The Road To Woodbury
Anybody read it yet? I heard Lilly acts like a very different character... and I'm sure most of us have heard by now that the Lilly in this novel has a different backstory.
I'd read it myself, but I can't afford to spend any extra money right now. I need to know if it's really a different Lilly!!
I'd read it myself, but I can't afford to spend any extra money right now. I need to know if it's really a different Lilly!!
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Kirkman's not messing with TellTale's character, TellTale is messing with his.
Lilly appears in the comic (albeit briefly), and the game was supposed to show the backstory of Lilly, but the book contradicted it.
This is Kirkman's intellectual property. It's TTs job to keep it cannon
I think Kirkman screwed TTG over with the whole Lilly thing. The road to woodbury Lilly is not the same as the TTG Lilly. Regardless, opens the door for TTG to bring Lilly back and shows once again that TTG can create very interesting characters for their games.
Kirkman didn't screw anybody, he probably had the sypnosis before the game was even in the works, people need to understand that TWD is Kirkman's property, TTG are the ones that decided to add Lilly and give her a story and then say, oh yeah she's the one from the comics.
it's not Kirkman's fault, i don't understand why some people are blaming Kirkman for that...
Well they ran it by Kirkman so he would have had to sign off on it. I think in his haste to milk every cent out of the series while its hot, he neglected to give a shit about the game's story and went ahead with the book. In the end, it falls within his department to keep this stuff in check. But I'm not complaining; if it wasnt for Kirkman whoring the series out, we'd have never gotten this fine game series.:D
Kirkman signed off on it. They met with him plenty of times. Telltale thought this was cannon to the comics and Lily was the Lily from the comics. He had no problem not answering the question and letting people order the book because they thought Lily was the Lily from the game.
Do you HONESTLY think TTG can do anything storywise in their game without having Kirkman's approval first?
no i don't, it was never said IN THE GAME that she was the one from the comics, Kirkman never confirmed it either.
anyways, he's free to do what he wants with his own story, end of the line.
I think TTG realized Kirkman sold them down the rat hole just ahead of the book being released because TTG made some last minute changes to the pictures and names of two of the e3 trophies.
One was called Woodbury bound and showed Lilly alone driving what looked like Kenny's truck.
Nice recovery by TTG and again the Lilly they created is a very well done character that they made and are free to bring back to the game if they like.
In the game?
What is she supposed to do?
Break the fourth wall and tell us she'll kill Lori later in the storyline?
"It's ok, Lee, I'll kill a mother and her baby in the future, so killing Carley is no big thing. Lemme on the RV!!!!"
end of line? lol - that's cute.
It was a big selling point to the game
thats believable but sad. I think Hershell was ok, Glenn never shoulda been there and we should have had the option to take lilly leave her or execution Carley style IMO lol.
Actually, I believe when Kirkman was asked about the TTG version of Lilly vs. the comic Lily, he said that they could be the same person or not. He in my opinion left it very vague almost hinting that it could be either thing. I am sure he knew that the Lily in the game was nothing like his character in road to woodbury (which yes, I read all in the same afternoon!) he just likes to throw fans off...which he's said repeatedly.
Lilly being in the game as the same character from the comics was one of the few reasons I bought the game. I would have probably still played it eventually, but when I got Episode 1 it was a selling point for me.
"Fate will one day cause Lilly to play a large part in the life of Rick Grimes"
Telltale intended Lilly to be the same character as Lilly in the comic. They wouldn't have been able to claim that without permission from Kirkman (it's his franchise).
I get the impression TT were not aware of this new book until the official announcement. That must have been a bit of a shock to them. Kirkman is entitled to do whatever he wants to his creation, but for the sake of his fanbase he should ensure continuity throughout. If he didn't want comic Lilly to be game Lilly he should have said something.
Well, that's gonna be hard to do. Comic book Lily is the same as Road to Woodbury Lily who is clearly very different than game Lily. In addition to the whole father thing, this Lily was never a military anything...she was just a normal person.
I actually like book Lily more than game Lily.
The wiki updated his page, taking his later name (Blake) as his real name, even though in the comics it is Phillip. Since it contradicts the comics I'm not taking it as canon, or relatively, anything else in that book.
Blake is the Governor's last name. Philip Blake.
Actually his name is not Phillip, but I can't comment on that if you haven't read Rise of The Governor.
Exactly. I almost choked when I read that post.