How did Clem drag Lee into the jewellery store?

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  • edited November 2012
    edit: double post >.>
  • edited November 2012
    It's not impossible for a kid to drag a grown adult by the legs along the ground.

    For some reason everyone thinks Clem somehow just tossed Lee over her shoulder and carried him like that but it's more likely she just dragged him along the ground.

    Zombies would have ignored them for the most part so she would have had a lot of time to drag Lee to safety.
  • N7.N7.
    edited November 2012
    I reckon even dragging a man like Lee by Clem is impossible
  • edited November 2012
    she could have rolled and dragged him inch by inch?
    Seriously, my nine year old can do that. Lifting on the other hand is not really possible.
  • edited November 2012
    Has no-one considered that Lee could have been drifting in and out of conciousness? She wouldn't have needed to drag him, just guide him.
  • edited February 2013
    Is this even possible? We all know Clem was already protected from the zombies due to the stench on her clothes, but for a little girl to drag a fully grown man off the street, even if we assume the store was only a few feet away at the time Lee fainted...
  • edited February 2013
    Is this even possible? We all know Clem was already protected from the zombies due to the stench on her clothes, but for a little girl to drag a fully grown man off the street, even if we assume the store was only a few feet away at the time Lee fainted...

    People can do incredible things when the adrenaline is flowing,its possible but would take a long time and im pretty sure Clem said it took her a long time to do it.
  • edited February 2013
    Crixus wrote: »
    People can do incredible things when the adrenaline is flowing,its possible but would take a long time and im pretty sure Clem said it took her a long time to do it.

    Even for someone that's reasonably fit, just moving someone that's roughly your own weight is pretty damn hard when they can't assist - adrenaline or no.

    It's not for nothing "dead weight" is an expression.
  • edited February 2013
    Clem hit the weights while stranger had her trapped. Got HENCH!
  • edited February 2013
    If she tried to lift Lee, yeah, I could see that taking an age and a half. However, if she was doped up on adrenaline (highly likely) and she simply dragged him, it wouldn't take that long.

    I'm more curious how she managed to avoid drawing attention to herself long enough to get Lee to safety. Walkers don't drag things unless they have to pull it closer to eat it. That should have been a stand-out action... Plot hole... or unexplained phenomenon?
  • edited February 2013
    There are many reports of people doing impossible feats if they have to safe their loved ones. Lifting cars and such stuff. Your body is capable of amazing things, but stops you from performing them so you don't injure yourself in the process. The so called hysterical strength can bypass that for a short time.

    I'm rather irritated about the fact BlackBoxx mentioned. Strength or not there were pretty many zombies. Why didn't they react? Who knows...
  • edited February 2013
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  • edited February 2013
    maybe one of teh walkers helped her
  • edited February 2013
    I wondered that myself, but decided to ignore that impossibility. There's no way she could have dragged him on her own power on asphalt... maybe if it were a smoother surface.
  • edited February 2013
    BlackBoxx wrote: »
    I'm more curious how she managed to avoid drawing attention to herself long enough to get Lee to safety. Walkers don't drag things unless they have to pull it closer to eat it. That should have been a stand-out action... Plot hole... or unexplained phenomenon?

    Perhaps they thought she was one of the walkers with severed legs who drags themselves around. They're obviously not, but maybe the walkers would be too stupid to tell the difference. If they can be fooled by a mere smell, they can probably be fooled by many other things as well.
  • edited February 2013
    Suspension of disbelief - I simply choose to not think about it :P
  • edited February 2013
    Could be Molly helping her?
  • edited February 2013
    Adrenaline can do crazy things.
  • edited February 2013
    I know that Lee blacked out, but maybe he was still conscience enough to maybe stumble/crawl with her leading? That's what I kind of thought about it. He collapses, Clem starts pulling on him, he kind of crawls along, she guides him, gets him inside, and has to close the door up behind her.
  • edited February 2013
    I don't know if you ever tried it but dragging people isn't that hard really.
    Usually, it's easier than dragging objects of the same weight, not sure why but it is.
  • edited February 2013
    garavel wrote: »
    I don't know if you ever tried it but dragging people isn't that hard really.
    Usually, it's easier than dragging objects of the same weight, not sure why but it is.

    It's because of armpits and feet. No seriously. Objects you would move by dragging are too large to carry, so you can more easily overcome the frictional force they have with the ground than you can their gravitational force. The only problem is getting a good grip. Try moving a couch and you may have to try a few things to get a grip that you won't lose in 2 seconds. But a person has armpits which provide an easy grip where both hands are nicely spaced apart. If that doesn't work, grabbing their feet allows even more options since they are more flexible. You can lift, widen and tighten the space between your hands as you see fit without losing grip ability.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited February 2013
    It's like the Mythbusters episode where they wanted to see if you really could throw a dead body around as easily as they do in the movies, and like BlackBoxx said, because of the leverage the shape of the human body gives you, it really was that easy.

    They did it first with a 150 lb weight, and it was hard, but a 150 lb artificial human cadaver was simple. They went through an obstacle course where they dragged it up and down stairs, threw it through a window, rolled it up in a blanket, and threw it into the boot of a car. Both Adam and Jamie were able to do all that in under two minutes.

    So, I'd recon a girl Clementine's size should be able to drag a 150-200 lb unconscious man into a garage in 5-10 minutes or so (remember the zombies were completely ignoring her and Lee because of their smell, even after Lee hit one with his shoulder, so they wouldn't be a problem).
  • edited February 2013
    Eh, dragging isn't that hard... Even for a little girl.
  • edited February 2013
    Honestly yeah,that was the first thing that popped in my mind when she said that she dragged,and locked them in...eeeeh,Clem?

    But,I suppose she was able to handle it.
  • edited February 2013
    maybe one of teh walkers helped her
    I lol'd

    But yeah, adrenaline for sure. We also don't know how far the store was from where Lee collapsed. It might have been a short distance.
  • edited February 2013
    guys,it's really easy:
    she tried,found out she wasn't strong enough,whistled,a few of our friendly neighborhood walkers helped her,then they went back to roaming...

    but seriously:
    if you notice lee didn't look that bad before the final faint but after they got to the jewelry store he looked real shi-tty,that could suggest there was a long time between him fainting and waking,so it probably took clem a long while to drag him
  • edited February 2013
    True Love makes miracles
  • edited February 2013
    The jewelry store was probably right next to the spot where he fainted and Clem slowly dragged Lee without getting noticed by the walkers. Also, plot holes.
    x)
  • edited February 2013
    zev_zev wrote: »
    True Love makes miracles

    Yeah, that's not creepy at all.......
  • edited February 2013
    DreadMagus wrote: »
    Yeah, that's not creepy at all.......

    You're right, it isn't.
  • edited February 2013
    That's one theory. :D
  • edited February 2013
    DreadMagus wrote: »
    Yeah, that's not creepy at all.......

    Maybe that could of been phrased better, but the point still stands and I fully agree with it :o
  • edited February 2013
    Riadon wrote: »
    You're right, it isn't.

    The phrase "true love" generally refers to sexual attraction. Thus, using the phrase "true love" in reference to a sort of parental love is incredibly creepy.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited February 2013
    anonymau5 wrote: »
    The phrase "true love" generally refers to sexual attraction. Thus, using the phrase "true love" in reference to a sort of parental love is incredibly creepy.
    This isn't always the case. For example, they used the term true love to refer to the love Snow White's daughter had for her son in Once Upon a Time.
  • edited February 2013
    Hey hey hey guys , the phrase "True love" I mean love to the daughter of his father. Nothing criminal. How...h-how you even can think about another meaning of this phrase??? I'm in shock.
    How you can defile it is a wonderful feeling of parental love such terrible thoughts?
  • edited February 2013
    Because Lee isn't her father.

    Now, if Lee was her father and you had said "true love" I..... probably would have seen it the way you meant it. :p

    Let's just mark it down to misunderstanding via phrasing and move on. :p
  • edited February 2013
    DreadMagus wrote: »
    Because Lee isn't her father.

    :p

    Is it really matter in that situation? Ok, Lee was AS her father, and Clem LOVED him as her own father. End of story
  • edited February 2013
    Dude, let it go.

    I said I already understood what you were trying to say.
  • edited February 2013
    anonymau5 wrote: »
    The phrase "true love" generally refers to sexual attraction. Thus, using the phrase "true love" in reference to a sort of parental love is incredibly creepy.

    Everyone knows what he meant.
  • edited February 2013
    That's one theory.
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