We're taking on the leader of the Walking Dead saviors, the foul-mouthed NEGAN! Anthony & Doc unravel his unique honor system, particular misogyny, and his... interesting relationship with his bat. Plus Anthony compares him to old ECW wrestlers. Listen now!
SHOW NOTES:
Intro
Shoutout to Christian & Damon's Amazing Nerd podcast (NSFW language) – (3:20)
Background (4:15)
Negan created by Robert Kirkman & Charlie Adlard in The Walking Dead #100 (July 2012)
Introduced as leader of Saviors, a group of survivors living near Alexandria in a compound called the Sanctuary, who rules over the group with an iron fist, and a barbed-wire-wrapped baseball bat named Lucille
Lucille was the name of his wife, who he had to abandon when the zombie apocalypse started – she was in a hospital, died, and reanimated – he also had a mistress on the side
He and his men capture Rick, Carl, Glenn, Maggie, Sophia, Michonne, and Heath, and brutally murders Glenn after selecting him with eeny-meeny-miney-mo
Takes a liking to Carl after he sneaks into the camp and murders several of Negan's men
Discovered that Negan rules a harem of sorts with the Saviors' wives, who must be loyal to him under punishment of branding the husband
Goads Rick into a standoff, which results in several Saviors dying and Lucille getting damaged – Negan escapes, but tells his people that they will go to war with Rick's group
Negan captured Gregory and gained the loyalty of the Hilltop Colony after the standoff and used this as leverage against Rick and his group, but Holly drives a car through the fence of the Sanctuary and this brings hundreds of walkers into the compound
Dispatches all the walkers, and then arrives at Alexandria, where he uses grenades to begin destroying houses before retreating
He then launches an assault on the Hilltop, where he wants a showdown with Rick – during the fight, Rick is hit with an arrow Negan thinks is covered in zombie guts
Later has an epiphany during a discussion with Rick, and realizes that Rick has been right and his methods have not helped survivors – Rick slits his throat, but doesn't kill him – captures him and leaves him in a jail cell
During his sentence, he befriends Carl, who visits him regularly, although Carl still wants to kill him
He is released by Brandon, a member of the community who doesn't trust Rick, and they infiltrate the Whisperers, a rival community – gets the leader, Alpha, to trust him, before he kills her and decapitates her
Brings Alpha's head to Rick as a gesture of goodwill, saying his time alone rehabilitated him – Rick doesn't fully trust him, but uses him as a soldier against the Whisperers
Left alone in an outpost to survive by himself
Issues (18:39)
Misogyny, but not in a violent manner
Ironically, otherwise a very violent man (26:00)
Has unique honor system – scarcity mindset (32:05)
Treatment (41:07)
In-universe
Out of universe (45:22)
Skit (57:52)
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