Did she have a bad experience?
They haven't said why yet, right?
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Did she have a bad experience?
They haven't said why yet, right?
She's a dirty hippy. That's why.Quote:
Originally Posted by StepLaugh
Maybe she saw her parents murdered, by guns. Her inner turmoil after killing Latch could be a revival of repressed feelings of the trauma.
That's kinda what i'm thinking. Also do you think that's what she's telling Lizzy?
after seeing her parents killed, she went into training for years, she then put on a bat costume and began cleansing Gotham of all criminal activity with just her fists and batarangs bwahhahahahaaQuote:
Originally Posted by Wicked Sid
sorry couldnt resist
but in all seriousness, i think the opportunity for the story to explain why she has issues with guns may have been missed. because she seems to have no problem shooting zombies now, and although she took some emotional stress from killing latch, its not abnormal for someone to feel that way after killing a human being. i doubt the soldiers would feel much, but Pegs is a civilian, and a fragile one at that. maybe it was just simply cause she didnt believe in guns and violence?
yeah, I have to agree that she probably just didnt like guns and violence and so the act of killing another person really shook her. I mean, look at the troops who come home with PTSD and the police who go to therapy after using their guns in the line of duty. Those people are trained to do that and it still gets to them. I think Pegs' "issues" with guns and violence may be an acknowledgement by the geniuses behind the show that not everyone can just pick up a gun and start blasting away with no ill effects. Not everyone is made for violence, and with the quality of the characters in the show, it makes a lot of sense to have at least one character who addresses this point.
So...pegs is....batman.
I thought I was batman.
Well since she is having these dreams it might come up soon why she doesn't like gun/violence. I'm thinking if she she's micheal at all anymore, they might have some heart to heart.
she's simply a pacifist.
Exactly. A dirty hippy.Quote:
Originally Posted by HaveCrowBarWillTravel
LOL.. well, not withstanding that the 3 greatest people ever to change history were pacifist.. yah, she's a dirty hippy. ROFL
a future changing dirty hippy.Quote:
Originally Posted by HaveCrowBarWillTravel
ROFL@ Hollo!!
I don't like guns. I think if it came down to Zombpocalypse I still wouldn't want to shoot guns. I'm kind of scared of them.
Could be what Pegs feels. Also I am also a dirty hippie.
A ROLFing dirty hippy?Quote:
Originally Posted by HaveCrowBarWillTravel
Aight, i'm done.
Ok, so since Pegs is anti gun, why don't we give her a sword, axe or crowbar? She'd still be able provide help and they wouldn't have to worry about her AND the creatures.
The one thing pacifist normally have in common... they end up taking dirt naps. Pegs is trying very hard to stay awake though!
Well she's not a pacifist, I mean she killed latch and she's begun murdering countless innocent zombies, and to give her a sword or any sort of melee weapon? That would just mean she would get up close and personal. Give her a gun at least then she could blow their brains out at a distance instead of hacking away at their withered bodies with a blunt fire axe. Either way she's just gonna end up killing even more zombies and she's gonna start to like it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by HaveCrowBarWillTravel
Maybe she lost someone close to her due to a murderer who shot her? I think she seems far too "anti-guns" to be "just a pacifist"
I don't understand. I never sensed that Pegs was against violence at all. People who are against that kind of thing don't flirt with an Army guy within an hour of meeting him. A pacifist would be turned off by someone who kills for a living. I have to agree with the theory that she's just human. Some people would hesitate to pick up a gun for any reason but a life and death situation would change their mind in an instant. She killed to protect herself and her man. I don't remember where it is on this site but I think fans are taking the "Pegs the hippie" comment literally. Aside from being reluctant to get hands-on training with a loaded weapon she's not preaching or physically trying to stop them from doing anything violent. I'm pretty sure we all know somebody in real life that would not be so eager to play with firearms.
Guns don't kill, people do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wicked Sid
Eh... it can go either way, if the person pulls the trigger that shoots the bullet that kills someone then yes people kill, but if that person didn't have a gun to shoot, then no, guns kill. Depends on your perception of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Destiny
i think the big hippie thing came from her hating guns, even in a situation like the zombie apocalypse, and her risking life and death to save a cat, that just kinda screams dirty hippie. and i dont think it's a requirement of pacifism to not flirt with soldiers,Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombiehead
The fact that she's a florist helps too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ra1th
Guns can also save lives.Quote:
Originally Posted by Onslaught
Depends on who's holding it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Destiny
Not a requirement but not likely. The comment I believe it came from an interview but for the life of me I can't remember where I saw it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ra1th
I read on the wiki that Peggs' dad was a pilot, perhaps her father was the victim of a jacking and was killed.
haha that would be a turning point for her. Let's see if we get there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ra1th
Where do you think they might fly to?
She now has a fear of tasers. She had a bad experience.
I think most dirty hippies would warm up to guns after seeing a few friends devoured by the living dead. Her fear is of a different nature than the typical idealist. Maybe she watched her brother accidentally shoot himself as a kid, or she accidentally shot someone. This could produce the feeling that guns have a mind of their own.
maybe she got shot or something? or maybe in a previous zombie apocolypse, she got turned into a zombie, and people were chasing her with guns... then she got cured by jesus?
Subscribed.Quote:
Originally Posted by evslarg
This might be one of the ridiculously amusing theories I've ever heard of in my life. Very rarely do things make me literally lol. Job well done sir!Quote:
Originally Posted by evslarg
Nik,
Do you think this thread should go Exit Stage Left since she's clearly pulled a 180 on the gun thing?
Perhaps, however there's still the possibility that a backstory explains why she didn't like to shoot guns so this can stay open for the time being. But for now, yes of course it doesn't necessarily apply anymore. Perhaps we change the title to keep up with the information.Quote:
Originally Posted by HaveCrowBarWillTravel
*salutes sharply*
So far she shot 1 person, and that was to protect her and michael, and it was a last resort. Now she shoots zombies. But zombies aren't people. She just broke her firearm cherry and she's now desensitized enuff to them in respect to protecting herself and others from the non-human threat.Quote:
Originally Posted by nikvoodoo
Could she shoot another non-zombie? Doubt it. Atleast not without having a mental breakdown.
This issue is not over. Not by a long shot.
I'm a pacifist and one thing that bothers me about it is that it basically can only happen someplace where other people are defending you. It is a ethical stance that has its limits. As long as you have threats to security that are primal in nature (I want your stuff, and I want you to hurt and die) if no one responds with authority, you all hurt and die.
This proves it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Destiny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox9XG...571AF52F1ABC25
And this is why Pegs hates guns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fngnb...eature=related