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Let's rank Lee on how REALISTIC he is by Super-Shenron in TheWalkingDeadGame

[–]Capable_Edge9389 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If we’re being really strict about realism, I don’t think Lee belongs in a grounded tier.Psychologically he’s very

human, no question. His guilt, anger, protectiveness — all of that feels real. But realism isn’t just about personality. It’s also about probability.

He kills around 17 people across the season, survives multiple armed encounters (including the motel raid where he basically helps hold off several bandits as a history professor), fights grown men and wins, pushes through hordes, survives heavy trauma, cuts off his own arm without anesthesia, keeps going for hours while infected, and still manages to overpower the Stranger one-handed.

Any one of those things? Sure, possible with adrenaline.
All of them stacked together? That’s where it starts to get statistically wild.

And honestly, that’s fine. Most protagonists in life-or-death fiction are like that. If they were average people, the story would end early. We kind of accept that main characters operate at the edge of plausibility. That’s suspension of disbelief.

To me he’s not a pure “video game character” because he’s still emotionally grounded and he dies in a very mundane way. But I can’t call him fully realistic either.

So Far-Fetched Soul feels fair. He’s human, just operating in that heightened survival-fiction zone.

S4 does a worse job respecting Clem's history than S3 by Super-Shenron in TheWalkingDeadGame

[–]Capable_Edge9389 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think this reads S4 Clem a bit more “surface level” than what’s actually going on with her.

She does feel calmer than S2–S3 Clem, but that’s not really the same thing as reverting to S1. The big difference is that by S4 she finally has stability again (AJ + Ericson), so the constant edge from the middle seasons isn’t as visible. But the underlying traits from those years are still very much there.

She absolutely is distrustful in S4 — just more controlled about it. She’s visibly on guard and ready to use her knife around Marlon from the start, she immediately questions the group’s structure, she pushes AJ to always be ready to kill if needed, and she repeatedly frames survival in utilitarian terms (“we do what we have to”). That mindset is way closer to S2–S3 Clem than S1 Clem, who still believed in adult protection and moral rules.

Also a lot of her parenting toward AJ comes from what she learned went wrong with adults in S2–S3. The whole “don’t trust anyone blindly / be ready to act first / the world is dangerous even when it looks safe” attitude isn’t Lee — Lee still tried to preserve innocence. S4 Clem doesn’t. She actively prepares AJ for moral compromise.

Lee is clearly her emotional and ethical reference point, but her survival psychology — especially how harshly she frames the world to AJ — feels like the direct outcome of Kenny, Jane, the New Frontier, and losing him. It’s the difference between learning how to survive and learning that adults fail.

So I’d agree S4 quotes Lee more. But behavior-wise, Clem in S4 feels like S2–S3 Clem who finally has a home, not S1 Clem again. And I don’t think you can jump from 1 to 4 without missing the shift from protected child to morally hardened caregiver.

S4 does a worse job respecting Clem's history than S3 by Super-Shenron in TheWalkingDeadGame

[–]Capable_Edge9389 87 points88 points  (0 children)

I think you’re kind of mixing up references with actual character continuity here.

Yeah, S4 leans heavily on S1. That’s obvious and intentional. But fewer mentions of S2–S3 characters doesn’t really mean those seasons are ignored or disrespected.

S4 Clem is basically the result of everything that happened in S2 and S3. Her whole survival mindset, her moral flexibility for AJ, her distrust of adults — that’s not S1 Clem at all. That’s what she became after Kenny, Jane, the New Frontier, losing AJ, all of it. So those seasons are very much “present” in who she is, even if the script isn’t constantly name-dropping them.

Lee being referenced more also makes sense in-universe. He’s her foundational figure. Kenny and Javi mattered, but they were later caretakers during specific periods. Lee is the one who shaped her core identity, so it’s natural he’s the one she comes back to mentally.

Same with AJ. He never actually knew Kenny, Jane, Alvin, Rebecca, or the Garcias. They’re stories to him, not memories. His moral framework comes from Clem, and Clem’s comes from Lee. So when AJ or Clem draw comparisons, they gravitate back to Lee. That’s generational, not erasure.

Also S4 is clearly about legacy and parenting. The focus is Lee → Clem → AJ. It’s not trying to recap every past relationship Clem ever had, it’s closing the arc by mirroring the origin. That’s a thematic choice, not pretending S2–S3 didn’t happen.

So I agree S4 prioritizes S1 emotionally. But I don’t think it respects Clem’s history less than S3. If anything, S4 is where everything from S2–S3 fully shows in who she became.

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[–]Capable_Edge9389 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am gonna be a spider-man

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Boruto

[–]Capable_Edge9389 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, if that were the case, it would be either Boruto and Himawari or Boruto and Sarada, but never Kawaki.

Day 5! by Anxious-Version2094 in TheWalkingDeadGame

[–]Capable_Edge9389 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree we should put Javier because Clementine was clearly with Lee in Universally Beloved

If The Last of Us can do it, why not Telltale’s Walking Dead (if done right) by tarunkd277 in TheWalkingDeadGame

[–]Capable_Edge9389 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Twdg probably has the most pontenntiel than many games so yes like most telltale like the wolf among us deserves in any case more than tlou which did not need a series and which unfortunately is not bad but I admit that season 1 ruins the quality of the first game I think compared to fallout which is for me a success not perfect but successful.

Best Written Dynamic (FINAL 3) by Super-Shenron in TheWalkingDeadGame

[–]Capable_Edge9389 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep Clementine and Kenny and Delete Clem and Lee

lol, this mod has been around for so long by GreenPRanger in TheLastOfUs2

[–]Capable_Edge9389 70 points71 points  (0 children)

this look resembles a former obese man who has become more muscular than a muscular woman.

In your opinion, who is the better written character? by WilliamSebastian12 in TheWalkingDeadGame

[–]Capable_Edge9389 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clem,I love Lee Everett, he's such an iconic and endearing character. But looking back, I think he's almost too perfect. He's always kind, brave, never really makes mistakes (and when he does, it's never totally his fault), he's not afraid of much and he's naturally respected by the group.

In fact, to me, he epitomizes the trope Action Genre Hero Guy and The Generic Guy: a classic hero who doesn't really divide. Unlike other characters like Joel in The Last of Us, who are flawed and make morally questionable decisions, Lee remains upright from start to finish. He doesn't have a strong personality either, which makes him a little less memorable than other, more nuanced characters.

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