In the Arrow on the Doorpost  episode the Governor makes Rick a horrible proposition.

Give up Michonne and the war is over. Everyone else will be left alone.

Let’s take the obvious fact that we know that the Governor is lying about the agreement out of the equation and assume this was a legit offer.

Question 1: Would you trade one “new” member of your group to save everyone else?

Question 2: Is there a difference if that person was lost in combat against walkers to save everyone versus being sacrificed?

Question 3: Would the group survive having one of their members given up to pay for their lives?

My thoughts:

Question 1: Would you trade one “new” member of your group to save everyone else?

No, I think that the only way to survive in a post apocalyptic environment is to keep a small but tight knit group. If you handed over any of the members of the group I think unit cohesion would fall apart.

 

Question 2: Is there a difference if that person was lost in combat against walkers to save everyone versus being sacrificed?

Yes – losing someone to a walker is completely different. Handing them over is ruthless and cold hearted. Better to fight or run than pacify an enemy by handing him one of your people.

 

Question 3: Would the group survive having one of their members given up to pay for their lives?

No. Survival in such a horrible environment comes down to mental toughness and I think that if you handed over one of your people, the psychic damage would destroy the group.

Episode  13,  Arrow on the Doorpost

Summary:

The episode starts with Daryl and Rick stalking through an old farm. The Governor is waiting for Rick inside. Andrea tries to play peacekeeper, but it doesn’t seem like the Governor really wants to talk peace. Rick puts an offer to split the land into territories, but the Governor doesn’t want to hear it.  All he wants is the women who took his eye, and killed his child. He tells Rick that if he turns over Michonne he’ll let the rest of the people at the prison go in peace. Of course he’s lying. He plans on killing everyone.

Merle is his same old self. Taunting Carl, then pushing the others to load up a truck and attack.

Overall the episode was the slowest so far, but I guess it progressed the story forward for the exciting last few episodes of the season.

Things I loved about this episode…

• Daryl and his bad *ss knife throwing when he kills the walker between the grain silos.
• Hershel telling Milton that he’s not going to show him his stump unless Milton buys him a drink first. (Of course Hershel doesn’t want to show the gun taped to his leg either.)
• Everyone coming together to stop Merle. Although I think if I was Glenn I would have just shot the bastard
• The touching and heartfelt words between Glenn and Maggie. I kept waiting for something bad to happen when he was telling her he loved her. And then of course I was afraid something bad would happen during the hot sex scene and interrupt it. I’m glad they are back together. 

Things that I didn’t like about this episode…

• It is really dark inside the old barn when Rick goes inside at the beginning of the episode. I’d think there would be a bit more concern about an ambush or walkers inside.
• Hmmmm, why are Rick and the Governor even meeting? It doesn’t seem like they are even talking about a non violent resolution.
• Glenn and Maggie standing pretty much out in the open when they are talking. Didn’t the Governor already teach them the “standing in the open” lesson?
• Rick even partially thinking about giving up Michonne. Not only is it the wrong thing to do, but if he does it, there is no way the group is going to hold together.

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Not so hot zombie….

Except I really like Maggie.  Would have been better to use a crazy shot of Andrea.

If they kill Daryl off I’ll be really, really pissed.

The dude even offered to sleep with you (Kirkman) to stay alive. That’s dedication to your job.

Tax it and stop making me pay 40k a year to put a pot head in prison. You have privately run prisons making a fortune off of ridiculously restrictive drug policies. And we are all paying to make them richer.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

My rating: 5 of 5

After getting disappointed by my trip down memory lane and re-reading the second Piers Anthony book in the Incarnations of Immortality series I was a little disheartened. What was I to read?

I did what I usually do – and looked around the internet, talked to friends, and finally got a good recommendation from my older brother. He suggested I take a look at the new series by Patrick Rothfuss.

Let’s start with a simple statement. It was a great book.

Now let’s dig in a little.

Patrick Rothfuss is clearly a very talented and imaginative writer. He brings his world to life, and pulls you into it in the process. The characters are well built and you can’t help but get emotionally invested in Kvothe’s story.

That’s the good stuff.

Now for the bit that drove me nearly mad. The book starts out in the “today” and opens with a bit of action and an unknown threat that is just barely fleshed out. Then it dives into a story within the story, as Kvothe tells Chronicler the tale of his life. This accounts for 95% of the book, and begins when Kvothe is nothing but a twelve year old boy. It drags you in, it makes you want to know who Kvothe is, and in the process, drove me nuts.

Not because its not well done, and not because it is boring. But rather the fact that there is no conclusion, no middle or end. It feels like the whole book is the beginning. And even though it was a good length – it still ended too soon.

We don’t know what’s really going on in the “today” timeline other than that Kvothe is depressed and maybe lost most of his magic. And in the story of his life we don’t know how he got kicked out of the Acarnum, or what happened with him and Denna. Or how he and Bast, the fae, came to be friends (or student and teacher to be exact).

The story of Denna is so frustrating. You so badly want them to connect, or for Kvothe to take that single step closer to her, but won’t. Who among us hasn’t had the girl that haunts you for the rest of your life? Does she even know who she is? How sad is that?

There are too many open threads, and I want MORE!!!!

The second book better have some small conclusions in it or I’ll be ripping my hair out.

 

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Don’t mess with Daryl.