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Author's Note

Y'all. I'm serious when I say that I wouldn't be writing this fanfic right now if it weren't for the Clementine comic, I swear to god. I didn't read it (and I never will), but after seeing some of the panels online, I was immediately appalled.

I don't understand why Tillie Walden and Skybound wrote Clementine like that??? She's so out of character and her behavior is just not it at all. Leaving AJ and the Ericson kids behind because she's "not happy"???? LIKE WHAT????? AT THE END OF THE GAME SHE LITERALLY SAYS "ALL THIS. IT'S WORTH IT," AND WE GET THAT SHOT OF HER SMILING AND SIGHING HAPPILY BECAUSE HER AND AJ ARE FINALLY DONE RUNNING, AND THEY'VE FOUND A HOME AND A FAMILY. IT MAKES NO SENSE.

And oh my god- the way Comic!Clem told AJ he couldn't come with her? I WAS LIKE "WHY THE FUCK NOT??????" BUT HE JUST LET HER LEAVE WITHOUT HIM AND I KNOW DAMN WELL THAT GAME!AJ WOULD NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE HE LOVES HER TOO MUCH. HE WOULD FIGHT LIKE HELL TO COME WITH HER AND IT IRKED ME TO MY CORE THAT COMIC!AJ JUST LET HER GO LIKE IT WAS NOTHING.

Then when Clem called AJ "baby" I was so confused because SINCE WHEN THE FUCK DOES SHE CALL HIM THAT? The writing is just so, so bad it's insane.

Not only that, but whateverthefuck happened to "never go alone"?? CLEM SAYS IT TO AJ SO MANY TIMES IN THE GAME, IT'S LITERALLY THEIR FIRST RULE OF SURVIVAL. YET CLEM TURNS ON IT AND GOES ALONE. I'm for real getting a migraine from all of this, I'm done---

The comic just defeats the entire purpose of season four and throws the perfect, happy ending we got out the window; not to mention Clem and AJ's relationship. "I'll never leave you again" my ass, goodbye-- All those years trying to find AJ and taking care of him was for NOTHING. If their plan was to have Clem leave all along, then they might as well have just let her die at the end of the game because it's basically the same shit. AJ STILL LOSES HER.

The game's ending was one of the best video game endings I've ever seen and I was extremely happy with how it ended. But now we've got the dumpster fire comics to ruin the story so that's just fucking fantastic. This whole thing is so fucked up.

And don't even get me started on what they did with Violet and Louis. They were just treated like they were nobody but exes to Clem, and when I say that my Violentine heart broke, MY VIOLENTINE HEART BROKE. Now Clem's going to get with some other kid named Amos or whatever and I'm just- I'M SPEECHLESS.

I seriously cannot with the comics. They've unlocked a deep, dark hatred within me and every time I see it I just want to set it on fire. It deserves to burn, I don't know what else to say.

Tillie and Skybound, I hope y'all realize how much you fucked up and pissed off an entire fanbase by doing what you did, and now one of the best video game franchises is ruined because of you. Telltale would be so disappointed.

So, because this stink bomb comic now exists (but I'm going to try my best to ignore it and the rest of the comics for the sake of my sanity), I'm writing this fanfic to wash away the trauma we've all acquired after seeing/reading the comic. This fanfic is what I would have liked to see as a continuation of the game.

So much could have been explored with the group of survivors that were mentioned at the end of the game, so I wanted them to play a big role in my fanfic, and so I'm trying my hand at exploring that myself. Also, they could have brought someone back from the game (cough cough) and made them part of the group or something, so I'm taking the opportunity to--once again--write it myself.

Now I promise this is going to be way more true to the game; the ending; and Clementine, because I could never ever do her like that, and I could never do the game like that. Clem will actually be in character and she's not going to leave AJ and the others at Ericson; she's going to be staying with them until she dies, PERIOD, BECAUSE IT'S HER HOME AND THEY'RE HER FAMILY.

Also, this fanfic will contain Violentine because (if you didn't catch it earlier) my heart belongs to them--I love them with every inch of it--and it's the route I took in my playthrough of the game. I do plan to write another version of this fanfic for Clouis, but that's going to be sometime in the far future because I obviously still need to finish this one.

I'm currently still in the process of writing the first chapter so whenever I finish it, I'll let you guys know with an announcement, so keep an eye out for that.

As a quick disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead Game or its characters; storyline; plot; etc. They all belong to Telltale and Skybound, so those rights go to them. All I own is the plot of this fanfic and the characters I created for it. That is all.

Anyways, I'm done talking. I hope you all enjoy this fanfic and hopefully it'll cleanse your mind from the pain; hurt; agony; and disappointment the comic made you feel after reading it, 'cause it'll certainly cleanse mine. Crossing my fingers that this will make up for it.

If you made it this far with reading the author's note, thank you so much for not clicking away and for bearing with my talkative ass. I love you. Mwah. Have fun.

— Kinari ♡