The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: Crossing Lines

The Walking Dead, don’t mess this up fo me.

Messing up a friend’s group in an apocalypse can be as dangerous as The Walking Dead.

It was nice to see Yumiko spend some time with her brother in The Commonwealth. They got to chill out, talk about how Tomichi survived, how he was happy being a baker, etc.

But, there was something off, which made me concerned about what would happen going forward. Specifically, that Tomi was, for the first time, happy with his life as a baker, and requested that his sister not mess things up for him.

Now, if the dude wants a simple life of making cakes and trying to live something resembling normality, then, he should be able to, but by the fact he wanted Yumiko to shut up about his medical expertise suggests that the Commonwealth government doesn’t know about it.

Or, I should say, didn’t know until Yumiko told the Commonwealth’s bureaucrats. Twice.

What would they do to Tomichi? It’s tough to say. Considering how much they value high-skilled workers. I can’t imagine they’d harm someone as important as a surgeon, but considering the apparent authoritarianism going on there, I can’t rule it out.

My more significant point here is this: Should you discover that someone you care about is in another group, do not mess things up for them. I know this sounds simple, but remember, we’re talking about a zombie apocalypse here. Group dynamics aren’t simple. Suppose, you do something to make that person’s group look at them differently. It could land them in severe consequences, maybe even get them (And probably, by extension, you) expelled from their group or something worse. All because you said or did something you shouldn’t have and may not have even needed to have done.

Never mess things up for people that you care about.