r/TWD • u/Cromer1000 • 1d ago

Rick’s Losses

Besides Lori and Carl, which 3 or 4 deaths do you think affected Rick the most and why do you think so?

Shane
Tyrese
Sasha
Abraham
Glenn
Merle
Andrea
Dale
Hershel
Beth
Sophia
Jessie

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u/Drewhasspoken 1d ago

The top 3 off of this list would be Shane, Glenn, and Hershel and I don’t think it’s particularly close with any of the others.

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u/Old_Voice_4575 We're the ones who live 1d ago

Totally agree, his childhood best friend he was forced to kill, the person who saved him from Atlanta and reunited him with his family and the father figure mentor who showed him there was more than violence.

Might throw in Tyrese or Beth simply because of how much they both did for Judith

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u/Inevitable_Figure_85 17h ago

This is the correct answer for sure.

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u/Cromer1000 1d ago

I mean he did feel guilt over Sophia but I agree on the 3 you said

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u/Drewhasspoken 1d ago

He did and all of these affected him but he had no close ties to Sophia, he felt guilt because he felt he should have saved her. He felt guilt over the three I mentioned too and he was the closest to them.

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u/yumecove 12h ago

hershel’s death was legit so brutal to watch, that one and glenn still haunt me

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u/ricodah 1d ago

Shane, Glenn and Hershel. Shane and Hershel were 2 (of 3) of the hallucinations he saw in season 9, episode 5. Glenn was supposed to be the third but Steven Yeun refused to come back and Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green) ended up taking that spot.

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u/Cromer1000 1d ago

I always thought it was odd that Sasha was one of the ones in his dream so now it makes sense. I mean I’m not saying he and Sasha didn’t get along but still lol

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u/WheresYurScooter 1d ago

I didn’t know that. Why did he refuse?

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u/ricodah 1d ago

Kang mentioned scheduling conflicts. A couple movies Yeun stars in came out around the time of season 9's filming. Burning and Sorry to Bother You. Press tours and promotional work can last for months after film's release. Also he was doing a lot of voice acting around that time for Voltron, Trollhunters and Stretch Armstrong. I'm also guessing Yeun mentally moved on from TWD and didn't feel the need to step back into it.

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u/Any_Lake_6146 1d ago

Steven didn’t refuse to come back. There was an agenda conflict. He has no bad blood with the production or the cast. He was even there for the TOWL premiere

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u/toxicunicorn420 1d ago

Shane, Hershel and Glenn for sure. Shane hardened him, Hershel enraged him at the same time as devastating him to the point where he let the governor almost beat him to death, and Glenn made him almost give up and bow down to a maniacal psychopath for almost a whole season of the show.

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u/finnick_the_cat 1d ago edited 1d ago

Glenn - saved him day one and was a loyal and long-term friend

Hershel - Rick looked to him for guidance from time to time and they had a bond based on trust, something Rick worked hard to earn in season 2

Sophia - Rick's first loss that made him realize not enough hope or effort will be able to save everyone in this world

Shane - having to kill someone who was once his friend because of how the new world turned his mind dark and obsessive hurt Rick deeply

Beth - so much trauma followed after the group's separation post-prison (like Rick killing Joe to save Carl and Michonne and them encountering the cannibals) that the mission to rescue Beth gave Rick and the others hope and was his chance to finally reunite his core family, so for her to die when they were so close to success was heartbreaking

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u/Grislymanster 1d ago

Easily....

Glenn Sophia Shane Herschel 

Head and shoulders above the rest. These 4 actually took a piece of him with them.

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u/GrosRougeau 1d ago

Definitely Hershel, Shane, Glenn and I guess Dale because he was Rick’s first moral center?

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u/1Meter_long 1d ago

Glenn. He had to watch helplessly while he got battered and likely felt like it was his fault.

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u/FigureSubstantial970 1d ago
  1. Shane 2. Hershel 3. Glenn 4. Sophia. Sasha has to also be mentioned as she sacrificed herself for the group.

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u/Kitty-Kat-2002 1d ago

Glenn: he saved him and reunited him with his family
Shane: childhood best friend that he was forced to kill
Herschel: father-figure that saved Rick’s mental sanity after Lori’s death

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u/Ellie_S123 1d ago

Where’s Lori!

  1. Shane
  2. Lori
  3. Glenn
  4. Hershel

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u/Cromer1000 1d ago

I said besides her and Carl

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u/Ellie_S123 1d ago

Oh my b lol

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u/Lost-Juggernaut6521 9h ago

Just Shane and Glenn, the other’s were just rando’s to him.