Who knew one joking statement could make people type multiple serious paragraphs.
Behold, the Internet!
Is this a new type of threesome..?
New? Nope. We call that polyamory.
As a woman living in a successful, loving, polyamorous household, doing exactly what Carol is describing here and kicking ass at it, Carol’s storyline in the comic has always made me intensely sad - it’s part of the reason why I immediately glommed on to her character on the show, even though they’re obviously completely different people - what she’s asking of Lori is not some horrible, monstrous thing, but that’s how Lori reacts to it, and Carol never completely recovers. It’s fucking tragic that in a world where people are being eaten by the dead, what Carol proposes is still seen as “crazy.”
Lori honestly wasn’t THAT awful to Carol about it. Could she have handled the situation better? Of course, hindsight is always 20/20. But even when the world has turned upside down with the dead up and walking and trying to kill you, people still cling to the little things of a normal life that they can. For example, Carol expected Tyrese to… you know… not accept an “old fashioned” from some girl who just meandered into camp and remain faithful to her.
Also, I’d like to point out that the Grimes family is from Cynthiana, KY. She wasn’t joking when she said, “I’m from a small town in Kentucky. Did you really think I’d go for this?” Polyamory is not something small town Kentucky folks are raised to believe in. They’re very, very heavy on the Christian beliefs. Even if they aren’t particularly religious, they still follow a very expected way of life as long as they live in that area.
I’m completely in favor of promoting open minds and acceptance of lifestyles that differ from the mainstream (ask me about my “Empowered” ‘ship sometime), but sometimes it takes a LOT more than a zombie apocalypse to undo a lifetime of teaching. <3
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to vilify Lori. I understand that polyamory is not an easy concept for a lot of people. But what happened to Carol hits very close to home, obviously, and has always been upsetting to me. (Of course, it doesn’t help that the majority of films about these kinds of relationships tend to end in tragedy, and the way Carol’s storyline was handled just became one more disappointing example.)
Edit: also feel the need to mention that my boyfriend was raised a Christian fundamentalist/bible literalist in a small town in Alabama, and came into this lifestyle without the aid of a zombie apocalypse. ;)
well isn’t she gorgeous.
People who are all “Fatties shouldn’t wear horizontal stripes” TAKE NOTE! Fatties look THE BEST in horizontal stripes!
Community cast, I don’t know what completely heterosexual activity you are partaking in here.
gpoy
The essence of being athorable
Reblogging because athorable is going in my vocabulary.
<3 The only man who makes me wish I was a princess. ;)
Is this a new type of threesome..?
New? Nope. We call that polyamory.
As a woman living in a successful, loving, polyamorous household, doing exactly what Carol is describing here and kicking ass at it, Carol’s storyline in the comic has always made me intensely sad - it’s part of the reason why I immediately glommed on to her character on the show, even though they’re obviously completely different people - what she’s asking of Lori is not some horrible, monstrous thing, but that’s how Lori reacts to it, and Carol never completely recovers. It’s fucking tragic that in a world where people are being eaten by the dead, what Carol proposes is still seen as “crazy.”
