Essay Comparing The Walking Dead And Game Of Thrones

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The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones both have very passionate, loyal, and dedicated fans. However, some of those fans are more than a little annoyed by the shows' recent fake death storylines. According to CNN, the fake death trend is one of the worse things a TV show can do to its fans. Not only will Walking Dead and Game of Thrones fans now not trust some of the deaths they see in the future, but they've become angry about saying goodbye to their favorite characters, and then having them reappear. "The cover-up is often worse than the crime. And in television lately, coyness, obfuscation and occasionally outright lying can be worse than major plot twists that are snatched away like Lucy pulling the football from poor Charlie Brown." …show more content…

While the producers refused to comment on whether or not Glenn was alive or dead, fans debated the big moment, and it was eventually revealed that Glenn did not die, but had saved himself. Game of Thrones recently did a simmilar thing to their viewers as the character of Jon Snow was stabbed to death. While HBO and the cast all claimed Jon was completely one hundred percent dead, in the second episode of Season 6, Jon came back to life. However, the Game of Thrones "fake out" was a big different that The Walking Dead. In Jon Snow's case, he really did die. He was dead for only one whole episode before "The Red Lady," Melisandre, brought him back to life using the power given to her by the Lord of Light. Because of this are they, or aren't they deaths on TV, fans are now more skeptical of their favorite character dying on the shows they watch. Recently, on The Blacklist, the character of Liz was killed off, shocking viewers. However, because of the fake death trend fans are wondering if Liz is actually dead, or if this is just another fake out due to sideline actress Megan Boone, who is

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