This news contains spoilers for the Season 7 premiere episode.

As 17 million viewers already know, he died in the premiere Glenn Rhee(Steven Yang) is one of the most beloved characters among fans of the series. Moreover, he died a very cruel death, one of the bloodiest in history. Repeating the events from the comic, Negan literally smashed Glenn's head into mince with his favorite bat, Lucille.

Negan promised that he would kill one of the people Rika, to show who's boss and make it clear to Grimes' group that they are all Negan's slaves now. The promised victim was Abraham(Michael Cudlitz), who stood strong until the very end, and as Negan said, "took it like a champ". Unfortunately, Daryl allowed himself to throw out his anger and hit Negan, provoking him to the bloody murder of another prisoner - Glenn.

Remembering the famous scene with Glenn's fake death in , many fans concluded that the creator of the series Robert Kirkman and showrunner Scott Gimple they won’t kill Glenn for real this time either, despite the fact that in the comics, in the scene with Negan, it is Glenn who dies. After all, the series has deviated significantly from the comic book plot more than once. However, in this case, Kirkman ultimately decided that Glenn's death was necessary to move the series forward. In an interview with the resource, Kirkman explained:

The thing is, in the comic, a lot of things happen because of Glenn's death. And while we try to change things up in the show to keep the audience interested, in this case it's too much about Rick, too much about Negan, because he killed that character. And Maggie's subsequent actions will definitely impact multiple storylines and character development. Therefore, unfortunately, it was necessary to carry this part of the scene into the series verbatim.

However, Kirkman and The Walking Dead creative team at least considered other options besides killing Glenn:

Yes, we discussed options. But, in the end, we realized that if we start deviating from the original idea, then everything will fall apart and it will be too difficult to return to the given trajectory without this death.

That is, it turns out that Glenn's death creates a butterfly effect that will influence the future of The Walking Dead, so leaving Glenn alive was absolutely impossible. This fact, of course, will not appease fans who were outraged by Glenn's such a terrible death and were damn upset that he and Maggie had finally reached the "till death do us part" stage in their marriage. Unfortunately, in every war there are casualties, and what Negan just did will soon lead to a massive war between Rick's group and the Saviors. And the cruelty shown serves only as a warm-up for the upcoming carnage.

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", rival Rick Grimes and one of the survivors of the outbreak. Negan first appeared in. He is the leader of the group " Saviors", is the main antagonist of the second half of season 6 and all.

Negan's character

Negan is physically and emotionally strong, charismatic, cruel, intelligent, merciless and a master at intimidating people. At the same time, Negan combines a cheerful disposition and a strange friendliness that causes bewilderment. This sociopath is both a leader and a killer. Highly intelligent and an excellent strategist, he values ​​discipline and adheres to a code. Negan is definitely one of the most multi-faceted and complex personalities and antagonists in the history of media culture.

• Negan's character was officially revealed on November 10, 2015, and was first mentioned in the post-credits scene of Daryl, Abraham, and Sasha running into a biker gang.
• Describing Ninaga, Robert Kirkman stated: "Negan is like an atomic bomb that's going to be dropped on the show, and then the show will never be the same again."
• Discussing Negan's foul-mouthed nature, Jeffrey Dean Morgan stated: “We're going to put pressure on AMC to make it as true to his character as possible because Negan is Negan. This character's speech is full of curse words. And I swear too. And this is important when you read a comic. So we'll see where the negotiations lead. We intend to take Negan from the comics to the TV series without changes or censorship. That's very important because that's what makes him such a memorable character."
• According to Robert Kirkman, he portrayed the Saviors in the comics as a group led by a man whose moral principles differ from Rick Grimes's in a more violent and dark direction, but Negan is also an incredibly smart and capable leader who successfully keeps his group safe, and does so at any cost. This is how he looks like Rick. Therefore, in the upcoming confrontation, the best will fight with the best.