No, we don’t mean his wife. The most passionate and tragic love story on The Walking Dead belongs to Negan and his bat.
When you think of Walking Dead couples, you probably think of Rick and Michonne, Glenn and Maggie, or even Daryl and his vest. All are pairs worthy of true love status. They’re even worthy of the classic tragic love status, given they were, are, or will be separated.
But what about Negan? Did the lead villain ever cross your mind? Did you ever stop to think that even evil people have true loves?
As much as Negan loves the sound of his own voice, that isn’t his where his heart lies. We’ve known for a long time that Lucille, his baseball bat, is precious to him, but that’s never been more apparent than this week.
Negan lured Michonne down to his cell not just to talk. As lonely as he is, conversation wasn’t the only thing he was craving, nor did he just want to get in Michonne’s head (although both situations are ideal). What Negan ultimately wanted was to be reunited with his true love: his bat. When Michonne told him that she doesn’t have it, you could feel the pain in his “No.” Love like that is hard to come by on The Walking Dead. In fact, none of the couples below compare to the love Negan has for Lucille.
- Michonne and her katana
- Carl and Rick’s sheriff hat
- Ezekiel and Shiva
- Rick and Michonne
- Rick and Judith
- Sam and cookies
- Gabriel and Anne
- Daryl and crossbows
- Maggie and Glenn
- Maggie and getting revenge for Glenn
- Negan and his actual wife, Lucille
- Jadis and tying men to a gurney
- Jadis and painting semi-nude pictures of said men
- Jesus and his manbun
- Children and Carol
- Ron and guns
- Eugene and big words
- Dwight and Daryl
- Carl and pudding
- Morgan and indecisiveness
- Rick and Carl
- Beth and singing
- Abraham and his mustache
- Daryl and motorcycles
- Lizzie and walkers
- Rick’s group and lopping off limbs
- Gregory and power
- Eugene and his mullet
- Carol and Ezekiel
- Glenn and dumpsters
- The Walking Dead and destroying hope
