#WWZ

[urmom973729]

If you like realistic disaster shows, multi POV stories, or zombies, PLEASE treat yourself to watching Black Summer. It's THE BEST zombie TV show that nobody is watching. A prequel to Z Natiom with a Netflix budget!!!!

unfortunately, I'll admit, the 3rd season was cancelled by netflix (of course) but I firmly believe that show should be watched for the PURE QUALITY ‼️‼️‼️

[fritozzzz]

Mother Nature is a serial killer.

No one’s better.

More creative.

But like all serial killers, she can’t help the urge to want to get caught.

What good are all those brilliant crimes if no one takes the credit?

So she leaves crumbs.

Now, the hard part, why you spend a decade in school, is seeing the crumbs for the clues they are.

Sometimes the thing you thought was the most brutal aspect of the virus, turns out to be the chink in its armor.

And she loves disguising her weaknesses as strengths.

She’s a bitch.

[patchoulioils]

wei wuxian, SMOKE IT OFF!

[valocity95]

i always found the idea of the early stages of a max-brooks-esc zombie apocalypse fun. like... its not really an issue yet but it could get worse very fast. its like. oh, honey, i forgot to tell you that when you walk home from school, you can only have 1 earbud in. and if anybody come at you from across the highway remember to pull your knife out. if theyre human theyll see it.

or like... people making jokes about it, possible school lockouts (in like a fun, oh yay no gym! kinda way), friends making plans to go Z hunting at 2 am on dares, having to swerve past Z's on late-night drives and yelling at them like deer, figuring out what candle wont really put you to sleep but will still give off good light, people in school bragging about what kind of weapons/security their family has

there are pros and cons, mostly cons, but think about it. instead of running to your car after you leave a store just in case theres a Z loose in the parking lot, you can just start farming and having potlucks at home or whatever. school would be cancelled more often... due to your u.s history teacher being zombified. sorry mrs. smith i hated you anyways??? forgot to brush your teeth this morning? it always smells like decaying flesh anyways so nobodys gonna notice!

obviously i am making it out to be more fun than it actually would be, but its the little things that make me find it funny.

[myirishdoesgames]

700,000 White Walkers vs The Northern Armies

The armies of the North stand at the feet of the broken wall. 700,000 White Walkers charge headlong into the gap.

[i-have-dots-in-my-brain]

Silly little brainthought

YOU DONT UNDERSTAND MY VISION AHHHHHHH ITS ALL OF THEM !!!!/£/7/82££:£:7828

[webbillboard]

WWZ Double XP Event! #pcgaming #smallstreamer #gaming #coop #wwz

[randomness-is-my-order]

since i’m on my third mdzs brainrot of the year, let me just say: it’s enlightening how this story, spread over multiple volumes, goes over the simple but undeniably true reality that even while doing almost everything “right” you can still be horribly “wrong” in the eyes of society. how wei wuxian would bend over backwards to follow his morals (which have been narratively shown to be somewhat the standard) but still be condemned at large because he didn’t go about it the way that was perfectly compliant with what his social superiors and other authority figures expected of him. how “good” deeds in the mdzs world (and ours) will only be accepted and praised, coming from someone of lower social standing, if they are packaged in an unobstrusive manner–and sometimes, not even then. and it’s funny how some people miss that, how they wonder what would have happened if wei wuxian had been just a bit more tempered, a bit more subservient, a bit more polite. how the expectation of delivering his kindnesses in the most unhindering manner possible is somehow an acceptable train of thought–how the burden to do better is not unequivocally placed on people like JGS, Jiang Cheng, Nie Mingjue, the Lans, etc.

some people think that wei wuxian using demonic cultivation in the eyes of the cultivation world is his downfall. nevermind the fact that he literally isn’t practicing mo dao–this whole issue is NOT about what he’s doing, but about who he is. mxtx has made that clear at multiple points in the novels but the most glaring example is, ofcourse, how the nie sect is allowed to mess with resentful energy all they like and since they are a powerful enough sect, they face no social or political backlash for it–not in the way that wei wuxian does. even then, during the war, those people had no qualms against weaponising wei wuxian’s powers for their benefit. if it truly was about the dubious morality of using mo dao for them then wei wuxian should have been condemned from the get-go. but it’s not. it’s about the son of a servant wielding enough power to change the tides of a war and then surviving to tell the tale and continue to live with the kind of power that shouldn’t be held by someone of his station. it’s about people quaking in their boots because wei wuxian has shown himself as someone who won’t conform, who won’t become a dancing monkey for their tunes.

yes, wei wuxian is not some perfect angel saint but then, why the fuck should he be??? this expectation from some readers and the members of his world alike, that wei wuxian should have been the one to give it his all and more to avoid conflict is blasphemous. in the end, wei wuxian chose his path, stuck to his ideals, and went down throwing a big fuck you at the larger cultivation world’s back, while the rest failed to break the cycle of power abuse. the fact that it took them more than a year to see him to death is just a testament to how well wei wuxian handled things than some grace given by the cultivation world. the whole “wei wuxian’s first death was inevitable” is, for me, not about wei wuxian slowly spiralling and things getting out of hand. his death was inevitable because corrupt people with power will always choose to exploit and silence, will always choose to exert their will, will always choose to hurt those lower in the chain. and that is exactly what happened with the ambush and everything that led upto it.

[robobee]

OK I just finished it... 8.5/10 EXTREMELY contemporary for being a 2006 release and a fascinating take on the economic/practical elements of a zombie moment .. definitely a little too pro US sometimes but hey we can't have everything

reading/listening to world War z book and its actually so good what

[lavender-phoenix-flames]

Wei wuxian is literally so Art deco actually.

[myirishdoesgames]

3 Million Undead vs WWZ Soldiers

Humanity stands against the near endless forces of the Undead. Will they stand victorious or fall the the brain munching monsters?

[foxgirlinfohazard]

ill never not be completely fucking pissed about how the film completely butchered world war z like you took a fucking incredible book about the experiences of ppl from all walks of life surviving through the most horrific experience of their lives and. turned it into a runner zombie action film. Fuck you.

[space-blue]

There is this fucked up account in the WWZ book that's basically a short story and would be fucking devastating as an opener... I can't help but think about all the points of view we might get, all the flavours the outbreak would have taken...

[tw for scary zombie shit] [It's a fictional interview]

TOPEKA, KANSAS, USA

[Sharon could be considered beautiful by almost any standard—with long red hair, sparkling green eyes, and the body of a dancer or a prewar supermodel. She also has the mind of a four-year-old girl.

We are at the Rothman Rehabilitation Home for Feral Children. Doctor Roberta Kelner, Sharon’s caseworker, describes her condition as “lucky.” “At least she has language skills, a cohesive thought process,” she explains. “It’s rudimentary, but at least it’s fully functional.” Doctor Kelner is eager for the interview, but Doctor Sommers, Rothman’s program director, is not. Funding has always been spotty for this program, and the present administration is threatening to close it down altogether.

Sharon is shy at first. She will not shake my hand and seldom makes eye contact. Although Sharon was found in the ruins of Wichita, there is no way of knowing where her story originally occurred.]

We were in church, Mommy and me. Daddy told us that he would come find us. Daddy had to go do something. We had to wait for him in church.

Everybody was there. They all had stuff. They had cereal, and water, and juice, and sleeping bags and flashlights and…[she mimes a rifle]. Mrs. Randolph had one. She wasn’t supposed to. They were dangerous. She told me they were dangerous. She was Ashley’s mommy. Ashley was my friend. I asked her where was Ashley. She started to cry. Mommy told me not to ask her about Ashley and told Mrs. Randolph that she was sorry. Mrs. Randolph was dirty, she had red and brown on her dress. She was fat. She had big, soft arms.

There were other kids, Jill and Abbie, and other kids. Mrs. McGraw was watching them. They had crayons. They were coloring on the wall. Mommy told me to go play with them. She told me it was okay.

She said Pastor Dan said it was okay.

Pastor Dan was there, he was trying to make people listen to him. “Please everyone…” [she mimics a deep, low voice] “please stay calm, the ‘thorties’ are coming, just stay calm and wait for the

‘thorties.’” No one was listening to him. Everyone was talking, nobody was sitting. People were trying to talk on their things [mimes holding a cell phone], they were angry at their things, throwing them, and saying bad words. I felt bad for Pastor Dan. [She mimics the sound of a siren.] Outside. [She does it again, starting soft, then growing, then fading out again multiple times.]

Mommy was talking to Mrs. Cormode and other mommies. They were fighting. Mommy was getting mad. Mrs. Cormode kept saying [in an angry drawl], “Well what if? What else can you do?” Mommy was shaking her head. Mrs. Cormode was talking with her hands. I didn’t like Mrs. Cormode. She was Pastor Dan’s wife. She was bossy and mean.

Somebody yelled…“Here they come!” Mommy came and picked me up. They took our bench and put it next to the door. They put all the benches next to the door. “Quick!” “Jam the door!” [She mimics several different voices.] “I need a hammer!” “Nails!” “They’re in the parking lot!” “They’re coming this way!” [She turns to Doctor Kelner.] Can I?

[Doctor Sommers looks unsure. Doctor Kelner smiles and nods. I later learn that the room is soundproofed for this reason.]

[Sharon mimics the moan of a zombie. It is undoubtedly the most realistic I have ever heard. Clearly, by their discomfort, Sommers and Kelner agree.]

They were coming. They came bigger. [Again she moans. Then follows up by pounding her right fist on the table.] They wanted to come in. [Her blows are powerful, mechanical.] People screamed. Mommy hugged me tight. “It’s okay.” [Her voice softens as she begins to stroke her own hair.] “I won’t let them get you. Shhhh….”

[Now she bangs both fists on the table, her strikes becoming more chaotic as if to simulate multiple ghouls.] “Brace the door!” “Hold it! Hold it!” [She simulates the sound of shattering glass.] The windows broke, the windows in the front next to the door. The lights got black. Grown-ups got scared. They screamed.

[Her voice returns to her mother’s.] “Shhhh…baby. I won’t let them get you.” [Her hands go from her hair to her face, gently stroking her forehead and cheeks. Sharon gives Kelner a questioning look. Kelner nods. Sharon’s voice suddenly simulates the sound of something large breaking, a deep phlegm-filled rumble from the bottom of her throat.] “They’re coming in!

Shoot ’em, shoot ’em!” [She makes the sound of gunfire then…] “I won’t let them get you, I won’t let them get you.” [Sharon suddenly looks away, over my shoulder to something that isn’t there.] “The children! Don’t let them get the children!” That was Mrs. Cormode. “Save the children! Save the children!” [Sharon makes more gunshots. She balls her hands into a large double fist, bringing it down hard on an invisible form. ] Now the kids started crying. [She simulates stabbing, punching, striking with objects.] Abbie cried hard. Mrs. Cormode picked her up. [She mimes lifting something, or someone, up and swinging them against the wall.] And then Abbie stopped. [She goes back to stroking her own face, her mother’s voice has become harder.] “Shhh…

it’s okay, baby, it’s okay…” [Her hands move down from her face to her throat, tightening into a strangling grip.] “I won’t let them get you. I WON’T LET THEM GET YOU!”

[Sharon begins to gasp for air.]

[Doctor Sommers makes a move to stop her. Doctor Kelner puts up a hand. Sharon suddenly ceases, throwing her arms out to the sound of a gunshot.]

Warm and wet, salty in my mouth, stinging my eyes. Arms picked me up and carried me. [She gets up from the table, mimicking a motion close to a football.] Carried me into the parking lot. “Run, Sharon, don’t stop!” [This is a different voice now, not her mother’s.] “Just run, run-run-run!” They pulled her away from me. Her arms let me go. They were big, soft arms.

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Can you imagine this? I feel like it's the sort of openers that would make the show even more devastating, every week. Open with another person's world, crumbling.

It leaves so much room for interpretation and short story telling... I want moar!!

I hope every episode of TLOU will start with POVs of early outbreaks from around the world.

This mycologist getting rightfully freaked out and demanding tearfully to be brought home to her family like a dying patient, in the breath after she advised carpet bombing the city... OOF

Like serious OOF. It's what WWZ was about. The book, not the shit film. It's a collection of insights on the zombie war from people who survived it, all around the world. I'd love to see a snippet of that through the intros of this show.

[knightsofrohan]

watching world war z while drawing heartstopper fanart is a very interesting mental experience and i highly recommend it

[justaguymadeofdotsanlines]

there’s no fandom for this but I will live

If there is an active fandom please interact im begging

[scr-ppup]

I might've figured out where my screeching verbal stim came from🧍🧍