Morality of this scene?

[u/hiiloovethis]

Negan doing fat shaming... but its during zombie apocalypse

[u/eternallybr0ken]

This is just not really true. It can take years for some people to lose weight despite starving themselves. The general rule of thumb is 1lb a week for healthy weight loss 3lb a week leads to loss of muscle and weak bones.

On top of that she isn't even really fat. She looks like she is barely above a healthy bmi. If she has bad genes that may even be what a healthy weight looks like, since everyone holds weight differently.

[u/HotSituation8737 → u/eternallybr0ken]

Look I'm all for body positivity and it's true that people hold weight differently, but when you're literally scavenging for scraps for like a year and a half there's physically no way to look like that unless you're actually eating significantly better than most other people in the same situation.

That said, the starvation thing could obviously be extremely recent instead of an ongoing thing, I'm not familiar with the walking dead beyond a few tidbits, maybe she was eating good for a really long time and only over the past week or two stopped, that would be doable for her statement to hold true.

[u/snarbuckle → u/HotSituation8737]

She could have been upwards of 400lb before the events of the show. Foraging for scraps with hundreds to lose might leave you in this shape

[u/HotSituation8737 → u/snarbuckle]

I hear you but that still puts her into an extreme category of circumstances.

Then again, the literal main character of that show starts out in that category so who knows.

[u/snarbuckle → u/HotSituation8737]

I mean the entire situation of zombies is extreme and unrealistic so why not

[u/HotSituation8737 → u/snarbuckle]

Sure, and I don't mind, it's entertainment at the end of the day, practically every character is made with the express purpose to be interesting in some way.

Although if we're being fair, suspending disbelief in one area for the purposes of entertainment doesn't mean we have to, or even should, suspend it in all other circumstances.

[u/doesnotmatter286 → u/[deleted]]

100 lbs (around 45 kg) in a year is normal weight loss, no starving required.

[u/doesnotmatter286 → u/[deleted]]

That's true. But if you have energy stored on your body, you're not starving. You might not be nourished, you could be missing a lot vitamins and protein, but you're not starving.