When it comes to fanbases of television shows, it doesn’t get more dedicated or outspoken than those who follow The Walking Dead. The show not only boasts incredibly high ratings for AMC but it’s in the top five most digitally talked about shows on television. In short, people love getting into it online about any and all episodes. This is a show that has more theories, opinions, fan art, trolling, spoilers, etc etc than just about any show with the exception of maybe Breaking Bad. So when it comes to who the best villain in the history of the series, what better way to find out than the fans?
You might be surprised but the folks at Cinema Blend took a survey and it wasn’t Negan who lay claim to the show’s best villain. When the dust had finally settled across the walker-strewn lands, the one antagonist still standing was none other than Shane Walsh, the show’s first quasi-traditional big bad. Is this a surprise? Not to me. I’ve got two words for you: Jon Bernthal. Any questions? The real surprise lays in the fact that Shane was a character way back in season 2 and didn’t even have a huge run on the show.
But Shane stuck out in enough people’s minds to win the best villain prize. According to Cinema Blend
People likely love Shane for the same reason that Jon Bernthal wanted to play the character so badly. Shane wasn’t a villain when we met him, unlike so many other Walking Dead shitbirds, and he had many characteristics that made him both affable and virtuous. And he possibly would have stayed that way, too, if it wasn’t for that meddling Rick Grimes coming to take Lori and Carl back. So it’s vaguely easy to sympathize with Shane, even after The Otis Debacle.
So what do you think? Is Shane your pick for the best villain in Walking Dead history or do you choose another?
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