#znation spoiler

[glitchlover53]

Hi, I'm currently in the middle of watching z nation and wanted to be friends because I need more friends who've seen the show

( You can answer the questions if you want. Also, no spoilers. I'm only on season 4)

1. Who are your favorite characters

2. Your favorite episodes

3. Least favorite character

4. Least favorite season

5. Your favorite ship

6. Your least favorite ship

( sorry for bothering you I didn't know many people liked the show still)

Hello new friend!

I love znation so much that I got a tattoo of it. I have a picture posted somewhere on my page. I haven’t watched z nation in a while like since it aired, so I might just start watching again. I don’t remember many details but I own the first 3 seasons on dvd.

For your question, sorry for slightly spoiling:

1, it has to be Doc or 10k.

2, I can’t remember which season it was, but the episodes with pie girl and her pregnancy.

3, my least favorite character is found in season 5. I can’t remember her name.

4, I love all the seasons, but if I had to choose it would be season 4.

5, definitely Murphy and Warren.

6, 10 K and Sarge (I think we meet her in season 4). It felt forced because the actors were dating at the time. 

Thanks for sharing!

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#4

he is wearing BOOT SOLES as PAULDRONS, this KID

(@kedreeva, mkp's znation liveblog, take 2)

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#3

Was trawling back through my AO3 history and I started deleting deleted fics, which reduced the page count by like, 20 before I’d even gotten a 200 pages back from the oldest entries, so this is your reminder to check out and regularly use @nianeyna‘s ao3 downloader!!

(all gods bless you for sharing that, for serious, especially the pinboard functionality as apparently I AM a fandom dinosaur which is hilarious and somewhat inspirational at the same time)

(I am having some difficulties now finding and downloading the stuff I missed because it isn’t bookmarked on Pinboard from the AO3, only from LJ or whatever, which is why I started trawling my history in the first place and huh it looks like for the first few years I only left kudos when my head had been practically blown off, unlike my current categorizing system of ‘seen - tried, didn’t like’, ‘kudosed - read, liked’, ‘pinned to pinboard - read, liked enough to re-read’, ‘bookmarked on ao3 - read and holy shit i need a quick link to this fucker so i can read it again immediately on demand, and/or oh hey! series!’)

(I’m trying to make use of some other Python utilities I found for scraping my personal AO3 reading history but uh. I keep running into problems. u_u)

24 notes - Posted March 16, 2022

#2

D&D as Disability Metaphor

N.B. Most of the ideas herein about spell slots/cantrips and mana/health points were sourced from various tumblr posts; please reblog with links if you have them! Also reblog with additional links to those tumblr posts about forks and knives!

In this metaphor, YOU are a D&D/RPG character!

Your CHARACTER BUILD reflects your strengths and weaknesses. 

First: you have your basic STATS – INT, CON, WIS, DEX, STR, CHA – these are primarily determined by your baseline nature and your early nurture. (e.g., you may be born with a certain facility for learning, a natural sense of balance, perfect pitch, etc., or you may have spent much of your life playing sports and building strength and dexterity, or have been forced by circumstance to become Very Good at identifying people’s true motives and/or playing the part you need to play in any given situation, etc.)

Secondly: You have your basic ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES. These are primarily determined by your baseline nature but can be affected by nurture and change over time just as you do! 

For example, you may be vision impaired – any task requiring good vision will have you at a natural disadvantage that can be mitigated by the use of an accessory or tool. So long as you have your accommodation, your natural disadvantage is entirely or partially nullified – instead of a negative 3 to skill checks involving vision, you might have a modifier of only negative 1 or even zero!

Another example: 

You might be autistic or have other sensory processing issues that mean certain textures are ILLEGAL – any time you’re required to interact with that texture, you have to roll a WIS save to see how it impacts you. 

On a bad day (in the metaphor, you roll a 1), you might be completely incapacitated for a time. On a good day, you might be able to use a positive modifier from a learned skill like DISTRESS TOLERANCE or DISENAGE to overcome the badness and only be partially incapacitated, or maybe not even incapacitated at all, just inflicted with a DEBUFF of some kind for a period of time. (This gives you a negative modifier for future skill checks and saving throws until the debuff expires or you take a LONG REST.)

On any given day, your disability (physical, mental, developmental, etc.) may give you a GENERAL DEBUFF that affects your skill checks and saving throws. 

For example, if you have bipolar disorder and are in a depressive episode, you might have a negative 1 modifier to any social interaction, even if ‘normally’ you have a plus 3. 

Or you might have chronic migraines and be having a debilitating headache that actually precludes the use of some skills/spells/actions at all – you might be incapable of leaving a dark room or of using your computer/phone.

Thirdly: In general, you can think of your overall capability to COPE as mana points, stamina points, spell slots, or anything similar. SPELL SLOTS is the easiest metaphor, just because of how the magic system is structured.

You have a given number of SPELL SLOTS on any single day, although a DEBUFF might reduce your baseline of slots for the day or a BUFF might actually give you an extra one! These spell slots correspond to the energy needed to perform various activities/tasks. The more difficult the task, the higher level of spell slot is required. BUT! If you’ve already used your third level spell slot for the day and need to “cast” another third level spell (another difficult activity), you can sacrifice multiple lower level spell slots in order to do so, with the disadvantage of having fewer slots left until your next LONG REST.

Some activities don’t drain you at all and can be done at any time (in this metaphor, they can be considered CANTRIPS). Some might even return used spell slots! (Think of this as taking a SHORT REST.) CANTRIPS are typically less effort or are of such benefit that they cancel out the level of effort required. They vary wildly based on the individual. An example for one person might be listening to an audiobook or taking a hot shower, while a different person might consider both of those first level spells.

Finally: The final part of this metaphor switches genres a little bit, so bear with me. This doesn’t tend to happen in the most well-known tabletop RPGs, but you’ve probably seen it in other popular media. Sometimes, you’re completely out of spell slots / mana / stamina, but you’ve got something you absolutely HAVE to do – either because it’s a necessity for your survival, or because you simply care about the thing so much that you’re willing to borrow against your future self.

In this kind of situation, you can ‘borrow’ spell slots from your future self (meaning you use it now, and therefore don’t have it available to use the next day), or you might start using your own health points in place of the missing mana. 

Think about in fantasy media, when the magic user runs out of magic in the FINAL BATTLE and starts sacrificing their own life force to continue powering the spell. In some circumstances, they might drain themselves so completely that they can never use magic again, or it takes them years to recover. Similarly, a person with CFS who pushes themselves too hard one day might end up bedbound for days, weeks, or even months following. 

Another example: 

Someone with a torn ACL who stresses it during the healing process might find that it never heals completely/properly, permanently affecting their athletic ability.

TL;DR – D&D is actually a great extended metaphor for both short-term and long-term disabilities and how they impact a person’s life! 

But it does. Uh. Require some background in RPG terms and tropes in order to fully understand it. If the person you’re trying to explain the concepts to is completely unfamiliar with RPGs, you may be better off with sticking with something more basic like Spoon* Theory (or the Unified Cutlery** Theory).

Citations etc. under the cut.

*See Christine Miserandino's spoon article here: https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/. Learn more @thespoontheory

**Unified Cutlery Theory, very overly simplified: Spoons = Energy, Forks = Things That Make Your Spoons Worth Less, Knives = Something You Need Help Addressing Or It’ll Make Things Worse

See @jenrosess' original post here: https://www.tumblr.com/jenroses/635100154258735104 and the update including knives here: https://www.tumblr.com/jenroses/635100154258735104/sheepscot-cipheramnesia-jenroses-have-i

(Apparently there are two competing Fork Theories? The one I'm used to is the one referenced above.)

***Mana and spell slots metaphors are really hard to source, y'all, so if you have links please add them in your reblogs!

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[damienvoid]

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[10k-au-blog]

                    WE   ALL  GO   THAT   WAY   IN   THE   END   I   GUESS  

[itspazuzu]

Here is the FINAL MERCY doc Kaya found.

“[REDACTED] ("FMC) is created by [REDACTED] to explore the effects of a total erradication of the [REDACTED] Newmerica must create an utopian [REDACTED] free of the Zombie Virus.

[REDACTED] from [REDACTED] FMC surveyed, explores and [REDACTED] (8) final solutions [REDACTED] commissioned by [REDACTED] solutions [REDACTED].

BACKGROUND: The ZN1 Virus was first [REDACTED] United States, [REDACTED] "Black Summer" [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] , [REDACTED] was [REDACTED] that only 8 countries reported any "human" life, while most were over-run by the [REDACTED].”

So FINAL MERCY is another possible Reset/Black Rain. This doc is major because it gives us some world lore of the Z Nation universe. Only 8 countries in the world have “human” life in them while all the other countries went to shit. Out of all 193 countries in the world (official number by The United Nations) ONLY 8 “SURVIVED” THE APOCALYPSE. 

Some shit when down during Black Summer that probably helped the people behind this come up with the FINAL MERCY.

But one of my main questions is:

If they plan to create this utopian zombie virus free world, what about the Talkers involved in this whole thing? (Looking at you Pandora you don’t fool me) Are they being fooled? Or is this another bullshit human supremacy thing?

LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS CUZ IT’S HUGE.

[4rm4n1ja]

Can we talk about how quickly Murphy said he’d help the talker family find their son?

[thezeset]

S5 EP1 (SPOILERS)

What did everyone think of the season premiere?

My thoughts

I’m so glad the whole doc being a zombie thing was just him pretending to help someone. The whole warrens hair changing that fast was confusing but we’re just gonna go with it I guess. Lol. I’m glad we have sarcastic comedic Murphy this season. I also love how much Murphy and docs friendship has grown. They’re finally acting like family and I never thought that’d happen with them cause they were kind of written as just being awkward with each other from season 1-3. Season 4 they finally started to develop a friendship & now they’re legit best friends & I love it. Obviously I’m glad warren is safe but I don’t want her to fall for someone who isn’t Murphy. Oof. I ship Murphy and warren so much. But I’m glad she’s feeling happy after what they just went through. BUT Murphy talking about how him and warren have this bond and he can STILL FEEL HER. I BAWLED! Murphy having visions after eating brains is something but I’m game. The whole talkers thing is going to be interesting which means if anyone in the group dies are they really dead. But what if when red, addy, & sun come back are they gonna be alive or made into talkers. And also since talkers crave brains doesn’t that mean Murphy was the original talker all along & since 10k also died he’s one too… but let’s be honest, the writers won’t give us crap about the end of s3 and what’s going on with 10k so we’ll never know. And when warren hit the one “talker” with the shovel she lost her conscious & became a regular zombie which I feel is a thing that will be discussed later on in like a human vs talker battle. And tbh I don’t trust George just the way they had her character portrayed in this first episode she seems like she has a hidden agenda. The biscuit thing scares me and is confusing that they already have a solution for talkers when they seem like they only became a thing for the 2 weeks warren was unconscious.

[old-type-40]

In Z Nation, we know they had zombie movies prior to the Zpocalypse and their movies and books match our reality. (Don’t forget the Back to the Future hallucination and George RR Martin as a Z.) What if in their reality they had Zombieland?

Just imagine Doc thinking, “Oh crap! I don’t want to get shot like Bill Murray did!”

[operationmorebitemark]

Aspiring filmmaker Audrey Seda posted these Z Nation season 5 set photos on her Instagram. That looks like Russell Hodgkinson in the third photo, but it is hard to tell.

[bighairmonkey]

Pandora

[foxywonderland]

@ Z Nation

WHHHHYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!!!!?!????

[missedlcve]

so anyway george can... get this..

[hopieo]

Have we just meet?

[itspazuzu]

Hey @Z Nation i just have a question, real quick:

CAN YOU FUCKING NOT?????????????

[4rm4n1ja]

This has got to be my favorite episode of the season(maybe even of the show). I always love the sketchy and skeezy episodes and it came HEAVY with Addy/10K sibling vibes and Warphy power couple vibes.

[veritaaas]

Lily/Sarge & Lt. Mueller in 4.03 The Vanishing