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Originally Posted by OmahaChief
Asking for Judith was the thing I thought the Gov was going to ask for. I thought it would have made the most sense as you stated above.
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In my reading, the governor isn't interested in strategy, peace, or fruitfulness. He's now driven purely by revenge and sadism. I knew as soon as he started talking that he was going to ask for Michonne. She killed his daughter and destroyed his eye. He wants to inflict some serious pain on her. I also don't buy for a second that he's going to leave Rick and Co. alone if they give up Michonne (which I think was pretty straightforwardly spelled out when he returned to Woodbury and started issuing commands to his soldiers).
This is one of those situations where I think the people who read the comics have a slightly different take on the governor than those who only watch the show, though. In the TV show, the main really screwed up thing we've seen him do so far was his treatment of Maggie, and even with that he stopped prior to actually committing rape. Of course, he killed all of those soldiers as well, but that's more about survival of the fittest than downright sadism. In the comics, he is a much, much more vile character.