Was Carley/Doug's bullet meant for Kenny?

edited August 2013 in The Walking Dead
Lilly really seemed to fall apart after Kenny killed Larry but she never really confronted him about it after that, except for that throwaway line where she says she doesnt want to travel with him after what he did. I wondered if the reason she was so quick to pull a gun in episode 3 and kill was pent up rage at Kenny for killing her dad. She doesnt dare kill him probably because he had a family so Carley and Ben became scapegoats to focus her anger on. Was she thinking of Kenny somewhere in the back of her mind when she pulled that trigger?
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  • edited August 2013
    For sure yeah. Kenny killing Larry sent her mad and the theft and arguing pushed her over the edge

    Carley/Doug were just unfortunate that they were the ones who suffered when she exploded
  • edited August 2013
    No it was meant for Carley in the playthroughs where Carley was saved and it was meant for Ben in the playthroughs where Doug was saved
  • edited August 2013
    Crixus wrote: »
    No it was meant for Carley in the playthroughs where Carley was saved and it was meant for Ben in the playthroughs where Doug was saved

    You know what I mean. Dont be so literal.
  • edited August 2013
    KCohere wrote: »
    You know what I mean. Dont be so literal.

    Wait what do you mean,what I'm saying is she wanted to kill Carley with that shot and she wanted to kill Ben with that shot. She even said she would learn to forgive Kenny so I don't think she would have killed him at all or really wanted to.
  • edited August 2013
    The unrepentant look on Lily's face after she shot Carley makes it pretty cut-and-dry, IMO.

    Shooting Doug was a mistake, as the bullet was clearly meant for Ben.
  • edited August 2013
    Lilly meant her bullet for whoever she was trying to shoot, which would be either Ben or Carley. She didn't mean to shoot Kenny during that scene. That said, I'm certain that she had a bullet with Kenny's name on it somewhere. She talks about forgiving him, but I never bought that. Kenny was right to ask how long it would be until she drew on him.
  • edited August 2013
    I think what the OP means is that Lilly killed them because of what Kenny did which is almost certainly true as she lost it due to her dads death
  • edited August 2013
    When I was done with the Episode 2 and I watched the preview for 3, it ended with the group standing in a circle, with Lilly exclaiming "we can't let one person in this group fuck things up for everyone else!" *gunshot*. I was speculating, since it was clear somebody was likely to take a bullet. I thought the primary target would be Kenny, for obvious reasons, or Lee, since I sided with Kenny in the meatlocker. I also thought it could be Ben, even though it wasn't yet established what a colossal fuck up he is. I even thought it might be Lilly herself, that someone else would shoot her, since she was becoming unstable. I never EVER gave it even a moment's thought that it would be Doug/Carley, both of whom were good natured and done nothing but helped the group however they could. Damn you, Telltale, for messing with my head so :D
  • edited August 2013
    Totally, in the back of her mind she probably meant to shoot Kenny.
  • edited August 2013
    She meant to kill Carley, if Lee had not done something she might have, because in my game if you bring Lilly and never sided with her she says that she would have killed Lee and Kenny after Carley.
  • edited August 2013
    No.

    With Doug its meant for Ben.

    With Carley its meant for Carley.
  • edited August 2013
    I think her father's death is what helped put her in the unstable state that led to her shooting someone, but she still felt that she was aiming for a traitor. I don't really think it was meant to be purely cathartic over being reluctant to kill Kenny.
  • edited August 2013
    I think what the OP means is that Lilly killed them because of what Kenny did which is almost certainly true as she lost it due to her dads death

    Yes, thank you. Thats what I meant. Not that she didnt shoot who she was aiming for but that the trauma of what Kenny did to her drove her to that level of violence and irrationality and that if she had a good excuse she might have killed Kenny. But thanks everyone for your thoughts and input.
  • edited August 2013
    I do think that, if the whole bandit thing hadn't made her snap completely, Lilly would have eventually tried to kill Kenny. He killing Larry was what really put her over the edge. If Ben hadn't caused that bandit issue, Lilly would've found something else to flip out about.
  • edited August 2013
    It is quite interesting WHEN Lilly pulled the trigger. She had spent the entire time yelling at Kenny to finish the walker off and get over there to help the group decide what to do with Ben/Carley. Yet right when he walked up there, she took her gun out and shot. Maybe on some level she could have been thinking about how Kenny so hastily killed her dad and yet now (at least in her eyes) was taking so long to address her concerns. Maybe she thought that because Kenny just acted without consulting her, that she should then act without consulting him.
  • edited August 2013
    lilly doesn't trust carley because she protects ben from her..

    in lilly's mind it makes carley just as guilty if not more so than ben.. the saying ' thou protest to much'

    so since carley then got all up in lilly's bidness/business lilly didn't take too kindly to it and shot her..saying 'she couldn't be trusted' to lee..

    As for doug, he got in the way of the bullet that was meant for ben...
  • edited August 2013
    When does Lilly say that she'll forgive Kenny ?
  • edited August 2013
    When does Lilly say that she'll forgive Kenny ?

    She says something along the lines of forgiving him for killing Larry after she kills Carley/Doug, but I can't remember the exact line. I never believed her though.
  • edited August 2013
    I think it's something along the lines of, "Lee killed a guy before this all started and I forgave him. You killed my dad and I'll forgive you." I think it only shows up if you told Lilly about your past. (So Carley only)
  • edited August 2013
    Rock114 wrote: »
    She says something along the lines of forgiving him for killing Larry after she kills Carley/Doug, but I can't remember the exact line. I never believed her though.

    Lilly: Murderer ? Lee's killed before and I forgave him . You've killed before and i'll forgive YOU . You both know what we do what has to be done .
  • edited August 2013
    So you have to save Carley, tell Lilly your past, and then leave Lilly behind? Sorry I've just played through several times and never found that line :D
  • edited August 2013
    So you have to save Carley, tell Lilly your past, and then leave Lilly behind? Sorry I've just played through several times and never found that line :D

    No need to leave Lilly behind. But you've to tell about your past on both Lilly and Kenny. Then you get the dialogue on the side of the road.
  • edited August 2013
    I believe you have to save Larry to.
  • edited August 2013
    I believe you have to save Larry to.

    Yeah, that too. Just checked it.
  • edited August 2013
    No.

    Larry's death obviously sends Lily over the edge, but she intends to kill either Carley or Ben. With her attempt at Ben it is premeditated (with Dough being killed accidentally), with Carley its not planned, but her anger gets the better of her.
  • edited August 2013
    I believe you have to save Larry to.

    Wrong. I helped cave his head in, and I got that line. She's probably just trying to make herself sound like the victim.
  • edited August 2013
    Wow, just one more thing to hate Lilly for, I never thought that was even possible.
  • edited August 2013
    Dough?

    "If your not gonna give food to dough-boy here, how about you give it to me?"

    Really, you're going to be one of those people?

    I suppose you've never made a typo before in your life, right?
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    Rock114 wrote: »
    Lilly meant her bullet for whoever she was trying to shoot, which would be either Ben or Carley. She didn't mean to shoot Kenny during that scene. That said, I'm certain that she had a bullet with Kenny's name on it somewhere. She talks about forgiving him, but I never bought that. Kenny was right to ask how long it would be until she drew on him.
    Lilly would have kept Kenny alive as long as he was needed. She is not stupid. The reason Kenny was spared was because he was important to the group so Lilly put aside her feelings for the sake of the group. She knew killing him would make the group weaker. I valued Carly as a group member but Lilly didn’t. She saw Carly and Ben as expendable. Kenny had the mechanical engineering skills, he could hunt and he did the supply runs. Why would Lilly ever plan to kill him? Kenny was being paranoid. If she wanted him dead he wouldn’t have made it of the dairy farm considering he was already shot by Andy and Lilly had a sniper rifle aimed at Andy, who was in the same direction as Kenny.

    In Carly's case she just snapped but I think she ultimately wanted to get rid of Ben and she was frustrated that no one could see what she could see and Carly was defending him and touching on such a sensitive subject as the loss of her dad was the breaking point. To be honest I don't know how I would react if someone killed my dad a week ago and someone called me daddy's little princess in a sarcastic tone and told me to get over it, with reference to my father's death, especially if I never had the opportunity to bury him or morn. I’m not saying I would shoot the person but we would definitely be fighting. Oh yes, it would get physical.
  • edited August 2013
    Carley's murder was basically a crime of passion. Lily had been unhinged at that point by Larry's death, and Carley confronting her over Ben pushed her over the edge. I don't think Lily had any plan to shoot Carley, she just snapped when Carley unleashed a barrage of truth that hit Lily close to home.

    With Doug, its more calculated. Lily fully intends to kill Ben from the start, and Doug just gets in the way.
  • edited August 2013
    SchafterM wrote: »
    No need to leave Lilly behind. But you've to tell about your past on both Lilly and Kenny. Then you get the dialogue on the side of the road.

    I got the line about "forgiving Kenny" and Kenny was the only one I didn't tell about my past. :confused:
  • edited August 2013
    loop hole wrote: »
    Lilly would have kept Kenny alive as long as he was needed. She is not stupid. The reason Kenny was spared was because he was important to the group so Lilly put aside her feelings for the sake of the group. She knew killing him would make the group weaker. I valued Carly as a group member but Lilly didn’t. She saw Carly and Ben as expendable. Kenny had the mechanical engineering skills, he could hunt and he did the supply runs. Why would Lilly ever plan to kill him? Kenny was being paranoid. If she wanted him dead he wouldn’t have made it of the dairy farm considering he was already shot by Andy and Lilly had a sniper rifle aimed at Andy, who was in the same direction as Kenny.

    In Carly's case she just snapped but I think she ultimately wanted to get rid of Ben and she was frustrated that no one could see what she could see and Carly was defending him and touching on such a sensitive subject as the loss of her dad was the breaking point. To be honest I don't know how I would react if someone killed my dad a week ago and someone called me daddy's little princess in a sarcastic tone and told me to get over it, with reference to my father's death, especially if I never had the opportunity to bury him or morn. I’m not saying I would shoot the person but we would definitely be fighting. Oh yes, it would get physical.

    The fact that you started out with "Lilly would keep Kenny alive as long as he was needed" isn't very comforting. Does that mean that as soon as he stops being important that he takes a bullet to the brain basket? For that matter, why doesn't killing Carley make the group weaker? She was their best shot, even before anyone received firearms training. She was always willing to put herself in harm's way for the sake of the group. Lilly may not have been actively plotting Kenny's death in some for of elaborate scheme, but it was only a matter of time before she turned her gun on him.

    Kenny was NOT being paranoid. He was completely justified in asking that question. Lilly hadn't shot Carley or Doug, sooner or later she would have shot Kenny. The death of her father was what sent her over the edge. Who does she blame for it? Carley? Ben? Impossible. Nobody knew how far gone Lilly was until she took free reign to begin executing anyone she thought was guilty of something. Someone would have died, sooner or later. Kenny is just lucky that Lilly was more focused on the bandit deal at that moment. Saying that Lilly didn't want Kenny dead is like saying Kenny didn't want Ben dead just because he didn't shoot him back at the manor if Lee chooses to save him. Just because Kenny didn't shoot Ben himself doesn't mean he didn't want Ben to die. He makes that painfully clear until he actually DOES manage to forgive him. We only have Lilly's word that she doesn't want Kenny dead which, frankly, is nowhere near enough to convince me.
  • edited August 2013
    Rock114 wrote: »
    Wrong. I helped cave his head in, and I got that line. She's probably just trying to make herself sound like the victim.

    Are you sure? From what I've seen she only says "I'm a murderer?? You had Lee this whole time!" if you kill Larry.
    Audren wrote: »
    I got the line about "forgiving Kenny" and Kenny was the only one I didn't tell about my past. :confused:

    Really? How did the scene play out? Lilly tells about forgiving them both and then Kenny gets mad at you for not telling him?
  • edited August 2013
    Kenny never commented on me not telling him. Back in the RV he was saying how friends needed to be honest with each other, like as if I had told him. Maybe since I told Katjaa about my past?
  • edited August 2013
    If you tell Katjaa then he acts like you told him, which pretty much means that she told Kenny at somepoint.
  • edited August 2013
    If you tell Katjaa then he acts like you told him, which pretty much means that she told Kenny at somepoint.

    Makes sense. Normally I just tell everyone, (or save Doug) so I didn't know that Katjaa would tell him.
  • edited August 2013
    Rock114 wrote: »
    Wrong. I helped cave his head in, and I got that line. She's probably just trying to make herself sound like the victim.

    yeah, she was talking out of her ass and taking the high ground in the argument, she doesn't mean it
  • edited August 2013
    I don't think so, considering the fact that she said "I couldn't trust her Lee, I swear!" or something if she shoots Carley, and how convinced she was that Ben did it if she shoots Doug.
  • edited August 2013
    SchafterM wrote: »
    Are you sure? From what I've seen she only says "I'm a murderer?? You had Lee this whole time!" if you kill Larry.

    I think that might be only if you don't tell her. If you tell both her and Kenny, I think you get the "forgive" line. I told both of them. Hell, I told everyone.
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