- Jan 27, 2021
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Wait, how did Liz not look good in the flashback? She literally took a punch for the MC, and I don't remember her doing anything bad.I like Deryl but that is in large part due to how good the war arc is, some of his early writing leaves a lot to be desired, for the early game at first he was just the bland friend character, and when he does start getting focus it's being mind controlled, then you had the flashback that didn't make any of the 3 childhood friends look good and then when he has some real characterisation it's to be a cocky shit who attacks the MC outside of mind control. So if people don't like them I get it. When Deryl starts to become a more fleshed out character it's when he's at his worst.
As someone who is into emotional distance myself, I prefer Liz because she actually likes the MC and she clearly cares a lot about the people close to her.I only started warming up to Liz and Amber during the twin arc, being indifferent beforehand, I don't think the writing ever did a good job of showing why the MC would like Liz for who she is, if he was into emotional distance he would be going gaga for Tiffany.
To put it another way, Tiffany is ice cold emotional distance and Liz is lukewarm emotional distance.
Just because someone is into a certain thing doesn't mean they want it taken to the utmost extreme (especially if they're directly involved and not just a spectator). Some people like a little pain (being slapped), but not a lot of pain (being whipped).