Carol In The Killer Within
Right now, I'd say that most of the homogeneity appeal for Carol has faded away and been replaced by a misattribution of arousal. The cause of this is an increasing involvement of Carol in action-packed, gripping moments of the show and a diminishing resemblance of Carol to her audience. In season 1, Carol was a demure, middle-aged woman. She was a survivor of domestic violence, appealing to those who suffered be it through direct victimization, being a bystander, or knowing someone who was either. You felt like she wouldn't last long, she showed no willingness to change, and she lived with a group whose survivors were undergoing natural selection. Even after Ed's death, her trepidation to live in the changed world was palpable. Since the show
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From the Carol detractor's perspective, you were annoyed as fuck, but I digress. Carol evolved and they put her in more dangerous moments (the walkers were still risky then). Killer Within was the beginning of the misattribution of arousal. The beloved T-Dog died and in the shock of his death, hands sweating, adrenal glands pumping, some of us (the Carol fans mostly) transferred the emotions to Carol, who he saved, making her the beloved character when really the emotional intensity stemmed from sadness. We knew that she should've been dead and he should've been alive, but we suppressed the logical thought with hysteria. Even I, a Carol detractor, found myself liking her because she was saved. The homogeneity slightly returned as Carol didn't superman her way out of dehydration and didn't head to Woodbury. Good, right? Not for long. Axel gets sniped and once again, shock is misattributed as love for Carol, who conveniently lucks out with her own meat shield.
Merle reminds Carol of who she was: a mouse in her husband's shadow, and for some, this made them realize that her transformation was much too quick. For others, the chaos of the world excused exponential development. Fast forward to the season 3 finale and the turbulence of emotions caused by the prison "war" leads to a misattribution of arousal to those who survive - Carol included. For the ones that haven't been turned off by the fantasy that is Carol, her fans, the love is inflated and becomes obsession. It was around this time that "If Carol dies, we'll riot" became a
From the Carol detractor's perspective, you were annoyed as fuck, but I digress. Carol evolved and they put her in more dangerous moments (the walkers were still risky then). Killer Within was the beginning of the misattribution of arousal. The beloved T-Dog died and in the shock of his death, hands sweating, adrenal glands pumping, some of us (the Carol fans mostly) transferred the emotions to Carol, who he saved, making her the beloved character when really the emotional intensity stemmed from sadness. We knew that she should've been dead and he should've been alive, but we suppressed the logical thought with hysteria. Even I, a Carol detractor, found myself liking her because she was saved. The homogeneity slightly returned as Carol didn't superman her way out of dehydration and didn't head to Woodbury. Good, right? Not for long. Axel gets sniped and once again, shock is misattributed as love for Carol, who conveniently lucks out with her own meat shield.
Merle reminds Carol of who she was: a mouse in her husband's shadow, and for some, this made them realize that her transformation was much too quick. For others, the chaos of the world excused exponential development. Fast forward to the season 3 finale and the turbulence of emotions caused by the prison "war" leads to a misattribution of arousal to those who survive - Carol included. For the ones that haven't been turned off by the fantasy that is Carol, her fans, the love is inflated and becomes obsession. It was around this time that "If Carol dies, we'll riot" became a