Assuming all those walkers would actually follow her tiny flare, as opposed to getting distracted by full-on flames sprinkled around, why didn’t Madison lead them all into the stadium, lock it up, and just hide out somewhere until everyone outside got settled and was able to save her?
Plus, Alicia was able to zip through stadium zombie herds like butter when going after Al in the present-day timeline, so why couldn’t Madison do that?
For Real, Why Did Madison Have To Die?
This isn’t an emotional plea to the showrunners asking for motivations, since they’ve already discussed those.