The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
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A star fromThe walk Dead : The Ones Who Liveexplains why a Rick and Michonne love trigon was never considered . TheWalking Deadspinoff serial reunites Rick and Michonne with a focus on their honey taradiddle and conflict with the Civic Republic Military ( CRM ) . Other than Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira , The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Livecastalso includes Lesley - Ann Brandt as Pearl Thorne , a Command Sergeant Major in the CRM who becomes Rick ’s friend , though their relationship never move around romanticist , as some distrust it might .
During an exclusive interview withScreen RantdiscussingThe Walking Dead : The Ones Who Liveseason 1 ending , Brandt was call for if a love trigon between Thorne , Rick , and Michonne was ever considered for the spinoff . The star enjoin it was never considered , nor was she interested in exploring " any form of love triangle , " which she called " sort of cliché , " and was much more concerned in exploring the friendship and the subsequent treason between Rick and Thorne . Read her full response below :
No , not at all . Not at all . I was not concerned in exploring any variety of love triangle . I recollect , one , that it ’s kind of cliché , especially when you ’re telling a love narration about Rick and Michonne . And two , these platonic male / female relationships exist in existent biography in military configurations every solar day . have ’s explore that . Let ’s research friendship in that style . Let ’s explore betrayal with that context . It does n’t always have to be intimate . I just never at all interpreted that kinship that style . I knew the fan would come for me . They were already going to get for me for render to take out Michonne . I do n’t involve that too .
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Brandt confirms that a love triangle between Thorne , Rick , and Michonne was never considered by creator Scott M. Gimple and his writer ' room , which was a wise decisiveness considering it would have potential ruinedRick and Michonne ’s honey storyand the utterly well-chosen ending it have inThe Ones Who survive . InThe walk Deadand the subsequent spinoff , Rick and Michonne ’s love story is depict as one of unstoppable force , which is finally why they were able-bodied to escape from the CRM , regenerate the military organization , and finally be reunited with their children , Judith and RJ .
Just as Brandt say , a love triangle between Thorne , Rick , and Michonne would have felt " cliché , " but it would also have subvert Rick and Michonne ’s attached relationship . Throughout their seven years apart , the duo display an level consignment to each other . Rick forming a romantic relationship with Thorne would have mat up out of character , since he never end jazz Michonne .
Instead of form a clichéd love trilateral , The Ones Who Livewisely keep Thorne and Rick ’s relationship platonic . This made the relationship much more interesting , but it alsomakes more sense within the context of a military setting . This well - developed platonic relationship is why Thorne ’s treason and death pack an emotional clout , and why the final fight prospect between Rick , Michonne , and Thorne is so hefty to see inThe Walking Dead : The one Who Live .
The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Liveis cyclosis on AMC+ .
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The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Live follows Rick Grimes and Michonne as they navigate a transformed existence that challenge their relationship . Separated by distance and face an unstoppable force-out , they strain to reunify and rediscover their identities in this continuation of the Walking Dead universe .
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live follows Rick Grimes and Michonne as they navigate a transformed world that challenges their relationship. Separated by distance and facing an unstoppable force, they strive to reunite and rediscover their identities in this continuation of the Walking Dead universe.
