>>719267372
i think that's what the original intention was
carver, for all his faults as a leader, did keep people in line and had a relatively decent thing going on
if the cult subplot is true, then they're no doubt carver knew about them given their close proximity, iirc he does mention when everyone's leaving before he gets his face bashed in that they're like lambs to the slaughter, all marching towards their deaths with none of them the wiser
and the funny part is, he was right
every single member of the cabin group is dead within five days of leaving howes, in the original release version every single person that left howes could be dead aside from clementine because you could kill mike in that version, and bonnie can drown in the lake