Zombie/Creature types/ Physical Appearance

What though if the dead parts are used as building blocks, if the cause was some sort of virus or bacterial infection that gained control of the victims bodies, the whats to say it can't invade dead cells or cause living cells to grow binding them together. The infection could in fact begin with a newly born child and from there cause it to grow horrifically with the nutrients available. Science fiction I know and probably not ever possible but this is a work of fiction, not a documentary. The behemoths proved this.
The virus (assuming thats what it is) changes the victims DNA controlling growth and other factors creating the creatures. It could be that the different type are from people with unique genetic or phenotypic properties e.g. Growth disorder, high IQs (Burts theory) or lots of muscles. It could also be that the virus is becoming speciated (splitting into different species). This would explain why some types seem to die out and some have just started to appear. Just a thought.

We haven't really run into as many "smart ones" as say Skittles have. I think a trip to a hospital or library is in order to fully investigate that side of the zombies. Riley mentions they were being surrounded on their last trip to a hospital, I believe. Maybe the "smart ones" out there each have there own "troop" of followers and they evolve differently. Or maybe there are other zombies like the one with the markings, that are on the same level, strength and intelligence wise.

Another theory I had was maybe people who where in a hospital setting react to the virus differently, ie...cancer patients with radiation treatments turned into something else.... just a though. And yes these thoughts will continue to get crazier till a new episode comes out.

When it came to the behemoths I did imagine a cross between a boomer and a tank from the popular zombie video game everyone knows, so the strength but just looks more fat then muscle

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Originally Posted by Arkum

We haven't really run into as many "smart ones" as say Skittles have. I think a trip to a hospital or library is in order to fully investigate that side of the zombies. Riley mentions they were being surrounded on their last trip to a hospital, I believe. Maybe the "smart ones" out there each have there own "troop" of followers and they evolve differently. Or maybe there are other zombies like the one with the markings, that are on the same level, strength and intelligence wise.

Another theory I had was maybe people who where in a hospital setting react to the virus differently, ie...cancer patients with radiation treatments turned into something else.... just a though. And yes these thoughts will continue to get crazier till a new episode comes out.

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We've run into 2 so far. One at the Tower #1 Ambush site (may or may not be Ink) and during Burt's rescue. The one that was climbing the wall and grabbed Saul.
I'd count Ink..er, Tattoo as a 3rd.

I hope they flesh out the book areas and hospital smart ones more in coming chapters. I'm very intrigued by them.

KC, don't make me start a fan fic! /idol threat

Numerous times it has been pointed out that the regular zombies had messed up eyes. So much that they do not appear human. But, there has been one exception. When the team encounters Paul/Ink in the tower Michael notices bright green eyes.

I am not going so far as to link Lizzie / Ink because of green eyes, but I would point out that this is again a significant difference between Ink and the horde

Are the things really zombies? Aren't zombies just reincarnations of what they were in life. The things they are fighting show more mutant properties. There are different ones the cells reacted differently in a person creating different types.

Just my thoughts I'd like to hear anyone elses theories.

I'm just wondering how large everyone else pictures the behemoths as.
Personally I picture them as being about the height of a bus, and as wide as a bus with their arms at their side.

The room where it looked like they'd been making zombies/experimenting was bloody. That points to zom on zom eating action.

4 on the Little One's might mean the 4th iteration of some creation scheme--like if when a zombie eats a zombie, then it's zombie.2. Then when a zombie.2 eats another zombie.2 it's zombie.3 etc.

I don't know if there is a queen (not like a queen bee anyway) but I think there's a doctor/scientist somewhere we haven't seen because of how the hospital was tricked out with pictures of great healers and the evidence with systematic experimentation. Skittles seemed to have an scientist's way of observing things, but I don't think it's him.

We don't know anything about Ink besides the fact he killed people.

Maybe, it's all in HOW you get infected also. Direct injection you keep more of your faculties, splashed on you become more animalistic. Eating others you get a different result. How many humans you eat impacts you in a different way.

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Are the things really zombies?

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No they aren't reanimated corpses. Too many clues to them being alive (eating, sleeping, etc.)

Skittles can't be Ink but he could be an Infiltrator. He's not all there to begin with so split personality caused by potential experimentation on him is possible. Skittles personality A could be aware of the B personality and try and prevent himself from infiltrating a stronghold/safehouse (He didn't let Angel and Kalani take him to the Tower). He isn't overly paranoid and definitely not schizophrenic, so he can't be Bill Roberts (he isn't homocidal violent).

The creatures are evolving whether by Kirby style consume and become or experimentation by Smart Ones has yet to be determined.

Also the probability that Bill Roberts is Ink is very high. The newscast said he was currently being transported to a mental help facility at the time of the outbreak. Kc can't make the series insanely difficult to follow (remember the complaints that Inception was too high brow for most) so mentioning Bill Roberts and not having him later in the plot would just be pointless.

On to the Big Ones super growth. With an increase in size that large testosterone levels would have to skyrocket. Funny thing about testosterone, if its level spikes so does the estrogen levels. They've yet to mention the massive bitch-tits on a behemoth (Thank you Fight Club) so I'm curious as to how they were made. But hey, the z-germ/virus could null and void the estrogen and utilize it on something else. Its SciFi, who cares if its possible it just is!

On the topic of them being made, can a Smart One control a Big One? It has been mentioned that the standard Biters leave them the hell alone. They have yet to be deployed in a tactical manner by any of the Smart Ones. Two controlled behemoths would have screwed The Tower over on so many levels... or maybe just the ground floor.

Well that's my two cents.