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I’m genuinely curious what people think. I know he’s been dealing with AMC over rights, and I can imagine he might want to do an animated version of the comics at some point. But after reading the Clementine comics, I can’t help but wonder if he still cares about the franchise that much.

I mean, he literally invested his own time and money to help finish The Walking Dead: The Final Season and give Clementine a proper ending. That clearly shows he cared. And then a few years later, we get something like the Clementine comics, which (in my opinion) are just an abomination.

There have been bad additions to TWD before, but nothing this bad. Especially when we’re talking about comics, the very thing he started with.

I get that you can’t control everything. One bad book? Fine, it happens. But three books that are still being allowed to continue, despite all the criticism? That’s what I don’t understand.

Unless those books were extremely popular and made a lot of money (which I honestly doubt), or the author has some kind of ironclad contract where they can do whatever they want (also doubt it), why would you allow something like this to keep going, especially when you showed before that you actually cared about this part of the story?

I’ve seen comments under comics post saying it’s because he just doesn’t care anymore, and honestly, I’m starting to wonder the same thing. Maybe he’s just stepped back and isn’t as involved anymore—but if that’s the case, it’s still a pretty big shift.

They could always make the comics non-canon, move the story in a different direction, or even do an animated version of the game in the future. But it still baffles me how you go from clearly caring enough to step in and save Clementine’s story, to allowing something like this to happen.

And it’s not even like this was some huge TV or movie deal where it’s all about money—I could at least understand that. This just feels like low-quality fanfic that disrespects something he helped save.

If it really was just about small money, then yeah, that would kind of prove he doesn’t care anymore—because this definitely doesn’t seem like the kind of deal that makes you rich.

And I am not even upset that much because for me story ended perfectly in last season. I'm just curious if it was just some huge mistake or bigger issue

What do you guys think?

To people who did feel this feeling of emptiness and depression after finishing a game, how long did it take for you to recover?

I played 2 weeks ago then replayed immediately after and both times after ending I felt just bad. Rl life was not always perfect so the game hit to close and like no media before and I'm just not feeling that great last few days.

Reading sub helped but there is only so much you can read. Watching yt didn't help tho just made things worse.

It obviously will pass, it is just a fiction after all but because it is the first time I feel that way I don't really have any reference point. One theme of the game did really hit way to much, I actually wish a little that I didn't play the game which is obviously stupid thinking.

Regards

Hi guys,

Can you recommend the best playthroughs on YouTube? I watched Berleezy and really liked how invested he was. But then I watched some guy that didn't even notice half of the things and that was basically waste of time.

I am looking for your recommendation who is worth watching. Can be small streamer few thousands views or big one, I don't really care as long as it is actually someone invested.

I think this might be really unpopular but I am curious if anyone else was okay with Lee dying? I don't mean I didn't like character or first season. It was amazing story and the best season. And it was sad for me from Clementine's perspective but him dying just didn't feel as sad when compared to let's say Wellington ending, killing Duck, train scene in S2/S4 or whole sequence between bridge and barn.

What I mean is that when he died (and although I played the games recently I didn't know he will die) I was like

1. wow now the story is even more interesting!

2. Omg what will happen to Clem??

Obviously following seasons were not as good as S1 but during my whole playthrough I treated it as Clem's story and Lee was just part that run its course and build Clem the way she was.

So anyone else thought that way?

One thing is that it was good for story that he died but another is, and I know how people treat Lee that I didnt actually mind emotionally him dying

As the title says.

I don’t have anyone in my life to talk about this game with. I don’t know people who play this kind of games so discovering this community has been incredible. I’ve spent hours just reading posts and comments (even hit the point where the app stopped showing more posts 😅).

The last game came out seven years ago, and there may never be another. It feels like every possible topic has already been discussed, some of them hundreds of times. And yet, it’s still so great that people who’ve only just discovered the game can come here, ask questions, and see what choices others made or how they felt about different moments. There are only so many things to talk about, but for new players, those “common” discussions are still genuinely exciting.

So thank you all for keeping this fandom alive. I hope the steady influx of new fans balances out those moving on, and that this community continues to thrive for many more years to come. As a new person to the fandom it has been a blast.

So I just played the game for the first time and finished it about a week ago. I felt such a sense of emptiness afterward that I immediately decided to play it all over again. And honestly, it hit even harder the second time. Yes, you know what’s going to happen, but you also learn to appreciate every moment more. Letting Clem go at the end feels like letting your own child go.

One thing I noticed more during my second playthrough, something that often comes up as a meme is that Clem mostly remembers Lee. When I replayed the first game, I realized they truly bond after Chuck tells Lee to teach Clem how to survive. That’s the moment Clem starts forming her core memories about survival what shapes her as a person. Learning how to shoot, keeping her hair short… all of that happens only a few days before Lee dies.

Up until the end, she’s focused on finding her parents—that’s what matters most to her. But then Lee dies, and that becomes the defining moment of her life. His death shapes her more than anything else, because she believes she’s responsible for it. Her survivor’s guilt is so strong that it influences everything that comes after. In her mind, she caused the death of the person who helped her survive after losing her parents. She’s too young to see things any other way, she’s just a child, growing up with that guilt as a constant weight.

Living next 2 years with depressed Christa didn't help her to think different so she probably relieved day when she lost both her parents and Lee's death over and over again. All that happened in a matter of half hour.

I believe it was difficult to think about anyone else when you are product of trauma, PTSD, you never got any help because no one talked to you. She is literally telling at the start of S2 while eating that she run away and got her friend Lee killed.

The final scene, where she asks if she did a good job, feels like she’s searching for approval like she’s trying to make up for what she believes was her fault. Every time she shoots or cuts her hair, it’s a reminder her of Lee, and in her mind, a reminder that she failed him. There’s no space for anything else until she can somehow “fix” what she thinks she did wrong.

I didn’t like Alvin Junior much the first time I played, but now I think it actually makes perfect sense for the story that she takes care of pretty much random infant and not let's say Christa's son. It might make it harder for us as players to connect with AJ, but it helps us understand Clem better and shapes her story better.

My biggest complain is lack of more insight into Clems mind, the 3rd game should be about that but well it is what it is.

Still her closure in the end is beautiful.

There are more things I noticed during my second playthrough, but this is already long enough. Thanks for reading my thoughts and feelings about the story and how I feel it all happened.

I’m honestly even more emotional now than I was after finishing all games the first time. I’ll probably come back to the game again sooner than later and see if my perspective changes more.

This is the most emotional fictional story in any media I have experienced and I'm glad I did meet Clem. There are many flaws if you start to dig in deeply, but emotionally it is best thing I have seen. I'm sad it ended.

Cheers