Michonne

Michonne is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and is portrayed by Danai Gurira in the AMC television series of the same name. She is a popular, fan favorite character on the horror-drama series.
==Canon==
===TV Series===
Michonne is introduced in the last episode of Season 2, when she saves Andrea from walkers. Michonne and Andrea travel for several months together until they are picked up by The Governor's men and brought to Woodbury. Michonne and Andrea disagree on the best course of action and Michonne leaves on her own. The Governor's men track down and try to kill Michonne, she escapes but is injured. She seeks refuge with Rick's group at the prison. Michonne soon becomes a contributing member of the group. At the end of the Season 3 Rick must decide whether or not to give Michonne to The Governor in order to broker a deal, he decides against it. Mid Season 4 The Governor attacks the prison, although the prison is destroyed, Michonne kills The Governor. After the fall of the prison Michonne finds Rick and Carl, at the end of the season they are reunited with the larger group. In Season 5 Michonne is instrumental in convincing Rick to accept their invitation to the Alexandria Safe Zone. In the latter half of Season 6 Michonne and Rick begin a romantic relationship. After Negan and the Saviors take over their group, Rick and Michonne disagree on the best course of action. Michonne tries to go it alone, but decides "I had to go my way. But when I found it ... I realized that ... I didn't want it to be my way. I wanted it to be ours -- me and you."The 21 Most Important Quotes from 'The Walking Dead' Winter Finale 'Hearts Still Beating'
==Fandom==
===Pairings===
*Rick Grimes/Michonne - Canonical in the TV series and most popular pairing 
*Michonne/Andrea Harrison - most popular femslash pairing
*Daryl Dixon/Michonne
*Merle Dixon/Michonne
===Statistics===
*In 2017 Michonne is the 8th most popular Walking Dead character on Archive of Our OwnThe Walking Dead A03 Statistics
===Common Tropes in Fanworks===
*Pastfic: about Michonne's life before the Zombie Apocalypse
*Andre: focusing on Michonne coping with her son's death, and sharing her burden with someone else, usually Rick Grimes
*No Zombie Apocalypse AU: Modern setting where no Zombie Apocalypse occurs, often she knows or is friends with her fellow survivors
*Futurefic: set in the future where Michonne is often married or has a child
===Challenges===
*Michonne Appreciation Week
===Other===
*Michonne is sometimes referred to as the Samurai in fanworks, after Gareth called her that in Season 4, Episode 16
==Controversies==
*Racism: Despite Rick Grimes/Michonne being a popular pairing in fandom since Season 3, when it went canon in Season 6 there was some backlash. These responses were classified by some as blatant or systemic racism,What Shipping Richonne Taught Me About Racism with some fans saying that Michonne was too dark skinned and/or too masculine to be a worthy partner for Rick.When you search Michonne & Richonne on Twitter…..
==Fanworks==
===Fan Art===
* by gkmdc
* by verineart
* by ashes-acedia
* by ghouly-does-stuff
* by Pasita
*'Michonne' 2013 with colors by olivernome
===Fanfiction===
*just sleep to wake by beforeallthis
*Sick Carl by caarlgriimes
*Quiet by glassgoblin
*Balestra by thelongcon 
===Fan Vids===
*Titanium by peetamellark
*The Samurai by aKolkaa
*Crawling in my skin by Messo
===Graphics and Gif Sets===
* gif set by richardgrimes
==Archives and Links== 
*Michonne tag at Archive of Our Own
*Michonne at FanFiction.net
*Tumblr Tags: Michonne, Michonne Grimes
==Resources==
*Michonne (TV Series) wiki
*Wikipedia
==References==
Category:Walking Dead Characters
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