Did Talking Dead speak on why Carol's character is getting soft all of a sudden? A complete head scratcher since she was one of the more hardcore characters. In addition, there was little tension in that hostage situation since all of the captors did nothing physical to Carol or Maggie; they were all just tough talkers. Well, technically Maggie did get kneed in the stomach and she got slashed, but that was only when Carol and Maggie physically initiated the confrontation.