In Memory of Glennie

GIANT SPOILERS! If you can’t tell already from the title, there are some very big spoilers in this post. There will also be a lot of talk about death, guts, and Negan, so if you’re not comfortable with gore, than you probably shouldn’t read this, or really any of my Walking Dead posts. There is also a warning for sadness, because this was a seriously HORRIBLE event, so just be prepared. There might also be some picture, so beware. There will also be some spoilers from The Fault in our Stars, Divergent, and The Hunger Games, His Dark Materials, Harry Potter, and some deaths in those are also mentioned. Okay, let’s get started…

Glenn’s death was more than tragic. It was one of those things, despite knowing that someone was going to die, that I still wasn’t expecting at all. I’ve never been hit so hard with a fictional character’s death, and I’ve never mourned the loss of a person from TV, a movie, or a book more than this one. Glenn was like a best friend to me… no, scratch that, he was a best friend to me. Glennie was not only my best bud, but he also felt like another older brother, and so his passing is something that has me more sad than I ever could have imagined. It’s not only that I’m so sad because I love him, but also because he had a pregnant wife who had fallen ill right before he died. That was hard. It felt so unfair to me that right when he was going to have a family, right when he was going to have everything he deserved, (other then a ‘normal’ life), of course he just had to die. No more Glaggie moments. No more happy words from Glenn. No more being saved by my favorite China-Man. Glenn’s gone, and it’s one of those deaths that’s so hard to me if feels unreal.

I think that this was definitely something, as much as I don’t want to admit it, that had to happen. I can’t remember a time in The Walking Dead where a character I’ve known for super long and have absolutely loved has died, so something like this needed to happen to change things up a bit. Of course people have different opinions, so maybe your favorite character was Beth, Noah, Tyreese, or Andrea, (the latter is absolutely ridicules to love though, in my opinion), but no characters that I’ve ever loved have ever died. Glenn was definitely a fan favorite, from what I can tell by watching interviews and looking up what people think, or thought, about Glenn. It’s impossible not to adore this guy with a passion. But the group, Rick, Michonne, Daryl, Glenn, Maggie, Abraham, Sasha, Rosita, Eugene, Carl, Carol, (Morgan)?, Tara, we’re getting too settled in and having almost everything go their way in Alexandria. I think those are probably the main reasons why Glenn had to go, along with just it was something that the writer’s wanted to hit the audience with, and trust me, they certainly did that, and not in a good way either.

Glenn’s death was one of those that will go down in history. I know I’ve never felt so sad about the perishing of a fictional character, and that’s coming from someone who was super into things like The Fault in our Stars, where Augustus Waters dies, Divergent, where literally the main character Beatrice Prior passes away, The Hunger Games, which is literally a story about kids killing each other for the fun of Panem, and includes the death of Finnick Odair, (my ultimate favorite in The Hunger Games), Rue, (sweet, sweet Rue), Primrose Everdeen, the list goes on and on. But out of all of them Glenn hurt me the most.

I think part of the reason Glenn’s death wounded me more than Gus, or Tris or Finnick, or Rue, or Cinna, or Lucy Grey, or Roger, or Teresa, or Chuck, or Newt, or Fred, or Dumbledore, or Snape, or Lupin, or Hedwig, or Dobby, ect, is because The Walking Dead wasn’t just a movie or two or a book. It was a show that I spent seven months watching to get to season seven, when my third favorite character that I’d known since the beginning and loved since I’d first ‘met’ him, just died. Just like that. I wasn’t expecting it at all because it wasn’t like Abraham’s death, where Negan held the bat at his head and talked a bit before smashing in his brains, instead it was sudden and unexpected, just… boom. We all thought everything was fine, until you felt your chest clench up and your breathing ragged, because your brotherly bestie was just… dead. Don’t even get me started on the family he was making, or the biggest ship I’d ever been the captain of, just flying out the window. (Glaggie, if you didn’t get it, I ship Glaggie like crazy). But not anymore. It was all going to be okay, they were going to bring Maggie to Hilltop and she was going to be healthy again, the Glaggie baby would eventually come, and Maggie and Glenn would be happy. That’s what I thought. I thought that it was just Abraham, but NOPE! Of course my relief had to be ruined.

So yeah, if you didn’t get the gist, this death, to me, felt uncalled for and unexpected and I absolutely HATED it. To me, if Glenn were to die he deserved a calm, peaceful death that he was parshly expecting, and it gave him time to say his last words without having Negan reprimand him right after making his friends and family watch his eye pop out and than his head to just be… not there anymore. The way Glenn died was NOTHING like he deserved, and that was something that made me mad.

The craziest thing is that the whole time… Negan just smiled. He smiled and laughed as if it was all okay, when really he is the BIGGEST hypocrite to ever walk the Earth. Don’t call your family member a hypocrite just because they told you not to play anything on the TV and than they did it anyway, because it’s NOTHING compared to how Negan went on a rant about how they killed his men, and than went on to kill their people! I get it, they killed tons of his Saviors, but he’s gotta know something… they’re all as*holes. (Yeah, I kind of quoted Carl, don’t mind me). If he doesn’t like them killing his people that he didn’t even care about, how does he think they felt when he killed their people that they love like family? Hint… He doesn’t care. He’s an insane psychotic ******* *****(Don’t mind me, just over here getting MAD), this ****** ******* *****UGHHHHHHHHH. Okay, I absolutely despise him, I can’t even put it into words. And I thought Shane and Lori were bad. I thought the GOVERNOR was bad. That was absolutely NOTHING compared to this. (How many times have I capitalized NOTHING in this post)?

Okay, I’ve had my rant about Negan, now back to lovely little Glennie boy. The fact that Negan hit his head in once and watched as Glenn’s eye popped out, and then JOKED about it, like ‘haha, you see that? That’s disgusting! Haha, you’re disgusting! Haha, I should go die in a hole now!’ (Okay, you caught me, I added that last bit in), was horrible. We watched as Glenn was still alive and Negan made fun of Glenn’s partly bashed in head for like, a whole freaking MINUTE, before he finally finished him off. (Okay, those words make me want to cry, not that I haven’t been doing that this whole time. Hey! Where did those onions come from)? But Glenn’s last words were just.. Ugh. I can’t even… Oh goodness. I’m not tearing up, you are.

“Maggie, I’ll find you.” I won’t deny it, I’m crying. But it’s okay, it’s okay. Everything’s gonna be okay. Just look at the flowers. (Sorry, quoted TWD again, but this is a Walking Dead post, so… excuse)!

So I’ve ranted about the death, talked about Glenn, I definitely shared what I thought about ******* Negan, I think I should probably end this now. I don’t think I’ll ever fully get over this, it was an emotionally traumatizing death, and I’ve never connected with the characters more. I also just have to give credit as to how great the actors were, because the reason I connected with them so much during this part was because everything felt so real, another reason this hit so hard. It felt so real. But thank you for reading, and never forget about our favorite pizza boy! WE ALL LOVE YOU GLENNIE!

(Also)- If you’re having trouble with Glenn Rhee’s death, I suggest to do the things down below to help cope. I know it helped me a little bit:

• Watch interviews with Steven Yeun (AKA Glenn, because Steven is still alive, hilarious by the way, and happy with a 3 year old son, Jude. Great name. HEY JUDE)
• Read articles about what other people thought about those episodes and Glenn’s death. It really helps to try connecting with other people about how they feel about it
• Read or watch interviews with Steven Yeun about what he thought of Glenn’s death. It’s really interesting actually, so definitely do that, because hearing him talk about it makes it feel a lot better
• ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO TALK TO ME!!! I’m always open to hearing about how others feel about character deaths, and not only would this help you cope with it, but also me, because this was TOUGH and everyone deserves someone to have a conversation with about it
• Remember that you can always go back to other episodes and see Glenn, so if you’re missing him, there are always memories in his wake
• There are still so much more amazing characters on The Walking Dead, so it’s not like it’s all over. We’ve still got Daryl, Rosita, Michonne, and so many more, so just try to remember that just because Glenn is dead, that doesn’t mean all the others are too. (Although I think it’s impossible to not feel even a little emotionally dead after witnessing that)
• GLENN WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS. REMEMBER THAT. IT IS NOT A FULL GOODBYE, BECAUSE WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM

Okay, thank you, and if you’re struggling with his death, try doing one of those to help out, and notify me if it does help you. Thank you so much for reading all of this! And Negan, a little message for you:

Suck. My. Nuts.

-Abraham, as much as he annoys me after everything between him and Rosita, I’m still quoting him. RIP Abraham Ford

IN MEMORY OF GLENN RHEE: