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Ep. 3 - Was Duck really bitten?

ThagThag
edited May 2013 in The Walking Dead
Hello guys,

Awesome game, but this question has kept me busy since last night.

I played Episode 3 and I was convinced Duck was not actually bitten. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, pointed in that direction.

I mean, the whole substory about Duck and his allergy pointed me in that direction:
1. First you learn Clementine and Duck are teasing each other with the bugs.
2. Then you learn Duck found some new bugs.
3. Then he is bitten, but you never see a real bite wound. What I see looks like an allergy reaction.
4. Then the complete irrelevant information that Duck is allergic to bees.
5. Even more information, he eats everything?!

So I assumed Duck ate / tried to eat a bug he found (a bee), and the bastard stung him.
I expected a sidestory where you would find out he was actually not bitten but stung etc. etc....

Uhm.. Nope, he has to die anyway... Bye bye Duck?!

I didn't complete the game yet, but does this come back? I checked the fora, but couldn't really find any info...

Comments

  • HudomonkeyHudomonkey
    edited April 2013
    He looked a bit too ill to just be an alergic reaction to bees...
    Bee allergies don't really make people COUGH UP BLOOD...
    I'm pretty sure he was bitten
  • ThagThag
    edited April 2013
    Hudomonkey wrote: »
    He looked a bit too ill to just be an alergic reaction to bees...
    Bee allergies don't really make people COUGH UP BLOOD...
    I'm pretty sure he was bitten

    Haha, the moment he started coughing up blood got me thinking too :D, but after that we got all this extra irrelevant info...

    Seems so pointless now :confused:...
  • Clemmy1Clemmy1
    edited April 2013
    Episode 3 is the best in the game,everything seems to be settling down when this happens...I really liked Duck,so his death was shocking and unexpected.Him getting bitten at the motel was very much like outside the drug store and im just wondering now if Kenny and Kat was keeping something back..because when you talked to Kenny at the farm about how his family is doing he mentions something about Duck.BUT forget that :D he went ill too quickly after the motel.
  • MornaiMornai
    edited April 2013
    Thag wrote: »
    Haha, the moment he started coughing up blood got me thinking too :D, but after that we got all this extra irrelevant info...

    Seems so pointless now :confused:...

    I think that's the point. Katjaa can't do anything for Duck, so she's sort of reminiscing about random little quirks he has such as allergies, because she knows he's most likely going to die.
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited April 2013
    Thag wrote: »
    Hello guys,

    Awesome game, but this question has kept me busy since last night.

    I played Episode 3 and I was convinced Duck was not actually bitten. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, pointed in that direction.

    I mean, the whole substory about Duck and his allergy pointed me in that direction:
    1. First you learn Clementine and Duck are teasing each other with the bugs.
    2. Then you learn Duck found some new bugs.
    3. Then he is bitten, but you never see a real bite wound. What I see looks like an allergy reaction.
    4. Then the complete irrelevant information that Duck is allergic to bees.
    5. Even more information, he eats everything?!

    So I assumed Duck ate / tried to eat a bug he found (a bee), and the bastard stung him.
    I expected a sidestory where you would find out he was actually not bitten but stung etc. etc....

    Uhm.. Nope, he has to die anyway... Bye bye Duck?!

    I didn't complete the game yet, but does this come back? I checked the fora, but couldn't really find any info...

    You see a zombie land on him and his mom who was right there -- closer than you were -- says he was bit. Also, in the hard to get duckpockalypse death, its implied he comes back as a walker and kills everyone. Also, he was bit.
  • DreadMagusDreadMagus
    edited April 2013
    lol :D
  • saladdayssaladdays
    edited April 2013
    I agree you don't really see a bite, but I don't see how he was anything other than bit. I don't think an allergic reaction to a bee sting will produce effects that Duck experienced.
  • Rock114Rock114
    edited April 2013
    Dear god, maybe BEES started the end of the world!

    Apocalypse solved, gang.
  • aaron1290aaron1290
    edited April 2013
    Rock114 wrote: »
    Dear god, maybe BEES started the end of the world!

    Apocalypse solved, gang.

    You get a scooby snack.
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited April 2013
    zombees.
  • CarScarCarScar
    edited April 2013
    Uh, Katjaa shows you the bite in the RV...?

    Lee: "What's up? Is Duck feeling alright?..."
    *Katjaa lifts up Duck's shirt revealing a large, swollen bite mark*
    Lee: "What the fuck."

    I don't see how you can construed that as being an allergic reaction, especially right after Duck's close call with a walker just moments before.
  • Rock114Rock114
    edited April 2013
    aaron1290 wrote: »
    You get a scooby snack.

    And we didn't even get to split up and search for clues. Jeepers (Damn).
  • ThagThag
    edited April 2013
    In the RV, I saw the bitemark in a flash, at that moment it looked to me like it could have been an allergic reaction...

    I was just wondering why they would set up all these hints about bugs and allergies, that's all, but I guess people are more interested in making funny replies

    Thanks for all these really constructive replies...
  • SkandisSkandis
    edited April 2013
    Thag wrote: »
    I was just wondering why they would set up all these hints about bugs and allergies, that's all
    Ambiguity = Depth

    For instance, one could argue that Katjaa knew it was a bee sting (veterinary) but felt this world wasn't a world she wanted Duck to continue endure. So when he got stung, she just accepted it and claimed it was a bite.

    To recap what she's seen:
    * A group wanting to murder her son on suspicion to save their own skin
    * Cannibals holding her son hostage to blackmail her
    * Enough blood and gore to last a lifetime

    Add to this that she was mere seconds away from losing her life three times already.
  • saladdayssaladdays
    edited April 2013
    I think the hints would be more direct and less subtle if something like an allergic reaction was the case. What would be the point of doing this unless it's spelled out?

    Usually the most obvious thing is what is correct. While there are twists and other such things in games, movies, etc. all the time, there usually is some sort of explanation to where it makes sense. A bee sting hasn't been talked about enough in TWD to really make any sense IMO.
  • Rock114Rock114
    edited April 2013
    I'm fairly certain it was a bite. That was my immediate reaction upon seeing the mark, and it was even in the shape of a bite. Katjaa, who was with him at the time, porbably even saw it happen. The bug thing that Clementine said was likely just for teh lolz, and Katjaa telling Lee that Duck was allergic to bees was likely her just remembering random things through the pain of watching her 10 year old son die in her arms for the greater part of the day.
  • slimymeteorslimymeteor
    edited April 2013
    Katjaa was worried about bees because they were outside, and she was starting to worry about him getting stung before realizing that he was dying anyway. Doesn't she correct herself, saying something like, "Not that it matters."? I think it was to emphasize the fact that Duck dying hadn't sunk in yet.

    Clem putting the bug on Duck's pillow was just a matter of kids fooling around, and had nothing to do with the bee allergy. This all just adds up to character development. Duck's allergies and Clem's childish pranks weren't relevant to the plot. But they added to the character's personalities, helping us to get to know them a little better.
  • Mark$manMark$man
    edited April 2013
    Jake wrote: »
    zombees.

    Lol. Also, in the easter egg of Duck, not only is it "implied" Duck is a walker, but he personally killed everyone on the train! And Lee...
  • slimymeteorslimymeteor
    edited April 2013
    Come to think of it, aren't bees the reason for the zombie outbreaks in the Dead Rising series?
  • Rock114Rock114
    edited April 2013
    slimymeteor wrote: »
    Come to think of it, aren't bees the reason for the zombie outbreaks in the Dead Rising series?

    Exactly. And we all know that Chuck Greene is a distant relative of Hershel Greene, who ALSO has to protect a young girl during a zombie outbreak.

    It's obvious that he shows up just after Clem leaves the room and gives Lee some Zombrex. Also, he has enough to last for the rest of Lee's life. The two figures are Chuck and Lee on the hill, and Clem is so aghast at seeing Lee alive that she is speechless.

    Happy ending achieved.
  • HueykHueyk
    edited April 2013
    Well, the not so fresh looking blood that Duck coughs up kind of negates any allergy arguments in my opinion.
  • BountyHunterBountyHunter
    edited April 2013
    It was a bite from a walker. Yeesh. Pay attention.
  • SLH1222SLH1222
    edited May 2013
    Very good point about the allergy thing, but you could obviously see the bite on the side of him. he was bitten, and was turning into a walker.
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