What good is saving everyone else and protecting the Hilltop if the leader ends up dying in the process when they could have avoided that fate? It’d be like if Rick died during “All Out War” for some careless error.īut here, Carl acknowledges that getting Maggie outside and to safety is the priority. And he’s right, in this moment, Maggie is more important. Even though Carl is still a kid and can be pretty ruthless at times, when the time calls for it, he’ll rise to the occasion and help during a crisis.Īnd this shows just how much he respects not merely as a friend, but as a leader. Carl tells Maggie not to argue with him and that she’s more important. Something else I liked about the Hilltop attack was Carl, against Maggie’s wishes, going to alert other residents during the fire instead of escaping while Maggie, as leader, informed the others. Hell, part of the reason Rick and Andrea had Lydia leave Alexandria was for her own safety, so hopefully feelings have cooled and people outside of the Hilltop are more receptive to Lydia. If I had to guess, I think that there could be potential friction from neighboring communities if they learn that Lydia has chosen to stay with the Hilltop folks. We know that Alpha let random Whisperers rape Lydia, in addition to any other sort of trauma or abuse she endured while a Whisperer, and that alone was an incentive to get out. I mean, she blew one of the Whisperers straight to hell at the end of issue #160, so there’s no question about her allegiance, but it’s so satisfying that she’s ended up here, given what she’s endured. She’s switched sides and now sees herself as one of the survivors that we’ve followed. Speaking of cementing, this issue set in stone that Lydia has rejected the Whisperers for good. This issue showcased just how much of a fight the Hilltop can put up when they band together, helped cement why Maggie is the true leader of this group, and left the community in a precarious position by issue’s end.
The bulk of this issue dealt with the battle between the Whisperer and their roamer herd versus the Hilltop community, and damn it was an amazing sight to read. It’s funny if you think about it: we’re at part five of the Whisperer War, yet by issue’s end, the war seems all but over…for at least one community.
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