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the roon
May 1, 2014

object impermanence

computer parts posted:

I wish there were more stories about rebuilding. A lot of apocalypse stories overemphasize the destruction part and underestimate how well life is at regrowing, or they have to make some artificial reason why people can't just set up shop again.

For a clear example, in TWD they literally have to make the zombies effectively immortal until they get hit in the head because if they actually had to eat/drink/sleep/whatever like normal people do you'd never see another zombie after about 2 years.

World War Z does this. The zombie apocalypse actually only lasts a few or so and is mainly over by the winter when all the zombies freeze or get stuck in snow piles.

You're right in there not being enough reconstruction stories. Most seem to come soon after a disaster or way way after when things are 'normal' again.

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