Is Negan Smith a Good Person?

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  • @nickh9084
    @nickh9084 День тому +20

    His redemption arc came full circle when he, along with his wife, found himself on the other end of a gun in a Commonwealth labour camp - facing the very tyrant he once was. Mirroring the situation he had Glenn and Maggie in. In that moment, he finally got it - after all these years he finally faced himself and saw his soul. It was beautiful.

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  День тому +4

      Very well said it was a nice nod to his former self except this time he was on the right side!

    • @chrilpy
      @chrilpy День тому

      Still should've been killed in Wrath

  • @Voltrix-r5t
    @Voltrix-r5t 2 дні тому +37

    He’s more of an anti-hero with a crazier mind. He was influenced to do evil stuff but he was always a broken character.

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  2 дні тому +4

      Totally agree

    • @chrilpy
      @chrilpy День тому +2

      No one influenced Negan to do what he did. He always was a POS and still is, he just can't live out his power fantasies anymore

  • @zoom0451
    @zoom0451 2 дні тому +24

    Negan was just a chill guy who had a vampire bat

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  2 дні тому +2

      😭😭😭

    • @RakerPlays1
      @RakerPlays1 2 дні тому +3

      Yea Bru was just a high school gym teacher and playing games at like 30-40 yrs old

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  2 дні тому +2

      @@RakerPlays1 sounds like a dream tbh

  • @TheMelancholicWriter
    @TheMelancholicWriter 16 годин тому +2

    Negan didn't order the massacre of the Oceanside's men. That was a choice made by Simon. Also took place before he even took control of the Factory/Sanctuary

  • @HenzoW-cf3mh
    @HenzoW-cf3mh 2 дні тому +25

    Negan’s a pretty evil guy. Killing Glenn and Abraham was fair game but the manner in which it was done wasn’t. What he did was technically torture as they both died slowly and brutally in front of their friends. He was sadistic as hell in that lineup and truly didn’t give a f about anyone there. He’s been involved in hundreds of deaths that were under his orders. Slave wives, which is an inexcusable crime despite the lies ppl will tell to justify it. Not full psycho but still pretty evil.
    He does good deeds in the end. He seems remorseful. The whole “I never kill kids” thing is a lie tho. He was swinging his bat to aim for Carl’s head whom, despite the actor, is canonically like 15yrs old or less. They never mention the wives thing at all post s7 and if they addressed that instead of pretending it didn’t happen then it would’ve added to his redemption arc. He’s a solid character but he does have some faults.

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  2 дні тому +5

      Yeah I feel like AMC was stuck with most of the main cast wanting to leave. So they were backed into a corner to redeem Negan to add him to the survivors team.

    • @HenzoW-cf3mh
      @HenzoW-cf3mh 2 дні тому +2

      @ I hear that but they still could’ve done it better. The show act as if his worst crime was the lineup and all the other things were Simon’s doings. The lineup was the least of his wrongdoings and I don’t even care about that anymore. That was probably the only justifiable thing he ever did while he ran the Saviours. His accolades are either pushed onto Simon (acting like he wasn’t the man ordering ppl around like slaves) or it’s completely ignored. A scene or two of him apologising to all the women he coerced would’ve been fine but not just disregarding it completely. Him saying that he wishes he changed his mind about killing the men of Oceanside and he’ll never forgive himself or some shit like that would’ve worked.

    • @beentheredonethat5908
      @beentheredonethat5908 День тому +2

      Never forget what rick did to them thougj. Killed them in Bed and stole their children. Negan wasn't a great guy, but negan was justified to kill them all. Negan didn't start with rick, rick popped on him over over the old hilltop leadship.

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  День тому

      @ very good point!

    • @J-Bones87
      @J-Bones87 День тому

      Rick started that war Rick’s crew killed Negan’s men, if Rick hadn’t attacked Negan, Glenn and Abraham would still be alive, also Rick’s crew started the war with the governor. The governor was trying to find a cure, and Michonne killed his daughter in front of him and stabbed him causing him to lose his eye

  • @makekotor3722
    @makekotor3722 16 годин тому +1

    Good video. Aside from what was mentioned, other atrocities committed by Negan included burning people's faces with an iron, throwing that doctor in the fire, taking all the beds from Alexandria just to burn them in the road, and having more people from an enslaved community killed if an offering was low. Which included the factory workers at the sanctuary like that guy Dwight witnessed getting beaten to death who had a wife, son and newborn on the way.
    Negan also didn't allow any of the factory workers to take chances on their own like when Negan sent Dwight after Gordon who was tired of Negan's rule and preferred death instead. The factory workers despised Negan and the savior army and were happy when Rick won like when that one worker told Rick that he hoped Negan was suffering. Negan's imprisonment and having all of his freedom taken away was the perfect justice just as he did that to so many other people.

  • @universalistsnape8584
    @universalistsnape8584 2 дні тому +10

    PE teacher is perfectly common in the US

  • @thecowboy9698
    @thecowboy9698 День тому +1

    I would say that Negan's story demonstrates quite well that as long as we are breathing, we can always become better people, if that is what we choose.
    It doesn't erase the sins of our pasts, nor the consequences of them, but it does show who we are is ultimately a choice. We are ultimately not a result of our circumstances or past traumas, but of our choices.

  • @Termi325
    @Termi325 День тому +8

    He is good and he is bad, everyone is a mix but I would say he at least tries to be more good now due to guilt and shame of his past.

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  День тому +2

      Love your profile pic! And yeah I totally agree no one in the walking dead universe is definitely good or bad

    • @TakakiM-sr1df
      @TakakiM-sr1df День тому +1

      @termi hello governor 😁

  • @hyper_tacoman1659
    @hyper_tacoman1659 22 години тому +1

    @Theo Hunt Here is the way I always thought of it: Rick was bad so that he could protect his people. Negan was bad so that he could control his people. Without Negan, people like the Croat and Simon would have taken control and be a heck of a lot more evil than Negan ever was.

  • @wutaguy
    @wutaguy 41 хвилина тому

    Don't forget the most important detail. He made Carl spaghetti.

  • @jackleith3502
    @jackleith3502 День тому +2

    I do apologise for the “well akchulllley” comment, but Negan didn’t order the Oceanside massacre.
    There’s an episode where Negan talks to Simon about how when he (Negan) arrived at The Sanctuary, he’d heard tales of a man (Simon) who’d killed all the men at a community and just left the women.

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  День тому +1

      My apologies thank you for pointing that out bro!

    • @jackleith3502
      @jackleith3502 20 годин тому +1

      No apologies needed! It did irk me to give that comment defending him, because I’m the only one in my friend group who would still execute Negan for his crimes even now!
      Also, I apologise too because I had meant to say along with my comment this was a great vid (because it really was) and I love this channel 😁

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  19 годин тому

      @@jackleith3502 thank you so much it means a lot man!

  • @syad911
    @syad911 2 дні тому +4

    I understand all about his character, until when it comes to having many women, and it's just about many (leaders having many women all the time in any history), he's taken all the beautiful ones, and some of them if not all had a love one before he took them for himself. that's not a flaw, that's a direct conflict of establishing a well written character.

  • @jaidyes1
    @jaidyes1 2 дні тому +10

    I 100% disagree with the whole notion that if we were to look at Negan's story and not Rick's then the hero and villain roles would be reversed. Rick Grimes didn't enslave communities, exploit women, associate himself with heinous people, kill one or two people from each group to say who's boss, make his group address themselves as Rick, or even feel the need to redeem HIMSELF after realizing that they were a bad person. This clearly suggests that even if we were to see the Walking Dead in Negan's perspective, we would still want to see him stopped.

    • @skv1345
      @skv1345 2 дні тому +5

      Exactly, negan's approach to "saving people" was flawed, he never tried to peacefully partner with them, he straight up just enslaved them, while some of ricks decisions were questionable (more like just one is) he was justified 99.9% of the time, he almost never went out of his way to cause unnecessary harm to people, while negan has no justification for what he did, almost every action he did throughout s6-s8 were unjustified, the killing of abraham and glenn being one

    • @nobody-nj6op
      @nobody-nj6op День тому +2

      We still wouldnt like rick, if we followed negan then rick randomly just murdered his people while they slept and stole a child, so if anything both would be seen as bad if we followed negan the whole time

    • @makekotor3722
      @makekotor3722 16 годин тому

      @@nobody-nj6op While the strategy was badly thought out, the satellite attack wouldn't have happened if the saviors weren't enslaving and murdering people from other communities. As for Gracie, Rick thought the savior he killed was hiding weapons and it was a fight to the death where Rick had no idea about Gracie until after. Rick felt a lot of shame realizing he just killed Gracie's father who was protecting her. But at that point Gracie would have died if the group didn't take her.

  • @fallgirl07
    @fallgirl07 День тому +3

    Rick and Co did not attack the outpost randomly. It was a direct response to what Negan had been doing to other communities. If Negan hadn’t killed, enslaved, and extorted people, there wouldn’t have been an attack on the compound. Point blank. The consequences of his actions just had an extra degree of separation. I’m sure killing Abe and Glenn was justifiable to him, but in the grand scheme of things it was just him re-establishing his control over the communities he was enslaving. That’s it. Thinking they should be grateful that he only killed two of them so he could extort the rest is flawed at best to me.
    If fans of his want to say he is redeemed and remorseful, ok. But also downplaying his atrocities is very unfair. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

    • @makekotor3722
      @makekotor3722 17 годин тому +1

      Exactly. The main person responsible for those satellite outpost deaths and the ones after is Negan himself. You can't keep people enslaved and constantly living in fear of their lives for themselves and others in their community and not expect a retaliation.

  • @Wh173c0c0
    @Wh173c0c0 День тому +1

    I feel like the question of whether Negan is a good person is similar to asking if Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2) is a good person. They are both people who have committed unspeakable atrocities that most of us would consider "evil". However, they are both men who have their morals shaped by the world in which they find themselves (Negan in the outbreak; Arthur growing up with Dutch). It's only after life-changing events that they both begin to question their actions and realise that they can be better.
    Does making a change of heart and trying to be a "good person" atone for a lifetime of wickedness? I suppose that depends on your views on forgiveness/redemption, but I would say "No." I do not believe that either of them can be considered truly "good" people because truly good people would never consider doing such things in the first place. I do, however, believe that you can argue that they were people who realised the error of their ways and wanted to do some good in the world that they had put so much evil into. In the words Charles Martinet as Paarthunax: "Which is better: To be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
    Thanks for the video and the thought experiment. I always enjoy conundrums like this because it challenges us to think about our often black and white perspectives on what it means to be good.

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  День тому +1

      Amazing comparison, I loved reading your comment you make some very good points! Your very right that it’s not a black and white answer to weather these two characters are “good” or not. Thank you for the kind words as well.

  • @donnymann6739
    @donnymann6739 День тому +3

    T dog another great video 😡I think not only was He evil, but he was a sociopath That made him dangerous, very smart and Manipulative

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  День тому +1

      Totally agree bro! And thank you for the kind words

  • @skullskills7772
    @skullskills7772 2 дні тому +2

    Negan is both good and bad person also great video Theo💯👍

  • @tankdogization
    @tankdogization День тому

    Zuko’s redemption arc in ATLA should be studied. Negan’s journey mirrors Zuko’s journey. I even dare to say his relationship with Maggie mirrors Zuko and Katara’s relationship.

    • @newhybrid101
      @newhybrid101 14 годин тому

      Dont you dare compare Negan to Zuko.
      Zuko was always a good person,just troubled and in pain for a small period of his overall life

  • @molasorrosalom4846
    @molasorrosalom4846 2 дні тому +2

    Established a cult of personality, and exploited people for resources who were trying to survive on a day to day basis...

  • @jarvisfowlkes3200
    @jarvisfowlkes3200 16 годин тому

    Actually, Negan didn't order that every man and boy got killed. That was all Simon

  • @charmxreuploads5997
    @charmxreuploads5997 День тому +1

    How do people know about Negan as a teen when he was a bully and his affair?

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  День тому

      We have been show through flashbacks

    • @charmxreuploads5997
      @charmxreuploads5997 День тому +1

      @theohuntt Ah, it's been a year since I watched it and I forget stuff easily.

  • @charliechristensen6663
    @charliechristensen6663 2 дні тому +4

    No, Negan never ordered the men to be killed at Oceanside. That was a Simon deal. Negan wasn’t happy with that decision.

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  2 дні тому

      Even if that is the case, he still allows this act to go unpunished

    • @skv1345
      @skv1345 2 дні тому

      ​@@theohuntt to be fair i dont think he was aware of any of those things happening considering simon has hidden other stuff from him

    • @HenzoW-cf3mh
      @HenzoW-cf3mh 2 дні тому

      @@charliechristensen6663 first of all. There’s no way that Negan isn’t aware of this decision bc Oceanside no longer became part of his communities. He stopped dealing with Oceanside so that can only mean he personally decided to terminate the contract. Do you think Simon could tell Negan that “sorry I killed them all so now you will just have to find another community” and he’ll just let that slide? Simon only started disobeying him during the war. He wouldn’t have kept Simon around if he was untrustworthy before.

    • @HenzoW-cf3mh
      @HenzoW-cf3mh 2 дні тому

      @skv1345 I don’t think you could “hide” a massacring of a community without Negan’s knowing. Simon only got away with what he did bc they were currently distracted with war. There was no war previously so there wouldn’t be a reason for him to not know this stuff. Sorry for appearing as a know it all but I can’t help it.

    • @Wonga_
      @Wonga_ 2 дні тому +2

      Negan knew about it. i forget what episode, but during their the war, negan asked if simon was backsliding again after he tried telling the other luetinents they should just kill everybody and start again during a meeting. Im pretty sure he was referring to that moment when he went against his orders and killed all the men.

  • @gamer_2336
    @gamer_2336 День тому +1

    Can someone pls tell me the music name from the beginning of the video

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  День тому

      It’s Ai music I made to avoid copyright

    • @gamer_2336
      @gamer_2336 День тому

      ​@@theohunttomg that is really made with Ai 😯 it sounds very great, you have done a really good job. Do you think it's possible to make a own video on your channel just with this music. It would inspire me a lot while I paint a picture 😊 only if you have time for it 😅

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  День тому

      @@gamer_2336 if you want go over to my Instagram Dm your email and I’ll send you the file of the music so you can have it?

    • @gamer_2336
      @gamer_2336 День тому

      @@theohuntt that would be perfect,thank you very much 😊

  • @liquidrock2u
    @liquidrock2u День тому

    They were a lot more remorseful in the show than in real life. If someone like Negan did what he did now, he'd be put on deaths row and have his life taken from him in a matter of weeks.

  • @maryammenalagha8989
    @maryammenalagha8989 День тому

    Negan wasn't the one that killed all the men from oceanside, that order was given before Negan was in charge.

  • @jxrdxne
    @jxrdxne День тому

    "Whaaat! Aw hell nah"

  • @andrewmaclean9810
    @andrewmaclean9810 2 дні тому +2

    hes my favorite character on the show. But no he is absolutely not a good person. He basically ran a giant mafia style abuse house and made people worship him, something he explicitly got off on. No normally wired person does that, even in the apocalypse. Yes rules are needed and thus punishments, and due to the fucked up nature of the world that punishment is probably gonna need to be more extreme to deter people as everyone is considerably more desperate. But he used and manipulated and hurt people beyond what was neccesary to maintain order, he did it simply as a means of imposing himself on them and making them his. On a fundamental level thats what was the most wrong with what he did. What he did to Glen and Abraham was arguably one of the most justifiable moments. People attacked them, and rather than killing them all he kills 2 so they never do it again. That's very different than forcing himself on someone's wife by using their desperation, and then to use said wife to extract resources out of her family and friends.

  • @GoonCakeTheObscure
    @GoonCakeTheObscure 2 дні тому +3

    NEGAN!

  • @spaeduh
    @spaeduh 2 дні тому +4

    I love these topics. In my personal opinion I think Negan is similar to Rick might actually be the same. He is a person that is trying to do what makes sense in his point of view to survive. It’s all point of view when Rick killed his people he seen killing Rick’s people as way of getting his revenge. I think Negan’s style of leadership is similar to government. He has a communist style of government when Rick’s was more of a democracy. So with all this being said I don’t think Negan is bad he’s definitely not good but I think he’s a survivor that was broken by his circumstances and became something his former self probably wouldn’t be able to digest.
    Edit: I platonically like to assume that most of these people before the apocalypse are decent people. So I think Negan background of being a school coach would have me safely to believe that he was atleast a decent human cause he worked with children. I think the world ending has made people break or grow. Negan is one of those who grew into something that his past self would probably hate. I see Negan as someone who is displaying survival of fittest mindset very differently from Rick’s. That’s what so awesome about the walking dead we get to see different perspectives on survival. sorry again for the long response :)!

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  2 дні тому +4

      Interesting take I just think there’s certain acts Negan does throughout the show, Cheating and bullying Pre apocalypse. Massacring communities and enslaving women that make him a lot different to Rick. But that’s just my opinion I like your point on how his leadership style is like your typical government!

    • @spaeduh
      @spaeduh 2 дні тому +2

      @@theohuntt Oh, I apologize I totally forgot those aspects. I still do think he's a product of his environment. I see it as the apocalypse only makes people worse in term of survival. I see it in the lens of a scale Rick good guy before the outbreak, a ruthless killer doing anything for his people to survive. Negan, before the outbreak, was already a cheeky guy, so the apocalypse just heightens his ability and will to become worse.

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  2 дні тому +2

      @ yeah I get you bro very good take!

  • @toxicandsick
    @toxicandsick 19 годин тому

    i could be wrong as i havent really watched the show in a while. i got to season nine about 11 months ago, i havent made it to season ten. im sure that says something. but i wanted to point out that if i remember correctly, simon killed the men of oceanside on his own accord. not by negans word. i could be wrong and i will take accountability for that.

  • @pr0fuse_gl1der
    @pr0fuse_gl1der День тому

    He’s not necessarily good. Just a little reformed. Him being locked up made him realize his actions and past was drive him nuts. We see his back story he was gym teacher cheating on his wife. And than the apocalypse hits. And he does better until an event drives him nuts which made him the way he was.
    After killing alpha Daryl even gained respect for him by giving him a head nod. So he’s more of an anti hero

  • @Bobby.2000
    @Bobby.2000 20 годин тому

    Yh, but there's only a few people who aren't bad people in that show.

  • @MultifandomNerd69
    @MultifandomNerd69 День тому

    TV Negan a weird forced Anti hero thing the show did but comics he's a bad dude who had a tiny soft spot

  • @Ginkrepeerc_
    @Ginkrepeerc_ День тому +1

    It’s called PE in America too

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  День тому

      My bad I wasn’t sure hahaha

  • @TakakiM-sr1df
    @TakakiM-sr1df День тому +1

    No he still a bad person in my eyes 👀

  • @connarmccain564
    @connarmccain564 День тому

    Lawful evil to the page

  • @KingChronicX.2
    @KingChronicX.2 2 дні тому

    I thought Simon went rogue and took out the men

    • @molasorrosalom4846
      @molasorrosalom4846 2 дні тому +3

      And does he punish Simon?

    • @nani4249
      @nani4249 2 дні тому

      ​@@molasorrosalom4846he was also aware that the people that daryl killed with the rocket launcher were d**k heads but maintained them being sent out for collections.
      Negan is very insightful even with all his betrayals that happened he knew what the motor cycle group were doing and decided to not stop them.

  • @cStatE95
    @cStatE95 День тому

    Yes. Dont care what his haters say.

    • @luciusdebeers6176
      @luciusdebeers6176 22 години тому +1

      No. Don't care what his simps say.

    • @cStatE95
      @cStatE95 22 години тому

      @luciusdebeers6176 yes don't care what some nobody waste of society with no one to love him thinks

    • @luciusdebeers6176
      @luciusdebeers6176 22 години тому

      @cStatE95 says the guy who gets his panties in a twist this hard when someone else doesn't like his favourite fictional character. I'm sure you are very well adjusted and have lots of friends. LMAO

    • @cStatE95
      @cStatE95 21 годину тому

      @luciusdebeers6176 and yet you're still trying to make a case against 5he guy who got his panties in a twist go get pay to get laid. 🤣 bottom waste to society

  • @BobTheBuilderCR
    @BobTheBuilderCR День тому

    Hey 👋

  • @tipsyXtwo
    @tipsyXtwo 2 дні тому +1

    No

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  2 дні тому +1

      Glad we came to the same conclusion

    • @tipsyXtwo
      @tipsyXtwo 2 дні тому +1

      @ idk if youre being sarcastic but im baffled at the people giving him redemption - i know TWD/FTWD runs the theme of “everyone can come back” but thats the difference between fiction and reality. Maggie should have killed him 10x over

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  2 дні тому +1

      @ no I totally agree with you in my opinion Negan should have been killed at the end of season 8!

    • @tipsyXtwo
      @tipsyXtwo День тому

      @ yeah it felt forced and unrealistic (ironic i know) i get its a great character and actor but so was the Governor and Negan did far worse to far more people

  • @bell5248
    @bell5248 2 дні тому

    ill win

  • @newhybrid101
    @newhybrid101 14 годин тому

    No.Period

  • @MAGAWillSaveTheWorld
    @MAGAWillSaveTheWorld 2 дні тому

    This is what women are for.

  • @SagittariusQueen1993
    @SagittariusQueen1993 День тому

    I like Negan well i like Jeffrey so im a little bias 😂. But I will admit the man was crazy af and did some horrible things. I think i wouldve just unalived him tbh

  • @N0b0dyh3re-y6t
    @N0b0dyh3re-y6t 2 дні тому +1

    Whattup theo? Earliest I've been

    • @theohuntt
      @theohuntt  2 дні тому

      Hey man, I accidentally set the video to upload at 6:30am rather than PM so that’s why no one’s here yet hahahah 😭😭😭😭