[Melquiades Estrada]

Beth can probably serve as sexual slave , the governor can take her ; but the prison theory is on point and that will probably be her fate BUT theres always the chance she will stick around a play the role of sophia

[Goat]

Beth lives not to be significant in herself, but to create plot.  I am fairly certain she will die (probably as OP predicted) and push the story along.  A boring sacrificial lamb to make everything else more interesting.  

[Ryan_Dead]

Hahaha, it looks like everyone thinks Beth is going to die. I sure hope that doesn't happen. And you know, their is always a possibility she may live. Maybe a small possibility but its still possible.

[Melquiades Estrada]

Ryan_Dead, on 16 June 2012 - 12:35 AM, said:

Hahaha, it looks like everyone thinks Beth is going to die. I sure hope that doesn't happen. And you know, their is always a possibility she may live. Maybe a small possibility but its still possible.

I sure dont want her to die atleast not in these season , i dont know why but she fits nice its always good to have balance of she makes a good addition in the "cant do shit" department plus shes easy on the eye

[Wazzup4567]

Rumiel, on 09 June 2012 - 08:17 PM, said:

It'd be great if they showed Beth being strong after deciding to stay alive; but hell, the chances of that happening are so slim.. as people have been saying, they'll kill her off so that they can show the bond between Maggie and Hershel become stronger.

Imagine if Beth became a protagonist though? Wow.




In a parallel universe this could happen

Mmmmmm Paint.

[Boone]

Beth is alive because they need another blonde when yet they need another asian - simple as that.

[Trippy]

The original post's theory is the only reason I can think of as to why she is alive.

Beth doesn't add much, if anything, to the story. I wouldn't care if she lived or died, just as long as if she lives, I don't see her as much. Honestly, she does get on my nerves. Suicide is a difficult subject for me, and watching Beth beg for her sister to kill herself, too...all it did was piss me off. I didn't like it, at all.

Now if Beth had taken her life then and there, I feel like it would have wrecked Maggie and Hershel. More so than how it would be in the OP's theory. I mean, imagine your daughter taking her own life, as opposed to someone else taking it. You can't really get closure from the first one because they're gone, and obviously them having you as family wasn't enough. Stuff like that hurts. Then, with the second scenario, you can catch the killer. It might not bring the victim back, but at least you can get some form of revenge.

[Rumiel]

Wazzup4567, on 17 June 2012 - 05:02 AM, said:

Mmmmmm Paint.

Erm excuse me? I actually used Photoshop for that how dare you

[RoxasTheNobody93]

I think Beth is still on the show because.... ummmm... she pwetty

[gagewhitney]

I think Beth is just around to be one of those Aw, so sad, we kind of knew that person! deaths. There has to be a few of those every year, and I have a feeling this year it'll be Beth, Carol, maybe Hershel, and probably new people.

Quote

They're running out of red shirts and people will be pissed if T-Dogg  dies whilst still without any meaningful character development or lines  beyond, "Aw, hell no!"

Hee! Yeah, this. Although I'll admit, as much as I like him, I would laugh so hard if T-Dog gets a huge monologue where his character finally gets to speak his mind, and then gets bitten or something in the middle of it (ala Samuel L. Jackson in Deep Blue Sea).

Edited by gagewhitney, 19 June 2012 - 11:57 PM.

[WalkerBaitress]

gagewhitney, on 19 June 2012 - 11:56 PM, said:

Hee! Yeah, this. Although I'll admit, as much as I like him, I would laugh so hard if T-Dog gets a huge monologue where his character finally gets to speak his mind, and then gets bitten or something in the middle of it (ala Samuel L. Jackson in Deep Blue Sea).

[sour]

I believe she is only still around to add to Hershel's character. She will die and we really see Hershel start to lose it. In the end he will finally break down and be killed off as well somewhere along the line in season 3.

[Grimace]

It bothers me that everyone uses "redshirts" and talk about how expendable the supporting characters are in this series.  The comics are far different... you see major characters getting killed left and right while minor characters outlive them by a far margin (

Spoiler

Patricia in the comics outlasts many of the core group of survivors

).  I wish the TV series represented that better, but shallow viewing makes the audience want anyone whose name isn't in the title to get killed off in a bloody, bloody way, and we all know they will because why kill off one of the main actors instead of a supporting actor?

That's why I had a big beef with the season finale, they killed off Jimmy and Patricia just for the sake of killing someone off.  The comics wouldn't have done that.  Each death matters in the comics.

[Ryan_Dead]

Grimace, on 20 June 2012 - 07:03 PM, said:

It bothers me that everyone uses "redshirts" and talk about how expendable the supporting characters are in this series.  The comics are far different... you see major characters getting killed left and right while minor characters outlive them by a far margin (

Spoiler

Patricia in the comics outlasts many of the core group of survivors

).  I wish the TV series represented that better, but shallow viewing makes the audience want anyone whose name isn't in the title to get killed off in a bloody, bloody way, and we all know they will because why kill off one of the main actors instead of a supporting actor?

That's why I had a big beef with the season finale, they killed off Jimmy and Patricia just for the sake of killing someone off.  The comics wouldn't have done that.  Each death matters in the comics.

I agree with you. I don't like how Jimmy and Patricia were treated.

[gracie lou]

Grimace, on 20 June 2012 - 07:03 PM, said:

It bothers me that everyone uses "redshirts" and talk about how expendable the supporting characters are in this series.  The comics are far different... you see major characters getting killed left and right while minor characters outlive them by a far margin (

Spoiler

Patricia in the comics outlasts many of the core group of survivors

).  I wish the TV series represented that better, but shallow viewing makes the audience want anyone whose name isn't in the title to get killed off in a bloody, bloody way, and we all know they will because why kill off one of the main actors instead of a supporting actor?

That's why I had a big beef with the season finale, they killed off Jimmy and Patricia just for the sake of killing someone off.  The comics wouldn't have done that.  Each death matters in the comics.

I disagree.

Major Character: Shane - dead
Major Character: Dale - dead

Minor Character: T-Dog - alive
Minor Character: Carol - alive

Also, minor characters die all the time in the comics. Plus, you can't compare 99 issues of the comic to 19 episodes of the show. I'm sure we will loose more major characters by the time we get to the present story arc in the comic.

[backwoodsroamer]

gracie lou, on 20 June 2012 - 10:20 PM, said:

I disagree.

Major Character: Shane - dead
Major Character: Dale - dead

Minor Character: T-Dog - alive
Minor Character: Carol - alive

Also, minor characters die all the time in the comics. Plus, you can't compare 99 issues of the comic to 19 episodes of the show. I'm sure we will loose more major characters by the time we get to the present story arc in the comic.

Hey, don't you have a pedestrian to run over somewhere?

[gracie lou]

backwoodsroamer, on 20 June 2012 - 10:27 PM, said:

Hey, don't you have a pedestrian to run over somewhere?

What do you mean?


I thought I did a pretty damn good job of typing that out while I was driving the kids to lacrosse. I didn't even make any typos when the glare from the light shining off my tennis bracelet near blinded me. Besides, that old guy on the sidewalk is always yelling stuff - he has tattoos, so you know he's got a really bad attitude.

Spoiler

[backwoodsroamer]

gracie lou, on 20 June 2012 - 11:11 PM, said:

What do you mean?


I thought I did a pretty damn good job of typing that out while I was driving the kids to lacrosse. I didn't even make any typos when the glare from the light shining off my tennis bracelet near blinded me. Besides, that old guy on the sidewalk is always yelling stuff - he has tattoos, so you know he's got a really bad attitude.

Spoiler

Touche, mon cher. I believe that put me in my place.

[Walkerkills]

gracie lou, on 20 June 2012 - 10:20 PM, said:

I disagree.

Major Character: Shane - dead
Major Character: Dale - dead

Minor Character: T-Dog - alive
Minor Character: Carol - alive

Also, minor characters die all the time in the comics. Plus, you can't compare 99 issues of the comic to 19 episodes of the show. I'm sure we will loose more major characters by the time we get to the present story arc in the comic.

I think I disagree with you Gracie Lou
If Carol or T-dog were killed off in the final I think more people would have been shocked. Yet when Jimmy and Patricia were killed, not many people were shocked. Obviously I can't speak for everyone but I think the majority of people knew it was coming and it didn't have much impact on the audience at all.
The Walking Dead, like many other shows, used predictable "red-shirts" to fill in the space. I hope I am making sense here. And I believe the writers thought to make the final better they would have some deaths. They didn't kill off anyone important, they choose the ones that have hardly spoke or done much. Its like, whats the point in bringing those characters into the show just to kill them off a couple episodes later...

[gracie lou]

Walkerkills, on 21 June 2012 - 12:43 AM, said:

I think I disagree with you Gracie Lou
If Carol or T-dog were killed off in the final I think more people would have been shocked. Yet when Jimmy and Patricia were killed, not many people were shocked. Obviously I can't speak for everyone but I think the majority of people knew it was coming and it didn't have much impact on the audience at all.
The Walking Dead, like many other shows, used predictable "red-shirts" to fill in the space. I hope I am making sense here. And I believe the writers thought to make the final better they would have some deaths. They didn't kill off anyone important, they choose the ones that have hardly spoke or done much. Its like, whats the point in bringing those characters into the show just to kill them off a couple episodes later...

Yeah, but they had JUST killed Shane and Dale, and Sophia had died earlier in the season. Who said the deaths have to be shocking just because it is a finale?

Personally, I was shocked in 201 when T-Dog didn't bite it. I think everyone thought he was going to die early on in S2. You have to have 'redshirts' and I really wouldn't even consider Patricia to be a redshirt. Also, like Patricia, Otis was put there just to die and help develop other characters, but I doubt anyone could say that his death wasn't shocking.

[zombiehunter]

The Pre-S2 trailers had me convinces T-Dog was going to die.

And I don't get this arguement. Beth didn't die because she let go of Patricia's hand and fled with Lori and T-Dog.  

[Marcuslloydak]

gracie lou, on 21 June 2012 - 12:55 AM, said:

Yeah, but they had JUST killed Shane and Dale, and Sophia had died earlier in the season. Who said the deaths have to be shocking just because it is a finale?

Personally, I was shocked in 201 when T-Dog didn't bite it. I think everyone thought he was going to die early on in S2. You have to have 'redshirts' and I really wouldn't even consider Patricia to be a redshirt. Also, like Patricia, Otis was put there just to die and help develop other characters, but I doubt anyone could say that his death wasn't shocking.

Honestly, I think T-Dog played a big role in S1, and at the start of S2. He was a prominent chaacter in my eyes, so I wasnt expecting him to be killed off at all. Subsequently in the season though, he inexplicably had nothing to say (or so I thought) so we all guessed he'd be killed off. However, isn't it evident now that when the producers changed, Glen didn't know what to do with T-Dogg, Patricia etc.. That's why they got no lines mid season? Well I've got OT now, haha.

[zombiehunter]

Every topic always comes back to the T-Dog.

[Melquiades Estrada]

zombiehunter, on 22 June 2012 - 01:06 PM, said:

Every topic always comes back to the T-Dog.

True

[Marcuslloydak]

I've not really noticed that, and with respect, neither of you are really helping if that's the case.