Well, I will admit I don't read comic books, lol. I followed the Walking Dead TV show, and I believed the storyline was exactly as it should be. I found out I was wrong. It a similar scenario from Game of Thrones, meaning the TV series took creative license with the franchise to stretch the longevity of favorite characters and not show graphic violence that made the comic book famous enough to get a TV. Looks like there was a lot of stuff the show chose to edit to pass censorship and get on air. I spent all weekend researching the differences that happened in the comic book and didn't happened on TV.
Well here is a big reveal. On today's season finale we will see that Jeffrey Dean Morgan was cast as Negan. Two weeks ago when one of Negan's crew said we all are Negan, they lied. Turns out that Negan is the leader of the Saviors. The Saviors are a group of violent survivors based at a place called The Sanctuary, which is in the same general area as the Alexandria Safe-Zone, Hilltop Colony and The Kingdom, which are survivor communities in the Washington, D.C. region.
The Sanctuary is a factory and it was first teased in AMC's poster for the second half of Season 5. Negan and The Saviors rule by fear, they demand supplies and rations in exchange for killing walkers outside of Hilltop. Rick and members of all three communities eventually team up to fight The Saviors in what's called "All Out War."
From what I read, Negan has a potty mouth and he is on a level of salvage evil unseen before in the Walking Dead comic series. When asked how he compared to the Governor, who was the previous main villain of Rick's group here is what was said by fans:
“Where the Governor was a great [villain] he had some weakness that Rick could've exploited. The Governor was often irrational and made mistakes that ultimately let Rick's crew have breathing room and escape. He was much more amateur
Negan has a weird obsession with Rick's son, Carl Grimes. Negan expresses that Carl is a younger dark version of himself. As comic fans stated, Carl in the comics is way different from Carl on the TV show. Research it to learn more.
Negan is much more professional and ruthless. Ruling by fear with his camp/gang following him for the most part with out question. Negan is also cold calculating behind his crude ruthless exterior and doesn't make dumb mistakes. In fact he is more likely to take advantage of others mistakes than to make his own.
His group of people is a mixture of biker gang and psycho cult. Negan is so powerful because of ruling with fear that Rick can never overcome him with direct force but he eventually finds a way and the story arc follows this with the glimmers of rebuilding society because of it.
In the end Rick realizes to counter the fear that Negan is using. He needs trust and cooperation, something that Negan is impossible to make use of. You see by ruling with fear means you can never trust the people you've subjected. The whole arc is kinda a demonstration of the values of leading by fear or love i.e. trust.
I think the only mistake Negan made was that he pushed people too far. He does things that people can never forgive or forget.”
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