#or fjaksldfj all out war. so you're saying tv!n.egan just hid upstairs while his people were torn apart after walkers got in?

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Questions for Muns of Canon Muses | Accepting | @wexarethewalkingxdead

4. Have you made any outright changes to the canon material in order to write your muse the way you wanted (entire scenes you chose to omit, chapters you say never existed, things you assume were never said, etc.)?

Hmn, yes and no. While I generally follow show canon my portrayal has always taken influence from the comics too, so he’s not 100% one or the other. I started RPing Negan mid-season 8 so I used the comics to fill in anything that hadn’t happened on the show yet. And as the show progressed I’d generally switch over to show canon while keeping what I liked from the comics because honestly, there’s a lot of things the comics do better but also some things that are better on the show. So if I don’t like how something goes on the show, I won’t just change it to whatever I want but I might use the comic’s version of that event/conversation/etc. instead, if that makes sense. I try to stay within some variation of canon, I’m not a big fan of just changing a character to fit my own wants unless it’s real minor stuff. For example I hate the harem, but I’m not going to be like “my Negan never had a harem” just because I don’t like it, but I will however say I generally follow the comic’s version of the harem instead because it’s slightly less scummy and makes more sense in my opinion. 

Same with how he runs the Sanctuary and treats other communities. The way show!Negan is more extreme and sadistic and unnecessarily wastes resources doesn’t make much sense for him beyond the writers just wanting to make him more Evil™️, so I follow comic canon for a lot of that. I could give you a whole list of changes that comes with that, but we’d be here all day lol. Some of the things I take from the comics can be found on my about page, but it’s not an exhaustive list.

5. What is an aspect of your muse’s canon material or canon existence that you never had the opportunity to explore but really want to?

Probably his early days of the outbreak before forming the Saviors. I’ve gotten to do a few ask memes in that verse but that’s about it. There’s also his earlier years in the cell... I feel like Negan being suicidal and self-destructive is a Really Big Deal that was used as a plot device for all of five minutes before being glossed over thanks to the huge time jump. Like, that’s not something you heal from overnight you know? Exploring that time and those feelings and even his recovery from that would be great, but I also realize it can be some pretty heavy stuff.