Zombie Cliche Lookout: A Brave Face
When you find yourself in a bad situation, it’s important to keep calm and work through things. The second you give into panic, you’re troubles have just increased by orders of magnitude. When you’re in a group and people are looking to you for guidance, breaking down could have disastrous consequences. If you want your group to survive, it’s time to tap into your inner Englishman and use your stiff upper lip (gov’nah). Putting on a brave face can inspire your group to work together through the problem, rather than devolve into panic and get eaten by a shambling horde of blood-thirsty zombies.
This works in non-zombie contexts as well. My wife and I have a rule. If one of use is freaking out, the other person absolutely has to remain calm. It works, and it’s gotten us through some difficult times. When we forget it, things tend to go downhill fast.
About this Episode:
Because I like tooting my own horn, I have to say I’m really happy with how that forth panel came out. Like I said before, it’s really tough to get LEGO® minifigs to embrace, so a little warmth between two characters is really nice to see.
Discussion Question: Turning into a Zombie
I’m stealing this question from Mason, who brought it up in our last episode. You get bitten by a zombie. There is no cure, at least as far as anyone knows. Therefore, you are now a ticking time bomb; how do you react?
We have discussed a similar idea in the past, but that was more focused on action (e.g. I’d lead the group, I’d hide the bite mark). This time, I want to think about our emotional response. Can we cope with something like that in a mature way? Can we even have any sort of idea of how we would handle it?
His face so optimistic . . . Now I’m sad 🙁
Success!
This story arc has been making me think a lot about life. Thanks, Dave!
Now, discussion, I’d like to think that I would go out the same way wotsisname the camera guy once I learned I was dead anyway, but I’d probably just go either insane and turn and get shot at, or just ‘keep a stiff upper lip’ as long as I could and go off on my own so as not to hurt anyone. Jolly good, wot?
“Jolly good, wot?”
Pip, pip. Cheerio.
Impending doom.. A feeling of death looming of my head knowing that I won’t be alive much longer? I’d leave my group with all of my supplies.. Sept maybe a gun of some sort.. A lesser one, one that won’t be missed. I’d go and find a place to sit; one where I can stare at the stars one last time. Basically I’d accept that I was dying, mind you I’d probably tear up to the fact that I have to leave everyone. But in the end my pragmatic side would just give me enough strength to let go.
I initially read that as “I’m taking all my stuff and leaving the group on their own”, but that didn’t make sense with the rest of your thoughts. It was amusing for a couple minutes until I figured out my error though.
Dang. She’s gunna try to kill Sam, as a zombie.
LET THE HEARTACHES BEGIN!!!!!
I want to see tears.
Off myself…done nothing else to say really. I would not want to jeopardize my group. I obviously did not do well enough with myself, why endanger others and possibly my family.
I need to pick less depressing discussion questions. Good lord.
In light that this is a flashback, at the time, I’d say Sam did the best thing to stay with his wife and not let her be alone and scared.
It’s obvious what’s going to come up and happen, but this is a very good set up for the heartache to come.
Thanks Fox!
I wonder, has Sam figured it out already and is putting on a brave face to reassure her, or is he still in denial?
If i had a gun i would kill myself to don´t come back as a walker,no questions asked.