
Adaptational Sexuality: Channing Powell (the showrunner for Tales) indicated this version of Alpha might be bisexual when talking about a potential Sequel Episode for "Dee" that would reveal her interest in the former leader of the Whisperers, Hera, whose face is the one Alpha ends up wearing as her mask.While she's otherwise every bit as vile as her comic counterpart, this version of Alpha doesn't allow the men in her group to rape Lydia and the other women in the camp in a twisted effort to make them "stronger". Adaptational Nice Guy: If you can believe it.Here, she manages to hold her own in a brief fight with Daryl and wounds him severely enough that he might have died if not for Lydia. Adaptational Badass: We never actually saw Comic!Alpha in action.She receives another prequel episode as part of the first season of Tales. Adaptation Expansion: Gets a more detailed backstory than in the comics, including flashbacks to the start of the outbreak and her first meeting with Beta.Abusive Parents: She beats Lydia and has left her with extensive bruises and scars, and has also lied to and manipulated her daughter.Alpha's twisted love for her daughter, however, which had only exacerbated her obsession with the Coalition and the threat they posed to her way of life, ultimately proved her downfall as Negan lured her into a trap and slayed her on Carols orders. Lydia refusing to take over from her as leader of the Whisperers broke her, and when Negan joined her on the eve of war with the survivors, Alpha found an opportunity to commit what she saw as an act of mercy - killing Lydia to keep her as one of the dead. From the night of the massacre, however, she plotted a long-term scheme to bring about the demise of the survivors, placing moles within their ranks and causing random acts of sabotage and numerous walker attacks. Alpha soon made her way to the community fair and massacred ten survivors - Henry among them - to mark her territory, threatening to wipe out the Coalition with her massive horde should they ever cross her land again.

Henry ended up incurring her wrath after rescuing Lydia from her camp. When Lydia was captured at Hilltop, Alpha bargained for her retrieval, and began plotting against Hilltop and any communities they were allied with.
