The Walking Dead Rules Out Its Worst Maggie & Negan Tease
Crack open the champagne - The Walking Dead has effectively dashed any chance of romance between Maggie and Negan! In both the original The Walking Dead comic books and its live-action counterpart on AMC, the uneasy dynamic between Maggie and Negan develops into a key plot point toward the story's end. Whereas most characters learn to accept Jeffrey Dean Morgan's reformed Negan as a semi-valued member of society, Lauren Cohan's Maggie keenly remembers how he bludgeoned her husband to death with Lucille, and refuses to let the former Savior off her hook.
The aftermath of the Whisperer War, a growing food crisis, and the emergence of the Reapers force Maggie and Negan to work together in The Walking Dead season 11, but after a few episodes of tense cooperation (sometimes devolving into outright aggression), audiences began sensing something very different between the pair… Was that a hint of romance?! One-on-one conversations between Maggie and Negan felt designed to amplify their chemistry, and were palpably laced with sexual tension. Longing looks and pensive pauses added fuel to the fire, and when AMC announced the pair were getting a spinoff - Isle of the Dead — a romantic liaison began looking even more likely.
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Mercifully, The Walking Dead season 11's «The Rotten Core» all but rules out any prospect of Maggie and Negan becoming romantic partners, enemies with benefits, or anything beyond a basic level of camaraderie. Previously, Negan reappeared alongside a mystery woman named Annie (Medina Senghore), who had some connection to the folks living under Ian inside the Riverbend apartment complex. «The Rotten Core» reveals Negan and Annie have been
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