Consider this (based on a conversation I had with some friends a while ago): Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for people who actually like Pride and Prejudice. Look–I tried to read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and I got about 20 pages in before I came to the conclusion that the person who wrote it did so out of the belief that the original Pride and Prejudice was stuffy and boring. There were out of character vulgar puns. And the trailer for the movie did not convince me that I had missed anything by cutting short my reading experience. So, what I’m talking about here is this premise: the world of Pride and Prejudice, but if you die, it’s highly likely, almost certain that your corpse will get up and try to eat people. But no one dies in Pride and Prejudice, you might say. In fact, few or no people die in any Jane Austen novel. This is true. But people do get sick with some regularity. Imagine the tension added to Jane getting sick after going to visit Bingley if there was the chance that she would become a zombie after she died. Becoming a zombie in an eligible bachelor’s house probably would have seriously wrecked any chances of any of the living sisters ending up with him. Imagine Mr. Collins, as a minister, having the duty upon someone’s death of severing their head with a ceremonial plate or something that would prevent the corpse from rising. Obviously important, but this only makes him more self-important and obnoxious. And dangerous. For you see, in this version, Mr. Bennett, who stays in his office all the time, whose life is the only thing allowing Mrs. Bennett and her daughters to stay in the house–Mr. Bennett is definitely a zombie. He died at home, and Mrs. Bennett decided that, no way were they dealing with this, and so…just started faking it. Jane and Elizabeth know. The younger sisters don’t. In this universe, I think we have to go with zombies that are not any faster or stronger than the humans they were, and in fact tend to get weaker as time passes because their flesh is rotting. And…hmm, okay, how about they are pretty violent upon rising, and for about a week afterward, trying to bite people and spread the infection (even though most people are carriers anyway, but getting a nasty bite from a corpse will give you other stuff that will have you die while carrying the virus). But then they calm down and basically just start sort of attempting to act like they did in life, that is, taking habitual actions with no consciousness, in a depressing and desiccated way. So Mr. Bennett is a zombie, and Mrs. Bennett’s number one goal is to get her daughters married before anyone finds that out. And this, actually, makes Elizabeth’s refusal of Mr. Collins more frustrating for Mrs. Bennett–obviously Mr. Bennett didn’t tell Elizabeth that she could refuse Mr. Collins, because Mr. Bennett is dead, but Mrs. Bennett can’t say anything or the game would be up. Another question in this version–does Mr. Darcy find out about Mr. Bennett being a zombie somehow? Does Elizabeth find out that he knows and didn’t say anything and this is something that helps repair his earlier actions? Anyway, this is the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies that I was looking for.

Zombillenium, an upcoming french animated feature film directed by Arthur de Pins (based on his comic book - watch the music video).

this kind of reminds me of how in zombie movies when someone gets bit and it doesnt kick in straight away

Zombies run? More like zombies FUN

*starts sobbing accidentally*

once i accidentally tagged something as Zombies Ruin and i was like Mood™

Mosquitoes are grossly overlooked as a threat during a zombie apocalypse.

so… you know how in like 90% of zombie fiction it’s bites that kill you and make you a zombie, right?

okay so

i want you to get anything denim from your house and just fucking bite it. bite it as hard as you can

chances are you can’t bite through the denim very well

so, here’s what i’m thinking:

zombie apocalypse?

all-denim outfit.

the anti-zombie juniform

even in a zombie apocalypse you’re not catching me wearing a double denim 

The true apocalypse would be those fashion choices.

I don’t think people are actually tired of zombies and zombie stories. I think they’re just tired of seeing the same stories and characters over and over.

We’ve seen the law abiding white dude who’s slowly corrupted to an evil dictator. We’ve seen the small group who turn on each other over food and internal conflicts. We’ve seen the anti-social asshole who goes around killing zombies and committing crimes because he can.

There’re so many possible stories in the zombie apocalypse setting, but writers keep coming back to the same archetypes and formulas.

It has been my goal for the past couple of years to try and come up with a new zombie story but my mind keeps going back to these old archetypes and I can’t escape them

Ideas:

Group of vets, wildlife rehabilitators, and general animal lovers who gather up abandoned/stray pets and take care of them.

Experienced camper/wilderness survivalist who rescues people who need help and brings people to their camp base.

Group of truckers, auto mechanics, and cyclists who assemble a peddle-powered armored vehicle to live inside, safe from zombies. They roam, scavenging for food and other necessities.

Group who decides the library is a good place to set up– find the librarian there, who insists they must protect the books and the other media they have, for the future. Even if t doesn’t always feel like there will be a future.

•My point: don’t just make your characters based on the “zombie apocalypse” premise. Think of regular people, regular places– and after you developed them, throw zombies at them. What might people sacrifice to survive? What might people try to save?

Mosquitoes are grossly overlooked as a threat during a zombie apocalypse.

Village of the damned, how may I help you?

The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies (via wavesoftware)

the best place to hide from zombies is a club. the zombies don’t look like their  IDs anymore so the bouncers wouldn’t let them in

sketchypandagames

Bahaha. That’s awesome.

 If there was a zombie apocalypse the best place to go would be Target.

Lets look at the facts:

I think you could reasonably live for at least two years inside a Target before completely running out of anything vital– provided food is well rationed. And even so, the only thing you’d be sending out scouts for is food. Everything else would last for ages.  

Provided that the population not exceed 200, Target would run out of these things in this order:

This has been brought to you with love by,

Not gonna die. 

Yes, but what about a Costco? It has the same advantages, and everything is scaled up by, at the very least, five.

I’m heading for a Costco and surviving on 8 gallon jars of Nutella.

lorijeanneelizabeth

Your Target has a Starbucks????

Yours doesn’t?! Every Target I’ve been to in four different cities has a Starbucks!

Mine doesn’t even have a proper grocery section. It’s like three rows of boxes and cans, a shelf of wine, and two freezers. There’s a tiny little food court that sells hot dogs and popcorn.

Help Needed!

Hey Team,

We’ve decided to get started on the process of getting Greenlit on Steam, just so we can have that duck in the row when we go to Kickstart. 

As a first step, we’re proposing Aberford as a concept to build an audience within the Greenlight community. And it will help us a lot of could go in and share Aberford, or start some discussions or even just like us.

In gaming terms, we’re building a second base and we need troops from our main base to make sure everything goes well.

So if you’ve got Steam (and/or are willing to pressure you friends who do), we’d really appreciate the help. Just follow the link http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=455037901

THANK YOU!

Go check this out, give it a thumbs up, support it in any way you can. It’s gonna be amazing, the developers are awesome (read their blog too, it’s great, you get novel-length answers to all of life’s hardest questions ;D), so… go check it out!

you get novel-length answers to all of life’s hardest questions

I laughed myself to tears over that because it’s so, so true. I am deeply sorry to everyone who didn’t sign up for my massive rambles on gaming, writing, story-telling, and social issues. And I’m very grateful to those of you who enjoy them.

-A