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Why did they drop arguably the coolest/most badass looking dude in the series and just do NO explaining as to who he is?😭

Why did they drop arguably the coolest/most badass looking dude in the series and just do NO explaining as to who he is?😭
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twotwothreee

Isn’t that Elijah ? They just nerfed him

17 hours ago
baldmof0

yeah he become a pussy in season 11 wtf hahahaha

16 hours ago
Global_Traffic_4338

He was cool for literally like 2 scenes then after him and Lydia were hiding from walkers he turned into a bitch

13 hours ago
TropicaL_Lizard3
:Daryl:

However he went badass mode for the moment when he killed Toby's guards. I enjoyed that scene from S11. I wish the writers had done more with his character.

12 hours ago
Global_Traffic_4338

I think they just lost the budget to be honest to expand on background characters. You can tell this especially from Daryl and Lydia in s9 and the start of s10 they were building a really good relationship then all of a sudden you just barely see Lydia anymore and the end episode you don't even see Lydia or any background characters like that when they're all saying goodbye to Daryl and shit

12 hours ago
Aware-Sympathy-1180

Scott M. Gimple and Angela Kang's handy work. They continue to make a mess out that TWD sandbox.

12 hours ago
Turbulent-Pop-3393

i mean, he didn’t ever do anything to say he was anything other than what you saw, wearing some mask whilst holding those weapons doesn’t make him some mythical guy lok

16 hours ago
Shapeshiftee

Such a shame

13 hours ago
duaneap

They introduce The Reapers and Elijah at the same time. Elijah is masked and uses scythes, a tool primarily used for reaping, and do zero with it.

Felt like a lot was being set up just for him to be a pretty regular dude.

16 hours ago
PlatinSouls

They wanted a character that looks cool. Thatā€˜s about it. Heā€˜s useless af and has almost no text in the show. Itā€˜s also never brought up why heā€˜s wearing a mask or using scythes. Also, they almost immediately make him lose the mask and be scared as fuck of the sniper in the woods. Another forgettable character tbh.

15 hours ago
yeezusKeroro

So much potential for them to explain mask especially considering he falls in love with the Whisperer girl. They could've bonded over them both wearing masks.

14 hours ago
PlatinSouls

The character is pointless. They wanted to make him be cool for 1 episode and thatā€˜s it. There is literally no reason to the mask or why he refused to talk when he came along with Maggie. It seemed really edgy and pointless. I mean, if they kept through with him he couldā€˜ve been a cool character like Black Noir from the Boys.

14 hours ago
CapSortee

and then he caused Lydia to loose her arm....

11 hours ago
jpeg_skunk

it would’ve been cool if they like leaned more into him needing the mask to overcome his fear and shit and how it was all a facade but they just kinda started a storyline with him and then said fuck it he can like lydia i guess, like why waste the money making him look cool for 5 minutes lol

14 hours ago
bchec

Covid protocol maybe?

5 minutes ago
naughtycal11

I really thought he was gonna end up being a former Reaper.

14 hours ago
gdamndylan

Same, I thought he was a Reaper who either turned on them when they started slaughtering innocent people, or once he lost one too many friends or family members.

2 hours ago
Snoo_4974

That's not a scythe. It's a kama.

14 hours ago
HoopaDunka

Relax snoosnoo, it’s a pretty kaman mistakeĀ 

2 hours ago
LusciousTheBreeder

My guy, they didn't drop him at all, he just lost his armor.

17 hours ago
Narren_C

Why the hell was he wearing something that would significantly obscure his vision?

16 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

Looks fuckin mint thats why

16 hours ago
Narren_C

Looks like something an idiot would wear. It serves no purpose.

16 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

Other than that it looks fuckin sick and apparently he was blending in with the dead

16 hours ago
Turbulent-Pop-3393

it’s a mask mate, calm down šŸ˜‚

16 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

It looks fuckin sick

15 hours ago
Turbulent-Pop-3393

It looks like what someone would wear when looking for a gimp costume šŸ˜‚

15 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

Jeez man fix your porn brain, how do you even come to that conclusion, if anything it looks like the Front Man outfit from Squid games

15 hours ago
Turbulent-Pop-3393

Never watched it, and if it has a bunch of gimps running around then you might need to take your own advice lol

15 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

You’ve never seen twd? šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

15 hours ago
Commercial-Log6400

looks fuckin sick to like a 13yo boy

15 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

He’s just a unique looking dude, haven’t really seen anybody doing the whole ninja thing while dual wielding hand-held scythes yet

15 hours ago
Gawkorcuck69

🤣 my man really said ā€œthat’s for babies!ā€

1 hour ago
FruityApache

It looks stupid and cartoonish. It seems to come from some teenager anime show and was so out of place.

Hated It and i was glad It disappeared.

7 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

ā€œAhhh he looks freakin dope and has a mask with two badass weapons, it’s gotta be some sort of Japonesian Animation reference!!! Damn them for making a character mysterious looking and uniqueā€

7 hours ago
FruityApache

"aaahhh this Guy has a mask! He is so coooool, BEST character ever!!! And uses 2 weapons and is like a ninja. So amazing!!!! I hope some other character starts to use Magic and throw fireballs at zombies, that would be so cool!! Wait a minute! I should study for my math test before moms get angry, but mean adults on internet don't agree with me. Why mean internet people makes me cry? I need to defend this ninja cool Guy!"

See i can do this no sense too. What are you trying to achieve?

7 hours ago
No-Trouble-1529

They hadn’t hired an actor to play the character when he appeared in this episode. The masked Elijah was played by Josh Lamboy (I spoke to him myself at a con), and he confirmed the at as a stunt coordinator on the walking dead they had him play masked Elijah until an actor was hired.

4 hours ago
Stercky

This character seems vaguely familiar

17 hours ago
Aw_jezzy_rick

Eerily familiar šŸ¤”

17 hours ago
Blunted_Insurgent

Spookily familiar

16 hours ago
TheChrisDez

Creepily familiar

14 hours ago
ClayChampion

Disturbingly familiar

12 hours ago
Vast_Ad_574

I dont know if this is an inside joke or smth but you if you are serious then he looks like mortal kombat 11 noob

16 hours ago
jeff_menace91

Not really like Noob, other than the scythe/sickle that Noob Saibot uses in Mortal Kombat 11 but that's about it.

5 hours ago
thewalkingvoltron

is this ragebait or something because your replies to other people make no sense

16 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

My one reply saying ā€œi don’t think soā€ not rage bait buddy FITFOšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

16 hours ago
q_u_r_i

Genuine question what does FITFO stand for?

16 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

Figure it the fuck out

15 hours ago
boobatitty

I’m trying to figure it out but what does FITFO mean?

15 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

Knew it was coming šŸ˜‚

15 hours ago
RedLemonCola

But they do, throughout season 10 and 11

17 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

I dont think so

17 hours ago
doinkmead

The show tells a few details. Nothing like super deep. His name's Elijah, lived in Meridian with Maggie, had a sister who got killed by one of the Reapers. That's pretty much it.

17 hours ago
keopuki

well you're clearly wrong, like everyone's been telling you. His name is Elijah and you do see him quite a bit in the show

17 hours ago
ImNotSureMaybeADog

But once he took the cool gear off, his character became just some young dude. It was weird.

16 hours ago
keopuki

that's true and i also found that stupid, wasted potential ĀÆ\_(惄)_/ĀÆ

16 hours ago
ImNotSureMaybeADog

It was.

11 hours ago
sharksnrec

That’s obviously not what OP’s getting at. It’s obviously a bit odd that they gave him such a unique look and skillset, accompanied by a mysterious nature, then suddenly dropped all that and he was then just some boring normal dude with a vague uninteresting backstory.

It’s not weird to say that was a bit weird.

16 hours ago
Jackkeane6

He was pure trailer bait

16 hours ago
keopuki

The first comment said "but they do, throughout seasons 10 and 11" and OP's reply was literally "i don't think so" which sounds like OP's denying the fact that Elijah appears in the seasons 10 and 11 and gets (badly) introduced. What you're saying may be the point OP was trying to make in the post (even tho i didn't get that impression at all, also from OP's other responses), but from their reply in this comment thread, it sounds like they're simply saying that he does not appear in seasons 10 and 11, which is simply not true

16 hours ago
Traditional_Top_194

Elijah is a masked, skilled fighter.

Though seemingly stoic, Elijah is later revealed to be a loyal, emotionally vulnerable young man struggling with grief over his sister’s death. He forms close bonds with the group, particularly Lydia, and fights bravely to protect his new family.

What did you miss in S11???

17 hours ago
Late-Performance3024

OP was expecting a video game character or action figure, not a person.

1 hour ago
Crystalized_Moonfire

Exactly. From Badass to Loser.... Pathetic waste sadly

Shows need more badassery, less emotions. Especially for characters that we don't give a damn about

4 hours ago
Traditional_Top_194

I agree that he was a wasted potential kind of character but 'emotions' is definitely not why lmfao.

4 hours ago
Jackkeane6

So this masked scythe super ninja ended up being stupid enough to get Lydia bit

16 hours ago
GwadTheGreat

I always laugh at characters who wear masks and hoods that significantly limit their vision. I feel like one of the most important things you need when constantly being followed around by zombies and hunted by psychopaths is peripheral vision. Same with the reapers who wear chunky masks and hoods that they definitely can't see out of. It just seems like such a bad idea.

16 hours ago
Big_Accountant_7426

And then they dropped the coolness after a few episodes and made him generic I don't know why they do that.

11 hours ago
Praydaythemice

I remember when fans were saying it was Duane Morgan's son, looking back that would have been a far better reveal than what we ended up with

11 hours ago
Doright36

Are you seriously asking or is this a joke im missing?

He is around a lot in the last season. He just stops wearing the mask.

He ends up with Lydia at the end doing mail deliveries between settlments

17 hours ago
duaneap

Tbf he may as well be a different character, they never once acknowledge the mask or how much of a badass he is again.

16 hours ago
ImNotSureMaybeADog

This is very true.

16 hours ago
LatterTarget7

They’re pretty much different characters. I don’t think he ever acted this way again but I could be wrong.

14 hours ago
Doright36

Well yea. When we first meet him they are on the run from The Popes group that ran them out their home and he's still hurting from his sister being killed by them and wanting nothing but revenge.

He mellows out after Maggie goes all Redrum machine on the group and he eventually falls in love with Lydia and moves on. It's called character growth. The show isn't the best with that but they do have it from time to time and this character is one example of it.

14 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

Mmmm nah

17 hours ago
YouJGaming

Stop the ragebait

16 hours ago
SaintYves95

Yeah you're definitely rage baiting dawg smh

16 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

What makes u say that bro!?

16 hours ago
Global_Traffic_4338

That's Elijah... He was a badass for like 2 scenes when he was introduced then him and Lydia were hiding from some walkers and he started acting like a bitch and then was a bitch ever since too

13 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

Damnit

12 hours ago
BlueTrojanRabbit

That mofo right there. When Elijah was first introduced I thought we were getting a carol/daryl/michonne lvl. Then he just nerfed

13 hours ago
Earth_Worm_Jimbo

lol he was the corniest character in the show.

11 hours ago
magicchefdmb

I wish he stayed masked and stoic

16 hours ago
sorryimnothome_
:RickGrimes:

I do wish they’d kept him an enigma for a little while longer but I liked him even when the mask was off. He was just a kid. Part of Maggie’s new group of fighters that she was with in Meridian. The writers literally did everyone dirty by not fleshing out the characters.

15 hours ago
Yuck_Few

Same actor was in Cobra Kai

17 hours ago
Mr_Vanguard_1

The Wanderer.

16 hours ago
VarzeniusJ

Right!? That always bothered me too.

16 hours ago
StoicBan

Because there are a hundred+ characters in twd and a lot of them are also cool and badass. But yea he was pretty cool I thought he had main character energy until he took off the mask. I thought he was masked Morgan again first time I saw him

16 hours ago
Timbalabim

Not as cool or badass as a motorcycle helmet with spikes that you head butt walkers with because that makes literally any sense, I tell you what, but it’s pretty close in those terms.

16 hours ago
purplerain316

I kind of got him. Young kid who learned this skill with cool weapons, I could see a young kid in the apocalypse thinking he got a good score on a badass mask and threads to go along with it while iut scavenging. He'll, Michonne and Negan definitely have a purposeful style. But like the others, he's really just a kid surviving just like everybody else who is lost and broken after losing his sister. Would have been cool to learn more about his backstory. I bet he was a martial arts geek / comic book fan in the old world.

16 hours ago
Remote_Nature_8166

When they showed how young he was, I actually thought he could be a suitable boyfriend for Lydia, and it’s like the writers somehow read my mind as it actually came to that.

15 hours ago
Mono706

It's MF Doom, right?

15 hours ago
Commercial-Log6400

extremely fuckin cheesy

15 hours ago
AllThingsBeginWithNu

He was that bad ass

15 hours ago
LeahDeanMorgan

frr bro was like the second Bruce lee

14 hours ago
Fine_Magician2384

Uh oops lol

14 hours ago
missing_link24

Kamas/warpicks are a terrible choice for zombies. They get stuck.

14 hours ago
schmutzeh

You might be confused.

https://preview.redd.it/uwvil1v6yqbf1.jpeg?width=696&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2690742edc76044a76e78d744801696d32ec38fd

13 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

I see the resemblance

12 hours ago
LilMeowCat

It's John Walking Dead

13 hours ago
radiantmindPS4

I don’t disagree. It’s definitely a wasted potential. His introduction so late to the series really felt like the introduction to Michonne.

I think the whole Reaper storyline was wasted potential. It was a perfect shitstorm of Covid, waning viewership and rushed production.

Rick left too soon, the Savior War was too long, and the Reaper storyline too rushed.

Elijiah could’ve had 3-4 more episodes of badassness before showing his vulnerability.

13 hours ago
MushroomLoose553

i swear they do this all the time, show someone sick as hell then just never bring it up again... it’s like season 10 all over again

12 hours ago
Equivalent_Bus_1762

classic walking dead move lol, they love dropping cool characters then acting like we imagined them

12 hours ago
Key-Pineapple-5987

frustrating how they hype someone up then leave us hanging, classic walking dead move

12 hours ago
Low_Engineering_3301

Judging from what he is wearing he sells poor quality mall weapons.

11 hours ago
CapSortee

wasn't it his fault that Lydia lost her arm?

11 hours ago
MTG_NERD43

Does ever character need a huge background and arc?

8 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

I mean, if it’s not laborious and boring and if it’s an interesting story, why not? Season 10 especially towards the end is such a dry spell of content. Yeah, I think it would be cool if they introduced a dope new character with a dope background and made the fans love him/her

7 hours ago
Daredevil545545

I remember he lost his sibling was there more?

7 hours ago
AwesomeJedi99

Because the writers are dummies, especially the chief content officer who meddled this season into pieces.

Angela Kang may not have been a good showrunner either but she easily could've been far better than Scott M. Gimple.

I do not have any respect toward anybody who defends Gimple. That man single handedly ruined the magic and badassery of this show.

2 hours ago
Ok-Appointment-3057

I literally lol'd when I saw that guy. I know it's a show from a comic book but that dude looked ridiculous. šŸ˜‚

2 hours ago
SGBK

He was soft and ineffectual

2 hours ago
The_GentlemanVillain

Cos he’d not just been given his own spin off show and therefor could not be perceived as being ā€œcoolerā€ than maggie, Daryl or negan….

1 hour ago
Ausbel12

Man was so cool. I was unhappy they nerfed him

1 hour ago
ParkingConfection449

They nerfed TF out of this dude šŸ˜‚

16 hours ago
Not_Studying93

His face reveal was so underwhelming. Wish more was done with him though given the cool set up.

15 hours ago
FreeAtLast25U

this looks cool to you?

huh.

17 hours ago
GJH24

This doesn't look cool to you?

huh.

17 hours ago
ChaoticDumpling

Personally, it just strikes me as something a teenager would find cool. Do I have to add the huh at the end too, or ?

Edit: huh.

17 hours ago
Aggravating_Syrup414

Makes sense considering the guy is like mid twenties/ teenage in age.

16 hours ago
perfect_fitz

It reminds me of Surf Ninjas.

16 hours ago
keopuki

You forgot ā€œhuhā€ at the end

15 hours ago
Goodmainman

Yes

17 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

Objectively badass for sure. I also think there’s stuff about every character that makes them cool: for ex. Rick was tuff as hell when he had the murder jacket. Doesnt mean the jacket was cool, but he was cool during that time period with the jacket

16 hours ago
slumpty_humpty

It's okay man with how discombobulated the show is, it's not surprising you can't keep up with the story 😭

16 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

I honestly posted this as soon as I saw him, I’m just simply not there yet in the story. Maggie hasn’t even been re-introduced

16 hours ago
ToddBlowhard

Sucky writers wanting someone to look cool but not delve deep into the character. He was around though.

16 hours ago
Dr_Teivaru

Rushed and shity season finale

16 hours ago
ToyinJr

His coolness was tied to the mask.

Once it was off, game over for the character.

15 hours ago
joolo1x
:RickGrimes:

it’s so dumb, they just made him into an important side character. All he ever did was be Maggie’s personal guard, like no backstory to the guy or anything just a glorified body guard.

Like they gave him a little backstory but nothing else, barely gave him any dialogue.

16 hours ago
mafiaworks_08 OP

Damn this sucks

16 hours ago