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[Character name] Shane Walsh
[Age] Late 20s to Early 30s
[Canon] The Walking Dead (TV)
[Point in time taken from canon] End of Season 2, Episode 10: 18 Miles Out

[Gender] Male
[Sexual Orientation] Very straight

[Eye Color] Brown
[Hair Color] Dark brown (currently shaved)
[Height] 6'0"
[Other] He has a small scar on his head where some hair was ripped out, but nothing too significant like a missing eye or anything.
[Clothing]


[Background]
Shane Walsh | The Walking Dead Wiki


[Personality]
Shane is the epitome of a survivor. He's found himself in a literal hell and he is doing everything he knows how in order to survive and adapt to this new life that he's been thrust into without having any sort of choice about it. In order to make the most of his situation and keep himself and those around him alive at all costs, he's done away with things like morals, emotions, and shame, beliving those to be things that will hold him back in this world he's living in now. He can't let his feelings get in the way of his fight for life.

Everybody trapped in the apocalyptic hell faces a grim future and lonely existence, but Shane's existence is a bit different from those who have lost a loved one at the hands of a walker. The people he loves the most - Rick, Lori, and Carl - are right there with him, a hand's reach away. He faces each and every day looking at the people he loves and not being able to deal with them and interact with them how he wants - a biting, terrible, gnawing loneliness that continues to eat at him as time passes.

Such extreme feelings are sure to lead a man as passionate as Shane to unimaginable acts in an attempt to either rebel against the feelings he continuously fights in an attempt to redeem himself and bring himself back into a position of power or to win back the people and things he's lost. It's this loneliness, this constant gnawing and scratching in his head that brings out both the best and the worst in Shane. His drive to fight and win and redeem himself leads him to become quite the hero while he also falls lower than ever, doing things that most would consider reprehensible and downright ruthless and vindictive. Combined with this drive to fight are feelings of betrayal, guilt, and shame for lying to Lori and Carl and sleeping with his best friend's wife.

Shane, however, doesn't see the things he's done as being reprehensible and out of retaliation. He feels like everything he's done for the survivors has been out of charity, an unselfish move for their safety and for the safety of the ones most important to him. But now that Rick is back in the picture and things have changed, Shane feels as if he's getting in the way of things and being stripped of the things he wants and needs to care for. All in all, despite all of the ill feelings he harbors, he feels like he was just trying to be a good friend.

Shane is an extremely driven individual. Once he makes a decision, he is set on it and anybody who gets in the way of his decision, his mission, is violating his code, the reason why he's fighting and why he is alive. This is what makes Shane such a dangerous person - once he comes to a conclusion and gets an idea in his head, he'll believe it as if it's God's word and he will fight to the death to defend it.

Before finding himself in this ultimate survival situation, Shane was your average arrogant, cocky Southern boy who spent his days in a patrol unit with his best friend, Rick. Dedicated to his job as a Sheriff's Deputy, he took his work seriously and was extremely broken when the life of his partner was threatened. Outside of his job, his high-school days were spent in pursuit of women, even those significantly older than he (most notably, the girls' volleyball coach). On top of being a bit of a womanizer, Shane is also seen as having sexist attitudes, telling jokes about women with Rick and making fun of Andrea's inability to shoot, telling her she "shoots like a damn girl."

During the time between Shane's impulsive decision to break open the barn and his trip to dump Randall away from the farm, which ended in a very physical fight with Rick, Shane has become increasingly more desperate and detached from the group as a whole, only finding common ground with Andrea regarding his decisions and opinions. His impulsivity, which has only worsened due to his desperation and ever increasing anger, does nothing but further isolate him from the people he once clung to for safety and camaraderie during their post-apocalyptic nightmare. He ends up pushing everyone away, feeling that he'll always be the odd man out and that will never change. As things drag on, Shane begins to realize there is nothing he can do to save himself from that fate. In a conversation with Andrea, he tells her that he "should have left with her when [he] had the chance."

His core values stay the same, however, as he continues to be focused on what he believes to be the safety of the group as a whole, disagreeing with most decisions Rick makes from his decision to help Hershel put walkers in the barn to his decision to bring back an injured stranger and keep him on the farm. Shane is extremely vocal about the fact that he does not agree with Rick and feels that he is more qualified and able to protect the group, Lori, and Carl. As members of the group counter his opinions with opinions of their own, Shane begins to become extremely disdainful toward them, though he tries to keep these emotions to himself. All of this, however, comes to a head when Shane accompanies Rick to leave Randall 18 miles out from the farm and ends with an extremely violent fight between the two.

[Specialties/Abilities]
He can shoot a gun and kick ass like a fucking boss. Due to the fact that Shane was a Sheriff's Deputy in King County, Georgia, he has been trained to use a firearm with incredible precision and accuracy. Not only does he have experience using a variety of weapons, but he is also capable when it comes to hand-to-hand combat. His police training has made him an asset to the survivors as he can quickly and easily kill a large amount of walkers.


[Affection]
Anything goes as far as the ladies are concerned. Maybe a hug from a man, but start with a handshake to be on the safe side.


[Fighting]
I'm sure other characters can try to fight and/or kill Shane. However, considering his police training, that may be fairly difficult. He's a survivor and extremely dangerous.


[Other Permissions]
Telepathic characters can read his mind, but I would appreciate anything being run by me before it is said to Shane.


[Other Facts]
In the Walking Dead verse, there is no zombie culture. They don't know about "zombies" and they've never seen things like Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, World War Z, etc. What we know as a zombie, they refer to as a "walker" or a "geek."

Shane can also be a bit sexist and a bit of a womanizer. So, ladies, watch out for that.




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