I have to admit I still haven't read the Princess material or the end of the story, even though I own all of the comics. But I also have to admit that Princess is one of my favourite characters, just from her first appearance. She's totally bonker and yet, she perfectly fits in the Kirkman's world.
Speaking of which, Princess is unlike many other characters that Kirkman created. In fact, she and Eugene presents the other end of the spectrum, even if AMC has managed to turn Eugene to Dr Evil type of character. In the comics, Eugene and Aaron are my favourites. In the series I started hating him, but I haven't felt anything like that towards Princess. In fact, quite the opposite.
It is almost as if I'm in love with her. She's sassy, smart, and totally bonkers, with some restrains on what she's actually doing. So let's see if my opinion is going to change about her during this episode that is mostly going to reveal her past activities, if I'm reading the extended season right.
Bayonet? Seriously? We haven't used one of them since the Falkland war and even in the Kirkman's world it is still kind of strange thing to see. I'm also glad that we get to see the stormies kit and tactics pretty closely, which reminds me about the existential threat that Alexandria is facing in terms of these new adversaries.
Thing is, they speak in terms of "seperate them" as if they're in the process of doing the action according to the book. Everything that they do has been trained and rehearsed. Yet, the actors are young. In fact, they are so young that they must have been teens and kids, when the whole zombie apocalypse became real.
Think about it. Ten years has passed and the operators look no older then twenty something. But you look at the helicopter people and those ones are much older. In the fear they pretty much match the actors ages and were certainly there when it all started.
It's just they could be same people, just two different groups working for the same goal.
The fact that the train yard and the cars were all clear of the dead speaks volumes about the organisational abilities. And I believe that Eugene was set in a trap. They most probably were spotted way before they reached the terminal, where everything was waiting for their their separation and interrogation. Which again speaks volumes about the intelligence gathering.
It is something that Ricknation has tried to do, but never really did in the level that the stormies are conducting. I know that it is a big issue because it takes away from your freedom and it install a seed of doubt towards the captors.
That's right girl, I doubt you could sit on your hands and do nothing. It's not in your blood. But I do get why Yumiko asked her to stay put, because I think she recognised what the stormies are capable of, and she got scared of them capping all of them, if Princess does something stupid.
It didn't surprise me that Princess were rebellious in her teen years. Yet, she loves company and the people. Almost like my Viv. So it makes me sad that people were bad at her and she ended being so lonely. It is as if her hell is the social distance that the apocalypse created around her.
Just think about it, being bubbly and loving the company, but having no people. Nobody but the Dead as your company. No wonder why they got dressed up and set up as displays.
She's so artistic and like many of us, she cannot stop it from coming out as it's part of her makeup.
And just like my girl would have done, she found a way out from the train car to try to free Eugene, which made me laugh so much. The reason is Dr Evil is the last person you want to free, because there's always a chance he will ef it up somehow.
Ezekiel however was right when he uttered, "We don't know these people, and we cannot trust what we don't know." The stormies never gave them any reason to trust them. No reason to tell their homebase location or to reveal any information. That is all cooked up in Dr Evil's head. And that is what is messing the whole thing with Princess.
She does not want to lose anyone. Not a single soul.
Thing is, and I have said it before, prisoners first and only job is to escape. We were made to be free. not be living in cages. But what I didn't get that the loneliness had done a number in the brainbox. So seeing her beating the life out of the grunt was shocking.
What a twist.
Then the end blew me away. Was it all deliberate?