Is Fear the Walking Dead actually an origin story for the Whisperers?
There’s definitely evidence that it could be…
Though not nearly the blockbuster thatTWDis,FTWDis nevertheless on its third season.
This is not necessarily a bad thing, asFTWDdoesnt benefit from being a clone of the original show.
Whether that happens in season eight remains to be seen.
Madison is definitely no pushover.
Weve seen her commit morally questionable deeds to protect her familylike locking Celia in with walkers.
Plus, she has a daughter, just as Alpha does.
IfFTWDs writers go this route, this is certainly one story element I hope they jettison.
Not only does he wear their guts in many of the episodes, but he also walks alongside them.
Anyone who watchesTWDis already familiar with this trick.
It works so well that one wonders why this isnt more of a regular occurrence onTWD.
(Or at the very least, sporting riot gear and/or rocking a duct-tape suit.)
FTWDhas no such qualms having Nick spend a large amount of screen time wearing his zombie blood suit.
Lets not forget that Nick is a recovering drug addict, either.
In the apocalypse, his new high comes not from pills, but from walking among the dead.
To Nick, zombies arent the real threatits the living that pose the biggest danger.
So its only natural that hed find comfort and safety among the dead.
Hes even eaten their leftovers, scavenging meat from a freshly killed dogs carcass.
The bottom line, despite the shows title, is that Nick does not fear the walking dead.
Like Celia and Alejandro, he believes the undead are just the next stage of mankinds evolution.
Its this casual, carefree mindset that suggests how Nick could easily found the Whisperers.
But its possible Alicia could remain, to keep a watchful eye on her brother.
If he were to become the Alpha, whos to say she couldnt become his Beta?
Could characters fromFTWDreally end up meeting with Rick and company down the line?
First, theres the matter of geography.
Fuel is a dwindling resource in the postapocalyptic world.
People may be making bullets, but theyre certainly not refining gas (at least not yet).
So bridging the distance between the two groups poses the kind of daunting task generally undertaken by Hobbits.
Then theres the matter of time.FTWDis a couple of years behindTWDs current timeline.
And the latter shows timeline is a few years behind that of the comic.
IfTWDremains faithful to the comic, a big time jump is inevitable.
Until then, the Whisperers arent really supposed to enter the picture for quite some time yet.
There would need to be a time jump in the spin-off, as well.
Hell, Jadis even shot Rick and kicked him off a wall.
If that doesnt scream bad blood, I dont know what does.
What it does do, more than anything, is set the stage for a brand new enemy.
Only time will tell if any of these theories will bear themselves out.
