Game of Survival
Pairings: The Group x fem!reader
Era: Season 1-11
Warnings: TWD gore and violence. Bad language. 18+
Category: Fluff. Angst.
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Summary: With no other choice, you must learn to play this new game of survival.
Prologue
Season 1:
1x1 - Days Gone Bye
1x3 - Tell It to the Frogs
1x4 - Vatos
1x5 - Wildfire
1x6 - TS-19
Season 2:
2x1 - What Lies Ahead
2x2 - Bloodletting
2x3 - Save the Last One
2x4 - Cherokee Rose
2x5 - Chupacabra
2x6 - Secrets
2x7 - Pretty Much
2x8 - Nebraska
2x9 - Triggerfinger
2x10 - 18 Miles Out
2x11 - Judge, Jury, Executioner
2x12 - Better Angels
2x13 - Beside the Dying Fire
Season 3:
3x1 - Seed
3x2 - Sick
3x3 - Walk With Me
3x4 - Killer Within
3x5 - Say the Word
3x6 - Hounded
3x7 - When the Dead Come Knocking
3x8 - Made to Suffer
3x9 - The Suicide King
3x10 - Home
3x11 - I Ain’t Judas
3x12 - Clear
3x13 - Arrow on the Doorpost
3x14 - Prey
3x15 - This Sorrowful Life
3x16 - Welcome to the Tombs
Season: 4
4x1 - 30 Days Without an Accident
4x2 - Infected
4x3 - Isolation
4x4 - Indifference
4x5 - Internment
4x6 - Live Bait
4x7 - Dead Weight
4x8 - Too Far Gone
4x9 - After
4x10 - Inmates
4x11 - Claimed
4x12 - Still
4x13 - Alone
4x14 - The Grove
4x15 - Us
4x16 - A
Season 5:
5x1 - No Sanctuary
5x2 - Strangers
5x3 - Four Walls and a Roof
5x4 - Slabtown
5x6 - Self Help
5x7 - Consumed
5x8 - Coda
5x9 - What Happened and What’s Going On
5x10 - Them
5x11 - The Distance
5x12 - Remember
5x13 - Forget
5x14 - Spend
5x15 - Try
5x16 - Conquer
Season 6:
6x1 - First Time Again
6x2 - JSS
6x3 - Thank You
6x4 - Here’s Not Here
6x5 - Now
6x6 - Always Accountable
6x7 - Heads Up
6x8 - Start to FInish
6x9 - No Way Out
6x10 - The Next World
6x11 - Knots Untie
6x12 - Not Tomorrow Yet
6x13- The Same Boat
6x14 - Twice As Far
6x15 - East
6x16 - Last Day on Earth
Season 7:
7x1 - The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be
7x2 - The Well
7x3 - The Cell
7x4 - Service
7x5 - Go Getter
7x6 - Swear
7x7 - Sing Me a Song
7x8 - Hearts Still Beating
7x9 - Rock in the Road
7x10 - New Best Friends
7x11 - Hostiles and Calamities
7x12 - Say Yes
7x13 - Bury Me Here
7x14 - The Other Side
7x15 - Something They Need
7x16 - The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
Season 8:
8x1 - Mercy
8x2 - The Damned
8x3 - Monsters
8x4 - Some Guy
8x5 - The Big Scary U
8x6 - The King, the Widow, and Rick
8x7 - Time for After
8x8 - How It’s Gotta Be
8x9 - Honor
8x10 - The Lost and the Plunderers
8x11 - Dead or Alive Or
8x12 - The Key
8x13 - Do Not Send Us Astray
8x14 - Still Gotta Mean Something
8x15 - Worth
8x16 - Wrath
Season 9:
9x1 - A New Beginning
9x2 - The Bridge
9x3 - Warning Signs
9x4 - The Obliged
9x5 - What Comes After
9x6 - Who Are You Now?
9x7 - Stradivarius
9x8 - Evolution
9x9 - Adaptation
9x10 - Omega
9x11 - Bounty
9x12 - Guardians
9x13 - Chokepoint
9x14 - Scars
9x15 - The Calm Before
9x16 - The Storm
Season 10:
10x0 - Holiday Special
10x1 - Lines We Cross
10x2 - We Are the End of the World
10x3 - Ghost
10x4 - Silence the Whisperers
10x5 - What It Always Is
10x6 - Bonds
10x7 - Open Your Eyes
10x8 - The World Before
10x9 - Squeeze
10x10 - Stalker
10x11 - Morning Star
10x12 - Walk with Us
10x13 - What We Become
10x14 - Look at the Flowers
10x15 - The Tower
10x16 - A Certain Doom
10x17 - Home Sweet Home
10x18 - Find Me
10x19 - One More
10x20 - Splinter
10x21 - Diverged
10x22 - Here's Negan
Season 11:
11x1 - Acheron: Part 1
11x2 - Acheron: Part 2
11x3 - Hunted
11x4 - Rendition
11x5 - Out of the Ashes
11x6 - On the Inside
11x7 - Promises Broken
11x8 - For Blood
11x9 - No Other Way
11x10 - New Haunts
11x11 - Rogue Element
11x12 - The Lucky Ones
11x13 - Warlords
11x14 - The Rotten Core
11x15 - Trust
11x16 - Acts of God
11x17 - Lockdown
11x18 - A New Deal
11x19 - Variant
11x20 - What's Been Lost
11x21 - Outpost 22
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Episode 10x11 “Morningstar”: Sirius, the star that returns just before dawn...
SIRIUS AND MORNINGSTAR
A theme in all of my theories has been how TPTB like to utilize synonymous symbols, for example how the symbols «bear» and «beer» really means the same, and they are utilized in similar ways in TPTB’s use of symbolism. For example, both «beer» and «bear» ultimately points to the North Star, and it ultimately means «home». I’ve written about it elsewhere, so I won’t get into it here. The way it works is that one symbol alone does not tell the full story. It is the symbols together that act like a secret language, where words make up sentences, and several symbols together can tell complex stories. The Sirius symbolism tells one such complex story. It’s been a long story, it started in 4x12 «Still», but now were about to see that story come to its fulfillment, and I suspect these next few weeks will be glorious for TDers!
The Sirius symbolism is without a doubt what I’ve talked about the most in terms of TD symbolism. It took a couple of seasons for me to figure out which direction of TPTB wanted to take it, but I never doubted that I was on to something important, because TPTB consistently left enough breadcrumbs for me to follow, and there was no way they all could’ve been coincidences. I’ve written a master post on my interpretation of the Sirius symbolism here:
https://frangipanilove.tumblr.com/post/183736635005/sirius-and-the-north-star-or-pigs-feet-and-frosty
Since I’ve written so extensively on it earlier, I won’t go into detail, but the bullet points go something like this:
Sirius is the brightest star on the night sky
Sirius is affectionately called «the Dog Star» (hence all the dog symbolism around Beth)
Sirius means «scorching, glowing»
Sirius disappears from the night sky for a time, it’s «just gone»…
Sirius eventually returns to the nights sky, it re-appears «just before Dawn»
Sirius is therefore called «The Morningstar».
Try to put yourself in my shoes for one second. I’ve been tracking the Sirius symbolism for literal years, I’ve written tens of thousands of words on it, and even if I sometimes get super exited over «finds», or «evidence» I also spend a lot of time in self doubt, wondering where this symbolism is supposed to go. Because unless it actually goes somewhere, its useless. Sure, I believe in what I’ve found, and in recent years I’ve had the pleasure of sharing this theory with other brilliant theorists, and engaging in discussions with them, discussing it and enhancing the theories with the help of exeptionally creative people, and if they find it credible, then I shouldn't feel so much self doubt about it, right?
But I always feel that it needs to go somewhere. When will it culminate? When will it be fulfilled?
Well, I believe the time has come! I believe the Sirius symbolism will be fulfilled in a spectacular way real real soon. And this is why:
Episode 10x11 is called………»MORNINGSTAR»!!!
After all the Sirius symbolism we’ve had around Beth (and Rick) since s4, we will now, in just a few weeks, get an episode that will actually canonically be called «Morningstar». Remember, Sirius IS the Morningstar, it re-appears just before dawn after having been «just gone» for some time…
(originally it was Venus that was thought to be the Morningstar. However, Venus is a planet, not a star. It appears at dusk as well as at dawn, but mostly, its not the Morningstar because it’s a planet. Venus has a fascinating history in history, literature and mythology though, and I might do more on it at some point)
I became aware of the Sirius symbolism after 4x13, after watching the now legendary Sirius piggyback.
I observed the Frosty Cola on the kitchen table, serving as a massive hint towards the «Sirius» poems of Robert Frost, And interestingly, just before Siddiq was murdered in 10x7, TPTB gave us one of the most famous Robert Frost quotes in existence; «I’ve got miles to go before I sleep» It foreshadowed Siddiq’s death, but on a happier note, it also provided evidence that the Sirius symbolism was still at play, so many seasons later. Not that I ever doubted it, but its always nice to get confirmation.
THE 10X10 CLOCK FROM «SLABTOWN»
The 10x10 clock from «Slabtown» is probably the single most anticipated piece of symbolism in the TD fandom ever. But I want to officially throw out there that I believe the really groundbreaking symbolic gem will occur in 10x11 «Morningstar». And here’s why:
I’ve written thousands of words on the 10x10 clock over the years, and so has other brilliant theorists in the fandom such as @twdmusicboxmystery @angelthefirst1 @bethgreeneprevails and @wdway to name a few, as well as a large number of anonymous contributors. However, as much as I have been anticipating episode 10x10, I’m starting to believe that the correct way to interpret the «Slabtown» clock is to think of it as pointing towards episode 10x11 «Morningstar» rather that towards 10x10.
In other words, I believe the 10x10 clock from «Slabtown» points to episode 10x11, not 10x10.
Allow me to explain. In «Shane’s «22» necklace» theory, I talked a lot about different ways of interpreting the «Slabtown» clock. I discussed how it can be interpreted as pointing towards episode 2x2, 2x10, 10x2, 10x10.
Obviously these episode numbers consists of various combinations of the numbers on the 10x10 «Slabtown»clock. Read it here if you want:)
https://frangipanilove.tumblr.com/post/187351457970/blue-clues-shanes-22-necklace-truckers
In addition, the number «22» is interesting, as «22» is a different way of writing 10PM. Of course, I want to tie it to the theory I wrote on Shane’s «22» necklace.
But first and foremost, in my opinion it’s Noah's t-shirt that primarily foreshadows 10x11 as an important TD episode. Link to noah’s T-shirt theory here:
https://frangipanilove.tumblr.com/post/185522170650/noahs-t-shirt-theory
Remember Noah's t-shirt? A stylized version of the Blue Heron bird seen behind both Rick and Beth? The bird that I believe ultimately represents survival, rebirth, salvation-via-helicopter?
Noah's t-shirt also had the mysterious writing «One One Recording Studio» on it. And this is the important part; «One One» can be interpreted simply as «2»!
Or….»11»!
And if this is starting to seem a bit technical with a bunch of random numbers, please don’t give up on me just yet, there will be a point to all of this! The «one one» on Noahs t-shirt is not random, far from it! It’s super significant !
Remember the fire truck that Abe and friends found, and used to drive towards Washington DC back in 5x5 «Self Help»? They conveniently found it in a building that had a giant «102» written on it. The fire truck itself had «82» written on it. It foreshadowed the Blue Heron painting seen behind Rick in 8x2, and it was one of the first instances of foreshadowing fulfilled that I discovered myself. I wrote about it in «Noah's t-shirt theory».
But my point this time around, is that I suspected that there could be several ways of interpreting the «82» on the fire truck. It could clearly also point to 8x11, because obviously «11» consists of two «ones», or «one one» as Noah's t-shirt said.
And 8x11 actually turned out to be a treasure trove of this particular brand of Sirius symbolism that ’m looking for.
Remember in Robert Frost’s original poems about Sirius he describes Sirius as a «…heavenly overlord with a star in its eye». Sirius was referred to as a one-eyed dog because of the celestial maps used at the time, had the constellation “Canis Major” depicted with a star in one eye (Sirius), giving the impression of being a one-eyed dog.
TPTB played into this impression of Sirius as a one-eyed dog by having the scruffy one-eyed dog come visit Beth and Daryl in 4x13 «Alone». Sirius as a one-eyed dog is canon in TWD-verse.
So, back to 8x11. We watched Father Gabriel, almost blind due to an infection on the optical nerve, stumble his way across a virtual minefield of animal traps surrounding a dilapidated house that we later came to affectionately call the Radio Shack.
Radios are closely associated to Sirius symbolism due to the connotation to Sirius Satellite Radio, something which I explained in my Sirius masterpost that I linked to above.
So the fact that FG lost his eyesight on one eye in this episode (and became a Sirius figure «with a star in one eye» ) is super significant.
There were other significant moments as well, such as when FG and Dr. Carson found a piggy bank with the inscription «Ham Radio» in the radio shack. Ham radio is a term describing short band amateur radio.
But anyone remember the «Sirius Piggyback» from «Alone»? In order to tie these two episodes together, TPTB gave us a Sirius Piggyback in 4x13, and a Sirius Piggybank in 8x11.
Also, I believe there’s a connection between the «Ham Radio» Piggy bank, the Sirius piggyback and the Pig’s feet. More on that in a different post.
An even crazier callback to «Alone» was the animal traps outside the radio shack. Dr. Carson managed to step into one of them, much like Beth did in 4x13.
The Sirius callbacks in 8x11 makes me expect great things from 10x11 «Morningstar». And on the surface, it will probably be about the new cool medieval weapon we’ve seen Daryl sexily carrying around in various teasers. But come on! This episode is not about some weapon, unless you want to describe Beth as a weapon. And I’m sure you could!
I also at one point wrote a post about a sequence from 2x8 “Nebraska”. Rick, Glenn and Hershel encountered a couple of guys from Philadelphia. They weren’t the friendly kind, and ended up dead pretty soon, but the sequence was interesting for a few reasons. One, the Philly dude was wearing a sports team t-shirt with the number...yes...11 on the back. Also, much later it was indicated through a teaser that the Helicopter people had taken Rick to Philadelphia. Or at least that Philadelphia was involved in Rick’s new arc in some way.
Here’s my post on it:
https://frangipanilove.tumblr.com/post/187000918775/the-philadelphia-angle-or-noahs-t-shirt-theory
I’ve been tracking Sirius symbolism since s4. Its not a coincidence that we now get an episode called «Morningstar»! It’s fulfillment of symbolism from up to six seasons ago. And it’s certainly no coincidence that «Morningstar» will be the eleventh episode of the season. On the contrary, it’s a continuation of the Sirius thematics introduced in 8x11, with FG, the radio shack and the animal traps.
It will also be a fulfillment of the «One One Recording Studio» written on Noah's t-shirt.
And, if you need further evidence that 10x11 will be huge for TD, consider that Christ at one point in the Bible, namely in Revelation 22.16, described himself as «the Morningstar»:
«I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.»
Every TDer will recognize Beth as a Christ figure, and reading about Christ describing himself as the «morning star» should make us all very exited about 10x11.
This is already long, so I’ll stop now. But know that there is plenty more to say about this. For instance, despite having written about Shane’s «22» necklace, I haven’t elaborated much on the Beth/Shane parallels/anti-parallels, which I absolutely could’ve. But did anyone notice exactly where in «Revelation» Christ referred to himself as the «Morning Star»?
Yup, it was Revelation 22.16.
We have a «22» reference and a «Morning Star» reference in the same spot in the Bible. Shane has a «22» necklace, and the «10x10» clock from «Slabtown» can be interpreted as pointing to various episodes containing the numbers «22» (2x2, 2x10, 10x2, 10x10), it could point to «22» as in 10PM, it could point to 10x11 «Morningstar», it could point to Revelation 22.16. It’s never-ending.
Not to mention, something that occurred to me the other day…At this point I’m not entirely sure how much emphasis I should put on it, but as far a coincidences go, this was an interesting one…
Daryls scar can easily be interpreted as pointing towards 10x11! The “x” obviously stands for “10″, and the parallel lines could easily be interpreted as “2″, or “11″...
Interestingly, it is also fairly common to utilize «Morningstar» as a name associated with the Devil, as in Lucifer Morningstar. And here’s where it gets messy, because «Lucifer» literally means «Light Bringer» and is meant to describe “Venus as the Morningstar” bringing the first light. To my knowledge, the use of «Morningstar» as a name for the Devil has its origin from art and literature rather than from the Bible. But I’m curious to see what TPTB does with this rich material. There are so many ways they could play it.
But bottom line is, Venus was a planet, while Sirius is the actual Morning Star. And the Morningstar will arrive in about three weeks....
Can this hiatus please be over already, it’s been 184 years…
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