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Joshua1991 · 08/30/2012, 04:37 pm

Is Duck's death Karma for what happened in the meat locker in Episode 2 and what happened at the Barn in Episode 1?

Motordead · 08/30/2012, 04:39 pm

It's just bad luck.

He doesn't mean harm, but he is a dumbass.

pdlbean · 08/30/2012, 04:39 pm

all I know is that TT has a hell of a way to get you to sympathize with just about everyone on one level or another. At the end of the last episode I was pissed at Kenny. And in the beginning of this one too because he didn't help me when I was trapped under the door in the pharmacy. But after Duck and Katjaa died, I was back on team Kenny like I was in episode 1. Especially since they added the scene where Kenny blames himself for Duck getting bitten. That's punishment enough for what happened last episode, I think. So I'm willing to start over clean slate with Kenny, but he's on probation. :P

HellRaizer · 08/30/2012, 04:40 pm

Don't talk about my Robin like that!!!

PuhChewyChomp · 08/30/2012, 04:41 pm

No, it's just Katja being a horrible parent by not keeping her* kid away from the zeds.

Master of Aeons · 08/30/2012, 04:48 pm

"We're not saying the zed word!"

No, Kenny doesn't have bad luck. To tell us the reality of luck and blame in the zombie apocalpyse: here's Carl Grimes.

Gennadios · 08/30/2012, 04:50 pm

Probably is. If you have a character that crossed some kind of line in terms of only caring about his own, you don't off the character himself, you kill what he cares about the most.

This is the kind of stuff that separates real writers from fanfic rejects hired by EA to make up for the real talent that's been leaking out of the company since 2007.

Ahem, not pointing fingers.

MakersWax · 08/30/2012, 04:54 pm

Darwinism > karma.

Master of Aeons · 08/30/2012, 05:02 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gennadios

Probably is. If you have a character that crossed some kind of line in terms of only caring about his own, you don't off the character himself, you kill what he cares about the most.

This is the kind of stuff that separates real writers from fanfic rejects hired by EA to make up for the real talent that's been leaking out of the company since 2007.

Ahem, not pointing fingers.

Want to add some subtlety to that?

BlankCanvasDJ · 08/30/2012, 05:17 pm

The Carl Grimes panel sums it up. This is The Walking Dead. Shit just happens.

That said, from a storytelling standpoint, I'm also impressed with the way Telltale gets me to like previously unlikable characters just before killing them. I was starting to warm to Larry just before his demise. I was starting to love Duck before he got bit. If the next episode makes me like anybody that I don't already (like, say, Ben, Christa or Chuck) I'm going to automatically consider them doomed.

Cyreen · 08/30/2012, 09:01 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlankCanvasDJ

If the next episode makes me like anybody that I don't already (like, say, Ben, Christa or Chuck) I'm going to automatically consider them doomed.

I liked Katjaa and I liked Carley. Never liked Lilly and I don't like Christa. As for Karma... it was kind of a given as soon as Kenny said, "It's never going to come to that" in the meat locker when Lee asked him what if it had been Katjaa or Duck.

08/30/2012, 04:37 pm	#1
Joshua1991 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 107	****'s Death; Karma? Is Duck's death Karma for what happened in the meat locker in Episode 2 and what happened at the Barn in Episode 1?

08/30/2012, 04:39 pm	#2
Motordead 'Urban' Zombie Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Indiana Posts: 313	It's just bad luck. He doesn't mean harm, but he is a dumbass. __________________ “ ….Many are stunned today as a man, was shot to death in the middle of the street by police in downtown Atlanta as he tried to lunge at anyone who he got near. After being given many warnings the man was shot. Police say the man was high on bath salts and couldn’t be stopped by any other means. In other news a local man saves three….” - WABE Transmission one day before the apocalypse Paul Wells Survival Story

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08/30/2012, 04:39 pm	#3
pdlbean Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 105	all I know is that TT has a hell of a way to get you to sympathize with just about everyone on one level or another. At the end of the last episode I was pissed at Kenny. And in the beginning of this one too because he didn't help me when I was trapped under the door in the pharmacy. But after Duck and Katjaa died, I was back on team Kenny like I was in episode 1. Especially since they added the scene where Kenny blames himself for Duck getting bitten. That's punishment enough for what happened last episode, I think. So I'm willing to start over clean slate with Kenny, but he's on probation. :P

08/30/2012, 04:40 pm	#4
HellRaizer Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 17	Don't talk about my Robin like that!!!

08/30/2012, 04:41 pm	#5
PuhChewyChomp Logic Overwhelming Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Conjunction Junction Posts: 214	No, it's just Katja being a horrible parent by not keeping her* kid away from the zeds.

08/30/2012, 04:48 pm	#6
Master of Aeons Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,684	"We're not saying the zed word!" No, Kenny doesn't have bad luck. To tell us the reality of luck and blame in the zombie apocalpyse: here's Carl Grimes.

08/30/2012, 04:50 pm	#7
Gennadios Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 185	Probably is. If you have a character that crossed some kind of line in terms of only caring about his own, you don't off the character himself, you kill what he cares about the most. This is the kind of stuff that separates real writers from fanfic rejects hired by EA to make up for the real talent that's been leaking out of the company since 2007. Ahem, not pointing fingers.

08/30/2012, 04:54 pm	#8
MakersWax Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 91	Darwinism > karma.

08/30/2012, 05:17 pm	#10
BlankCanvasDJ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,069	The Carl Grimes panel sums it up. This is The Walking Dead. Shit just happens. That said, from a storytelling standpoint, I'm also impressed with the way Telltale gets me to like previously unlikable characters just before killing them. I was starting to warm to Larry just before his demise. I was starting to love Duck before he got bit. If the next episode makes me like anybody that I don't already (like, say, Ben, Christa or Chuck) I'm going to automatically consider them doomed.