We ARE The Walking Dead! - may contain idle speculation **Title edited by MNHQ**

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Old thread was full up so bit the bullet and started new one, apologies to those who don't like the thread title.

About the changing abilities of the walkers. I noticed this when I binged on the previous seasons.
I think it was in the episode where Rick and Glen covered themselves in zombie guts. After they'd been rumbled, some of the walkers were running, and some managed to climb over a chain link fence! That would have made their stay in the prison a lot shorter.
I'm pretty sure it was Enid watching them from the house just outside the gate

It has been said that the zombies are decaying as time goes on.

Obviously fresh ones are being 'made' but generally they are getting older and crapper.

The Walking Dead title in the intro is getting darker as the series go on too. Used to be white. Now it's a pale peachy colour. I have a theory that it'll be red by the end.

In the first few episodes a zombie managed to negotiate a ladder too.

Wouldn't see that now. They'd walk into it and get wedged.

Makes sense really, freshly turned zombies will have all of their muscle structure intact and still supple = strong. Over time it decays, less muscle structure = weak.

Hi all!

Not been on MN for long but I am an avid TWD fan so I'm parking my a* here so I can find this thread again!

Anyone have a link to the first thread?

Various things seem to change with them though and the story lines aren't always followed though fully (or else I miss bits!). In the prison illness episodes one of them was bleeding from the eyes and then one of the survivors inside started bleeding from the eyes before he turned.

I think the zombies are rotting over time if they don't feed.

I'm also beginning to wonder if the reason why Alexandria has stayed intact all this time is because someone (Deanna) is giving weaker members of the community over to the nasty W people in return for protection for the community. Kind of a quid pro quo thing (or like The Greater Good in Hot Fuzz). There have been mentions of people being exiled or killed, and we've seen pics of people who clearly no longer live there.

My suspicions were raised when they sent Glenn, Noah and Tara out for a dummy supply run - they probably seemed to Deanna like the three people they could most afford to lose.

Like I said on the other thread. Cowslip's warren.

Interesting theory Rally. That sounds quite plausible.

I need more episodes!!!

YES Gently! - I remember you saying that now but didn't get the reference at the time. Feels very plausible.

Ah found you. I also think that the group are being too confident about over taking Alex, I think something bad will happen!

This thread is making me google a lot

Oooh I like it rallytog. Good theory.

I might be getting things mixed up but are the wolefs anything to do with the rumoured group of people that wear zombie skins as camoflage? Was thinking that was why they might be called wolefs? Like wolefs in sheeps clothing.

Apocalypse that's brilliant. I never made that connection.

Wolves are new, not from the comics. Unless they've changed names around.

Limited, I love the idea of your cat in the papoose. You'd need to get a samurai sword to complete the look

What's cowslip warren?

How many more a left of this season.

I think the W is foreshadowing for The Whisperers.

Pretty sick brand new group that wear walkers faces as masks.

I don't think Deanna is feeding residents to another group in order for protection. I did find it odd though how she was very reluctantly to have anyone in the watch tower.

I think the zombies have changed because the show isn't really about them anymore it's more about surviving against other groups of people. Probably just not wasting as much money zombie scenes x

Walkers can not believe I've just called them zombies!!!

It's def odd that she's doesn't want anyone in the watch tower

That's why the fence struts are on the outside!

To keep them in!

There's s protection racket going on.

aticusclaw the walker outside the prison with the bleeding eyes was probably a previous victim of whatever virus it was that they got in the prison.

Carol did a fab job of scaring the boy who wanted biscuits

Not sure of the W and A - w on walker looked carved on.

Def no crops or animals so how do they live. Only so much food and seems booze is plentiful

Yes saw the blood splatter on camera and said to Dp about it

Surely if been without showers for months you would relish the thought of clean warm bath and shower

How did they travel 600 miles from hospital to army base?

Think this was 13 and only 16 so 3 left :(

Will here be a 6?

Yeah Carol did get a bit psycho on his ass. I was a bit shocked at that. She really is desperate to keep undercover.

Poor Buttons. Didn't like that bit either.