Can you believe that first third of The Walking Dead’s final season is premiering in 3 weeks? It seems like the wait is nearly over. They released their trailer for the first eight episodes at San Diego Comic Con last week and it got a lot of people talking. There were many things that got announced with this trailer. I will have a full breakdown of the trailer in the coming days, but the moment that got the most people talking is the person getting the zombie bite on their arm. It looks like a male arm by the looks of it so that eliminates all of the female characters on this show. Some people say it is Magna because of her fingerless gloves but I do not think her arm is big enough to fit the person on the trailer. I personally do not think it will be life threatening, since they can save the person with a bite, like they did with Hershel’s leg in season 4 or Rick’s arm in the comic book. However, I do believe that whoever got bit will be dead from the bite or the zombie swarm that will come after it. I do also believe that it will be a twist that no one will see coming. Here are some people that are rumored to be bitten and my stance on it…
Aaron
Many people believe that it is Aaron because before the bite is shown, he is in the previous scene. I do not see this bite being Aaron’s because of the clothing the person with the bite has. Aaron always wears blue, not a flannel. He also rarely has fingerless gloves on in the trailer or in season 10. However, his only working arm is his right arm (because of his arm getting cut off after his injury in season 9), which is the same arm as the one that gets bitten, so I do see why people believe that it is Aaron.
Alden
Many people also believe that it is Alden because of his use of the fingerless gloves in the trailer. However, I do not believe that it is Alden because of the storyline I believe that The Walking Dead was setting up in season 8 and 9 before Maggie left. I think Alden and Maggie are going to have a romantic storyline in season 11 and he will have an impact on Maggie. Although he does not appear to bitten here, I do believe that he will die in season 11, but I will have my season 11 death predictions out before season 11 premieres…
Negan
People are talking about Negan possibly dying to the bite but I do not get why. He does not fit the profile of the person getting bit. The only reason why he would die like this would the pure shock value that the viewers will have if it happens. I believe that he will have a really important storyline with Daryl and Maggie in season 11 and behind Daryl, is the most important character they have left in The Walking Dead universe. Many trailers after the season 11 trailer has the stepping stones of Negan possibly dying in season 11 but I do not see this either. I think he will get his own spinoff in the upcoming years and will survive to the end of the show. AMC and The Walking Dead will have to kill off major characters for shock value and to get people talking, but I do not believe Negan will get bit this season.
Daryl
People say this every year that Daryl is either going to die or get bit. Every season they think that the impossible is going to happen. The only reason why people are saying it this year is Daryl always carring around knives and fingerless gloves. However, Daryl’s knives are more thick than the flimsy blade that was used when the person got bit. Beth Greene always said, “Daryl Dixon, you will be the last man standing”. Now I believe that. He will not get bit in season 11 because it will be too expensive. With Rick Grimes being gone, Daryl is the main character of that show so he will be in almost every episode of season 11. If they let Daryl get bit and having him have one arm, it will be too expensive for AMC to CGI or edit out the arm in every episode. Not to mention, that he already has a confirmed spin off with Carol in the upcoming years after the main show is over, so he is safe until the very end. This will definitely get people talking if Daryl gets bit in season 11, but I do not see how this would make sense for the show going forward if he did.
Cole
Cole is apart of Maggie’s group when she comes back to save Gabriel and the gang from the Whisperer’s on the season 10 finale. However, this is one of the people I think that could be bit in season 11. Cole wears a lot of fingerless gloves in episode 17 of season 10 and the trailer. I think it could be Cole because of Maggie’s reaction in the trailer. Although it is different points in the trailer, the background is the same in both shots, being the woods. Maggie is upset about something and I think that she sees that one person in her group is getting bit and swarmed by zombies. With Maggie being shell-shocked, Negan has to pull her away, that is why you see in the trailer that Negan is carrying Maggie away from something. I do believe that Cole could die in the first eight episodes of season 11 and is on the top of my list of being bit.
The Reapers
The Reapers were the villains from season 10C. These were the people that Maggie had a problem with and appeared in episode 17 where Maggie and Daryl took some of them out. I believe that they will have a big story in the first eight episodes before the group goes to the Commonwealth. One of the Reapers are on top of my list to get bit because of the “safe” factor that The Walking Dead uses. The bite in the trailer is only used to get a lot of people talking about the scene and the upcoming season but when the time hits, it is not a big deal. This could be the case with this bite. It could be a minor character from the Reapers that no one cares about, so fans will not freak out and complain about for the rest of the episode or season. This is one of the better options to go and one of my top picks that gets bitten in season 11.