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I think zombie apocalyptists (for lack of a better term) are not necessarily racists, by any means.
However, it is a subculture of survivalism, which does have some racists.
To be honest, I think some people are just disillusioned and/or bored with modern day living.
I think zombie apocalyptists (for lack of a better term) are not at all thinking about creating a perfect society without any outsiders. You could claim that the behavioral pattern is vaguely similar but apart from that I disagree with you.
This is less about zombies and more about survivalist politics, though. Zombies are just incidental to that.
Obligatory "zombies are lame, give me revenants" post.
What about ghouls?
And mudmen?
And swampmen?
Ghouls, vampires, werewolves and other such denizens of the night may stay; the rest are lamepants.
Survivalist politics rarely has much genuine stuff to do with zombie nerds or movies. Even the relatively 'realistic' ones have stretches and twists to make things more interesting. Actual survivalists are more likely to wank off to stuff like Red Dawn. (which, politics aside, is a pretty awesome movie)
Most of the 'zombie survival' nerd conversations I've had have been idle banter rather than any serious conversation about survivalism.
Of course I'm more inclined to 'QUUUUUIIIIRRRRKKKKKKYYYY!' zombie stuff like Shaun of The Dead, Army of Darkness, and the like. Which isn't to say I don't appreciate Romero's genuine undead horror.
so
the walking dead
from the opposite side
RIP Otis
19something - 2012
^^Shit, I hadn't even thought of that.
@MadassAlex:
How would you define "revenant", anyway? I've seen a lot of conflicting ideas as to what it really means.Most monsters are that way, hence the possibility of shiny disco ball vampires.
True, but vampires have certain elements that are more or less necessary to call it a vampire at all. Primarily somehow "draining life" from humans (which may or may not involve actually drinking blood). An affinity for darkness is also pretty standard. That leaves a lot of room for variation, but there's some "core" to it.
If there is one of those for revenants, I'm not sure what it is, hence why I'm interested in Alex's perspective.
Vampires also have a distinct motive to not kill their victim when possible, and even to not turn them into more vampires most of the time. I mean, a vampire apocalypse isn't gonna happen unless you're talking about how saturated the literary market gets.
As for a zombie apocalypse, my bet's on the whole thing getting nipped in the bud in ten seconds after they created it, and the next 90 minutes are a romantic comedy with the lab assistant.
Malk if you ever do have this perspective flip of the Walking Dead have one of the characters be a pot farmer who re-purposed his hydroponic facilities and gardening skills to regular farming call them out on the "WE'RE SURVIVING!!" bullshit.
"What man? No man, no you're not. You're like horrible about surviving. All you guys talk about is running into other dudes and wrecking shit and getting your cranky asses killed or maimed in the process."
My favourite thing about revenants is that there is no clear definition -- every instance of a revenant is a singular individual, with its own traits and perhaps even powers. It's also extremely broad as a term; vampires and draugrs can count as a type of revenant.
The closest I can come to a "standard" definition is "a person who returns from the dead in order to haunt the living, especially those who were close to them in life or wronged them in some significant manner, often spreading pestilence where they walk."
I suppose the other common factor is that they tend to match vampires in terms of power scale, but are more mysterious and threatening, lacking any standardised depiction.