Zombie Cliche Lookout: Putting Aside Differences
There’s a time to stand your ground, and there’s a time to put your feelings aside. Figuring out which is which is the tricky part, and that will be just as true in a zombie survival situation as any other. Suffice it to say, petty arguments don’t do anyone any good, especially if one of the people involved – even tangentially – is hurt or sick. They don’t need someone fighting for their side of the argument, they need medical attention, and the sooner the better. If they’ve been bitten, no amount of medicine is going to help, but they certainly need the support of the rest of the group to come to terms with their fate.
Unfortunately for them, petty differences usually take center stage, and those truly in need of help are stuck on the sidelines. With any luck, a clear winner will emerge so that everyone can move onto more pressing issues, but that’s usually not a smart bet. Petty arguments, after all, rarely have definitive winners.
About this Episode:
I really hate the face I used for Cheryl in the first two panels, but it’s really the only female face I have that denotes embarrassment or nervousness. I absolutely love that LEGO® is producing more and more emotive faces, but it seems like the females have a long way to go to catch up to the guys, which is frustrating. Yet another reason I don’t like fleshies or the Friends line.
Discussion Question: Winter Zombies
This weekend we got out first blast of winter in the form of yet another polar vortex. Here in mid-Michigan, that meant a lot of snow blowing around, but not much accumulation just yet. This got me thinking about winter (winter is coming) and how it would affect both zombies and survivors. Would zombies slow down and eventually freeze, or would something in them prevent that? How many survivors would know how to survive a winter without forced air heating and dozens of other modern amenities?
Typo alert, Zombie Cliche Lookout, first paragraph, first sentence: “stand you ground” you–>your 😀
Same section, last sentence: “need to support” to–>the 😉
Discussion Question, third sentence: “got my thinking” my–>me 😀
Same section, last sentence: “air heat and” heat–>heating 😉
That last typo is a little iffy but I flagged it because it seemed as if Dave’s three preceding typos were themed similarly, I’m pretty sure it’s a typo though! 😀
Fixed all. The heat/heating thing is weird. Heating is probably technically correct, with heat being a localization.
Regarding the comic, will there even be time to introduce Brent to the room, or will he die suddenly? 😀 I know Cheryl is trying to mean well here, but let’s face facts, if Brent dies, he can turn within as little as two minutes, Dave has already used that short a time from death to becoming a zombie. I reckon even waiting to get him into the room is risking a lot here, is Dave trying to prolong Brent’s agony or is he just going to zombiefy Brent after he’s nice and comfortable? 😀
Hah, I guess that depends on how quickly I can build a room.
You should use fleshies as the “I’m sick and dying” look.
That’s not a bad idea, BT.
Basic generalized info of an average Boy Scout artic owl (outdoor winter training):
1) there are not that many adult leaders that do it or are trained.
2) even after multiple warnings, a list of what to pack and how to dress, not many listen.
3) the starting night is usually indoor. The time is spent reviewing how different shelters are made.
4) the first day and night of camping is setting up tents and preparing a shelter area.
5) 1/2 the scouts don’t make it past sleeping out in the tent.
6) a lot of the shelters built don’t survive the day.
7) in the improperly built shelters that stay up, there is a hazard of suffocating on co2, because there was no proper venting.
8) only 5 or less scouts properly finish an artic owl and that maybe including an incident of some related cold issue. I.E. Frost bite, hypothermia, frozen tent zippers, no dry clothes or sleeping bag.
9) any artic owl must be done near a warm and safe shelter with extra clothing already set up, with phones on hand.
Wow, that says a lot Jon. Thanks for posting!
That Cheryl smile is creepy though…why not just shoot Brent? Saves the trouble.
It solves the problem for everyone else, but what about Brent? Shouldn’t have be allowed some say in what happens to him?
Perhaps but…he’s gonna die either way. It’d probably be best to relieve his suffering. But I guess it’s Brent’s decision.
I think so, anyway.
Fyi the frozen zipper did happen to me, thankfully not durning an artic owl, but you get the idea.
I also forgot that our area trainer is an X-artic marine soldier, and there is one day that you have to spend without shelter outdoors.
Without shelter? Yikes!
YES! Zombie would freeze, they have no body heat what so ever, and they’d be out in the cold not knowing it’ll freeze them, they’d freeze and most would suffer frostbite and lose limbs. I fill when winter comes it’d be the safest time for the survivors to go into cities and collect supplies.
And that would make colder climates inherently safer, at least from zombies.
Would the zombies actually respond to weather in some way, though? Perhaps by seeking warmer spots because that’s where their prey would also be? Like a recent custom map from modded Minecraft I played, the author modded zombies and other mobs to seek our lit up areas. Wouldn’t be surprised therefore if zombies had at least a primitive self-preservation instinct, even if they are dead. 😀
Sounds like a cool mod.
Hmm, dangit, thought reply chaining got fixed, apparently not though! 😀
I think it works only for people who are logged into the site. Irritating, but we’re making progress.
Makes places like Oregon not so great, though. We don’t get a lot of freezing days – just rain. So, the threat would be near-constant here.
That may be, but man I’d love to be in Oregon on a day like today, where it was only about 12 degrees Fahrenheit during the warmest part of the day.