Chapter 40-3 Monsters

[Tar Heel Fan]

My only thought with it being Bricks is why? Bricks is dead and gone, what could we get or learn about bringing him back up now? Could be possible, and you never can tell with the mind of KC working on it, but I can't see how tying Bricks back into the story somehow would add anything... I'm betting that finding out who the person is will be less important than finding out how them and Ink might be related in some way.

I know this was from way back in the thread, but Bricks being Austin can make sense in that it establishes some connection between the Mallers and Ink. Now, the Mallers were also trying to destroy the zombies at the arena, so it might not be an alliance but rather an intimate knowledge, which could explain why they seemed to have a stronger knowledge of what was going on than we might otherwise expect.

Of course, as the founder of the Tardust fan club, I'm partial to the theories that he is Austin (he's misunderstood). Regardless, it would be quite logical that the mallers and Ink had connections.

[Bullethead]

I interpreted that as Datu getting cut or scratched by a zombie. He's is in distress now, knowing that he is infected. I'm sure when the story picks by up we'll be surprised at what is revealed.

I took it as a 4th Z attacking which ever Z was attacking Datu. Because it sounds like something running away from Datu just after it. I too heard the sound of blood splatter. My thought was that something killed the Z hovering over Datu, blood splatter on Datu.

[Hellbringer]

What about that file that they brought back from the courthouse? The guy called Austin? Victor recognised him from somewhere. Perhaps someone from before the outbreak? I know there's been some speculation on here about the fact we don't believe he was an insurance salesman. I'm thinking he was a gang member or something a wee bit shady...

I was thinking the same thing. In a funny world, it would have been Victor recognized the dude as someone he sold insurance to. But, in KC's world, that recognition could come from Victor being at the colony. I think quite a few folks are leaning towards Marcus, but I'd be more inclined (and wrong as usual) to think it would be someone else from the colony who we haven't heard from yet. Of course, it could always be one of the Mallers/maller-slave that Victor spotted when he Chuck-Norris-in-Missing-In-Action'ed back into the Colony for CJ and Saul's assault.

[Grognaurd]

Flogging an undead horse with a torn cap

Unit brought up a good point about the mallers being in prison, so it is harder to link back to them. However, Ink was being held at Cain Mental hospital. Then, he was transferred back to the jail where the tattoos were inflicted and then brought to the courthouse.

I do not know anything about the legal system, but I could envision a system where someone in prison could be transferred to the jail prior to a court hearing. The jail might serve as a holding cell prior to going to court maybe even overnight or a day or two. This could put Bricks or Tardust or DurAi, in the county jail with Ink.

Like I have said, one line is the tattoos were inflicted, sounds like against his will, but a line shortly after is he paid of Cohen to do it to him. Ambiquity.

So, in summary, bill Roberts was in the mental hospital and brought to the county jail before going to the court house. I think it is plausible that someone might be brought from Eastern Bay to the county jail prior to a court hearing.

[Gnex]

How bout I tell you what is NOT correct.
The following do not happen in the last episode:

z3 is killed by Randy.
Randy tells Datu "Get Up".
Randy drags Datu to the truck or a nearby radio.
Datu calls for help.


and, just because I said this on twitter:
"Datu is alive at the end of the episode" And "Datu is alone, on the ground"

I am going to say that I still stand by my original theory on the events at the end of the chapter.....

I didn't know how to do all the fancy colors, but I think with the new information it still holds up.

We need to stop trying to shoehorn Randy into everything...

I think there was 1 zombie.
The zombie attacked Glenn.
Then the zombie turned to Jay.
Jay kills the original zombie but not before getting bit
Glenn is turning.....
Jay is turning.....
Jay starts moving to attack Datu.
Zombie Glenn still has enough smarts to know what is going on.
Just as Zombie Jay starts to attack Datu, Zombie Glenn moves in and kills him.
Zombie Glenn leaves Datu and runs off into the distance.

But....... What if........ The beeping we hear is Skittles showing up with some new "Get Away Zombie" device that he has created in the past few months..... which is why the zombie attacking Datu runs for it....... and then we can successfully shoehorn Skittles back into the Story!!!!

[Gnex]

Flogging an undead horse with a torn cap

Unit brought up a good point about the mallers being in prison, so it is harder to link back to them. However, Ink was being held at Cain Mental hospital. Then, he was transferred back to the jail where the tattoos were inflicted and then brought to the courthouse.

I do not know anything about the legal system, but I could envision a system where someone in prison could be transferred to the jail prior to a court hearing. The jail might serve as a holding cell prior to going to court maybe even overnight or a day or two. This could put Bricks or Tardust or DurAi, in the county jail with Ink.

Like I have said, one line is the tattoos were inflicted, sounds like against his will, but a line shortly after is he paid of Cohen to do it to him. Ambiquity.

So, in summary, bill Roberts was in the mental hospital and brought to the county jail before going to the court house. I think it is plausible that someone might be brought from Eastern Bay to the county jail prior to a court hearing.

I like this. But my only question would be, if we are assuming that the events happened pretty quickly after Ink was at the jail..... Jail>Transport to Courthouse>Outbreak......... Then how did the prisoners get back to the prison?

It is assumed that when Scratch goes back to break out Latch and the prisoners that she sets them all free, not that someone joins back up with them at a later point.

So somehow we need to get them from the prison to the jail, and then back to the prison all before the outbreak starts..... Unless these are just all new people and we are slowly getting Inks backstory in pieces.

[Grognaurd]

We only need to have one person in the county jail. Not the whole crew. That person hooks up with Scratch to formulate a plan to get the rest

[UndeadSweeper]

So Austin could have been #5, that Victor injected in the eye.

Well, Austin didn't see that coming.

[Cabbage Patch]

There's at least one other "character" we know of that Victor saw, who no one else paid any attention to--the "freshly turned" Z he searched at the Tower ruins that had the address of CJ's garden in it's pocket. I'm not sure how, or why that Z being Austin would matter, but it's origins remain an un solved mystery.

[Gnex]

If only we knew someone who had some kinda insight into what Victor knows...................................