for those who are Dark Tower fans...maybe spoilers for the DT
this might a be a little crazy/dumb, but for some reason while watching the talking dead last night, i sort of had a thought that Carl, as a grown up and survivor, would be very similar to Roland. He loses the typical childhood and is surrounded by violence..."kills" his mom. He'd have an almost empty feeling about humanity. Yet there would still be a small semblance of a passionate person...someone who would cautiously take on friends, but likely not open up. Both of their worlds are crumbling/ending. Carl's would still be ending, even in his late adulthood. The world around him would regress, but there would still be signs of previous "modern" times.
Not sure why it struck a parallel, but it did last night.
[This message has been edited by AggieOO (edited 3/4/2013 11:28p).]