway I would’ve loved to see
(don’t come for me if there was one cause I dont remember)