#twdg all that remains

[fox-from-fairytale]

Who is the Delta fighting against? What is it that they are doing that is worse than kidnapping kids? And how can a bunch of untrained kids save them from these people? Why did they steal two girls and then return a year later for the others? And why did the walkers ignore Minerva until Clementine shot her?

I wish they used the same attention they've put into the love interests for the antagonists.

[clemmietimes]

self care is not looking “who’s the best couple” threads

[theoneandonlycoralinejones]

Louis TWDG x reader - Opposites Attract

Warnings: None :)

(This takes place in a world where Marlon hasn’t died yet and the raiders aren’t a threat yet.)

     You had been staying at the Ericson Boarding School for troubled youth with the rest of everyone for a while now. You came with your friends, Clementine and AJ.

     The three of you were found by Marlon, after you had gotten into a car crash together.

     Since then, It's been a couple of months, and you've made quite a few friends here! You and Violet typically had late night talks, you helped Marlon out by hunting for food and scavenging; and generally you got along well with everyone. 

     Everyone; except for one person. That person being Louis. 

    He had a very laid back personality, one that you had a hard time getting along with. You felt all his flirting and teasing was gonna end him up with a huge zombie chomp. But, you still got along with him decently, he wasn’t your enemy, per se, just sort of opposites from you. 

     It was nighttime, and everyone was outside when Louis called for one of his infamous card games. This time, though, it wasn’t war. It had a slight twist,

"Let's play truth or dare, the highest card gets to truth or dare the lowest card!"

     We all pull cards, and you look around and then at mine. You got the lowest card.

     And who would’ve guessed, the person with the highest card was good ol’ Louis. 

“Truth or dare?” He says with a shit-eating grin.

“Uhhm, truth.” You sigh. 

He crosses his arms and thinks, “Hmm, out of everyone here, who would you want to be the last person on Earth with?” 

“Huh,” You look over to Clem, “Probably Clem, she’s got my back.” you smile, 

     He seems a little bit dissatisfied with your answer, hoping for something a little more out of character from you, but the game carries on and everyone picks a card again. The next couple turns are pretty normal and fun, nothing too crazy. It takes a while for the lowest card to be yours again. This time the highest card was Violet. 

“Truth or dare?” She says tilting her head. 

“Uhh, truth.”

“Again? Someone’s playing it safe,” Louis chimes in teasingly. 

     Violet rolls her eyes with a smile, “Shut up, Louis. ..anyways,” She hunches over on the picnic table and looks up as she thinks for a moment. 

“Hmm, you know, speaking of Louis, why do you talk about him so much?” She smirks sneakily. 

     A subtle ‘Oooooo’ can be heard by everyone else at the table. All of their eyes went on you, who was now wide eyed and slightly sweaty. 

“Whaaaaaat? I don’t! W- what’re you talking about?” You deny.

Violet shakes her head, her smile remaining. Her whole demeanor is nonchalant and sort of sleepy as she’s talking, “Well if I recall, you talk; a lot. And about half of it is about Sir Louis over here.” 

     You just sit there for a moment with a dumbfounded look on your face while at a loss for words. The truth is, you did talk about Louis, not in a positive light though. It was more complaining about how annoying he was than anything, but she was right, you did talk about him a lot. And even you couldn’t explain why.

“Uhh, I think I choose dare instead.” 

    Everyone around the table laughed at this, and you somehow played off the question and evaded further questions about it. The game went on for just a few more rounds, you got the top card and ended up daring Omar to do a handstand, which he gracefully failed at, and then eventually the long night came to a close. 

   We cleaned up the courtyard, turned out the lights, and then everyone headed off to their dorm rooms. Except for one person, who followed behind you to yours. Louis. 

“Hey, hey (Y/N),” He walked up behind you before you could walk inside your room.

You turn back to him, groaning slightly, “What is it, Louis? I’m really tired.”

“I know, I know, It’ll just be a minute.” 

“Sooo… why do you talk about me so much huh?” He teases with a smirk. 

You sigh and cross your arms, “Louis… I promise you it isn’t as deep as you think it is,”

“Or isss it?” He hums in a sing-song voice.

You sigh, “I dunno. You heard Violet, I talk a lot, I love to ramble to her, I don’t even remember what I say.” I shrug. 

“Are you sure it’s not cuz you… LIKE me?” He tilts his head forwards and looks at you with a cheesy smirk on his face. His hands placed in his jacket pockets. 

   You pause for a second, a slight tint of red on your face, but you immediately purge the thought and regain your composure. You smirk back, crossing your arms and tilting your head up.

“In your dreams, mister.” 

He shrugs, “Welp..” 

“I do hope to see you in them tonight,” He smiles as he casually walks away, wishing you goodnight.

    You shake your head as you watch him walk away,

    He really is something else. 

/ / / / / /

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[thecrusadercomrade]

As someone in the twdg fandom here on tumblr, it's so much fun finding an old blog with a ton of twdg art. I feel like an archaeologist picking through the remains of a previous era of my civilization. I currently have over a hundred pieces of art in my drafts to post a little bit at a time, so that all of us newcomers can remember the ancients and what they achieved.

[yellowsugarwords]

“𝙎𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝘼 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡”

「  TWDG: Clementine and Kenny  」

Summary: Reunited with Kenny once again, Clementine can feel like a scared child again, even if for a moment.

Words: 1.4k   [ ⏱︎ 9 mins ]

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“Well, you don’t need to worry about that anymore.”

How long had it been? How long since Clementine heard those words? More importantly, how long had it been since she heard those words and knew the person saying them meant it? When it came to Kenny, there was no doubt, but the feeling was still foreign. Wrong, almost.

“Once those guys pack up and leave tomorrow, you can stay with us.”

Clementine snapped back to reality. Her head wobbled as if coming out of a daze, as she looked at Kenny across the table. The cabin crew had only arrived hours ago, and now she was faced with the idea of abandoning them altogether.

Was it worth it? Clementine didn’t know. On one hand, they’d already threatened to kill her, locked her in a shed to die, and constantly reiterated how little they trusted her. The only exception was Luke, and even then, if he was the only one standing on her side, she knew there wasn’t much hope for her to stay.

However, she had gotten them here - to safety within the ski lodge - and she felt hazy about whether she should abandon them when Matthew, Sarita, and Kenny sent them on their way.

“You’re always welcome here, Clementine,” Sarita assured, breaking into the conversation. Occasionally, Clementine would snap back into reality to catch a snippet, but she wasn’t paying attention. How could she? They were discussing change—even more of it. As if she hadn’t had enough of that over the last week.

Everything felt distant and foggy. How could so many options be swirling in front of her? How did she know who she could lean on? Rely on? Trust? If the cabin crew had done what they did to her before, could they do it again? Would they? Had they developed some form of trust, or was it one-sided? Did Clementine even fully trust them yet? How was she to know?

“She’s staying for good.”

Was Kenny trustworthy? Was he stable enough to remain trustworthy? Had anything changed in the years since they’d been separated? Since his life had been ripped away, and he was messily trying to reconstruct the pieces? Was there room in his broken soul for her to return there? Was it too damaged for her to seek refuge in?

“Right, Clem?”

Her name fully brought her back. Why was there so much happening all at once? Why couldn’t they let her catch her breath? Why couldn’t she breathe? Why couldn’t the world stop, for one evening, so she could feel like everything was ‘normal’ - whatever that meant.

Kenny furrowed his brow. He saw that her bottom lip was twitching. “Clem?” He asked, voice gentle. Luke turned, confused as to the sudden tone shift at the table behind him. While intuitive, Luke was nowhere near as keen on reading Clementine as Kenny was. Kenny could analyze Clementine like a book.

Clementine’s eyes, vulnerable and meek, met Kenny’s. His heart dropped. He switched topics, noting the shift in her demeanour. “After dinner, we’ll have to show you around the place. A proper tour.”

Sarita smiled. “I think you’d love to explore one of the storage closets we found. There are so many knick-knacks in there. I’m sure you can find something you’d want to keep.”

As Sarita and Matthew continued to rave about the safety and luxury the lodge provided, Kenny gave Clementine a tender stare. It was like he was silently squeezing her hand through a gaze - a way to tell her, ‘It’s okay’. That he understood, and that she could rely on him.

Kenny kept mostly silent, eyes fluttering between his excited housemates and the little girl who brought life back to his world. Clem’s eyes darted around the room on high alert. He wished he could hold her and convince her it was going to be fine. He wished he could hug her right then and there and assure her she was safe - that he wouldn’t let anything happen to her. As of today, she had someone looking out for her best interest. Kenny just wished she could take her burdens off of her shoulders so she could believe it.

As time waned, little by little, the new bundle of housemates stood and wandered away, ready to wash dishes, set up cots, and lay out sleeping bags for the night.

As Luke turned, ready to see how Clementine was holding up, Kenny turned his full focus to the child. Not only to put Luke in his place but to genuinely see what was pestering Clem’s mind.

“Hey darlin’,” he began, “are you okay?”

Clementine’s gaze latched onto the table. She needed to keep it together. At least until she was alone. She could be weak then. She was allowed to be weak then.

“Clem?” He frowned. “You can talk to me, Clem. About anything.”

She finally glanced up, and his worried, wide eyes broke the last piece of wounded rope that was holding her together; the notion that she was all alone and had to be strong.

Her tears welled and Kenny leapt from his seat, moving to her side of the table. He placed both hands on her shoulders to guide her and helped her to her feet. “Come on,” he hushed.

Luke watched in dismay as the little girl - one he had grown protective over - was escorted away. Her head hung low, her shoulders sagged, and her hat cast shadows over her pained gaze.

Kenny had a firm hand on her shoulder, keeping her close as he pulled her away from the main room. They turned a corner, approaching a nearby storage room for privacy, when Clementine finally broke down.

Clementine sobbed, heaving as her breaths became laboured. She felt as though her lungs were collapsing, her world was spinning and crumbling, and there she was, frozen in time, helpless to stop it.

Kenny knelt to her level, speaking softly to not upset her further. “Darlin’, what’s wrong?”

“Kenny,” Clementine managed to whimper out, head low, too ashamed to make eye contact. “I’m so sorry, I’m trying to be strong. But,” she sobbed. “I’m so scared.”

Kenny felt a knife to the gut. Did he want her to be strong? Of course, but to survive. In front of him, right now, wasn’t a girl that was surviving; she was a girl who was broken.

“Clem—”

“It’s been so long since I’ve been somewhere safe,” she said softly, her voice desperate and pleading. “I’ve been all alone and on the run. I can’t make it alone—” Clementine couldn’t catch her breath. Every attempt to inhale caused her to choke, her throat closing in.

“Hey, hey,” Kenny placed a hand on either arm, holding her steady and secure. He didn’t want her crumbling to the floor. He needed to show her that he was there. That he was willing to hold her up. “It’s okay now, Clem. You’re safe here.”

“How do you know that?” She asked in a desperate, pleading whisper. Clementine already knew the answer. “What if something happens to you? Or to me?”

Kenny lifted a hand to the side of her face, brushing away a tear with one of his worn, rough thumbs. “I won’t let anything happen to you, darlin’.”

“What if I get locked in a shed again?”

Kenny’s jaw clenched. His stomach curled. “What?” It sounded like a statement rather than a question he was directing toward her.

The group that they had brought into the safety of their care had done what to his little girl? How fucking dare they.

“They thought I was bitten.” She whispered, voice shaking. While she was still afraid of what the future would hold, she didn’t want Kenny to utterly hate the cabin crew. They weren’t terrible people, just looking out for their own - just like Kenny always had.

Kenny could’ve killed them. He could’ve locked them outside and forbade them from being let back in - kick them and send them on their merry way - but, seeing Clementine’s lip wobble and her lower in disappointment, he knew he had bigger priorities.

“Hey,” Kenny hushed, bringing her in for a tight hold. He could feel her fingers cool around the fabric of his jacket, clinging, desperate for him to not let her go.

He placed one hand on the back of her head, keeping her sight hidden from the world, and the other hand wrapped around her back. He needed her to stay close. He needed to hold her together for just a moment. “You’re okay, darlin’. Nothing like that is ever going to happen again.”

As he held her, stroking the back of her head and trying to calm her breathing, he could hear a creak in the floorboards.

It was Luke. He poked his head around the corner, frowning at the sight before him. Kenny wanted nothing more than to glare - to shoot daggers given what his group put his Clementine through - but he couldn’t bring himself to. Instead, he frowned, giving a solemn nod that he was taking care of it.

Luke gave a meek nod back, only briefly looking at Kenny before landing on the shattered girl in his arms.

Kenny held her a bit tighter, leaning his cheek on the top of her head. “I got you, darlin’. I’ll take care of you.”

Feeling her hands cling to his jacket and her head buried into his shoulder, for the first time in a long time, Kenny felt needed. Because he was.

Everything he did now, he did for Clementine. He would always do it for Clementine.

Until the very end, she would always be his reason.

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𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜!! ₊˚⊹ 𝐭𝐢𝐩 𝐣𝐚𝐫   ♡    𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐢 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫

[terrak0]

TWDG fanfic recommendations

Just a little list of some of my favorite fics in the walking dead fandom. Feel free to add on any other fics! Most of these are by mutuals and are on Ao3

What-Ifs of Telltale’s The Walking Dead by @thecrusadercomrade as well as The Long Road Home

@bourbonificould’s What-If series

Dawn of The Walking Dead by @juno-box

Waking the Dead and its sequel Sunflower by coffeelyd. It’s an AU in a modern setting where Lee adopts Clementine and the motions of life they go through together. The first fic is based off S1, while the sequel is based off S4

Silence, a fic where Lilly misses during her attempt to shoot Ben outside the RV, but not without leaving lasting damage

Light of Day, a S2 rewrite by lottiematthewsgirl and woodlandkestrel. Hasn’t been updated in a few years but I think it’s pretty well written

You can’t eat a walnut (unless you crack a few shells) by anonymous. AU where Joan decides to use Javi as an example and hang him in the square instead of David

Going Down by dogstarlite. In which Kenny is the one who takes a fall in the alleyway.

Down a Different Path by JazzGirl123. Clementine runs into Javi and his family in the woods instead of the cabin group

Be still, my indelible friend by frillshark. Douglee content my beloved

The Journalist by SidekickKep, S1 from Carley’s POV

All that remains series by ahsoka. Featuring Lee and Christa being super competent in S2

Crystal Eyes Universe by EWBANH. This was THEE twdg fic series for me back in the day

Learning to Sleep by unnbrella. Clementine and Sarah fic where they have a sleepover together

[secrethiddenundercoverperson]

Fem!Reader x TWDG Luke - Part 2.

All That Remains | Locked away

23yo , Fem!Reader , slow burn , long plot , reader is in place of young Clementine .

Fandom: The Walking Dead Game, Season 2 Reader pronouns: She/Her

Wc. 6.7K

Warning: Brief indications of SA.

A/N: Things involving Luke will now start to pick up.

IN THIS EPISODE | Comfort, no romance, cute Luke x reader interactions.

PREVIOUSLY ON TWD:

Y/N: We need to find a group. People we can trust. We've been on our own for too long.

Christa: Trust? You think you can trust someone out here? Not now. Not anymore.

~

Stranger: Out here alone? In the middle of nowhere? But we haven't met anyone yet. How many people are you with?

Christa: I'm by myself!

Christa, run!

~

Christa, are you there?

~

"Sam". Well, nice to meet you, Sam.

Oh my God. Thank you! Look, Sam, a can!

It's okay. He's dead. Look, you can see the bite. Looks like he tried to cut it out.

But that never works...

~

I guess you're pretty hungry too.

Here ya go.

Hey! Don't eat it all.

~

I'm... I'm sorry, Sam.

~

Stranger: I'm out! Grab her, let's go!

Now, on The Walking Dead:

ManWithBow: I'm out! Grab her, let's go!

ManWithMachete: Come on, girl. We gotta get.

The man with the machete picks me up and carries me in his arms. They run through the forest past the approaching walkers. Once they outrun the threat, they slow down.

ManWithBow: I think... I think we're safe.

ManWithMachete: Yeah... yeah, we're good. Hey, you alright...?

Y/N: I... I think so.

ManWithBow: What are you doing out here?

ManWithMachete: Where are the, uh... the people you're with?

ManWithBow: I don't want them thinkin' we're doin' anything but tryin' to help you. Hmm... not sure how the group is gonna feel about another mouth to feed.

Y/N: My friend and I got attacked.

They will remember that.

ManWithBow: Hmm... these folks mention what they were after?

Y/N: They might've just wanted food. We were cooking some sort of weasel.

ManWithMachete: They attacked you for a weasel? Damn. That is low. 

ManWithBow: They might've attacked you for a different reason. Were these a group of men?

I nod my head yes.

ManWithBow: Yeah... Usually men like that- ... They might not have wanted the weasel.

My stomach turns remembering that moment. I was almost caught by that man. God knows what he would have done... What... could have happened to Christa. I start to tear up and become visibly upset.

ManWithMachete: Lets not think about that, okay? And trust that we're not trying to do anything similar... Anyways- They didn't mention any names, right? They weren't searching for anybody?

I shake my head no and try to calm myself.

ManWithBow: Hmm.

Luke: Well, I'm Luke, and this is Pete.

Pete: Hey there.

Y/N: Hi. I'm Y/n.

Luke: It's nice to meet you, Y/n. For now, we're gonna take you back to our group, okay? We got a doctor with us, and you look like you could use some-- ... Oh, shit...

Luke notices the blood on my sleeve and nearly drops me. He readjusts his grip on me, and gently places me on my feet as he stares at my arm wide-eyed.

Pete: What? What is it?

Luke: She's... she's been bit, man. Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck, what are we gonna do here?

Pete: Hmm...

Y/N: No! It was a dog!

Pete: I didn't see any dog, Y/n.

Luke: Come on, look, we just saw you with those lurkers back there!

Pete: I can't remember the last time I saw a dog.

Luke: So what do we do now?

They talk to each other as if I'm not standing right in front of them.

Y/N: No! Guys it really was a dog! I'm not lying!

Luke: Look, I want to believe you... but I gotta believe my own two eyes first... and I didn't see no dog around.

Y/N: No! It was from before!

Pete: Hmm... alright. Let's see it.

Luke: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, watch yourself.

I glare at Luke.

Luke: Hey, don't look at me like that! You're the one that's bit here, okay?

Pete helps me roll up my sleeve.

Y/N: See?

Luke: Is it, uh... is it like she says?

Pete: Hmm... well, could be a dog. Hard to say. So where'd this "dog" go? The one that did this.

Luke: Now, what... what does this matter, Pete? Seriously.

Pete: I wanna know how believable her story is.

Y/N: I... I killed it.

Luke: What? Really? A dog shows up and bites you and you just kill it?

Pete: What would you have done?

Luke: I don't know!

Y/N: It attacked me! I had to fight it off, and then... It got impaled on some spikes. We were at a campsite, so I believe it fell on top of some tent stakes... Seriously guys. I ended his suffering!

Luke: That's... That's a lot to take in. Are you really not making this up?

Pete: Y/n? You tellin' us the truth? You look me in the eyes when you answer.

Y/N: Yes.

Pete: Hmm. Alright, Y/n. That's good enough for me.

Luke: Sigh. Yeah but, what else was she gonna say?

Pete: I've got a good bullshit detector, Luke. That's why you can never beat me at poker.

Luke: scoffs You don't always beat me at... Alright, how can you be sure? I want to believe her but... y'know after everything- Nick ain't gonna like this... Not with what happened to--

Pete: You don't have to remind me of that, boy.

Luke: Right. Sorry, sir.

Pete pats Luke's shoulder.

Pete: Come on. Y/n, are you feelin' alright?

Y/N: I'm fine. Just... tired.

Luke: I'd carry you the rest of the way but... I'm sure you understand.

Y/N: Don't worry about...

That's when my head feels tingly, and my vision slowly fades black.

Luke: Ah, shit.

~

I eventually wake up on the ground... There's a whole group of people gathered around me. They're all arguing with each other.

ManWithRifle: Don't you tell me that! Not with what fuckin' happened.

PregnantWoman: Would someone mind telling me what the fuck is going on here?

Pete: Now hold on, Rebecca.

ManWithRifle: We got this, don't worry.

Rebecca: Like hell you do. Did anyone even think to ask where she came from? For all we know, she could be working with Carver!

Pete: She already told us that she and her friend were attacked. Then she was bitten by a dog.

Rebecca: What? And you just believed her? You should've put her out of her misery right there. Dog bite, my ass.

Y/N: I'm not wor--

The man with the rifle fires at the ground near me. I gasp and freeze in place. The shot was inches away from me. But by the look of it, I don't think he intended to shoot at me...

HeavyMan: What the...?

Pete rips the gun out of his hands.

Pete: Keep your finger off the trigger, boy!

Luke opens the door and runs outside to join the rest of the group.

Luke: Whoa, whoa, what the fuck Nick?!

Rebecca: You idiot! Every lurker for five miles probably heard that!

Nick: You're the one tellin' me to fuckin' shoot her!

HeavyMan: Everybody, just calm down for a second!

Luke: Y/n, you okay?

Y/N: I'm not... I'm not working for anyone. I don't know what you're talking about. I just need help.

Luke: We got a doctor right here, okay? He'll have a look. Now what the hell is wrong with you people?! Okay, she's just scared!

Rebecca: We're all scared, Luke. Don't act like we're the ones being irrational 'cause we don't buy this bullshit story.

Nick: No way she survived out here on her own! Why are we even arguing about this?!

Another man joins the group.

ManWithAccent: Let me take a look.

I draw back and away from the man in fear as he promptly heads towards me.

Luke: It's okay. Go ahead. He's a doctor.

I roll up my sleeve.

HeavyMan: Damn, that must've hurt.

The doctor inspects the wound.

Doctor: Hmm. Whatever it was, it got you good.

Nick: This isn't how we do things, man. When you're bit, you get put down. End of story. I'm not going through this again.

Luke: No one's suggestin' that.

Pete: We could take her arm off. 

I gasp. Immediately, I think of Lee, and how it didn't work for him...

Rebecca: It won't do any good. You'll just be makin' it worse for the girl.

HeavyMan: It's crazy. No one's gonna volunteer to do that.

Luke: I would. If it means saving her life.

Nick: Then what? How would we know it worked?

Luke: I- L-Let's just let Carlos have a look first!

I stare sadly at Luke, in hopes to appeal to him. He seems to have a good say in things.

Luke: Hey, look I'm on your side. I'm trying my best here.

A girl from inside the cabin opens the front door and peeks through it.

Girl: Who's she?

Carlos: Sarah, what'd I say? Stay inside.

Sarah closes the door.

Y/N: I don't mean to be any trouble. I just want to stop the bleeding and then I'll go. You'll never see me again, I promise.

Carlos: And where exactly would you go?

Y/N: To find my friend Christa.

Nick: Forget it. You won't get five feet.

Luke: Look, I may be in the minority here, but my gut tells me she's telling the truth. It probably is just a dog bite. Probably...

Nick: Of course you want to believe it. I'm sure you've got plenty of ideas in your head about her.

Luke: What? Shut the fuck up man? She's a kid! The fuck is wrong with you?

I look up at Luke with confusion.

Y/N: I'm not a kid?...

Nick: There ya go.

Luke: You're?- Man doesn't matter she's a small girl who is HURT. That's not how I'm thinkin' right now.

I'm still lost at what they're talking about, but I just forget about it.

Carlos gets up and returns to the group.

HeavyMan: So? What do you think?

Nick: Was it a lurker?

Carlos: A bite like that... could be anything. Only one way to find out.

Pete: How?

Carlos: We wait.

Rebecca: What?!

Carlos: By tomorrow morning, if the fever's set in, we'll know if she's gonna turn. In the meantime, we can lock her in the shed.

Y/N: What about my arm? It needs to get cleaned, and stitched, and bandaged!

Luke: The girl's in bad shape, Carlos.

HeavyMan: We have all that stuff inside the cabin, we could probably get by with...

Rebecca: Alvin, please...

Alvin: But, yeah, we can't do nothing.

Carlos: I'm not wasting supplies on a lurker bite. If it turns out you're telling the truth, I'll clean it and stitch it up for you in the morning.

Y/N: But...

Carlos walks away. I shudder... Just thinking about the night I'm going to have... No way I'll survive it!

Luke: I'm sorry. It's the best we're gonna get.

Pete offers the rifle to Nick, and he grabs it out of his hands.

Pete: Finger off the trigger, son.

Nick: I ain't your son.

Luke: Don't be like that, man.

Pete: It's alright. Boy's got his mom's temper.

Nick: Come on.

Nick, Luke, and I walk away.

Rebecca: This is just a waste of time. You'll see. And when she turns, I ain't gonna be the one cleanin' up the shed.

As we're walking, I'm holding my arm in pain.

Luke: Look, hold out the best you can, Y/n. And we'll see what's what in the morning.

We reach the shed; Luke opens the door and we exchange a sad glance. I walk into the shed and Luke closes the doors behind me. I can hear Luke and Nick talking from outside the door.

Luke: Why are we doing this? It's so dumb. It looked like a dog bite.

Nick: It's safer this way. And better she turns in there than in the cabin where we SLEEP.

Luke: Whatever man, go. I'll lock up the shed.

Y/N: I can't believe this... You're gonna be fine, you're gonna be fine.

Luke: Y/n. I'm sorry, I tried. Just hang in there.

Before I can respond, I hear him walk away.

I look around at my surroundings. I might as well get comfortable in here... I see an anchor on the wall. Looks sharp... To my right is a tool board. But nothing of use. It's pretty much empty. On the table in front of it is a vice.

...

Definitely glad they decided not to take my arm off...

I search a barrel but it's empty. Then I find a tackle box.

Y/N: Not much left in here...

I find fishing line inside the box.

Y/N: I guess if I have to, I can use this for stitches.

There's a shelf but it's too high up for me to reach. There's a hammer on it... I try jumping to reach it but end up pushing it further out of my reach...

I see a wooden board on the wall next to the shelf. I unfold the table and climb onto it. I reach for the hammer, but the shelf collapses. I fall straight onto my bite... It knocks the wind out of me, the amount of pain... My adrenaline takes over and my mind sets on getting this hammer. I lift the board up and off of the hammer beneath it. 

There's a visible hole in the wall, but it's boarded up with wood. Good use for the hammer. I pry open the board, and kick the panel open. I quickly crawl through the hole in the wall and notice a nearby walker.

Y/N: They have a doctor...he's gotta have stuff for stitches.

I observe the cabin, making sure its safe to approach

Y/N: It's pretty safe in there...could be a good place to stitch up my arm.

I sneak up to the house and see a window with silhouettes moving from inside. I decide to listen in at the window.

Rebecca: It makes me feel like a fucking idiot when we're not on the same page.

Alvin: We are on the same page!

Rebecca: Not out there, we weren't! Not about the girl! I saw you get soft!

Alvin: What do you want me to do, Bec? Put a bullet in her?

Rebecca: I want you to think about our family first.

Alvin: It's all I think about. So don't give me any shit.

Rebecca: I need some air.

Rebecca leaves the room.

I knock on the glass, and Alvin opens the window.

Alvin: What the hell are you doing?

Y/N: I... I need your help.

Alvin: Me? No. I'm sorry, but I can't do nothin'. Y/N: Please. I need to fix my arm.

Alvin: Are you out of your mind? Even if you ain't bitten by some lurker, which you probably are, you can't be here! You gotta get out of here, you understand? Get back into that shed and Carlos'll take care of you in the morning. Damn it, girl. Go.

Y/N: You'd just let me die?

Alvin: I wouldn't let you do nothing. It's not my call. We're a group.

Y/N: But you could help. And if you don't, isn't that the same?

Alvin will remember that.

Alvin: I don't know, alright?

Alvin looks behind him, checking the door.

Alvin: I'm serious girl, you need to get out of here.

Y/N: I saw when everyone was arguing, you wanted to help.

Alvin: You didn't see anything. Look, you gotta get outta here before my wife finds you. I'm serious, you gotta go. I got enough problems already. We got a baby on the way, Rebecca's all emotional, got a mess of hormones causing all sorts of trouble. I don't need anymore, get it? Now go.

Y/N: Please help. Please...

Alvin: Don't cry.

Y/N: I'm not gonna cry. I'm just... tired.

Alvin: You're not with Carver?

Y/N: No.

Alvin: And you didn't get bit by a dead person?

Y/N: No!

Alvin contemplates.

Y/N: I'll do anything I can to help your situation. Anything.

Alvin: Except leave me alone.

Y/N: Yeah, I guess. Alvin: I'm screwed if anyone finds out I did this. You understand?

Y/N: The b... the cut on my arm needs to be cleaned and stitched.

Alvin: Stitched? I ain't doin' that.

Y/N: I'll figure it out on my own.

Alvin: Alright, look... I don't know what I can find. We're short on bandages, but I might be able to find something clean that would work.

Y/N: I need something to clean it with, and a needle and thread could help, too.

Alvin: I don't even know where to look. Carlos has medical supplies on lockdown, and we don't got much these days.

Y/N: Well, whatever you can get. I'll find the rest on my own.

Alvin: Okay. Wait here.

Alvin leaves and returns shortly afterward.

Alvin: I found you some bandages. And I, uh... I got you a juice box. In case you're thirsty.

Alvin hands me the bandages and juice box. How old do these people think I am? I am grateful for the juice anyways...

Y/N: Thank you.

From the other side of the bedroom door, I can hear Carlos,

Carlos: Alvin, house meeting in five minutes.

Alvin: Oh, okay. Thanks. Now you need to go.

Alvin closes the window and leaves.

Though I have the bandages, that won't do. I need a needle and peroxide... I crouch and sneak around the side of the cabin. I end up in the backyard, and see another board of wood covering up a hole. It's covering an entrance to underneath the house... Maybe there's a way in from under?

I try to pull the plywood, but fail. I use the hammer to remove the nails, successfully. I then move the plywood. I crouch further and walk underneath the foundation of the house.

I finally reach a trapdoor. But when I try to open the door, it doesn't budge. It's locked.

I take my knife out of my pocket and use it to open the trapdoor, but the blade breaks. At least, it opens the lock... I then enter the house quietly.

Carlos: I've already made my decision.

Pete: Well, Luke has more to say, I guess. Where's Sarah?

Carlos: She's got her book. She doesn't need to be a part of this.

I enter the living room. Everyone is in the kitchen by the sound of it... I listen in for a bit...

Rebecca: For all we know, she could be connected with Carver.

Luke: Come on. There's no way.

Alvin: She could be. We don't know.

Nick: She's connected to somebody. There's no way she's out here by herself.

Pete: She said she was with a friend and they got attacked.

Nick: Yeah, right.

Carlos: Whoever she's with, they'll probably come looking for her.

Alvin: Great. They show up and we've got her locked in the shed.

Rebecca: You think we should bring her in here...?

Alvin: No. I'm just saying it wouldn't look too good.

Carlos: It's just a precautionary measure. Anyone else would do the same.

Luke: You really think Carver would come after us...?

Nick: You think he wouldn't...?!

Pete: He's not exactly the type to let things lie.

Luke: What happened, happened. There's nothing we can do about it now.

Alvin: Let him come. I really don't give a damn.

Rebecca: Alvin!

Alvin: What? I don't.

Nick: You brought her back here, not me. You knew she was bit.

Luke: What was I supposed to do, huh? Leave her out there to die?

Nick: Better her than us.

Pete: You'd've done the same, Nick.

Nick: It wasn't the brightest idea.

Luke: Oh, and firing your rifle was, huh...? Next time we'll just put up a neon sign that says "Lurkers Welcome".

Alvin: Where you goin', hon...?

Rebecca: I want to get my sweater.

Carlos: We'll be done in a minute.

Nick: You're in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by lurkers, about to get eaten alive, and you're telling us it was a dog?

Luke: Yeah, yeah, I know it sounds crazy, but...look, for whatever reason, I think she's telling the truth.

Pete: Look, there's no point in arguing about it now. She's in the shed, she's not gonna hurt anyone. We'll just see what's what in the morning.

Luke: But Carlos said she could die if she doesn't get her arm treated.

Rebecca: Assuming she doesn't turn.

Alvin: That true? The girl could really die...?

Carlos: If the infection spreads...anything's possible. It could definitely get a whole lot worse for her.

Luke: Don't we have penicillin? Or something that could, y'know...stop the infection from spreading?

Carlos: We have some. But not enough to spare.

Nick: We're not wasting anything on her. What if one of us needs it?

Luke: Look, I'm just saying, we could help, that's all.

Rebecca: We need to think of ourselves first. That's just the way it is.

Pete: We can't just let her die. Not if there's something we can do about it. Let's just say she's telling the truth and she doesn't turn. Then what?

Luke: We apologize for being assholes. And then we help fix her arm.

Rebecca: She can't stay with us. We barely have enough supplies for ourselves.

Pete: We've got more fish in the traps than we could ever eat.

Nick: Yeah, but she's seen us. She knows we're here.

Luke: What, you scared of a small girl like that...?

Carlos: A small woman is not the problem. It's who she might tell.

Alvin: We gotta keep an eye on her.

Rebecca: IF she doesn't turn. Which she probably will.

Nick: I gotta take a leak.

Carlos: Hold on. We're almost done.

Nick: Fine.

Carlos: My point is, if that woman can find her way here, then almost anyone can.

Luke: Pete, you saw those lurkers, alright? That's more than we've seen in a while.

Pete: Yeah. Seems like it's not as safe as it was. 'Least not like when we found this place.

Nick: Maybe it's time to move on.

Rebecca: We can't just keep running. At some point we've got to settle down.

Carlos: We should. And we will. But can we find somewhere safe? I don't know.

Pete: You seen what it's like out there.

Alvin: I was just starting to like this place.

Pete: Look, we've had a good run here. But if it's time to move on, then I got no problem with that.

Luke: Yeah, but...I mean, where do we go from here...?

Alvin: No more cities. We all agreed on that, right...? Too many damn lurkers.

Nick: We're not going back the way we came. That's for damn sure.

Rebecca: We can probably find somewhere better. We just need to look.

Carlos: Wherever we go, we can't get too attached. We'll be fine as long as we keep things fluid.

Pete: We can't forget we need to check the traps tomorrow.

Nick: What do we do with the girl?

Rebecca: You're not leaving her here with me!

Luke: We can't just keep her locked in the shed. We're not animals.

Carlos: Then take her with you.

Nick: What...?

Carlos: You want to keep an eye on her, then take her with you. Are we almost done here...? I want to make sure Sarah's ready for bed. Pete: Wait a second. There's something else I want to talk about.

I had been listening in for a couple of minutes. It was about time I stopped caring about whatever the hell they were saying, and focused on my arm. Because as soon as I'm done fixing myself up. I'm out of here. Luke and Pete seem to be on my side... but everyone else is unsure of me. Except Rebecca. She is definitely sure I'm some bitten, dead girl who works with "Carver". Whoever he is, won't matter to me once I'm gone. 

I then go upstairs. The steps are so creaky, I'm almost trying to float over them with each careful step.

I enter a door and it ends up being the bathroom.

Y/N: They have to have medical supplies around here somewhere.

I open the medicine cabinet and take a needle from a tomato-shaped pincushion.

Y/N: It's clean.

I put the needle away carefully in my pocket.

Y/N: I'll still need something to keep it from getting infected.

Just when I'm about to open the door and leave, I hear something.

Rebecca: That man sometimes, I swear!

It's that angry pregnant lady, Rebecca... I look around, quickly! I need to find a place to hide! The shower? I jump in.

Rebecca enters the bathroom and drinks some water from the sink. They have running water?? What if... She tries to take a shower?! I should've just gone in the closet. Oh God...

Rebecca: Damn it... Just need to have this baby and...oh, god. Let it be okay and...let it be his.

Woah.

Rebecca takes a deep breath and leaves. As soon as it sounds clear, I leave to find some peroxide, or anything to clean my wound with... I open another door opposite the bathroom. As soon as I peek through I hear a gasp. For a second I almost shut it and run, but it's the girl. I put my finger on my lips and shush Sarah.

Sarah: You're not supposed to be in here.

I look around the room, look behind me, then close the door as I enter slowly.

Y/N: Hi, can you please help me?

Sarah: I'm not supposed to talk to you. My dad can't know.

Y/N: Why, what will he do?

Sarah: Get mad at me.

Y/N: What does he do when he gets mad?

Sarah: He gets angry and says he's disappointed in me and that he just loves me and wants me to be safe.

Y/N: That's it? Nothing else?

Sarah: Yeah. It's the worst.

From what I can tell, Sarah is no threat to me. I know I can talk my way out of this.

Sarah: What happened to you?

Y/N: A dog bit me.

Sarah: Sounds scary... I bet it hurts.

Y/N: I could die if I don't take care of it. Do you understand?

Sarah will remember that.

Y/N: I just need something to clean it with. I bet it would be with the rest of your dad's medical supplies.

Sarah: Yeah, it is.

Sarah contemplates for a bit. I wait in hopes to get the answer I want.

Sarah: I'll help you.

Y/N: Good. Thank you.

Sarah: I'm Sarah.

Y/N: I'm Y/n.

Sarah: We're friends. Right? We can be best friends. I haven't met another girl my age since way before. It's hard to be the only girl, you know? Rebecca is okay, but she's old. And that's it. And if her baby is a girl, it'll be forever before she's old enough to, like, be my friend. And then I'll be super old.

Y/N: We're not the same age.

Sarah: What?

Y/N: We're not the same age. Everyone here thinks I'm a lot younger.

Sarah: Oh, I see. How old are you then? I'm fifteen.

Y/N: I'm 23.

Sarah: You don't seem like it.

Y/N: That's just how it is.

Sarah: So, can we still be friends, then?

Y/N: Yes.

Sarah: Promise?

Y/N: Yes.

Sarah will remember that.

Sarah holds out her pinkie for a pinkie swear. I lock my pinkie with hers.

Sarah: A pinky swear is forever. I'll see if I can find the stuff my dad uses when I get a cut. Lemme look around...

Sarah searches the room and then gives me a bottle of peroxide.

Sarah: I think this is it.

Y/N: Perfect. That'll work.

Sarah: You can't do it here, though. Someone will find you.

Y/N: Don't worry, I won't.

I open the door and peek left and right to see if it's clear.

Y/N: Thanks, Sarah.

Sarah: Shhh!

Y/N: Okay. I better get somewhere safer to do this.

I return to the shed and take out the supplies. I roll up my sleeve and place my arm on the table.

Y/N: This is gonna suck.

I take a sip of juice first. I then unscrew the lid of the peroxide and pour it on my wound, then drop it. I scream in pain, as I feel the peroxide bubble up all over. It hurts so bad I'm almost in tears, and I'm not even at the...

Y/N: The fun part.

It takes me a few greuling tries, but I eventually thread the needle.

I begin the first suture, then slam my fist on the table. I'm so dizzy, but I have to push through. My adrenaline, my best friend at this point, takes over and I'm ready to continue.

I continue suturing and screaming in pain. I'm finally done, and wrap my arm up with the bandages, but then I drop them.

As I'm picking them up, a walker reaches through the shed and grabs my leg. I hold onto the table and reach for the hammer as I try to kick it away, but it knocks me over. I try to grab a nearby rake but can't reach it.

The wall breaks and the walker crawls all the way into the shed and climbs on top of me. I kick it away and stand up. I quickly grab the rake and push the walker backward with it. It falls and gets impaled by the anchor on the wall.

I grab the hammer and hit it repeatedly in the head until it stops moving. Luke opens the shed, with the rest of the group close behind him.

Luke: Holy shit.

Alvin: What the...?

Nick: How the hell did it get in here?

Pete: Girl's tough as nails.

Carlos: Are you alright?

Luke: The shed should've been safe!

Y/N: I am still not bitten. I never was. And you left me out here to die.

Luke: You patched yourself up?

Luke watches me carefully in disbelief.

Nick: Where'd you get that stuff?

Rebecca: Did she steal from us?

Pete: This doesn't change a thing. She hasn't done anything to us.

Rebecca: Says the man not carrying a baby.

Pete: Enough already!

Luke: Guys, please.

Y/N: I did. I took stuff and I'm sorry. I really am.

They will remember that.

Rebecca: And you think you can trust her?

Pete: Goddamn it, don't even start! Any of you would've done the same if you were half as tough as this girl. So just save it.

Carlos: Bring her in and I'll take a look at her arm.

Alvin: Damn lurkers sneakin' around out here... We better get inside.

Luke: You hungry?

Y/N: I haven't eaten in days. Not even that weasel.

Luke cracks a guilty smile, but I smile back to reassure him. He's on my side from what I can tell. No need to guilt trip him of everyone.

We all go inside.

Carlos inspects my wound. Luke paces and Nick bites his fingernails.

Carlos: This might hurt a little.

Y/N: Ow!

Luke: How's she look?

Carlos: Her suturing skills need some work, but otherwise I'd say she should be fine.

Luke: So it wasn't a lurker bite?

Carlos: If it was, the fever would've already set in and her temperature would be through the roof.

Carlos bandages my arm. Nick leaves the room and Luke follows him. Carlos washes his hands in the sink.

Carlos: I wish you wouldn't've done what you did.

Y/N: What do you mean?

Carlos: You manipulated my daughter.

Y/N: I asked for her help?

Carlos: She's not someone you can just ask for help.

I'm not sure what to say, so I stay silent.

Carlos: I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, but there are a few things you need to know about my daughter.

Y/N: Okay...

Carlos: She isn't like us. You may not get that initially, but once you're around her for a while, you'll understand. If she knew how bad the world is... what it's really like out there... she would... cease to function. She's my little girl. She's all I have left, and I would ask that you stay away from her.

Y/N: I'm sorry, I realize now what you mean. I didn't know. I was nice to her if that counts for anything...

Carlos will remember that.

Carlos: It's okay. You're forgiven. Just don't make any more mistakes.

Carlos leaves and Luke enters, holding a bowl of food.

Luke: Hey, uh... brought you some food.

Luke and I sit at the table and start eating.

Luke: That's gonna leave of hell of a scar.

Y/N: Better than losing it.

Luke: You can say that again. Scars...they're way cooler than stumps.

Luke tries to be playful with me. But I can tell he's still guilty and wary about what to say to me.

Y/N: Don't look so guilty. It's okay, you didn't want to do that to me. I survived anyway, and for that I'm grateful.

Luke: Grateful to who? You could've died in there...

Y/N: I could've died out in those woods, but you helped me. Gave me a chance.

Luke: Well, it wasn't just me. Pete helped you too.

Y/N: Then I am grateful to both you and Pete. Thank you.

Luke: You don't have to thank me...

I finish my bite of food then continue talking.

Y/N: Yeah, who was it that saved me from the walker on top of me by chopping its head off? And the one that carried me away?

I smile. I want him to be happy. We have enough burdens. Though I'm incredibly anxious talking to new people, and in a lot of pain, I just want everyone to feel okay.

He smiles back and looks down at his food. 

Y/N: And I didn't end up with my arm chopped off! This is best case scenario.

Luke chuckles, but then noticed a growing sadness on my face as I start to think...

Luke: What's wrong? Y/N: Nothing. I just had a friend who lost his arm once, that's all. I'm okay.

Nick enters the room.

Nick: Hey, look. Um, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for... well, for being a dick out there. I got kinda aggro and that was definitely not cool.

Luke: Nick's been known to go off every once in a while. Don't hold it against him.

Nick: Yeah, I guess we all have our moments.

Luke: You definitely had one out there.

Nick drops his head down as he sits next to me.

Y/N: You were just protecting your friends. I get it.

Nick will remember that.

Nick: I didn't mean to be so harsh. I just... we had a bad experience once.

Y/N: What happened...?

Luke: Nick lost his mom. We took care of someone who'd got bit.

I can see the hurt in Nick's eyes...

Nick: It was my fault. I--

Luke: It was no one's fault. We thought we could control it, but... we couldn't. And then she turned and his mom was standing right there and she got attacked... There was nothing we could do about it.

Nick: Anyway. Hopefully, you understand.

Y/N: I do. Yeah.

Nick smiles at me then gets up and leaves.

Luke: So, since you're pretty much on your own, what's your plan?

Y/N: I don't know. Like you said, I'm just on my own now. It's never really been this way.

I wonder if I should ask to stay here? No, I couldn't... They all want me out of here. But, should I ask? I don't kn-

Luke: Well, you're welcome to stay here if you want. You can let yourself heal up and take some time to sort things out.

Y/N: Do you think everyone else will be okay with it?

Luke: They'll just have to deal with it.

He smiles at me. I let out a secret sigh of relief and smile back sheepishly.

Luke: So what happened to your parents? If you don't mind me asking. 

Y/N: Do you really still think I'm a kid?

Luke: Oh, I- right. Well, how old are you?

Y/N: Wait, I want to see what you think. How old do I look to you?

Luke: 16.. 17..?

Y/N: 23!

Luke: Oh, wow, I- mean you just seem a lot younger. 'Cause, y'know, you're... small?

Y/N: Sigh. Yeah, I know. Everyone likes to mention it to me.

Luke: But you're strong. That's for sure. None of us could've done what you did out there. I didn't mean to offend you or-

Y/N: No, no! You haven't. I'm just very used to hearing it is all... And trust me, you would've been able to do it too. Once your body knows it's in trouble... Adrenaline will get you through anything...

Luke looks down with remorse.

Y/N: But really? Does my face look that young?...

Luke: I think your face looks to be about 23 years old.

I smile.

Y/N: Really? Or are you just saying that?

I tease him.

Luke: Really! I mean it.

We both continue eating.

Y/N: Well, how old are you? Have you been keeping track?

Luke: I'm 26. My birthday is in the winter, so I know it must be coming up soon.

Y/N: Mine too, January 26th. (~ Wink wink)

Luke: Pete's birthday is in the winter too. And like I said, seems like it's coming soon... so maybe we'll just have one big winter birthday party then.

We smile at each other and keep eating.

Luke: The winter will be rough, but it's not our first time surviving it. How do you usually get through it?...

Y/N: I'm usually with other people that can help me, if that's what you're asking.

Luke: I was just curious on how you made it this far.

Y/N: I just try to stay with good people and not do anything dumb.

I start feeling sad again...

Luke: Hey, I'm sorry, I... I shouldn't have asked.

Y/N: In the beginning, my parents went on vacation and left me with a babysitter and they never came back. We went to Savannah to find them... but they were already dead.

Luke: Wow. Well, I'm sorry to hear that.

Y/N: This man found me and took care of me.

...

Y/N: We met up with other survivors and we all tried to make it, but... it didn't work. His name was Lee. He taught me how to survive... He's the reason I keep my hair short.

Luke: What happened to him?

Y/N: I ran away... I was stupid. There was a man who said he knew my parents. I thought I knew what I was doing, but I ran away and Lee died because of it.

Luke: Maybe he would've died anyways.

Y/N: It was my fault. I just... sometimes people die because of me. Because they always try to protect me. I can't stand it.

Luke: I'm sure none of them regret trying to keep you safe.

Y/N: I'd hope so... for the past, I don't know seven years? I'd been with my friend Christa. The friend who was with me when we got attacked.

Luke lightens the mood,

Luke: For that damn weasel.

I laugh. Pete enters the room.

Pete: I hate to interrupt, but I'm out there standing watch and I can't help but notice this place is lit up like a goddamn beacon in the middle of the woods.

Luke: Yeah, it's time to turn in anyways.

Y/N: Alright, and thank you Pete.

Pete turns his head in question.

Y/N: For saving me?

Pete: Oh, right, you're welcome, Y/n.

We exchange smiles as he leaves the room. Pete winks at Luke, and it clearly frustrates him.

Luke: When you're finished eating, come find me upstairs. I'll show you where you can sleep.

I smile and nod with a mouthful of food. He puts his bowl in the sink and leaves.

To be continued...

A/N; Things are starting to speed up, see?? Ah trust me, the next episode... Allllll Luke baby. So far this has really just been the transcript to the game LOL, but believe me when I say, the next episode will be a whole new case.

[pi-creates]

Hi Pi, sorry if this has been asked before but how do you remove meshes from TWDG? I was trying to remove certain clothing meshes (glasses, hats). I saw you mention overwriting the original mesh files with nothing, but I wasn't sure how to do that (my attempts make no changes, and the meshes remain).

It really depends on which season and characters you're looking at as to if you can remove parts of the mesh seamlessly... S1 and S2 has most of the characters and accessories merged into bigger meshes, which makes removing specific parts of it not possible - at least not through mesh overwriting, and mesh editing isn't feasible as of yet. Kenny's hat is attached to his hair texture in Season 2, so it doesn't get an individual mesh or texture which can just be deleted/overwritten. You can sometimes remove the texture files (or edit part of a texture file) associated with part of the mesh and make that part no longer visible, but if there's not a texture below it, it just makes a gaping hole where the missing part is. Ergo, if you just tried to erase Kenny's hat from the textures, there would just be a hole in the top of his head. So basically, Kenny in Season 2 episode 2 - he's one mesh, sk54_kenny202.d3dmesh, you can't just change his head mesh to the version without a hat in this episode via mesh renaming. You can probably overwrite the 203 meshes and have changes occur in episode 3 and onwards, but not earlier than that. For Sarah, her sk55_sarah204_body.d3dmesh is the version without her glasses, so you can overwrite her episode 2 body mesh with that to remove the glasses in episode 2 and forward - but again, it won't effect episode 1. And just replacing that mesh will not change the shadow effect of the glasses on Sarah's face, that's directly drawn onto the texture. If you want to remove that, you can use the sk55_sarah_headNoGlasses.d3dtx texture to overwrite sk55_sarah_head.d3dtx. And as for not being able to find Sarah's glasses in the archive files - that's because they are part of her body texture in episodes 1-3, it's only episode 4 where her glasses are made into an object for Clem to find, and that has it's own mesh and texture which is separate to what appears on Sarah's character model. I hope something in there helps you... unfortunately, this is just the limitations of how Season 1 and Season 2 uses very few meshes for characters - it's much easier to simply remove parts in Season 3 and onwards when they separate all the meshes into individual parts.

[thegoddessseris]

I dont know if your taking any writing requests rn but from your masterlist can you possibly by chance write about one of twdg characters having an eating disorder? (clem or vi work ^^) im asking bc im currently struggle with an eating disorder (im getting better) and if you dont want to write those i will take no offense to it! Thank you sm!!

ROTTEN FLESH

a twdg one-shot.

Summary: Clementine has trouble eating when suddenly, after being bitten, what she's been through all comes back together.

TW: death, eating disorder, basic twdg stuff. I warn you that it may be difficult to read this, people can be trigged, read at your own responsibility.

World Count: 785

A/N: I tried to express and contextualize it as best I could, I'm sorry if it's not as you imagined. I hope you're fine!

How much we have taken care of our bodies! We washed it, dressed it, looked after it, shaved it, quenched it thirst, fed it. We took it to the tailor, to the doctor, to the surgeon. We identified with this pet. We suffered together with it. With it we shouted, We loved. Of it we say: it is me. And suddenly this illusion collapses. What do we care about our body! We only relegate it to the rank of servant. All it takes is for anger to become a little more evil, for love to become inflamed, for hate to spread, for fear to become a little more present, and the conviction vanishes, with the importance of our body.

Is your partner surrounded by walkers? You will save him! Nobody can stop you. Did they bite you? You don't care.

Leave those shreds of meat as a pledge to anyone who wants them. You thought you cared so much, but instead you realize that's not the case.

The pain in the leg persisted for weeks, but over time it stopped bleeding and healed.

But the pain didn't stop.

That pain remained persistent, it remained in the shadows at the corner of the room, the ghost of my leg that I still seemed to be able to move, in the nightmares that kept me awake at night, in the smell of rotten meat that every food released.

In that feeling in my stomach, like it twisted and my sense of smell screamed every time I had food in front of me. But for some reason, they didn't seem to understand it. They thought I had a medical problem, when in reality it was very clear my mind was playing tricks on me. Lee would know how to help me.

Lee.

I often dream of him, but they are not those sweet dreams in which we are together on the train, but nightmares in which I am forced to see him die repeatedly. To see his conscience abandon his body, and his flesh prepare to rot.

And I think it's because finally, after all these hectic years, At Ericson Boarding School, we stopped and had the time and the chance to catch our breath, it all hit me at once. All the losses. All the pain. All the corpses who had rot.

''you have to eat, Clem.'' Violet repeated to me softly like a mantra. But every time I looked at the plate, I thought I saw that rotten meat, and I couldn't help but want to throw up. That feeling of disgust and hatred I felt when I looked at the rabbit meat on that plate didn't go away, no matter how hard I tried. I might as well stop trying to eat, I just couldn't.

I might as well have starve to death.

A few hours had probably passed, and Violet was sitting with me on my bed, trying in every way to get me to eat something, with little success.

''Clem, what's wrong with you? If you don't eat you won't have the strength to use crutches'' she insisted, looking at me with a worried expression. I only avoided her gaze, with my arms folded on my lap. ''Clem, talk to me''

''you…don't understand'' I replied, closing my eyes. That rotten smell was bothering me, even if it wasn't real.

Maybe it was me who was rotting away, not the food.

''then let me understand!'' said the blond haired girl next to me, in a slightly higher tone of voice. ''Talk to me Clem, please.'' she said in a pleading voice.

''After I was bitten… something in me changed. I thought I would die, that my fate would be the same as… Lee's.'' I said in a small voice, opening my eyes and sighing, still avoiding her gaze which I could clearly feel on me. ''But then AJ saved me. And we had time to rest, to be at peace. And this is what I've been waiting for my whole life, but by taking a break, by stopping running… it all came back at once, and it overwhelmed me.”

''What do you mean?'' she replied in a worried tone, and when I turned to look at her, I could see the concern on her face.

''I remember them all. All the bodies of the one who I loved.. their bodies rotting.'' I said.

''We were children, and we are thrown into a war bigger than us,'' she said softly, putting down the plate she was holding and placing a reassuring hand on my shoulder.

''And what does that make us?'' I said. This was the only reality I fully experienced.

Not yet corpse,

still, we rot.

If you are having a hard time, or are having trouble with an eating disorder, seek help. Talk to a trusted adult or contact an appropriate helpline in your area. You are not alone.

[spacedlexi]

HEY LEXI FIRST OF ALL WANTED TO SAY LOVE YOUR STUFF ! ANYWAYSS umm so I've seen a lot of it recently here on twdg tumblr and I'm not too sure if you've ever talked about him, but I wanted to know what you thought of Duck Lives AUs?

I imagine he'd be just as happy as Clem and AJ to find a place like Ericson's, but do you have like a vision of how he'd be like? He'd be 17-18 so like... maybe who he'd get along with most, if he'd romance someone just as Clem does maybe?

ik its hard since hes just a kid in s1 but ig i wanted to see what some of my fav blogs think ! thanks and have a nice dayyy

i dont think a lot about [character] lives aus since so many of the deaths were important character and plot beats, as well as growth moments for clementine. ducks specifically being the one that made her begin to reckon with her own possible demise (lees makes it feel inevitable. and every death after just solidifies that idea). and is the catalyst for lee teaching her how to survive

THAT SAID i will indulge just for you anon

youre right that its hard to say since he was just a kid at the time. its also hard to take into account how major plot moments would have happened if he was around, and how he would react to those moments to turn him into who he would be at 17/18. how hardened would he have become? how much of that goofy side of himself would have remained? like in clems case i always forget Just how much of a baby she was in S1 like Oh My God... angel... (im not even gonna think about what impact ducks survival would have had on how clem turned out too like there are layers here)

so 🤔 i can see him remaining more openly positive than clem but still hardened enough by his life experiences to turn him into someone just as tired as clem is in S4. he would have had to do a lot of maturing, but him wanting to help lee solve that "case" shows he wants to be a help to the group so i dont think he would be adverse to it. he was a typical kid but he listened to direction without real complaint. like he was a good kid. if he were to survive to S4 i could see him being on a similar level to clem but i do think she would remain the smarter one of the two of them. i like to think he would retain some of his goofiness, or it would at least come back to the surface the way that lighter side of clem did

in regards to who hed get along with most, i could see mitch and willy. maybe louis too. and i just honestly dont care enough about romance to be able to make a call on that. maybe hed think ruby was cute, he might like her bossy nature, but still kind and a little silly herself

and thank you :) 💕!!

[sapphire-weapon]

"assuming that things are better just because of "positive representation" in media"

real mistake is not that, it's to think 'positive' representation no matter what will be welcomed. obviously not.

no, the actual problem is that too few people understand what "positive representation in media" actually is or looks like

let's use vidya since that's the medium i know best

you have a spectrum

both ends of that spectrum are fucking stupid ok you're all morons

the red end are the idiots who piss about alloy zero dawn being "too ugly" and therefore "woke" and cry that video game publishers hide the cleavage of underage anime waifus

and the blue end are the dopes who think that this scene is actually progressive and accomplishing something (as opposed to being the most cringe-inducing bullshit on the planet) and who are so on board with any representation at all that they can't even identify when a character was built on racial stereotypes (ada) or is being fucking tokenized (sheva)

you're all dumb ok

MOST PEOPLE -- as in, the VAST MAJORITY of people -- fall somewhere in the middle. which is how we have shit like:

the main playable character of hades is bisexual and has not only a full m/m romance you can pursue but also a poly m/m/f romance you can pursue, and i've never seen a single person drag him or the game for being woke bullshit

absolutely none of the discourse about TLOU2 was about ellie being in a relationship with a woman, and all of it was about all the other stupid bullshit that that game did instead, while ellie remained (and remains!) beloved

TWDG spawned an entire era in video games of Sad Dad storylines and kindled the resurgence of graphic novels, and the two leads of that game are black

disco elysium is possibly the single most political game released this past generation, and not only is it beloved by the vidya community, but one of the leads, kim kitsuragi, is both asian and gay, and everyone hails him as being one of the best parts of that game

at some point, the RGG studio decided to start writing kiryu as canonically bi-curious, and his pseudo-adopted son, daigo (who i named my oldest cat after), IS canonically gay, and those two things are treated as SO NORMAL in the games that barely anyone who plays through the yakuza series even notices it

GTA5 is the best-selling console game of all time and, as of the time of writing, has sold over 200 MILLION COPIES, and has major, important characters of all creeds and colors

jill valentine being one of the most respected and widely-recognized game characters of all time, despite her tits and pussy

barret. fucking. wallace.

people WILL accept good representation no matter what

the problem is that the representation has to actually fucking be good

[calliecopper]

My unpopular TWDG opinion: Kenny should have died in season 1

I honestly think that Kenny's existence in season 2 makes no sense for his character arc in season 1, and kinda prevents the player and Clementine from fully connecting to the new cast.

This coincides with another unpopular opinion: Lily really wasn't that bad in season 1. Seriously, I think she was an interesting and complex character that should have stuck around longer.

The game set up in episode 2 and 3 a Lily vs Kenny dynamic that I felt never reached its true potential due to Lily being written off. I think it would have been interesting if both characters stuck around to episode 5 and, depending on Lee's choices, one of them had stolen the boat with Vernon and left.

If Lily feels Lee has betrayed her and thinks it's best to leave, she'll take the boat (like she does with the RV in canon) and continue to be the villain seen in the final season. Kenny would stick around, have his character arc come to it's proper close, then die either protecting Ben or Christa.

If Kenny feels Lee has betrayed him and thinks it's best to get out of dodge, then he'd steal the boat, and it'd be Lily to remain with the group until she's the one to die protecting Ben or Christa. Then, Kenny would go on to be the villain of the final season.

I genuinely think this would've been more interesting and would have provided a more nuanced look into both characters. It also would give more consequences for Lee's decisions in S1 all the way into S4

[dragynkeep]

The worse thing to constantly think about TWDG is that characters consistency are shit when they're not Clem. Kenny has a very strong character when it comes to people he loves (will always cry when he leave for Clem and AJ to live) but he's...a lot, Lily remained strong even when losing her father and pulled through for everyone....but she would willingly mutilate a child, so much of their personalities are weird af and I wish Telltale was a bit more consistent with them

I don't think it's much a consistency issue as it is just missing the middle man, and also the two examples being wholely unlikeable outside of S1. But what gets me is that the way they're treated by the actual writers and story.

Both are unlikeable, but Kenny is constantly fucking babied by the narrative and the fandom, to the point where you're constantly expected to side with him and the arguable best endings are his. He either is treated as this dad figure that Clementine can't bear to leave, or he's the hero who, despite all his flaws, sacrificed his own safety so that Clementine and AJ had somewhere to live peacefully.

Compare that to the alone ending, where it's heavily pushed that Clementine is now forever changed and it's sad to survive on her own, which it is. Or the Jane endings were Clementine is either shown to be a heartless survivor like Jane, or her trust in new people is misplaced because they end up bad.

Nevermind that Kenny is abusive, racist, stupid and just downright hostile in S2, I hated every second he was on screen because he didn't need to be there. His arc was done! He learned to forgive the boy who got his family killed and sacrificed himself so that Ben didn't have to feel pain! It was good!

And I'm sorry, but Lilly was nowhere near as bad as Kenny in S1. The worst thing she did was shoot Carley/Doug after snapping, and if we're supposed to ignore Kenny wanting to abandon Ben to die in Episode 4, far more painfully I might add, then I'm sure the game can push us to be understanding to this.

Except oh wait, S4 brought her back and after Episode 2, just made her into Evil Woman who mutilates kids. I didn't even mind Lily being an antagonist at first, Episode 2 did great imo in fleshing her out through her relationship to Clementine, giving her a good characteristic that made Lilly more nuanced.

Until they just gave up and most of the fandom decided she was EvilTM. Kenny is good ol Uncle Kenny who might have said slurs and beat a kid half to death, but Lilly is pure EvilTM.

The way this series treated these two characters make me wanna cry.

Kenny apologists do NOT interact, I will pour cement in your water pipes.

[projectjasper]

ask game - top five favourite female characters :3

ok so we collectively decided that i will do top five from dramas and then top five from other forms of media, so this is gonna be a long post 😌

top five favourite female characters from dramas

number one. koh ae ri from the eighth sense

she is for real one of my favourite secondary characters of all time. she is so funny and i absolutely love the way she teases her friends, bullying IS a love language yes. i also love how confident and slightly over-the-top she is, she can really stand up for herself and other people as well, which is an admirable quality. also, i am side-eyeing her and her bestie. 🫵🏳️‍🌈⁉️ ykwim

number two. ink from bad buddy

we all know what i think about bad buddy but that doesn't mean there aren't any characters in that series who i still cherish, and ink is definitely one of them! i feel like everything in the world has already been said about her and i don't even have to explain myself. we all love her.

number three. hashimoto mio from kieta hatsukoi

she is an icon, she is a legend, etc. etc. she is so so sweet and wonderful but can also hit you across the face so hard that you fly away if you deserve it. i don't even think that's like dramatic effect exaggeration, she will kick your ass if you're acting like a fucking idiot and i love that about her.

number four. choi yu na from semantic error

true bicon of our generation. greatest fashion sense in the world. so very tired of your bullshit (and that's absolutely fair). a great friend. *bows fifty times in respect*

number five. sunny from our dating sim

she doesn't get too much screen time but i love everything about what we see of her. she is very no-nonsense and deadpan, but also very emotionally intelligent and compassionate (she literally helps lee wan figure out why he started drawing and why it's still important to him, like she literally changes his life with one small conversation). what a legend.

top five favourite female characters from other media

number one. brienne of tarth from game of thrones (tv show)

ok yeah yeah horrible tv show. ANYWAY. i am fucking obsessed with brienne. she is SO!!!! KDGJDFJGDFJGKDF. sorry. what am i even supposed to say. she is a warrior both metaphorically and literally. she is the most knight-coded character of all time. no man can compare to her in knightly qualities. she is noble, she is loyal, she is fair. she is fucking iconic.

number two. clementine from the walking dead games (video game series)

i grew up with clem, actually. i was just a couple of years older than her when i first watched a playthrough of twdg. i suppose we have to make some space for the fact that she is a protagonist in 2.5/4 games, meaning that every player kind of decides what kind of a person she is on their own. but i think overall, no matter what choices you make, she always remains a very strong and resilient person. despite everything she's lost, she doesn't lose her humanity and manages to take great care of her found family (and her adopted younger brother, shout out to our murder baby aj <3). i am very proud of her, almost like she is a literal person who grew up in front of my eyes.

number three. lae'zel from baldur's gate 3 (video game)

ok, now this one was hard. not because i don't love lae'zel so much, but because there is an insanely long list of female characters from bg3 that i absolutely adore, and choosing just one was hard. in lae'zel's place, there could have been shadowheart or karlach or jaheira or either isobel or aylin from everyone's favourite divine lesbian duo or nine-fingers or or or. i can go on forever. but i picked lae'zel for this post. so, first thing you should know about her is that she can step on you and you will be thanking her for it if she does. she is just 21 years old, yet she goes through a completely worldview-shattering experience and comes out the other side not just alive, but with her head held high. her quote "what good this heart of stone, for it to be shattered?" absolutely kills me every time. i'm gonna stop here, but i could go on forever actually yes.

number four. josephine montilyet from dragon age inquisition (video game)

very similar situation with the dragon age games and the amount of characters i could choose. morrigan, isabela, and sera in particular were very strong contenders for this space. but i ended up choosing josie for this post. she is a very sweet and romantic character. she used to be a spy (and she actually got into it because she thought it sounded romantic - she's whimsical like that), but then she ended up killing someone she knew and that experience changed her forever. she is now a very successful diplomat, determined to deal with world's problems through any means other than violence. she is very open-minded, understanding, and just an absolutely lovely person overall.

number five. anne elliot from persuasion by jane austen (novel)

choosing a favourite jane austen herione is like choosing a favourite child, but here we are. the photos are from two different adaptations, and i appreciate both of them in different ways, though i don't think we have a 10/10 adaptation of persuasion just yet. anyway, anne is naturally a rather timid and people-pleasing person, which i think a lot of us can relate to, but throughout the book she really finds her own voice and stands her ground, while simultaneously not having to completely change her personality, which i really appreciate. not everyone can be sarcastic or witty or strong-willed and that's ok. she also definitely shines as the undeniably smartest austen herione, as she figures out all the secrets, decidedly does not trust clearly untrustworthy albeit charming gentlemen, and is overall incredibly sensible, which means it's very easy to read her inner dialogue, because you never find yourself sighing at how blind she is at something that's happening. she sees everything. being inside her head is a great time.

[hungerun]

i wanna explain/slap down some descs of my diff verses and aus, so. uh. yeah! * heiress au : after a failed escape attempt by her father, mamiko fujioka grows up residing on the maw, instead of the mainlands. under the lady’s care, she is raised as the ship’s heiress: it’s something the girl has been prepared for her entire life, but.

whether her mother is ready to hand over the torch, is another thing completely. plus, mamiko has been slowly uncovering more and more about the maw, about what really goes on there, and, well. * dbd au : in the 1920s, tragedy struck in tsuruoka, japan. an orphanage, housing many children under the care of a headmistress, was the site of a brutal massacre. one night, under the dark of the new moon, many children were killed in their beds, and the building set ablaze. there were no survivors, and the headmistress, nor her body, were ever found.

ninety-eight years later, two runaway kids stumble upon the remnants of the burned down building, hidden deep in the woods. as the night was stormy, rain coming down in blinding sheets, they decided to take shelter in the building and wait for the storm to pass. these children were never seen again. six, been taken by the entity, is now a participant in something known as ‘the trials’ in the entity’s realm. there, she has to fight tooth and nail to survive, escaping killers the best she can while repairing generators and make it out alive. again and again shes forced to take part, but, determined as ever, she knows that, one day, she’ll escape these games for good.

* twdg au : a resident of a group home prior to the appearance of walkers, six and her best friend, mono, remained there with other kids and social workers when the world fell apart. they were safe there, all things considered, until a group of raiders happened upon their hideaway. due to the actions of the raiders, a horde washed over the group home, as a result, six was bitten. thankfully, it was discovered that six was immune to the bite -- at least, partially. she keeps ahold of herself, though at times she falls into fits of insatiable hunger, much like a walker. despite this, mono stays by her side: after all, they are best friends. the two of them now travel together searching for a place to call home.

* bioshock au : katsumi fujioka, (stage name, ‘the lady of the sea’) was a socialite in rapture, working closely with sander cohen, being a long time friend, and student of his, she worked in his nightclubs as a performer – and she was considered the best of the best. however, like most of the city, she slowly developed an addiction to adam, using it to keep herself beautiful and to upkeep her talents, refusing to give up the spotlight no matter the cost. despite knowing, at least in part, the horrors that awaited a child within those orphanage walls, her growing need for adam eventually led her to trade her young daughter, mamiko fujioka, for a steady supply of the stuff she craved. the girl was quickly placed in the little sister program, and eventually became one of the children rescued by a rebelled dr. tenebraum, who managed to mostly reverse the procedure. but, something went wrong with mamiko.

while yes, it reversed any physical effects, and stopped any adam production from occurring; mamiko’s body couldn’t seem to understand the loss. because of this, she suffers fits of hunger where her body attempts to replace the adam that it no longer creates, causing massive cravings. since then mamiko has been living within tenebraum’s safehouse along with the other rescued children, as the doctor tries to find something to rid her of her unfortunate complication. and, where they stay, holed up; she, along with a handful of the other children, act as scouts of sorts for the safehouse. taking a numbered nickname as they go out to look for supplies to help sustain the group, helping rescue more children still trapped within the program, etc etc.

* lady of the maw au : after braving the horrors of the maw and defeating the lady, consuming her power, six finds herself over -whelmed with the memories that wash over her, revealing the truth of the maw, her family, and all the horrors that come with it. exhausted from everything that she faced, from the fact that her father tried so hard to save her from this fate and failed, six no longer has the fight left in her to turn her back on what seems to be the only path left. instead of forging on, creating her own fate, she takes over as the ruler of the maw.

[creoterative]

Diablo III x TWDG

While I'm playing Diablo III (again), in Expert Mode this time though, I somehow rediscovered my love for this game, since now the enemies are actually challenging again. I can feel this fear and excitement that I felt when I played it for the first time (which was years ago) and the little addition I made just makes it more fun. Even though Marlon regularly gives me heartattacks, because he loses too much dicipline or gets tanked by some boss monster.

What I also did, was analyze the three companions, that you can take with you on the journey you make. I noticed before that they had quite good character arcs, but if you take the time to listen to literally every single word they say, you can see how much input they have in their own stories.

And that's why I took it upon myself, to develop this funny little crossover further and give the companions TWDG personas as well, as you might have noticed xD I'm a sucker for unreasonable and weird crossovers, okay, leave me be.

I've been playing as the Demon Hunter for a few months now again, since that class is by far my favorite (although I love all the classes), and, well, I called that specific Demon Hunter Marlon. Of course, the companions all got blessed with a TWDG persona as well, so... there.

Anyway, here are some things I noticed, it's just me babbling about this game and how much I love Diablo and TWDG, so feel free to skip through this xD It's mostly stuff I noticed, a summary and some minor headcanons.

(SPOILERS ahead)

Louis aka Lyndon the Scoundrel

-He was by far the most entertaining. Louis basically says something in literally any situation, he's constantly making jokes and mocks our enemies, which is quite refreshing. And close to the real Louis in TWDG.

-Since Louis is an archer himself here, it can be a bit difficult to get out of crazy situations, because he cannot give you the backup that Aasim might give you. Aasim may charge in and stun opponents, while Louis has to remain in the distance and try to hit something. Which he does quite well, not gonna lie, but before I got the blocker technique for him, I basically had to do most of the work, if we wanted to make a run for it xD

-His story is amazing. He's a thief from a big, rich city in... the north, I think? Together with his older brother, who was a royal guard, he managed to stage some heists, where they would rob something and he'd tell his bro about the time and date, so he could arrest them (but Louis of course magically disappeared before they could get him too). Then they split up the collected money.

-Louis falls in love with a woman though, that is only interested in his brother. He's jealous, tries to cover it up and continues to decieve the local guards with his bro. But one time, his big brother shows up too early and that raises suspicion. Louis can escape, but his brother gets arrested.

-Feeling guilty for it, and for lusting after his wife, Louis flees and tries to make a living as a thief in Tristram, sending a lot of the money he gets to his brother in prison. Only as the story progresses, he finds out that his brother was killed because of him, as some sort of revenge. And they leave us with a frikin' cliffhanger too, because Marlon and Louis plan on hunting the murderer of his brother, but the game never lets us do it xD

-Anyway, Louis is a delight to be around, especially when in camp, because he's constantly getting on Aasim's nerves for being too stiff and 'boring'.

-Even though he's a thief, he has a very clear idea of what's right and wrong (unlike someone else, cough) and right after claiming that he hates children, he plays with some in the camp, so... he has a bigger heart than it seems. Wayyy bigger.

-Don't make him angry. It's not like Louis is shouting or anything, that's more Aasim's or Marlon's part, but Louis is just creepy when he's angry. He sounds as if he's gonna come back at night to slit your throat, which completely contradicts the rest of his cheery and up-beat character.

-He's quite determined and is eager to not let his fear shine through, even though we're literally facing the Angel of Death itself at the end of the game. Louis is questioning the reason for our journey quite a lot actually, but he never seems to really doubt the cause, you know? It's like he's trying to make Marlon think about what he's actually doing with his life, because that guy is all about fighting and working, never giving himself time to enjoy the actual friendships he's made, unlike Louis.

-It's just so funny how optimistic and sarcastic he is. He tries to lighten up the mood any chance he gets and even though he flirts with almost every single woman we meet, it's nothing too serious and usually just earns him a smack to the head from Marlon.

-I have no idea why, but I LOVE the scene where Louis curses out Imperius, the archangel of valor, for being a dick to Marlon. Louis is standing in the face of annihilation, since Imperius could easily kill him with one snap of his fingers, Louis not being a Nephalim like Marlon, but he doesn't give a shit and tells that guy to go kiss his ass.

-Louis appears to be the most human of them all. He's just trying to live his life, while also helping to save the world, but what makes him so human are his reactions towards certain things done by Maghda's council (aka Lilly, heh). Or when he reacts to entering the halls of agony, he's shocked to see what the former king established and shows his disgust, while Brody and Aasim try to keep calm and focused. He allows his feelings to run free.

-His relationship with Marlon changes greatly over time. At first, the're not necessarily fond of each other, Marlon not liking his background as a thief and fearing betrayal, while Louis thinks of him as arrogant and slowminded. But in time, they become great friends and even though Marlon has to drag him out of a tavern once in a while, Louis is an important ally to him, especially when talking about optimism and Louis' living-in-the-moment-philosophy. In the end, Marlon almost becomes a brother for Louis and vice versa. He even offers Louis a very big amount of his own gold to send to his brother, before they find out about his death.

Brody aka Eirena the Enchantress

-Brody is a very sweet character, in either of the games (well, before the slight panicattack she had in TWDG). She's kinda confused, since she's been born 500 years in the past, but she's curious and wants to learn as much as she can about the world she's been sent to.

-Her story is quite sad as well. Brody was a young magician in Caldeum, the juwel of the east, the big city in the even bigger desert. And she learned some quite powerful spells from a group of other magicians. Only to dicover, that they were a cult trying to summon demons, so she and her sisters slaughtered them all to save the city.

-Brody and her sisters were cursed by the last remaining cultist though and almost died, when a mysterious prophet appeared and saved them. He trained them properly and gave them the order, to go to sleep in tombs and wake up in another time to search for a hero and accompany them on their journey. Well, that worked out well so far, but Brody was the only one to survive the sleep stage and woke up again.

-She's quite young, I think she's around 21/22 other than Marlon, Louis and Aasim, who are all around 25-30. Which is quite confusing, since she should be wayyy older. But it makes her kinda naive and vulnerable too, since she's used to her own old world and doesn't yet understand all the dangers, that come with this new one. That's why she seeks Marlon's advice a lot.

-Funny sidefact, Brody doesn't like rain, which is kinda ironic considering the weather in TWDG when she's killed.

-In battle, she's a quite formidable foe, since her spells can make enemies fight for you, which is coming in handy very often. Especially since she can also somewhat control boss monsters for a short amount of time.

-Brody needs to keep her distance just as much as Louis needs to, but unlike Louis, she has a few techniques up her sleeve to escape difficult situations via big clouds of magic dust or just plain explosions. That makes it easier to run away, since she can distract enemies, especially with the mindcontrol thing. Demons will prefer to fight the controlled monster over fighting Marlon, which is pretty interesting, and useful of course.

-Other than Louis, she has a very calming effect on Marlon. When they are out on a journey together, they tend to get into deeptalk a lot more ( and I mean A LOT), especially about how they feel inwardly when fighting. Marlon seems to enjoy her company and openly asks her questions, which is different than with Louis, where it's the thief that bugs him with the questions.

-Brody is like a puppy, really. Whenever she sees something new, she gets excited and want to examine it, until Marlon tells her to let go of the magic jemstone that holds three demons in it...

-She feels a lot like some part of her got lost over time, while she was sleeping. That's a big part of their conversations in game, since Marlon feels kind of the same, having lost his entire family to demons at a young age. So they try to comfort each other by saying that it's just something everybody has to live with in a way and that they'll find a way to compensate for the emptiness.

-Brody is... well, she doesn't realize anything when it comes to love. Which is quite adorable. She doesn't know what a flirt is, so even when Louis jokingly tries to seduce her, she answers honestly and without any thoughts in the back of her mind, as if it's a totally normal conversation.

-She openly states that she sees Marlon as her big brother, to which he answers, that he doesn't mind, but she should never ask him about romantic advice, because he doesn't have the slightest idea. Brody admits, that she thought about marriage a few times already, but also states, that it 'isn't for her', implying, that romance in general may be something, she just doesn't quite understand. Which is obvious, to be honest.

-Ironically, her specialty are illusions. She can see right through them and even create her own, using her magic staff and a little focus-mirror, because she gets easily distracted. Even in Diablo III, Brody's a dreamer and gets quite affected by the misery and despair of others. She even pities the cultists, stating that it must have been great sorrow that made them join this organization.

-Brody was actually the only one of her sisters to ever wake up, because the prophet who trained them saw great potential in her. He gave the remaining sisters a choice, either leave the sisterhood and live out their lives, or help ensure, that Brody would wake up in the right time and place. There was one of her sisters, Lysa, who envied her for being the chosen one (even though Brody didn't even know about this) and tried to kill her in her sleep. The remaining sisters gave their lives to protect her, but Lysa managed to lure Brody into her trap after she had accompanied Marlon for a while.

-Lysa got defeated by them in the Lair of the Prophet, which left Brody with a feeling of senselessness, not knowing if the sacrifice her sisters made, was worth it. Marlon can comfort her though by telling her, that the prophet chose her for a reason and that her sisters believed in her so much, that they gave their own lives for her. That Lysa let her envy take over, wasn't Brody's fault and she should be glad, that she was able to free her sister from the grasp of the demons. That moment made me kinda sad for the TWDG Marlon and Brody, since they could've had conversations like this too, trying to make the others feelings of guilt disappear. But nooo, someone had to be a dick about it.

-After her special companion quest, she decides to become the leader of a new organization and continue on with the cause of the prophet, who helped her so many years ago. It shows, that she's willing to change directions and think about something new, just like she was in TWDG, but this time, Marlon actually helps her instead of punishing her for it.

-Brody is very kind and passionate, she is probably the most affected by unjust acts and betrayal. Louis and Aasim are so used to it, that they kind of expect it around every corner and Marlon... well, he hunts the witch Adria, who betrays the gang, for over three acts, and... yeah... it's wild. But I don't have to mention, that she's great with kids, right?

Aasim aka Komrac the Templar

-Ohhhh boy, Aasim.

-He's actually the first of the companions we find, and he makes it very clear from the beginning, that he doesn't follow Marlon, because he likes him so much. In fact, Aasim even states later, that he despised Marlon from the start, because he seemed to be driven by hate and anger. Which is true, to be honest.

-Aasim takes the longest to warm up to Marlon and vice versa. They had a pretty rough start, being quite cold towards each other, until Aasim accompanied him on a few journeys and they got to talk about their respective orders.

-Aasim is my favorite of them battle wise, because unlike Marlon he can actually take a hit or two. He's quite tanky and just yeets himself into battle, fueled by the strong belief in his order and the light he defends.

-Also he's pretty useful when I need to get out of a sticky situation, he'll create a diversion and lets me escape, then he follows after stunning the enemy. We literally don't have to worry about him since he is pretty much invulnerable, so... good job, Aasim, keep it up.

-His story is a tragic one, like the other two companion stories. Aasim was a pretty bad guy before he got captured by the holy order of the templars. They 'purified' him by whipping him until he was unconcious and the pain made him forget his past.

-Then he was sent out to do good and bring the light back to the earth. That definitely worked well, since he literally threatened Marlon into a deal, so that he can keep his foliants and holy scripts to himself. After finding out about the real intentions of his order and that he was basically used to gain more power, he decides to fight his former brothers, accompanied by Marlon.

-Let's just say, that fight... doesn't end well for the order.

-Almost everyone in camp says, that they think he's pretty grim, but has a good heart. Which is literally what Aasim is in TWDG, I was a bit proud. And yes, he took his time to come out of his shell, but he revealed himself to be courageous and proud as well and... a little bit stoic, hot-headed even.

-But Aasim seems to be pretty brutal as well. He once asked Marlon, while they were both hunting that witch Adria, how long she'd last if he held her head under one of those blood pools. Which is fairly disturbing, but also kinda fits him. And of course Marlon got pretty excited about that.

-Aasim is... quite angry. He's more similar to Marlon in that case, without even realizing it. They both share this untamed fury and love to rush into battle, although for different reasons. The one reason they share though, is protecting the innocent, which is honorable and... Aasim was kinda cute talking to those kids in Caldeum.

-He may not be as childish and sarcastic as Louis is, but he loves mocking the enemy, which is very entertaining on its own. If... well, if we survive, that is. One of his skills is taunting the enemy. One of his SKILLS.

-He hates Louis. And funny thing, in Diablo, he actually has a thing for Brody. A little inconvenient, since she doesn't realize it at all, but at least he tells her about his feelings with enough encouragement from Marlon. That backfires, but eh. It was adorable.

-The comments he made about the sand in his boots, when they walked through the deserts? Urgh. Aasim, please don't turn into Anakin Skywalker, yes, the sand gets everywhere, especially when you fight nasty hordes of monsters.

-I dunno, but his relationship to Marlon stays quite platonic and distant over the whole course of the game. He thanks him for helping him with his order and Marlon actively tries to let him find a new direction in life, but apart from that, the only thing really connecting the two, is their desire to protect the weak. And I think that makes him a great character all on his own, because there are only subtle moments, where you can hear, that he actually cares a lot about his teammembers. It shows when he's fighting and solving conflicts.

-And the fact that his special trinket is actually a book. Like, come on.

Now, for the final part, a little bit about the main character himself

Marlon aka The Nephalim/Demon Hunter

-I still need to draw him.

-I actually started this just for fun, but simply by naming my first character on my new account Marlon, that guy became something special. And what could fit him better, than a dark, mysterious Demon Hunter with a crossbow?

-I know, he isn't that dark and mysterious in TWDG, that's why I'm glad he has the top notch character development in Diablo, thanks Blizzard.

-Starting off with a tragic backstory, his family got butchered by the demons and after fleeing with his younger sister, she succumbed to madness and fell in the river. He tried to grab her, but didn't have the strength to pull her out, so she died and he was left alone with his fears and sorrows. Almost giving in to the darkness himself, Marlon was rescued by a group of survivors, who taught him how to handle numerous weapons and traps, so he could defend himself.

-That's when he decided to dedicate his life to saving the innocent and defend the weak, leading him to Tristram, where the fallen star had caused the dead to rise. And that's where the fun begins.

-Because he appears to be quite arrogant towards the local residents, at least when he first meets them. Marlon knows, he's powerful now and has skills, that others could only dream of, making him a bit of a nuissance at first. He's commited and doesn't falter, even in the middle of a seemingly unwinnable fight. His anger and hatred drive him forward, which is why people in Tristram are a bit intimidated at first.

-It's his height too. I swear, he was tall in TWDG, but in Diablo? That.... how? It's probably the armor, but even his little sister's ghost states later, that he has grown a lot since they last met. Well, it's been a long time, but still.

-His bad side comes out often in the beginning of the game. He's seen some real shit, like, real real shit, and to an extend, he's proud of it, because it gave him power and it made him resistant to certain psychological pain. But that also gives him more of that bounty hunter atmosphere, he's just there for the loot, for the sake of killing. Later, Marlon establishes himself as the hero, that defies the laws of nature and can punch his way through literal hell to safe humanity, but it... it takes a looong time 'till he reaches that point. Which is cool, it makes the character development even greater.

-His moral compass is a fucking roulette wheel. Like I mentioned earlier, it's funny how Louis is the thief and supposed scoundrel, while Marlon is way more vindictive and says pretty questionable things from time to time.

-BUT that starts to change once Deckard Cain dies. One of the more important characters in the game (actually one of THE more important characters in the game), Deckard helps him greatly in achieving his goal and it's only through him, that the mystery of Tyrael's fall from the heavens can be solved. His sacrifice is the first character death, that really stings and it takes its toll on Marlon too.

-And after that, Marlon starts to care about his partners more, asking them about their personal life (that's up to the player of course, but here the really interesting infomration can be asked) and trying to help them solve their own problems. Even though he can barely solve his own.

-Marlon is, uhm... quite vulnerable out there to be honest. I mean, it's his class, Demon Hunters aren't supposed to hit hard, it's all about arrows, traps and such for them. Which is why his fighting style is a lot of shadow magic, and I mean a lot. Crowfeet traps, flips and illusions, even posessed animals like wolves and spiders, that come to his aid. And of course, don't forget the angry flesh-eating plant, Rosie. Still, it's very cool to play as a Demon Hunter, especially since you gotta be strategic and quick on your feet (which I am not, but ergh, whatever). And that hail of arrows? Geez.

-Marlon is SO bad at following his own advice. He runs around in camp, talking to all the people and his friends, saying that a life isn't worth anything without friendship and kindness. And then he gets back into his corner of darkness and soaks himself in self-pity, not talking to either of them about his own past, AT ALL.

-He's somehow constantly torn between loving to be something special but at the same time just wanting to be normal, so that others don't run from him.

-That's also another point where he connects with Brody. Both are something unnusual, she's from a completely different time, while he is the child of an angel and a demon, so people are bound to stare at them. They even have a little talk about it and both seem kinda sad, knowing that wherever they go, they won't find a place to call home, since this feeling of being different will hang over them.

-I swear the scene where he saw his little sister again in the Realm of Death, I cried my eyes out. He blames himself entirely for her death and the fact, that his hatred is actually directed towards Marlon himself is even more heartbreaking.

-Oh, how he hates Imperius. Funny thing is though, Louis has to defend him, since Marlon is just getting tired of arguing with the archangel, until Louis calls him out for it xD

-Like his TWDG counterpart, he despises people without gratitude and tells them that to the face. That mayor in Tristram, that didn't move his wagon, because he was afraid of the dead outside? Yeah, he literally told him to go to hell for his cowardice. Which is quite ironic...

-But he told many people in the game to go to hell, so...

-Marlon gets pretty irritated when people can see through him. Well, like his TWDG counterpart. When Myriam started to talk about his feelings and the guilt he carries with him, he gets so frustrated, he can only slightly insult her before he runs away.

-May I mention, that for a short period of time, he was some kind of grim reaper? Having the power of the dead? So he could harm Malthael?

-The whole reason behind the Demon Hunter is, that in order to fight what you hate, you have to overcome your own fears. That's why Marlon can face almost every danger, that is in front of him, even the Devil and the Angel of Death. But nobody can teach you how to face your own feelings of guilt and that's the only thing Marlon literally cannot cope with. When Leah dies, he hunts Adria for the next three acts of the game, and even after he killed her, he still feels guilty for not seeing through her lies. That's the tragedy of both his characters, in Diablo and in TWDG, when he fails, he just can't deal with the loss and the guilt, so he does things, that are either unreasonable or only bring peace for a short amount of time.

-And we don't want to talk about the fact, that he must feel REALLY tired after Malthael got destroyed and Tyrael basically told him, that all the souls of the seven evils are free again. I felt pretty stupid when that happened, this whole game was basically for nothing, thanks.

-The armor he can wear is ridiculous. There is no way he can move fast with this amount of steel on him. But it looks cool, so...

-I love this quote from the Demon Hunter Trailer

"As long as I'm here, they are the prey. And I am the Hunter."

Gives me chills every time. And kinda fits his character in TWDG as well, he wants to be the big brother, the guardian, you know?

-It's, uhm... interesting how easily he gets startled whenever someone he likes does something 'bad'. Like, when Haedrig, the blacksmith, told him about his wife and that she was imprisoned for using magic spells, Marlon was so shocked, Haedrig didn't allow him to talk to him for a few days. Adorable, but confusing, since he's fighting people, that are way worse.

-I dunno, but apart from playing big brother for almost everyone except Aasim, he acts like a big child sometimes. When Brody warns him about an illusion in the desert the first time they meet, he snaps back at her, saying that he knows a trap when he sees one. First, no, he doesn't, second, when Brody shows him the illusion, he acts all casual about it, quickly asking stuff about her powers instead of admitting, that he was just too proud to accept help.

This was such a fun experience, I even considered doing this again with Violet as a Necromancer or Mitch as a Barbarian. Or James as a Crusader? Any suggestions?

Well, that's all for me today, I'm gonna start my preparations for the finals this semester now, so... until July then ^^

Have fun and stay safe out there!