Mister Ski
Super Freak
Re: The Walking Dead - TV Series on AMC
For the record, I believe that Shane did intend on killing Rick and pining the death on Randall - just like Shane said to Rick during their confrontation. However, I have been looking at it from Nam's perspective that Shane wanted Rick to kill him just to see if there is something to it. What if...
Shane really did want Rick to kill him? I think his conversation with Lori did throw him for a loop and everyone is blaming Lori for getting Shane all riled up again, but what if the conversation didn't rile him up so much as give him an epiphany. That being he could never be with her and Carl since they both love Rick. So knowing this he made the decision to remove himself from the equation altogether, but impart one last lesson/gift on Rick. He wanted Rick to be the man who could make the tough decisions because he would need that ability to keep Lori and Carl safe. So Shane made the ultimate sacrifice and let Rick kill him. Rick was crying afterwards saying "damn you why did you make me do this?" and Shane was smiling a little and caressing his cheek as if to say it was all right. He couldn't speak because his lungs were filling up with blood (unlike Dale's lungs which were not filling up with blood because there was no blood on or coming from his mouth.) Could Shane be the ultimate tragic hero?
Also, Jenner said that reanimation times varied widely with some occurring in as little as 3 minutes - so Shane's reanimation time has already been answered in my mind.
Again, I still agree with celtic predator's post about Shane still having some sort of conscious and that is why he hesitated, but...we'll never know for sure.
For the record, I believe that Shane did intend on killing Rick and pining the death on Randall - just like Shane said to Rick during their confrontation. However, I have been looking at it from Nam's perspective that Shane wanted Rick to kill him just to see if there is something to it. What if...
Shane really did want Rick to kill him? I think his conversation with Lori did throw him for a loop and everyone is blaming Lori for getting Shane all riled up again, but what if the conversation didn't rile him up so much as give him an epiphany. That being he could never be with her and Carl since they both love Rick. So knowing this he made the decision to remove himself from the equation altogether, but impart one last lesson/gift on Rick. He wanted Rick to be the man who could make the tough decisions because he would need that ability to keep Lori and Carl safe. So Shane made the ultimate sacrifice and let Rick kill him. Rick was crying afterwards saying "damn you why did you make me do this?" and Shane was smiling a little and caressing his cheek as if to say it was all right. He couldn't speak because his lungs were filling up with blood (unlike Dale's lungs which were not filling up with blood because there was no blood on or coming from his mouth.) Could Shane be the ultimate tragic hero?
Also, Jenner said that reanimation times varied widely with some occurring in as little as 3 minutes - so Shane's reanimation time has already been answered in my mind.
Again, I still agree with celtic predator's post about Shane still having some sort of conscious and that is why he hesitated, but...we'll never know for sure.