So, having listened to both of the fan podcasts that were created around We're Alive, I have to say there seemed to be a lot of
Pegs hate going around. Well thinking on how the final episode played out I could imagine after the defeat of both Ink and
Scratch that Pegs and
Michael found some time to compare notes. If we think of both climactic story lines as heroes going up against bosses, it's clear Pegs outdid Michael.
Scratch has been every bit a force of destruction for the survivors as Ink was. Scratch and her actions led to the destruction of the Original Tower, the deaths of
Bill,
Kalani,
Angel, Hanna,
Bixby, Dr. Jason, and
Gatekeeper, and the mutilation of
Burt. Ink and his actions led to the abandonment of
Dunbar, the destruction of Ft. Irwin and Boulder, and the deaths of
Tommy,
Datu,
Muldoon,
Robbins,
Carl (nobody ever calls him by his last name, huh?),
Samantha, and Martin. In terms of sheer scale, Ink did a lot more, but perhaps from the Original Towerites' perspective, Scratch was at least as responsible for bringing them misery as Ink, if not moreso.
So, Pegs faces off with Scratch one-on-one and takes her down with her pistol. Granted she had some assistance from CJ to at least get to the fire escape, but after that it was all Pegs (and Hope's gun). Michael, on the other hand, didn't face off with Ink one-on-one and was more of a cheerleader from afar while
Victor killed off any zombies that got close to him and
Saul handled the dirty work of cutting Ink down and setting of the C4. Michael did one CJ-like thing when he assisted Saul in killing Ink by showing him the
katana, but that's it. It's simple. Michael's a** and his plan needed to be saved by both Saul and Victor alternately. Pegs saved the rest of the survivors by beating Scratch.
Case closed.
I can envision Michael and Pegs relaxing on a couch after the day's events and Michael excitedly talking about how "he did it!" Ink and the special zombies have been defeated. Pegs just rolls her eyes, sighs, and responds that she also had a tough day at the office having to take down Scratch near solo, but you don't see her bragging about it.
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