#my daryl thoughts

[darylsdelts]

Idk but Daryl openly showing fatigue around carol just says a lot for me.

Baby boy was rubbing his eyes and ready for sleepy time

[darylsdelts]

THIS!!

I’ve always thought this but never known how to say it.

This is so incredibly accurate!

Also I feel like it’s very obvious in moments of panic, for example when they are fighting in Woodbury and Daryl finds out Merle is there and he just wants to go to him but Rick says no.

The part where he says “but he’s my brother, he ain’t gonna-” he literally looks like a worried little boy.

(I can’t find the right gif but he also looks little and scared here)⬇️

Also here!!⬇️

The way he says “I just want my brother back” sounds like it’s something hes said before and the way Merle reacts kind of just confirms that. Daryl is still going through the childhood emotions of Merle leaving him the first time.

I think this one is a far reach but when rick shows his burst of anger and throws the can, Daryl jumps and then looks up at rick as if searching for any more violence to come and then he ducks his head again ⬇️

Daryl Dixon took awhile to age mentally

As I read more and more analysis about Daryl and rewatch some of the earlier seasons, I wonder if it was intended for his character to have some kind of age regression issue. (I didn't do, like, extensive research, I just looked into some CPSTD and age regression signs on a few different sites, so this is just an idea I'm tossing out in hopes of hearing some other perspectives!)

The first situation that really catches my attention is his reaction to Merle being left in Atlanta. Now, obviously, this would be an incredibly emotional time for anyone and it's not entirely out of place to just say he was very distraught over the news and anyone could have reacted the same way he did. I just think that the specific way he did might have some signs. If you think about a grown man, especially one who was raised in a very macho household, you would assume that their reaction might be to storm out or yell at someone. Although Daryl did yell, he also started crying and pacing. It seemed almost as if he was having a full-on meltdown. Some signs of age regression are meltdowns (Ranting, shouting, insulting others, threatening others, whining, angry tears, or getting physically violent) that ring any bells?

I couldn't find a gifs of that exact moment :(

It probably didn't help that the entirety of the camp was staring at him as all of this happened. Temper tantrums can happen because someone is scared/ashamed and can't regulate themselves. (Like sensory overload.)

Another thing that I want to kind of address is the way Rick responds to Daryl when he's having these sorts of meltdowns. Throughout the series, and in the third episode, we see Rick bending down almost horizontally just so he can make eye contact with Daryl. He speaks to him like he's a child, and instead of feeling insulted, Daryl actually takes comfort in it and calms down!

"I'd like to have a calm discussion on this topic, do you think we can manage that?"

What is age regression?

We all know that Daryl was abused as a child, and trauma like that can sort of freeze the brain. This is a quote I really like that explains it: “It doesn’t necessarily make you stuck at a certain age, but instead, [you are] acting out the emotional wounding that happened at that age,” Lapides adds." People may start to regress because they are triggered or feel threatened, and an apocalypse seems like it would cause a constant trigger. Daryl might be reverting back to childlike behaviors as a trauma response. (honorable mention being the nail biting, but that's a bit of a reach) Shane being the way that he was could have also been a trigger for him.

One of the symptoms of age regression is overly clingy behavior. And you are probably thinking, "well, if there's anything Daryl has, it's not clingy behavior. He's a loner." I disregarded this too for awhile before I really thought about it. He is highly independent when he's doing things he's comfortable in, like being in the woods or going for runs. But when it comes to making decisions or being social, Daryl immediately clings to someone who he knows will do it for him. Most of his life he had Mere to hide behind. The most outgoing and shameless person alive. I don't think Merle ever asked Daryl his opinion on anything. He would decide, and Daryl would follow, and I think Daryl took a lot of comfort in that. So when Merle was gone, he latched onto Rick because he was the best choice. He knew Rick was a very righteous man who had plenty of leadership qualities. He knew Rick would make decisions for him, and give him directions.

Carol and Rick's mothering

Circling back to the way Rick would react to Daryl's outbursts, carol sometimes did the same thing. I know some people ship them, but honestly, at least in the earlier seaons, I got major mother/son vibes from the two of them. Especially when Beth died and she was trying to teach him how to grieve. The forehead kisses, the pookie nickname, all of it seemed to point in that direction. There was also another time Rick pulled the "Can we manage that?" move, and it was during Aiden and Glenn's fight in S5. He made sure to get low enough to make eye contact, and block his pacing. He kept telling Daryl that "We can't do this now." It all just looks a lot like he and carol are parenting Daryl, if only in moments where he is feeling intense stress and that trauma triggers.

Anyways, this was just a few ideas I was tossing around, and very clearly this in my first analysis lol, any thoughts?

[4ever-feral]

I’m a sucker for a angry man with a tragic backstory. There just so hot

[the-bug-eaterrrr]

Some episode huh?

[goldenispunk]

I have something inappropriate to say

[sondheim-girly]

U don’t get it guys, every night they’d stare up at the stars 😭😭😭😭

[cultofdixon]

You just know sometimes

Daryl Dixon • She/Her Pronouns • So much had to happen between Terminus and Alexandria…You in your situation being one of them • ANGST/SFW • TW: Injuries / Bruises / Scars / The Claimers & Cannibals Mentioned / Anxiety

Requested by: Anon

You failed Daryl Dixon

You fucking failed and people have died because of it

All you were tasked to do was to keep them safe

But yet here you are…and where are they?

Fucking DEAD

Daryl snapped out of his half asleep haze with a small grunt of annoyance which caught Carol’s attention instantly. She didn’t say a word but gave him a concerned look as they were currently holding up camp in the woods after another failed attempt at staying in a neighborhood. If only the herd didn’t come through it.

It was really starting to feel like the nine months before the prison.

When the group returned to the main road, they heard someone or something running in the woods which they obvious drawn their weapons thinking a possible threat. Rick directed with his head for Daryl and Glenn to join him going into the trees to figure out what that could possibly be.

“Glenn you take the right, Daryl left, and I’ll go forward” Rick stated as they instantly acted on such.

They equally gotten far into the woods and Glenn came across nobody, but there was a blood trail that he followed until he ran into Rick. When both were now following the blood trail, Daryl was occupied by some walkers that after taking out the few he came across he noticed the blood that the others have caught on. But the trail stopped at a tree and there’s no foot prints either.

Daryl flinched when he felt acorns fall on his head resulting in him looking up to find a person, a woman holding onto the base of the tree for dear life as the branch she sat on barely supported her.

“Did you find—-“ Daryl held his hand up stopping Rick from saying anymore before pointing upward.

Rick gestured for Glenn to take another angle but she wasn’t much of a threat.

“I-I know you’re t-there. I don’t have anything”

“What makes you think we can trust—-“ Glenn stopped his question when her pack dropped to their feet. He knelt down looking further into it finding only a lighter and what looks like a shiv because she has no weapon. She probably had to get creative with walkers. Then the obvious. “Wait. Are you bit?!” He snapped instantly causing Rick to ready his gun again as Daryl elbowed him to stop.

“I would like not to be dropped on by a walker, Daryl. You can’t be too sure what happened until she makes herself—-“ Rick stopped when the woman they were talking about finally climbed down the tree.

No obvious bites

But very obvious injuries

“I’m not bitten. I’m…being chased” She stated and it didn’t take long for the four to be alerted by the commotion on the road. Which had Rick sprinting without a second thought given his kids were there.

When the leader returned to the rest of his family, he noticed they had taken care of it. There were three men. Two were taken care of and one had gotten away but not without something to show for it.

“They were asking if we’ve seen some woman, then it got a bit hairy as if we were trying to hide something from them” Abraham started.

“They threatened to hurt the kids. We were going to let them live obviously” Carol continued as she had been hovering around Judith and Carl just as much as Michonne has with Tyreese.

“The third got away. To be honest with you, he ain’t gonna make it very fair” Noah frowns gripping the strap to his weapon while looking into the direction they had come from as Rick grew anxious of another threat like the Claimers only a few of them came in contact with. Which brought into question if they should let the woman they found in with them.

Given her state and lack of weapons, she’s no threat to them besides whoever wants her dead.

“We have the woman. She’s in bad shape. No weapons but a makeshift knife that could only really take out a rotting corpse like a walker.” Rick stated waiting for any negative sign from the group that would tell him to not bring her in.

“How bad is she?” Maggie frowns growing worried before turning to the sound of footsteps finding Glenn stepping out with Daryl who helped the woman walk. “We’ll help her”

“Is that really a good idea bringing in more trouble?” Sasha questioned only for Maggie to now have an annoyed look.

“We all actively entered Terminus and practically brought ourselves more trouble. We have the upper hand with whoever these men are, they don’t stand a chance”

“Then we’ll take her in. For right now, we should make camp before it gets too dark to see where we are going” Carol added as she followed Maggie’s lead in approaching the woman to help her, noticing Daryl was glued to her suddenly when they went to help her.

Y/N is her name

Rosita forced Eugene to help her and Glenn make up the trigger line as Tara added the cans. The technique to warn them of walkers when they make up camp in open areas. Abraham took care of taking first watch after checking out their perimeter.

Daryl took the first aid kit from Maggie once she found it out of all their persons, to bring it to Y/N and help assess her injuries noticing a few of the cuts on her arms were deeper than he anticipated. None of them could do stitches in the conditions they were in. He had to manage with heavy bandaging and she let him patch her up but the second he was done, she instantly retracted into herself.

“He feels guilty”

Rick watched Carol sit beside him as they were watching the scene before them.

“What do you mean?”

“He feels guilty for Beth so he has this need to save her” Carol frowns watching Daryl take out his canteen handing it to Y/N who rejected it. Regardless of how hard he insisted. “Save everyone even if it means tearing himself down”

“Well, he’s got us. They both do”

During the night when most were asleep, Daryl took over watch for Abraham letting the man get some sleep. He noticed Y/N get up from her spot and started to move past the trigger line keeping herself quiet…that’s probably why she’s gone unnoticed at first until her escape became dire.

“Take watch” Daryl whispered to Glenn not giving him a second to respond as he was already on his leave. Maggie couldn’t help herself from stirring awake when her husband moved but she noticed the archer and couldn’t help but worry.

“Where are you going?”

Y/N stopped in her track giving him a deer in headlights kind of look, especially given the light from his flashlight shined in her eyes.

“I’m leaving” She relaxed turning away from the light as Daryl turned it off but quickly took a hold of her arm as gentle as he could. “Listen—-“

“I’m not going to listen to anything by the lines of “it’s to protect us” when we’ve all had our fair share of bullshit in this world”

“But Daryl—-“ silence was quickly met when another set of footsteps were heard, and not just one and no sound that determined a walker or frankly any of their own.

Daryl only had his knife as did Y/N. He went to reach for his but she halted him, letting the two listen for a while longer.

“That stupid bitch just had to go and get some help”

“They should’ve let her bleed to death”

“Useless pig” the third whispered but there were more to follow and Y/N gave Daryl a concerned look before suddenly booking it after she grabbed the flashlight in his hand.

A diversion is what she decided upon without telling anything to Daryl as he stood there in a bit of shock watching her fade into the night until the light of his flashlight turned on. Then the sudden shift of stealth approach those chasing her, turned into sprints and shouts. That quickly alerted the others while Daryl ran back to get his crossbow that Maggie already met him halfway on.

This was stupid Y/N thought as she ran and dodged as many trees as she could in the night. Even with a flashlight, she couldn’t help but bump into a few and that only drove the pain from her previous injuries to a higher level.

“She just ran?!”

“As a diversion one can assume” Rick sprinted after Daryl with Maggie and Carol on either side of him and Abraham, Rosita, and Michonne following shortly behind.

The trail ran dry, how it could it have run dry?

“Fucking hell!” One of the men shouted and with his anger brewing externally, he pushed one of the others onto his back. “That fucking slut just had to get loose”

The one on the floor slowly picks himself up but only for the third, who seemed to be the angriest out of them all.

“If you had tied the knots better, she would still be the squirming mess beneath me back home” the tone of his anger only made it clear that he was the leader of them all. He quickly dropped the guy when he heard footsteps as two others quickly stepped toward the sound to investigate, only for one of them to meet their end with an arrow through his eye. “Motherfuckers—-“

“If you wanna live” Which you won’t

“You’re going to want to stay right there” Rick stated after Daryl, with his gun raised as their family had their weapons drawn to the living three that were more empty-handed. “Where’s the woman? The one you are after”

“Like we are going to help you find—-“ the one on the left side of the leader dropped dead after Daryl shot another bolt. This action caused the other lesser to panic.

“S-She ran off. W-We don’t k-know where she—-“ he met his end from Maggie, who had enough of the absent of clear answers.

“I’m the last one here. If you’re smart, you wouldn’t kill me if you want to know where she is” Which he didn’t know. “She’s always been this much trouble. You’re only signing yourselves up for someone who leaves when we were only doing her a favor”

“The injuries she bears, have nothing to do with “doing her a favor”” Glenn frowns keeping his attention on the man like the others, until he felt something from above hit him. He kept his composure letting Rick take lead in talking while he looked up while the others were still focused on the man. Finding Y/N hiding in the trees but also moving herself to get above the man.

“What did you do to her?” Daryl knew from what he saw, but how it happened was still a mystery. “What did she do to you to have what happened to her, happen?”

“Asking a lot of questions. She got what she deserved and she still needs to pay for a lot of it”

Michonne gave a quick glance to Rick in a way of telling him to just end this man. But she was observant enough to hear the movement above resulting in her and Glenn grabbing the few in front (Daryl, Rick, and Maggie) to pull them back letting Y/N fall from the tree and on top of this guy.

The force causing him to collapse and Y/N instantly drove her knife into his neck. She rolled off the man leaving the knife in him as she felt hands on her resulting in a total body jerk away when it was just Daryl helping her. He didn’t help until she relaxed enough and while he helped her, Rick searched through their packs finding some food they desperately needed.

Maggie went through one of them and pulled out a few photos held together by a paper clip. Only to realize Y/N was in these photos and they weren’t what you think given she was taken by disgusting men. It was photos that originally were hers and they had taken everything of hers.

“These belong to you” Maggie said with a soft reassuring smile as she gave Y/N the photos resulting in a few tears spilling from her eyes in relief. “How’d you…even end up with these guys?”

Y/N held the photos in her hands finding one of her and her family resulting in more tears but she quickly wiped them away. “I was with my family and we got into trouble with someone? Even in the end, there are people with power and these guys were sent after us when we left…and they wanted to do certain things to me that only got my dad and brother killed trying to protect me.”

“Did they—-“

“No…I kept fighting back to a point they had enough and just” Y/N gestures to herself and her injuries which were being eyed the entire time given she’s opened a few bandages resulting in a few bleeding again.

“Let’s get back to the others…get some rest” Maggie gave a warm smile to her as they all made sure there were no more before making their way back.

Finally their group settles with no threat other than walkers…everyone slept except for Rick on watch, and Daryl and Y/N who were too awake in that moment. He helped her with new bandages but she couldn’t help but get a feeling from him.

“You…are a protective person aren’t you?”

“What?”

“When I stumbled into your group, you didn’t hesitate to invite me in and protect me from the harm that is no longer a threat”

“There will always be a threat. You’re just…a part of us now. We’re protective of each other”

Y/N couldn’t help but strike that cord.

“I would protect the next person needing to be saved if I lost someone dear to me” She didn’t need to know about Beth, all she needed to know was the feeling and that’s what she got from his.

His silence only gave her the answer. She reached out and took his hand squeezing it to reassure him even if she didn’t know how it happened, that it wasn’t his fault.

“I barely know yea, and vise versa…yet you know so much”

“I’m good at reading body language when I’m not in distress. It comes in handy”

“Hm. Well. Aside from that, get to know us without reading just body language”

“I will” Y/N smiles, giving a soft thank you when he finished the last bandage. Daryl rose to his feet going to relieve Rick of his watch but as he looked back at her, she kept a smile.

It will come in handy one day, knowing someone just from their body language.

Daryl sat on the porch railing one night with one of his homemade cigarettes in hand thinking too hard on something. His attention instantly snapping out of it when the front door opened letting Dog out but also for Y/N to step out and sit next to him.

“I don’t—-“

“I know, but I’m here” Y/N reassures every thought coursing in his mind with that smile of hers which brought him to wrap his arm around her shoulders bringing her close.

“You do just know things”

[darylssunshine]

thinking about vampire!daryl pushing me against a wall and violently making out with me, one of his hands hungrily roaming around my hips and torso, while the other placed right beside my head with a loud slap. me being completely immobile, letting him do whatever he wants to me, wherever he wants. his tongue fighting for dominance, occasionally nipping my bottom lip. daryl’s mouth suppressing my moans and feeling him smirk against my lips, knowing that he’s making my knees weak without even being inside me. instinctually, i move my neck to the side, giving him room to sink his canines into my soft flesh. he pulls away, the smirk growing on his lips, eyeing the spot on my neck before looking at me again, eyes half-lidded and developing a red tint. “you wan’ me to bite ya that bad, huh?” my neck still to the side, i nod, flustered. his hand beside my head then tugs my hair, hard, to get me to look at him while accidentally (purposefully) banging the back of my head against the wall. my head is fuzzy, my brain filled with thoughts only about him. he tilts his head up, looking down at me. “yer gonna have ta earn it, darlin’.”  

[banshees-martin]

how tf did the women in twd live whiles on their period?? especially on the road with no medication or like hot water bottles?? like ouch i would never recover

[thebookofcarol]

Hi. Thank you for your posts. I used to enjoy seeing your content a while back when I needed positivity to keep me excited for the spinoff. But I saw the recent interview with the showrunner where he said he doesn't think the characters feel romantic. Please can you tell me how you're staying positive after this? I hope that's okay.

it's ok, i don't mind. took me a bit to get to this cause my life has been seriously the most chaotic. for me, it's easy to stay positive cause i do think it's my natural response to caryl. i enjoy Carol and Daryl's relationship for whatever it is that i am watching on screen. i just enjoy them together - the way they talk to each other, the way they care for each other, just them being so totally in sync with each other. it doesn't mean their relationship is perfect, or not without conflict cause y'all should know i love some good angst.

anyway, my most fav thing is to ignore everything that is said in interviews (including Melissa's!! sorry, not sorry!), cause at the end of the day, it doesn't mean much if that's not how you watching it play on screen. i have seen noromos absolutely positive romantic!Caryl is where it's headed after watching season 2. this ain't just the shippers being "delusional." so whatever they done with caryl made nonbelievers believe. 😏

i do understand that's not the most popular approach, but it's how i see things from my own personal perspective. i guess despite fully believing in romantic!Caryl, i have also accepted that it may never ever be canon, and i am fine with that.

the min Carol and Daryl's journey stops giving me joy, i will just pack my bags and leave. right now, i am golden. there's a lot of things i didn't like about The Book of Carol, but there were a lot more i did love. as long as the good outweighs the bad, it's worth it. i also keep my interactions with the fandom to a minimum cause i don't want to taint how i really feel about caryl with all the vitriol going around. life is hard and bitter enough for me. Caryl is my safe place to land.

[closetnerd62]

Daryl Tofa is going on for Johnny on tuesday and wednesday. lives are about to be changed.

[darylsdelts]

Thinking about a little Daryl who gets yelled at by his daddy for chewing on his thumb/thumb nail. It’s a nervous habit of his and when he was a child he’d do it when he was upset or scared. Merle would yell at him for it too but only in front of their father, Merle wanted approval from his dad by trying to “discipline” Daryl along side him.

However, when it was just Merle and Daryl alone, he wouldn’t tell him off for it. For a young boy that’s confusing so he was never sure if he was allowed to or not but it’s not like he could control it, he did it subconsciously.

Merle brings back something from the store, the stuff you put on kids nails that tastes bad so they don’t bite their nails. At first Daryl was shocked that Merle had thought about him enough to buy him something but then he realised what it was.

“C’mere, baby brother… this gon’ stop pa from yellin’ at ya”

Daryl would shake his head and look at Merle through his short blonde bangs.

“You’ll have damn near no nail left if ya don’t stop, Daryl, c’mere”

Merle didn’t get angry at his little brother, he got it enough from their father, they both did. He knew that in Daryl’s eyes, Merle was being a huge meanie right now but really Merle just couldn’t bare to listen to daddy yell at poor little Daryl anymore. He was trying to help but Daryl was little and didn’t understand.

“C’mere n lemme put this shit on ya then I’ll take ya down the creek, yeah?”

Daryl complied, only for the promise of visiting the creek, he liked being outside.

Anyways

Over the years he kinda grew out of it, he’d do it every now and then but it wasn’t a habit.

Instead, if he was uncomfortable or nervous, he’d play with the knife on his hip, stabbing it into random pieces of wood when having heart to hearts, sometimes wishing Merle would turn up, take the knife from him and take him to the creek, but of course he’s long gone.

GUYS IDK WHAT THIS IS, IT WASNT SUPPOSED TO BE A LONG THING BUT I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT DARYLS MANNERISMS!

[angelwings-crossbowstrings]

Me too, Daryl.

Me too.

[joelsprettyprincess]

i need a big sweaty dilf to sit on top of me and choke me out

[dix0nvix3n]

y’all would actually die reading the chats I have with him on chai 😵‍💫,,,,

[dixons-sunshine]

What kind of songs do you think Daryl would listen to in the shopping spree hangout dreams au? Also srry cuz this is so out of the blue😅 i just want to know☺️

I have waited for this moment my entire life.

Not literally, of course, but you get what I mean lol.

To be honest, I think he’d probably listen to whatever the reader listens to during his teen years. However, once he gets his own walkman (courtesy of the reader in this fic) I feel like he’d mostly listen to Motörhead (I have no idea if that is spelled right), Guns ‘n Roses, Dio, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, and some AC/DC.

(However, that’s only for my young!Daryl! These don’t apply to every young!Daryl that has been written.)