Walking Dead's Carol Originally Had One of Its Darkest Deaths
Fans of the AMC television series The Walking Dead are more than familiar with Carol’s exceptional growth and character development throughout the show, but if they haven’t read the original comic book series, they may be shocked to learn that she did not go through such a transformation in the source material and, in fact, suffered one of The Walking Dead’s darkest deaths.
Carol Peletier made her first appearance in AMC’s The Walking Dead in season 1 episode 3. Upon her debut, Carol is portrayed as a friendly and timid woman who suffers near constant verbal and physical abuse from her husband. As the show progresses, Carol’s husband is killed and she is free to become her own person outside of his abusive control — and that person is a strong, independent woman who isn’t afraid to kick ass and defend herself and the ones she loves from the horrors the zombie apocalypse has brought upon the world. Sadly, in the original story, she doesn't get that chance.
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In the comics, Carol meets a comparatively early end. The chief theme of Carol's character is her need to define herself through others, and it's this that eats away at her as the world descends into chaos. After Carol's abusive husband takes his own life, she struggles to be part of a group where most of the other survivors are couples, and asks if Rick and Lori would be willing to enter into a polyamorous relationship. When they turn her down, shocked at the suggestion, Carol feels distanced from the group and later tries to take her own life. While she survives, she feels that the others are now constantly judging her. Tragically, in The Walking Dead #41 (by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and
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