#twdg a house divided

[bourbonificould]

What do you guys think the best Episode Titles in TWDG are? - Only the basis of the episode's name in context obv.

Some that I liked personally are: A New Day - S1EP1 Starved For Help - S1EP2 No Time Left - S1EP5 A House Divided - S2EP2 No Going Back - S2EP5 From The Gallows - S3EP5 Broken Toys - S4EP3 Take Us Back - S4EP4

[sir-silly]

what S2 was like after S4

So, in a previous post, I mentioned that watching S2 of TWDG really messed me up after we had gotten all the episodes of S4. And I kind of wanted to get into that a little bit to 1) get it out of me before I play S2 and 2) ask if anyone else had similar feelings.

We all know that S2 was basically just “despair” over and over again. It was a rollercoaster with emotions and events and never letting up. But the thing is, the season never messed me up that bad. I was pretty upset when Luke died and I cried at the end when the choices include shooting Kenny, going to Wellington, or leaving it with him and AJ. But I never got hit so hard with the events in episode 4 specifically.

I think a part of it is because we know AJ now. He’s a person with his own thoughts and actions, not a baby or toddler that doesn’t speak. And that makes it a lot harder to think about Alvin and Rebecca, one of which never got to see their son and the other (determinately) died mere days after his birth. But it wasn’t just that.

The older you get, the more you realize how all of these things have taken their psychological toll on Clementine. Sam leading to her fear of Rosie, thinking she was safe only to be taken prisoner, watching one of her closest friends almost get beaten to death, only to have him turn on her completely over something she had no control over.

The more times I watch S2, the more uncomfortable and scared I feel when Clem is around Kenny. The way he looks at her the morning after they leave Howe’s is terrifying. And the things he says to her, you just know are words that she still carries in the back of her head. Because he was one of the most influential people in her life, and here he was saying that everything was her fault, that she was stupid, and that being sorry didn’t mean anything. I don’t care that he tried apologizing, the things he said can never be taken back.

And the thing is, he hits her in episode 5. If she tries to protect Arvo, he winds back and hits her and hardly says a damn thing about it. When you’re with him in the truck, he literally says “I outta smack you.” Like, that is so damn far from okay. I hate him being around her.

But the thing is, the last time I watched S2, I couldn’t even go onto episode 5. It was @stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale‘s livestream and after the firefight, I couldn’t keep watching. What really messed me up is a fact that someone pointed out in the chat while we were watching. They mentioned how Rebecca dies in a tire, and one of the last scenes we see with AJ, he’s in a tire.

This is what fucked me up.

And I don’t know why. I don’t know why this made me so upset and what it triggered inside me that made me unable to keep watching. It just brought back the fact that I knew what was going to happen. I knew Luke would end up dead and Mike and Bonnie would abandon Clementine with no food, an unhinged psychotic woman, a grieving abusive man, and a baby with no formula. It’s so goddamn fucked up. I just couldn’t watch. I couldn’t see Clem go through all of that.

I don’t know what it’s going to do to me when I actually play it for myself. I’m nervous about it, to be perfectly honest. I don’t know if I’m ready for this, but I guess I’ll find out when I get there.

[namjoonsyoongi]

Luke being cute in TWDG S2EP2

[emmiewlw]

It’s so surreal watching playthroughs where people make different choices than you I remember I watched someone play s2 before I played it myself cause I couldn’t buy it at the time and in a house divided when Carver attacked the ski lodge and Kenny and Luke were missing, the people I had watched play always surrendered and went downstairs but I said I’d look for Kenny, and Rebecca and Alvin legit dropped Clem out the window it was wild

[gamergirl-97]

This is a screen shot of my gameplay but n twdg season 2 episode 2 A house divided. My fave ever games. For 10 years I’ve enjoyed playing these games. Thankyou Telltalegames and skyboundgames, I appreciate you all and the cast too ❤️❤️❤️😢❤️❤️❤️

[shalebridgecradle]

🖊

Back in November, some stuff in my personal life kind of blew up a bit and, long story short, I ended up nostalgia tripping through old fics and fandoms. I re-read a lot of my unfinished (and badly in need of a rewrite) TWDG S2 fic, Lost Causes, and the entire notebook full of notes and scraps of lines I have for it.

There’s a lot of irony at work in that fic where Carver’s concerned, mostly about how he’s blind to things right in front of him. Like how he thinks Bonnie would never betray him, when her story arc in the fic shows her losing faith in him long before actual canon says she did.

On re-reading, to me, I think the greatest irony of all is that Carver was so obsessed with finding Rebecca and “his baby” (who, let’s face it, later seasons pretty clearly indicate wasn’t even his) when...uh, Bill? Maddie Kingman’s literally right there.

I mean. Really. The crowning irony of Carver’s AU story arc, to me, is that he wanted an “heir” so badly and yet apparently never realized that he already had one. Maddie might not’ve been his biologically (which I guess is what mattered to him in the end, which--fuck that), but she was already more like him than any potential other child. She loved him like a father. Carver probably could’ve avoided his own downfall if he’d realized that.

I wrote part of a scene set near the end of the fic, an earlier draft when Kenny was still in story for some silly reason, where Shel and Maddie were having a rare conversation after Carver’s hunting party returns home after “A House Divided.” In the fic, Maddie was actually part of that hunting party, but Carver sent her home - against her protests - to let Howe’s know they’d found Rebecca & company and were chasing them north.

To my recollection, it’s the closest she ever comes to admitting Carver did something wrong.

“I heard about Johnny,” she offered, hesitating--dipping a toe in the water.

“Who hasn’t?”

Shel’s lips pursed in a thin line. The polite thing to do, of course, would be to offer some small sympathy. But it didn’t feel right, offering up something she didn’t entirely mean. She doubted Maddie would accept it anyway.

[...]

“I could’ve saved him. Gotten to the old man before he took the shot. Bill--” she exhaled through clenched teeth, slowly. “Bonnie was right. She should’ve come home instead of me.”

[quackjax]

Pick 5 shows, then answer the following questions, don’t cheat. Tag 10 (or however many) people.

Ahem, fuck TV shows (unless children shows count then...well shit) Ima do video games because I play more of those than watch TV.

1. The Walking Dead S1, S2, ANF, TFS

2. Life Is Strange Before The Storm

3. Life Is Strange 1/2 (sorry, can't decide on which one is better :o)

4. Detroit: Become Human

5. The Last Of Us

1. Who is your favorite character in 2?

That even a question? Definitely Chloe Price. Here attitude change was seriously me at that age. (And her sarcastic comments omfg, amazing.)

2. Who is your least favorite character in 1?

It's either Badger, Lily, or Carver.

3. What is your favorite chapter of 4?

Hmmm, probably Spare Parts...dunno why.

4. What is your favorite chapter of 5?

I don't think there are chapters, lmao. But, maybe the 20-year transition from the start of the disease to the very middle of it? You know, that transition?

5. Who is your favorite couple in 3?

Okay from LIS-Chloe and Max. (Even though I'm a huge AmberPrice shipper.)

LIS 2, Sean and Cassidy. I'm not homophobic, I'm gay myself, but I prefer that couple. Sorry.

6. Who is your favorite couple in 2?

Uhm, Chloe and Rachel? No one else?

7. What is your favorite episode of 1?

From S1-No Time Left

S2-A House Divided

S3-Above The Law

S4-Broken Toys

8. What is your favorite episode of 5?

There are no episodes...lmao.

9. What is your favorite chapter of 2?

Uhm...Episode 3, "Hell Is Empty".

10. How long have you watched/played 1?

I haven't actually played TWDG, as I'm planning on getting the definituve series, but I've watched it before on YouTube. How long though? Well, since the first season's release. Back in 2012. I was only 13 then.

11. How did you become interested in 3?

God, uhm, I'm pretty sure I've heard some people cried while playing it so...I watched a playthrough from Kubz Scouts and legit cried at the ending from LIS. LIS 2 is a different story: I never initially got into it before, but pater figured out it featured different characters (the main 2 being Mexican-American is amazing too, cause that's what I would call myself) I kinda got into it and now I'm here just waiting for the next episode. Patiently. -_-

12. Who is your favorite character in 4?

Inhales...goddamn you Markus. He and North are definitely my favorites. BUT, IM IN A FUCKING LEO MANFRED PHASE RIGHT NOW SO DONT LOOK AT MY USERNAME.

13. Which do you prefer 1, 2, or 5?

Uhm...sorry Joel, Chloe, Rachel, but The Walking Dead takes it.

14. Which show have you seen more episodes of, 1 or 3?

Fuck. Uhm...from TWDG, with 19 episodes in total. And the last episode from LIS made me cry.

15. If you could be anyone from 4, who would you be?

Uhhhhhh, I dunno...maybe Leo Manfred???

16. Would a crossover between 3 and 4 work?

Uhhh, maybe? But then it'll feature older Max and Chloe. (I'm saying only those two because I prefer the sacrifice Arcadia Bay option.) Soooo, yeah.

17. Pair two characters in 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple?

Uhh, Mitch and Clementine, okay bye.

18. Overall, which show has the better storyline, 3 or 5?

Don't make me choooose! Ahhhhhhhh, uhh, maybe Life Is Strange. I dunno!

19. Which has the better theme music, 2 or 4?

2. Hands down. Life Is Strange Before The Storm. Sorry DBH, but....eh.

I'll tag....some people because I'm not going through my 111 followers to tag people. (By the way, thanks for the tag, @yeahhiyellow!!)

[rosetintedbeanie]

My Review on TWDG: The Final Season

Buckle up folks because it’s going to be a bumpy ride with some unpopular opinions added. This is a little overdue.

So before I start, I want to say that I didn’t want to put this into the tags because we all know how this fandom can be. 

I’ll start off with the good. The season started off really, really strong, and it was a good way to introduce all the new characters. I didn’t necessarily like Marlon at first, but after looking back, he’s grown on me a little bit. His voice actor did an incredible job. I’ll admit, after two seasons of disappointment and annoyance, I had low expectations for the first episode and the season as a whole, but I was pleasantly surprised. The ending to episode one, atmosphere and all, was one of the best final scenes in the game’s history, and it genuinely gave me chills all the way up until the last minute. THAT was some good shit, and it felt like the writers were finally realizing what they were doing. 

The season had likable enough characters, and although there are a few that I’m indifferent with, there wasn’t anyone that I totally didn’t like. The bisexual representation made me incredibly happy, and partially helped me a bit more with my own sexuality. Before anyone asks, I personally went with Louisentine, but Violentine is pretty damn adorable and both ships are totally valid. And I know it wasn’t a shipping option, but in my opinion, Clem would have been cute with Ruby, too. 

Minerva’s downfall was really well done. I didn’t necessarily like her, but I did feel sorry for her. She was a victim of brainwashing and bad leadership and she and Sophie didn’t deserve that. You could even see her trying to come out of it at times in the third episode, when she mentions Tenn to one of the guards (Dorian I think her name is?). The scene on the bridge was probably one of the best, if not the best scene of the last episode in my opinion. There was a lot of tension, and Minnie singing to draw walkers to her brother really added to that. If anything I actually forgot about her up until that point and thought she’d just died. Also, can we get a cover of her VA singing the entire song? I have a new need. 

Now before I dive into what I didn’t like and my unpopular opinions, a disclaimer: These are just my personal opinions. I tend to be nitpicky at these things, and I didn’t hate the season at all whatsoever. 

I...couldn’t get attached to AJ in any episode. I tried to, I really did. I didn’t hate him by any means, and I even defended him when people were wishing death and hating him for killing Marlon. But there were times that I felt that he was just too much, even for a hardened survivor. I get that he was born into an apocalyptic world, but I didn’t exactly like how he turned into the same temperamental, edgy kid no matter what Clem taught him. I wasn’t a huge fan of the many parallels, either. Some were fine, but after a while they started to get a bit old. 

Alright, here’s the biggie that y’all probably expected: the way they handled Lilly this season. If you’ve been following me for a while then you’re probably aware that I love Lilly and have defended her for years now. So naturally I was extremely excited to see that she was returning after years of being right about her fate (because come on, there’s no way she just died). And I just want to say that as much as I wanted a redemption arc for her, I wouldn’t have minded her being a villain so much had she gotten more screen time, a better explanation, and a more meaningful way to go out on both parts. I really didn’t like how she still appeared to have humanity in her first appearance, totally hesitating to kill Clementine and damn near CRYING if she’s told that you were family once, and then pretty much tossing all that out the window when she (determinately) orders a kid’s tongue cut out. Then in the finale she gets two minutes tops of screen time and can suddenly feel remorseful again? Ooookay. We also got pretty much no explanation on why she’s this way except for “my dad melted my ice cream so I kidnap kids now lol.” I just feel like we were robbed of something more involving Lilly, and no matter how you feel about her, she deserved better than to become what she did, better than to be handled the way she was. I’ll always stand by my word that she was not bad from day one, and no one can convince me otherwise. 

Something else that felt weird to me was that there was no mention of Kenny outside of a determinant choice in the first episode??? Like no matter how you felt about him, he was important in Clem’s life and it’s especially strange how he wasn’t even talked about during Clem and Lilly’s chat. You’d think Lilly would bring up the guy who killed her dad. 

The way that the deaths were handled in the finale bothered me. Like, really bothered me. There’s maybe a couple minutes of grief (which I get that in the moment you had to get away, but there was time for that later), and basically no other mention. Louis was the one who died in my game, but I’ve seen playthroughs and I couldn’t stand how Violet can pretty much justify Tenn’s death if it happens. The way she said, “He was always getting into trouble and messing up,” brought me back to Season 2 and the way Sarah was treated, and it was even worse because Tenn reminded me a little of her and to hear that again made me feel ill. Like girl...did Jane possess you there for a minute???

I uhhh might be in quite the minority here, but I was unsatisfied with the overall ending. The big thing was Clem getting bit and her leg amputated; okay, yeah, sure. But let’s look at what happened before: her foot was cut pretty badly, and I’ll even give that the infection could have taken the spread of the bite out of her. But people really seem to ignore that she still lost a lot of blood on the way to the barn??? Like, I’m not a doctor or anything, but losing blood even after a short period of time can still be very dangerous. Even with the explanation given by one of the writers, there’s no realistic way that Clem would have survived that amputation with the amount of blood already gone. I’m sorry, but it really felt like plot armor. I would have been happy with her being determinant, with the ending we got being the “alive” ending. But I feel like there should have been multiple endings, considering the last two seasons were known for that. I don’t know, I just wasn’t feeling it like most everyone else was. There was a lot I just wasn’t feeling. 

One last quick thing about the ending: we never did see the Delta. The Delta’s leader, who is NOT Lilly as confirmed by Kent Mudle, would wonder why their people didn’t come back. They’d probably send out to find whoever was responsible, especially if they knew about the school beforehand. You’d think the school would prepare itself for future attacks, because it’s kind of a new potential threat. It’s something I figured out kind of recently, and it’s weird that no one would question it. 

My overall opinion of the season was that it was good, but not great. In terms of writing, it blows A New Frontier and the last half of Season 2 out of the water. The story itself is an interesting idea, but there are a few directions that I wish had been taken differently. The season, as I said, started out strong, and there were moments in every episode that I genuinely liked. I just wish there had been multiple ways to conclude Clementine’s story. The ending we got just felt...a bit off. To conclude this essay-length review, I in no way disliked this season and I have to give credit to the writers for putting more of an effort since A House Divided. If you’ve read this far down, thanks! This was fun to write. 

**MIC DROP**

[oodlyenough]

top five twdg episodes

5. long road ahead (1x03)carley’s death was my first major telltale shocker, i was so betrayed. i triggered duckpocalypse by accident and it terrified me. everything happens so much.

4. a new day (1x01)this one mainly gets honorary billing because it’s the first episode and it was my first introduction to this style of game and this particular series, but i still love it.

3. a house divided (2x02)the choices in this one felt so tense as i a twelve year old had to do EVERYONE’S SHIT FOR THEM. kenny came back which was awful but much like #1 on this list the tension built so nicely and i was never really sure what the right choice was and i was stressed out the entire time which is prime twdg experience

2. no time left (1x05) god this has some great moments and is so stressful and has some Classic Lee and the final scenes are so good and so is the music and i have so many emotions no matter how many times i replay it 

1. starved for help (1x02)god this episode is so good. the st john’s waited like three whole days before descending into cannibalism. every choice feels very weighted and moral compass clementine is so intimidating. the atmosphere is so creepy, you know it’s a murder barn but you can’t escape and then mark has no legs left.

[enguardebitch]

What was your favorite and least favorite episodes of twdg s2 and why?

I gotta say that out of all the episodes, A House Divided was the best one out of the lot despite having faults of its own. I liked the whole scene between Clementine and Sarah in the cabin, and how she’s the only one to notice this child looks depressed all the time. The gun scene was really good too, especially paralleling what Clem herself learned back in Season One, and I enjoyed the little bit where what you told Clem as Lee when teaching her is taught to Sarah, but in Clem’s own way because she doesn’t understand a lot of the things that Lee did.

Even if the episode was spoiled for me with Kenny’s return, I appreciated that he does comfort Clementine if she says that Lee dying was his fault, and I liked the other people in the lodge with him, especially Sarita. Hell, even though I constantly bash his character in the next episode, Carver was a pretty interesting villain who actually raised some good points. Why should I trust the Cabin Group after everything they did to me, and the way they treated this 11 year old girl because they just assume Carver’s stupid enough to send her rather than one of the capable adults. He already knew they’d be wary of strangers so why not just use his sheer size to corral them home like he did at the end of the episode? But anyway, I did agree with his idea on trust, and that’s why I didn’t trust him either. He was shady af when we first met.

Now, the choices for me weren’t all that great. Some were, especially since Clementine isn’t gonna be able to change the story with her actions, so she’d have to use her words, and the episode did great with that for one choice. Convincing Walter that Nick is a good man even though he shot his boyfriend before. I saved Nick every time, but I have to say it’s heartbreaking watching Nick be eaten by that walker while he’s calling for help, and then Walter just brushes off his death by lying to Carlos right after. Now, others aren’t so great. There’s nothing if you take the picture or not with Sarah, or if you take the blame for it or not, besides a few people talking about it, and your friendship with Sarah differs. That doesn’t really affect me much because she just unceremoniously dies anyway without much impact. Saying no when Luke asks you to come with him across the bridge didn’t have much affect either, and the dinner table scene just seems petty with me. So what if Clementine wanted to sit with another person, just accept it and move on rather than give her sad eyes or a disappointed look depending on the person that was wronged.

Now, it’s no surprise that I utterly loathe Amid The Ruins. I hated a lot of the characters in this episode; Jane’s recycled lone wolf character and immediate dismissal of Sarah’s problems because her sister, who she won’t shut up about, went through months of being depressed and then got abandoned. Kenny’s character got all the spotlight in this episode where I’m meant to feel sorry for the guy who blamed an 11 year old orphan for not being able to save his girlfriend in the middle of a horde, and then gets pissy when Clementine finally had enough of his abusive ass and tells him that he’s not the only one who’s gone through shit. Luke is a goddamn moron who thought sending an injured man to go and find help after being shot through the shoulder was a good idea, forgoes any of his responsibilities just to have a tumble with Jane because obviously he’s the one suffering and needs a break, rather than Rebecca who’s about to give birth and just lost her husband and most of her friends in the span of like three days, or even Sarah who just watched her father get eaten alive in front of her and someone telling her friends to abandon her to the walkers right in front of her. What gets me is that he has the nerve to be angry when people call him out on his bullshit behaviour, when the game actually lets us do that to any of these characters.

The choices don’t mean jack-shit. Literally none of them. Did you chop Sarita’s arm off or kill the walker at the end of the last episode? Didn’t matter, she dies either way and Kenny yells at you for it. Did you try to save Sarah in the trailer because you don’t fucking leave teenage girls to die? Nope, doesn’t matter, she dies not twenty minutes later in the same episode without anyone even trying to save her besides Jane, and that’s if Clementine pushes her to. Did you steal from Arvo or did you let him leave with the medicine that your group needs? Well doesn’t matter what you did, because Arvo McDickhead will come back and say you stole from him regardless, when the one person who threatened him is already clearly gone. Telltale really messed up on this episode, and it shows so bad. All the characters that I wanted to survive ended up dying, while all the shit characters lived and got more sympathetic treatment in this season. 

[bourbonificould]

in every TWDG season, assuming you’re on the protagonist’s side, how long do you think you’d last and how would you survive/die?

Alright so this is throwing my 20 year old self in lmao. I generally think im not dumb enough to make certain mistakes, but my luck would definitely catch up to me.

Season 1: Ep4 - Around Every Corner or Ep5 - No Time Left. I think I’d die in Crawford, the herd would probably get me or I’d die for the plot in Ep5. Probably taking one of the Kenny “deaths.”

Season 2: Ep2 - A House Divided or Ep4 - Amid The Ruins. Carver has no idea who I am. There’s probably no incentive for him and he’d pick up either me or Walter. In Ep4, The Russians prolly would’ve got me lmao.

Season 3: Ep5 - From The Gallows. In the mess of the herd and battle, I’d probably catch a bullet or maybe I’d get lucky enough to be with the group the entire time, of which I’d probably go after Gabe and David (I assumed the herd was worse in Richmond at first lol). I might survive that.

Season 4: Ep3 - Broken Toys. I think I’d get brutally beaten on the boat. Considering placement, I’d probably be in the same cell as Louis/Violet, and both of them are in the mud. Trying to get the Delta guards to stop would get me like whooped or something worse. If I made it to Ep4, I think I’d be just fine by that point, since I’d just have to get on the cart safely.

[annie-from-space]

TWDG September Challenge: day 3

day 3: favorite episode?

Season one, episode three - Long Road Ahead

This episode was about relationship. Who are your real friends? Whom you should trust? Who you're gonna care about?  In this episode I first looked at characters in another way. And I understood how much I like them all. And yeah, it was the first time when I realised that I will cry if someone will die...

Season two, episode two - A House Divided

That was interesting because I didn't really know Luke, Nick, Pete and others. They were new for me and it was fun to know them better and better. The best thing about this episode - Kenny returned! I was so happy to meet him again, especially with Sarita. I'd liked her with the first look. (By the way, she's great woman!) There was awesome talk about family with Luke. Also I like Christmas atmosphere.  "You know, now that your friends are here, this place is starting to feel like a real home." (Sarita)

[badgersighted]

Evidently Nick is a fan of The Last Of Us.

[whoa-nelly]

The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 1: All that remains Episode 2: A house divided Episode 3: In harms way Episode 4: Amid the ruins Episode 5: No going back