Earlier this season, it was revealed that Beta was once a famous country singer known as Half Moon. In permanent darkness, covered in blood, without love or fear or words, his death coming closer with every heartbeat, Beta is living the Whisperer mantra like no one else could.Īs Beta is being devoured, Negan is shocked to learn the true identity of the monstrous villain. Beta, true to Alpha’s words, embraces all death, and as such, even as walkers tear at his flesh and claw at his face, he has something that Negan, Daryl, and the rest of them do not: true freedom.
The walkers surround Beta, except this time they aren’t on his side. The walkers, drawn to Beta by the scent of fresh blood, do what they do best: they mindlessly feast on the Whisperer’s flesh. Beta roars in pain, needing no words to communicate his rage and agony. Daryl, bathed in walker blood in order to blend into the horde, comes out of nowhere and plunges his knives deep into Beta’s eye sockets, blinding him. Blinded by hatred, Beta goes after Negan, bolstered by the fearlessness given to him by Alpha’s mantra. When Beta sees Lydia, he moves to attack her, falling into Negan’s trap. When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy regarding the reality and significance of the sightings. One by one, the Whisperers guiding the horde die, screaming and crying out in the darkness. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham, Massachusetts. As the Whisperers and their walker horde chase after the Talking Heads wagon in the season 10 finale, Beta’s lack of vision catches up with him. We are the end of the world.”īut this level of devotion only really works when there’s someone capable leading the pack. Alpha used the chant as a way to bond the Whisperers together, as a way to train them to be the drones she needed to carry out her wishes. One of the big repeated refrains throughout season 10 has been the Whisperer mantra, the spooky thing they hiss at each other as they prepare for war. And unlike the show’s other villains, Beta isn’t concerned with surviving the encounter. Without an Alpha, some of the group has slipped away under the cover of night, while others have put their faith in Beta and are along for the ride despite his growing obsession with killing the people who killed his personal savior. Since her death, Beta and the Whisperers’ main goal has been revenge. But without Alpha, Beta’s world crumbled. But Beta was never meant to be a leader he is a perfect goon, loyal to a fault and devoted to the Alpha who rescued him from himself. With Alpha defeated by Negan and Carol, Beta is left to pick up the pieces and lead his group for one last assault against their enemies. It works for walkers, and it works, eventually, for the Whisperers. As Alpha learned earlier this year, the best way to kill the body is to take out the head. But The Walking Dead, for all of the killing and fighting involved, isn’t an action movie. If The Walking Dead were an action movie, Beta would be the henchman that has to be dispatched before the hero confronts the real boss. When it came to the Whisperers, Alpha was the leader, the planner, the brains of the operation, and Beta was her muscle. This Walking Dead article contains spoilers.
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