Why is Lilly in the game ? (for those who have read the comic) SPOILERS
Ok all of us who have read the comic knows that Lilly will eventually
join up with the Governor and kill Lori and her baby.
So we all know that she won´t die since telltale considers this game to be canon within the comic universe.
I don´t get why telltale picked her as one of the characters in the game, since she is a character, that most of us comic readers allready know will survive.
join up with the Governor and kill Lori and her baby.
So we all know that she won´t die since telltale considers this game to be canon within the comic universe.
I don´t get why telltale picked her as one of the characters in the game, since she is a character, that most of us comic readers allready know will survive.
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This.
Telltale chose characters that most Walking Dead fans are familiar with and just decided to reveal their past as to what they were doing before Rick eventually meets them in the comics. This is a good thing because these characters they chose impacted Rick's life many ways in the comics and people will be wondering what they were doing before they got into Rick's life.
I'm more concerned about how well her departure is played more than when she'll actually do it.
Glenn, not so much. He was just too major a character in the comics to expect much from him.
The kenny vs Lilly thing will come to an end, and lilly will split :P
It will be interesting how he is gonna pull that of, the book is not coming out before october and all the episodes of the game should be out by then.
I hope it does not contradict anything he has been doing a good job with keeping it consistent so far.
*facepalm*
If it was a joke, it isn't that good and if you are serious, then you really need to rethink your theory.
It is obviously the same Glen/Lilly.
Lilly was already admitted to be the same Lilly by telltale and Glen has the exact same look, clothes, personality, and was heading to Atlanta(where Rick finds him) when we last saw him.
And was confirmed by telltale to be the same Glen which apparently DOES need to be clarified now...
But Lilly... The choices regarding Lilly play such a big role, but the fact that she is in the comics means that no matter what the hell I do, she will eventually become the person she is in the comics and leave the group. And that IMO sucks.
The 'how others will react' is still based on your choices, and having comic book characters still diminishes their value, and my point still stands. For example: if you're pro-Kenny, then you will have a person who will certainly have your back because you've got his, and Lilly will eventually break under stress. If you're pro-Lilly, then you will have a person (Kenny) who will hate your guts (because regrettably he's got a very binary view of the world), and Lilly will eventually break under stress, because regardless of how pro-Lilly you are, that has to happen. See the problem?
Kenny is a game-only character, so there's lots of room in changing what he thinks of you and what he does depending on what you do, Lilly is a comic book character, and in her case everything is incredibly restricted. And asides from Katjaa, nobody really cares that much who you choose between Kenny/Lilly (at least at the time of Ep2), so if you're pro-Kenny you will eventually be left with a loyal friend, and if you're pro-Lilly - you will be eventually left with, well, nothing.
I admit that this post is a bit speculative because nobody has seen Ep3 yet and we don't know for how long Lilly will be with us, but so far knowing that Lilly is in the comic books does not leave me with confidence.
You can't say we'll be left with nothing if we decide to side with Lilly. We only see Lilly for basically a split second in the comics. Woodbury could play a large part in the story and further flesh out her role. Hell, the story could continue after that scene at the prison. We just don't have the information available yet.
It would be nice to have some real game changing choices but in the end my thoughts on the matter are no different than yours. They're both pure speculation. Although in this case, I really hope they choose not to write her off easily. Even knowing what she did in the comics, I still enjoy her character much more than Kenny.
EDIT: It looks like Lilly will be featured in an upcoming novel titled "Road to Woodbury". I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing for the game
Well, I agree with your former comment about Lilly being seen only for a couple pages in the comic, and that her backstory before then is speculation. And I also agree about not writing her off easily, for I'm actually pro-Lilly. As to your question about "Road to Woodbury", I think it's a good thing for the game. Right now, as of Episode 2, Lilly's backstory is still in the making via player's choices and the circumstances..and what happens in the comics or novels based on Lilly would be milestones for the story development in later episodes of the game. Hell, it might lead to Lilly having more of an appearance in the TV show, assuming Kirkman allows it.
Now I feel it's a waste of time to get on her good side, but perhaps the game ends before she joins up with the governor, I don't know
watch some saturday morning wall o'heads with clem then straight onto watching some heads of fortune.
Especially knowing what she did in the comics, I get to like her character even more!
No one knows how long she will be at Woodbury with the Governor. She might leave at the end of episode 3 and return in episode 4 after the events in the prison (I hope something like that will happen)
http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-975
Episode 3 won't be out till the middle of August so the novel will probably be out before the game is finished. I hope the novel doesn't spoil anything that might happen to Lilly in the last episode.
As for the Hershel thing - that's something that has been bothering me. The Hershel in the game looks and behaves differently from the Hershel in the comic book. There are several aspects that contradict each other.
For instance, where is Hershel's family - the one he has in the comic book? Yes, in the comic book one of his sons was a zombie locked in the barn, so that much of it makes sense when we see Hershel's son die in the game. But where are the others? Where is Maggie?
Also in the book he doesn't have a full beard. Granted, he always looks very unshaven, so this one is forgivable.
But most importantly the Hershel in the comic books is appalled when he finds out Rick and Co have been just shooting the zombies instead of trying to help them. The hershel in the game doesn't hesitate to blow the heads off the walkers. That didn't make a whole lot of sense to me so I at least entertained the idea that this could be a different farmer named Hershel with a medical background... :rolleyes:
... But ultimately I decided that the writers must be aware that not all farmers are doctors and that they can have other names beside Hershel, so this definitely cannot be a coincidence. It's the same guy.
I guess that means that when his son came back Hershel decided to crop his beard short and rethought his stance on blowing zombies' heads off. Shortly after that the rest of his family returned from their camping trip.
And Lilly might have like 4 panels in the comic book, but she is a total badass. The Governor isn't a person you just stand up to...