Question: Maybe I missed a full explanation or it's a plot hole for the show, but how do Michonne's armless, jawless walkers on a leash help mask her scent or let her walk among the walkers?
Bishop73
17th Feb 2022
The Walking Dead (2010)
21st May 2021
The Walking Dead (2010)
23rd Jan 2017
The Walking Dead (2010)
Question: Spencer wasn't bitten. He died by knifing, but he turned into a walker. I thought you had to be bitten?
Answer: In the season 2 finale we find out that everyone is infected therefore you turn no matter what happens to you (which proves that Dr Jenner was right, we see it happen when Rick stabs Shane).
Answer: It's been established that everyone is infected with the zombie virus, albeit in a dormant state, so that when anyone dies, by whatever means, the virus turns the dead into zombies (walkers). Being bitten or scratched injects live viruses into the system that quickly turns a living person into a zombie, without having to die first.
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Answer: The other walkers see the two already upon her, figure that she's already taken, and move on.
Captain Defenestrator
What do you mean "upon her" if they're in front of her and walking forward?
Bishop73
A satisfactory answer hasn't really been given. The general consensus on Reddit is that having the two tame rotting zombies close by overpowers her own smell and the zombies can't detect her. In my previous answer, I was thinking that it was a psychological tactic. The other zombies see that they're about to eat her and about to attack, figure "that one's taken," and move on. This time, I'll go with the internet's answer.
Captain Defenestrator
I broke this question up into 2 because I ran out of room. But, yeah, I thought the idea was either mask her smell or make other Walkers think she's "taken." But in the show, those options don't seem to work for other characters.
Bishop73
"Upon" as in "They are about to descend down on their prey."
Captain Defenestrator
Yes, but I was asking about times when they're in front of her and she's following, not that ever showed any signs of descending down on her.
Bishop73
Well, zombies don't look that carefully to distinguish "Oh, those guys are walking in front of her instead of about to throw her on the ground and eat her. Let's get really hung up on the word "upon" now, shall we?"
Captain Defenestrator
It was my polite way of letting you admit you didn't know what you were talking about and were guessing with a total BS answer.
Bishop73
Ah. Well, I DID admit that earlier.
Captain Defenestrator