Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-13022928-20171124170825/@comment-25560820-20180510174235

217.94.247.97 wrote: JCB95 wrote:

Killing off main characters shouldn't be an issue as long as they introduce new interesting and exciting characters to take their place. Agreed. But this is where the series fails. All the important main characters where introduced in season 1. Slightly relevant roles afterwards are blunt and not very deep and they don't make it more than a few episodes (Lexa, Roan, etc).

I don't see any new interesting (and lasting) characters coming, because we don't get any the last sesons

Yes it should be. We're only at season 5 it's okay that there are still 6 original main characters. Yes they should introduce new characters but those ones should not replace the older ones. Look at Echo and Emori they are here since season 2 but they became more important little by little and that's what interesting about them (especially Emori). If you get to season 6 and there is only onf original characters still alive then it's like if it wasn't the same show anymore. I personally don't think TWD is a great show because of that. At the end of season 8 only the protagonist remains and although there are also new characters that I like, this feels like it is not what I liked and watched the show for. Of course people need to die, but I think one or two mains per season as they do in The 100 is perfect. Also they don't kill everyone from season 1 because then what is the point of making us like and fear for them if ghey ultimately end up dying !? Plus they're characters, you know. There are humans, not dolls you can throw out anytime you want (and we are supposed to believe we could be where they are). And I don't think comparing The 100 and The Walking Dead is a good thing. First, in The Walking Dead, we just follow the group and are supposed to stand with them whereas in The 100 is based on moral dilemmas. Second, in The Walking Dead, everybody ends up dying at some point. And that is not a good thing because "death is not death". It's like if it was a game for the writers. I understand that they need to keep the risk of dying really high but I think they went too far. Also, new interesting characters could be Gaia, Madi, Ethan, Charmaine, Zeke, Kara, McCreary, ... I mean of course some of them will die this season but honestly others won't.