I’m upset with The Walking Dead writers at the moment. We haven’t seen enough of the emotionally unavailable badass with a crossbow since the Winter break.
I call bullshit on this.
I already know from my comic book geek people that the series deviates from the graphic novels, so there is no excuse for not having a little more face time with Daryl.
Then I thought, you know…menopausal women are a lot like Daryl Dixon.
1. Daryl is volatile. You just don’t know what you’re going to get with Daryl. Shoot him in the head? He might dismiss it with a hand wave and a tiny little threat. He also might get drunk and burn a house down. Same with menopausal women. For instance, suppose you decide it’s a good idea to behave in an annoying manner to a menopausal woman. It’s possible she will find the humor in the situation. It’s also possible she will burn you down. Best advice? Shhhhhh.
2. Daryl isn’t afraid of tears. If shit goes down, we’re going to cry.
3. If Daryl is eating, then he’s eating. It makes no difference to Daryl where he is, he’s licking his fingers. Perhaps, we menopausal women will behave polite in public. If we are home and by ourselves and there is no clean silverware? We will eat that pudding cup with our fingers.
4. Daryl’s coping mechanisms. Daryl may not deal with stress in the best possible way, he has his limits and when he reaches that limit, Daryl needs down time. We menopausal women have our limits. At the end of our rope is a cocktail glass. Or maybe a cupcake.
5. Even if when he’s crabby, Daryl gets shit done. He kills the zombies, he hunts dinner and he comforts the baby. All while being slightly sweaty. Menopausal women? Exactly the same. Except for the zombie part. We’re also more than slightly sweaty.
Okay, you bloggers who are always using gifs in your posts….this is fucking exhausting.
Fine..menopausal women are nothing like Daryl Dixon. This was just an excuse to look at Norman Reedus pictures all evening.
If only we could face menopause with a crossbow. Having one of those on prescription would probably be a lot more helpful than HRT! I’m fairly convinced that repeatedly stabbing zombies in the head might be quite therapeutic too. Thank you for sharing the opportunity to gratuitously look at Norman Reedus, it did me the power of good.
See? All very true. I think a crossbow as a prescription is BRILLIANT.
I think it would land a bunch of us in jail.
HAHAHAH
Not menopausal yet, give me a few, but I can attest PMSing women are much the same. Why just this past week I wanted to kill something and burn something down.
Yep! it’s similar. Different…in ways, but definitely similar.
Thank you for all of your toil in order to provide gratuitous Daryl Dixon… I am not worthy
It was worth it because damn..
I’ve never loved a post more than I love this.
WOO HOO!! I win Tuesday, then!
I am probably the only one on the Earth who has never seen this show! I need to catch up.
I didn’t start watching it until the middle of last year…now I can’t get enough
I’ve never seen it, either … nor do I intend to. I think I’m about fifteen years too old to appreciate the whole zombie thing.
Seeing Rick lose the mountain man beard almost made up for the lack of Daryl . Almost, but not quite.
Yeah, I caught up last night and he looks MUCH better without the beard.
I can believe menopausal women kill zombies. In fact I believe the reason there are so many zombie shows and movies these days isn’t because zombies can be fairly cheap to make and also play on our darkest fears about death. It’s because there really are zombies out there and there’s an army of menopausal women out there keeping us safe.
Also I would never want to argue with a menopausal woman, but I don’t believe they eat pudding with their fingers. I believe they use Ghirardelli chocolate squares as utensils.
Why don’t I have any goddamn Ghiradelli chocolate squares???
I have some that a co-worker brought to the office and would be happy to bring you some, but it’s kind of a long walk.
There is that..
I think you pretty much nailed it here, sister! Even if was just an excuse for you to stare at gifs of Daryl….. 🙂
It really was…
Randy: What are you doing?
Me: Writing a blog post
Randy: It looks like you’re just looking at pictures of Daryl
Me: Well..it’s for a blog post.
When I was going through menopause, one morning I had a sudden urge to throw my (full) coffee cup at my husband’s head. I seriously considered doing it. Now I sit here and wonder . . . How awesome would that same fantasy be with a CROSSBOW?!
HAHAHAHA…yeah…next time…
LOVE W/D! Love Daryl too *swoon! Your comparisons should be considered educational imo. Print ’em up and send ’em out to all the poor unsuspecting men out there. It could very well, single-handedly save the marriages/partnerships threatened by men not recognizing the signs and how to approach said threats. 😉
Don’t worry about the gif’s…put your energy into saving marriages. *I dislike gifs…they are distracting…but for him I can make the excuse 🙂
I find them distracting as well…except when it’s Daryl.
Thanks for the yummy Daryl gifs. I think poor Daryl is still getting over the loss of Beth, plus he feels really uncomfortable in Alexandria–he’d never have been in a place like that before the apocalypse. I’m just waiting for him to relax enough to take a shower and maybe get a haircut so we can see his handsome self again. It’s hard to fantasize about him when he’s so dirty and probably has opossum guts on his clothes. It’d be awesome if we got to see his ass while stepping into the shower the way we saw Rick’s, wouldn’t it? I’m sure it would do my menopausal hormones more good than giving me a crossbow.
Oh man…that is was we need. A Daryl shower scene.
So true about the gifs! I know it’s all hip and groovy and I like to look at gifs separately, but if they’re all over a page like that it gives me seizures. Still enjoyed the post though 😉
I made an exception for Daryl.
You are making me very, very happy that my menopause was relatively mild. While that statement might make you want to take a crossbow on me 🙂 I am grateful that it never came to ANY of this while I had the “worst” of my symptoms. And where do you live? I want to stay far, far away!!!!
Hahaha…I’m not dangerous. I promise. That is very nearly true!
Love it! Hilarious and I don’t even watch the show. I know, I know…I’m a weirdo. I only use GIF’s once in a while, too many in one post can make me go cross eyes. Maybe that’s a menopausal symptom?
I just started watching it not long ago…I’m hooked.
I love you right now.
Hahha…YAY!
Excuse me…MOVING Norman Reedus pictures.
Hubby and I wish we could get into Walking Dead, but we’ve tried a few times and we just can’t for whatever reason. I think we were just super-jaded by zombies and the last good zombie-thing I saw was Shawn of the Dead (and 28 Days Later)…
I think we’re on vampire-spoofs now… 😉
Randy is starting to watch a little. He doesn’t like the zombie noises on the show, it annoys him.
I am not quite menopausal yet (give me at least another decade would ya?) but holy shit do I have my angry, hormonal moments. Hand me wine, a burrito from Chipotle and my laptop and leave me the fuck alone when I’m cranky and have had enough.
Oh yeah…most of these things were not unfamiliar to me. Other than the hot flashes.
Fuck the hot flashes.
Those so called flashes are more like fucking monsoons. The nighttime ones nearly cause me to drown. Thank the lord they are done with!!!
I’m just starting. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Watch wine- makes them worse. Not that I stopped drinking of course/ just an FYI!
I already can’t drink wine..it gives me a headache. 🙁
Which sucks because I love wine.
haha….ok,now I have to start watching walking dead AND learn to use gifs!
Love this one.
Thanking god that those menopausal years are well behind me….
sigh…I’m just starting
I don’t think the world would be at all safe if I got a crossbow on prescription and I’ve not even hit the menopause stage yet. I wonder if that would make a good case for the defence, that you thought they were a zombie?
I seldom wish I had a TV but I think I’d like The Walking Dead
There is that…the safety issue.
You would totally dig The Walking Dead.
I never realized it before but you’re exactly right. And he probably also needs a hug about now.
Love this!
The more of us that can laugh at this crazy phase of life the better.
(And I love the gifs; made my morning!)
I am so glad they made your morning.
And you’re right…we might as well laugh..it’s better than crying.
Can’t seem to get into The Walking Dead. I’m almost done with Season 3 of House of Cards, though. And Broadchurch comes back Wednesday!
I’m going to give Broadchurch another chance. I thought it was really depressing. And I love David Tennant
Crossbows are over rated. Briana has a compound bow she got from her dad that is so strong we’ve only found one guy who can bend it. It’s like a safety mechanism, you have to really consider whether it’s worth it or not while you’re trying to pull the arrow back…
I don’t want to SHOOT a crossbow..I just want to watch Norman Reedus shoot a crossbow.
As a Walking Dead newbie, I just can’t get enough of Daryl. Thanks for giving me my fix!
I am relatively new..I didn’t start watching until around 4 or 5 months ago
I LOVE Daryl Dixon and I totally agree with the comparisons, i’d happily kick some zombie ass at times, though I don’t think my fella would fare very well if I had access to a crossbow! *goes back to drooling at huge Daryl + crossbow poster*
I envy your poster
Yes to all of this, even if this was just so we could look at Daryl. Which I thank you for, by the way. I hope he showers soon, and cleans his hair. I would be a serious threat to walkers this week, let me tell you.
You are welcome!! I’ve looked at it a few times today…
I will take your word for this as I have no idea who Daryl Dixon is
Not a Walking Dead fan then…how about Murphy MacManus?
I love this! I love Daryl. He does not give a fuck! He’s like, “today, I’m gonna be a sexy father figure,” then, “fuck that mess, I’m gonna eat a possum, AND I’m not gonna shower.”
Right? I mean, showering is important..but he’s walking sex either way.
I concur that this season’s WD has not had enough Daryl. Thanks for upping my exposure. : )
You are welcome!
You know what you should do? Donate a unit of whole blood and THEN read the post with a bunch of moving gifs. You will not need that cocktail you were planning on. I’m going to go lay down now.
oh man….I hope you slept well with no dizziness.
Haha I fucking love you! It’s true. Or I also just want it to be because I love him so much. I actually own a “If Daryl Dies, We Riot!” T-shirt. The gifs were worth the effort, btw, because ARMS.
If they kill him off, I won’t watch anymore.
HAHAHA I just actually used a gif in a post and just no. But I loved this one, and YES, on all counts. Especially the burning stuff down. I’ve had days where I feel like the crazy comes through right when you don’t expect it–Like:
If one more person asks me for ONE MORE EFFING THING I AM GOING TO BURN DOWN THE KITCHEN AND POSSIBLY GO SIT IN THE SHOWER WITH THE WATER RUNNING WHILE I SIMULTANEOUSLY LAUGH AND CRY FOR AN HOUR.
Thank you for always making me laugh!!
I’m glad you’re laughing and not crying!
Definitely laughing is better. 🙂
Hahaha! This makes me want to go back and watch the show again…
Not gonna lie…I’ve already rewatched it.
Thank you. Just thank you.
You are welcome. It made my day, too.
I typically enjoy the opportunity to look at Norman Reedus picture, especially when he’s all got up as Daryl. It’s a shame I got done with The Walking Dead last season (a season ago? whatever). I finished the Woodbury season, then when the new one started, I watched twenty minutes of it and turned it off. Haven’t gone back, and I guess I won’t. I don’t even mind spoilers for it; that’s a definite sign I’m not going back. I HATE spoilers. They do, in fact spoil things for me, because when I learn one I wait the entire time to see/here the thing which was spoiled and it just ruins the experience.
I am still all about it…but I didn’t even start watching it until last Fall.
I can’t use gifs or see too many of them — gifs make my eyeballs all crazy. I’ll be “watching” like you would a TV show and then suddenly, things change and it repeats, and then it does it again, and again, and again – all in the space of 2.3 seconds or something. If that’s not a migraine trigger, I don’t know what is! Also, I’m a disgrace to menopausal women everywhere – I haven’t watched the last two seasons of Walking Dead and, from what I am told, they are the best ever. I feel a binge coming on.
Hahaha…yeah…if you’re gonna binge..that’s a good one.
Heheheh*snarfGIGGLE*heheheheh*guffaw*
I love this post with all my hormone-fueled snarkery.
Now, I have seen exactly one and a half episodes of TWD, but I am an internet hain’t, and I know his memes.
Thanks for the giggles, ma’am. I truly appreciate it. 🙂
You’re welcome!! Thank you so much!