tth_40 said:
Yipper, Michonne just fascinates the heck out of me. I REALLY want to know what her back story is, right now they have her set up like some kind of super-hero.
She was a lawyer - had a husband (but divorced) with two kids. She was in a relationship with one of the guys she had on chains when she first came on-screen at the end of Season 2. The other guy on chains was her boyfriend's friend.
When the outbreak started she was on her way home from the office and was chased into her home by walkers. Evidently both guys had been bitten already. She patched them up the best she could - not knowing about the bite causing them to change - and they stayed put. The next morning, she went next door for supplies but found no one home. That's where she found the sword (katana). She had fenced in high school and went even further with it in college, so she knew how to use them. As she watched the walkers outside, she noticed that they didn't attack each other. At first it was a mystery, but she kept it in mind.
She took the katana and went home to find both of the guys turned. Using her higher than usual IQ and determining that she had to leave, she cut off the arms and lower jaw of the guys, chained them up and took them with her for "guard dogs".