The Walking Dead: Gambler’s Edition – The Governor

What would The Governor of Woodbury, a deceptive psychopath do if he was dropped in a gambling joint?

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I think we can agree that he is the worst person ever. Those Godforsaken cannibals at Terminus can only outdo his evilness. He is not some mistaken hero turned bad. He is rotten. He governed Woodbury with ruthless acts of manipulation, while keeping his turned daughter in his closet. A total, utter psychopath. I imagine that the moment he would start losing at a casino, he would kill the dealer and quickly become a top story on gambling news.

• The Governor’s fish tanks
• Cunning and murderous
• Not fit to be around people

From the first moment Andrea and Michonne meet The Governor, there’s something off about him. Naturally, Michonne’s intuitions make her highly suspicious. Andrea, on the other hand, succumbs to the sweet-talk and the faux sense of security, and soon becomes The Governor’s girlfriend (or something.) He’s a great liar and is wonderful at propaganda, so nobody really suspects that something is wrong with him. He manages to form the community of Woodbury to his own liking and people want to believe that they’re safe, so nobody goes sniffing around. Unfortunately.

Fish tanks and keeping loved ones safe

Although he is a legitimate SOB, he does try to keep everyone he loves safe. At any cost. He has absolutely no remorse when it comes to killing people. He really is crazy-strange; he keeps fish tanks is his house with Walker heads in them. Nobody knows why this gruesome hobby keeps him interested, but to be fair, he does keep his own turned daughter in the closet, too. He sometimes combs her hair (which is coming off with her rotting skin) and talks to her and so on. It really is very sick. I am not sure that casino security would let him inside (he has a psycho-vibe,) so he would probably just stay at home with his Walker heads and play on mobile casinos.

If, however, he were to walk into a casino and sit down at a table to play a card game, he would probably be able to manipulate many players. He might even become a poker winner, for that matter, because he has a way of making people believe that he is a good guy. No worries, if he were to lose in the game, he would quickly flip a switch and become the real murderous crazy person he really is. The casino would soon look like a scene from a Tarantino movie and he would collect the cash and walk out of there with a big smile on his face. I am sure he would be talking to himself, too. Or whistling some happy tune. Ugh.

Michonne makes him completely lose it

All throughout Season 3, he tries to keep it together. And he’s quite good at keeping his homicidal tendencies in check, too. All hell breakes loose, however, when Michonne murders his zombie daughter. He loses all desire to keep up the charade and goes completely off the rails, with one desire: to kill Michonne and Rick’s group (because they have attacked Woodbury.) He pledges revenge and makes it his life’s mission to take the prison away from our favorite group of survivors. Yes. He would probably be any good playing on a mobile casino gambling site.

He’s simply not fit to be surrounded by people. I am not even sure he would have the sane attention span to be able to gamble normally. He would probably just work up a temper and have a fit and stop playing. Thank God, he is killed by Michonne in the epic episode in which he wants to invade and take over the prison. He brutally cuts poor Hershel’s throat after Rick’s convincing monologue about how they could all live together, saying only one word: “Liar.” But in the end, he gets what every bad guy usually gets: a katana in the back and a bullet in the head. Take that!