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sora-of-uranus · 5 months

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Perhpas I'm misunderstanding this entire thing, but Loris pregnancy seems to be treated so cruely by the show in season 2. She has valid reasons of being worried about it, and a valid (though understandably problematic) reason to not tell Rick.

Yet when Rick shouts at her for not telling him, for taking the pills, for taking that choice from him...he's treated as the 'correct' side? Going as far for him to say "you threw them up you want this"...no. no that does not mean she wants this. We as viewers have just seen her have multiple on screen struggles with making the morally correct choice. we see her still struggle to make that choice seconds before swallowing them.

And I get Maggies anger at her- her hiding the pregnancy and the 'carless' sex she had almost endangered not only her but Glenns life. I get Glenn talking to her and giving her advice (but also making sure that she knows he isn't telling her what to do) because he's been forced to keep so many secrets and also risked his life. He comes to her with a respectful, friend type convosation where he urges her to tell but also understand that at the end of the day it is her choice. Beyond the shock and the pain of not knowing, Ricks reaction just screams male rage without listening to her genuine fears. Idk I just...It's so odd. It's a valid thing to get emotional over but the show seemingly agrees with Rick's side and beyond asking the question of 'what if' doesn't agree with her's like it does Ricks.

I'm sorry, but pregnancy isn't an easy thing in our normal world let alone in an apocalypse setting. Rick doesn't get a choice, it's not HIS ass whose being endangerd with 9 months of pregnancy, a childbirth in unsafe and unclean conditions, and then raising that kid. HE can leave- and he (probally?) won't but he COULD. The show treats the dicussion of her pregnancy as though it's set in our normal universe were as she treats it as a pregnancy in an apocalypse. And she is punished by both RIck and Shane for that outlook.

#the walking dead #lori grimes #rick grimes #Honestly the way this show treats her pisses me off sooooo much #she is deligated the role of 'cheater' to then wife/mother and not much beyond that in the first 2 seasons #Even the treatment of her and shane is...odd #it's discussed from the pov of shane becoming obsessed with her #without properly examining how FUCKING TRAUMATIC that must be for her???#and then Rick just forgives him for ya know EVERYTHING until finally episode 12 happens and it's like ohhh my god finally.#but anyway they could never make me hate Lori even if it took me 2 seasons to understand her #honestly real talk the entire shane issue is shown to be based in the male ego on both shane and rick and the role of 'protector'#its never truly based on Lori's own issues despite being like....one of the major causes? and victims? of Shane?#it's very odd. and if I was smarter I could do a big examination of this but ugh #the only good thing that has come from Shane are tiktok audios i'm realising #he is accurate cop representation tho! he's an asshole!

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