Nechonne

"You’re trapped, same as me. You’re connected to the dead, same as me. We are the same and you can’t stand that we’re the same."

- Negan to Michonne.

Nechonne is the het ship between Negan and Michonne from the The Walking Dead fandom.

Canon
In Last Day On Earth, Negan makes his first appearance to Michonne after her group successfully carries out a massacre at one of his outposts. Among the lineup for someone to be executed, Michonne is the only one to speak up and plead for Negan to stop, claiming the group understands his message to which Negan agrees that while she does, their leader does not. Michonne survives Negan's selection, fueling a further hatred for him and the two become formal enemies as she seeks revenge.

Michonne's desire to confront him grows in Service by stashing away guns and practicing her shot. When the Saviours arrive to collect their share of supplies, Michonne delivers a deer and tosses it to the ground where Negan makes a comment about loving when women buy him dinner and don't expect him to 'put out' whilst grinning. Later in the series, she even takes one of his people hostage and demands to be taken to him, but the plan ultimately fails. She also persuades Rick to take a stand against Negan, no longer able to live by his terms anymore.

Michonne is the one to deliver Carl's letter addressed to Negan in

A six year time skip shows Negan imprisoned and Michonne now the leader of Alexandria. When Michonne learns that Negan is not eating in The Obliged, she pays a visit to his cell carrying a plate of food where she states they intend to keep him alive, so he has to eat. Negan then proceeds to beg her to stay and talk to him, seemingly starved of human interaction. Reluctantly obliging, he opens up to her about his deceased wife Lucille and later deduces that Michonne had a son before the outbreak and expresses sympathy for her loss - making him, along with Carl one of the two characters to learn about her son Andre on screen. A conclusion that Negan comes to is that they are a lot alike, both stronger, more built for this world, addicted to the outside and that losing their loved ones made them not weak anymore, which Michonne refutes before storming out angrily. She later returns to his cell and Negan reads that she's afraid to end up like him, completely alone. Continuing their push and push dynamic, The Guardians shows Negan return to his cell after escaping and waiting for Michonne enters saying he'll only give her answers. He tries to advise her and even offers his help as a sounding board, 'leader to former leader.'

After rescuing Judith in The Storm and sustaining an injury, Michonne later arrives where Negan's recovering to thank him for saving her life. She makes a light comment about his flair for dramatics and Negan laughs, remembering how the last time they were together in the room, he was recovering from having his throat slit. He says that Michonne's been through enough already and caught off guard, she makes to leave before Negan then inquires about the safety of the others caught in the snowstorm. He compliments her bravery crossing the Whisperer's territory and Michonne sits at his side as the two discuss the enemy group. There's a slight shift in their relationship as they find common ground, enough so that Negan is granted more freedom and begins work the following season.

Having been betrayed and drugged, in What We Become Michonne enters a state in which she envisions her life if she had not saved her friend Andrea and encountered the Saviours first. Finding her injured in the woods, Negan takes an instant liking to her despite her attempt at killing him, and gradually the two build trust that Michonne becomes his right hand woman. An alternate version of the lineup plays out as Negan proudly declares that Michonne should get the kill instead, offering a weapon of choice between her katana and his bat Lucille, signifying the bond and respect they have for each other. Michonne chooses the bat and proceeds to choose a victim, killing the real version of herself kneeling in front of her.

Fanon
Although mostly perceived as a crack ship and lacking in popularity, following on from Rick Grimes' exit from the show during Season 9, the pair gained more interest. Michonne's last episode where she is drugged, is even often joked as a Negan and Michonne alternate universe, due to her visions.

Fans are drawn in by the tension and chemistry and how they are the two most iconic characters of the franchise.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Negan/Michonne tag on Fanfiction.net
 * Negan/Michonne tag on Fanfiction.net

TUMBLR
 * negan x michonne posts on Tumblr
 * negan x michonne posts on Tumblr

Trivia

 * In the #100 Comic Issue Negan states to Michonne in the lineup scene - "My my... There's a lot of things I'd like to do to you, and killing you is at the absolute f****** bottom of that list. Still on it, though."
 * In between filming their scenes, Jeffery admits that the two talked about their 'potential' as a romantic pairing and supposedly teased Danai about it, who was strongly against it.