Chapter 40-1 Monsters

Of course, not all of the tats have to be part of a "formula" exactly. Several folks here in the forum have dug deep into figuring out what many of the tattoo symbols are and what significance they might have (check out this thread and this thread, for example).

Many of them seem to revolve around symbology for protection and family. So they may have been chosen for the same reason that many tribal or shamanic or voodoo cultures use them - they are expected to provide some power to the wearer: power to ward off evil, power to control some force, luck, curses, and on and on.

But, this doesn't mean that some of the tats don't carry something more directly meaningful like research notes, etc. Those tats are probably more easily seen by the wearer without too much work. Say on the hands, arms, and chest. Maybe also the face (cuz mirrors are pretty common and easy to use)....

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Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor

Well, I'm assuming Tanya gave herself the antibiotic ASAP. Saul got it WEEKS after his exposure.

Then again, maybe the antibiotics doesn't affect the Z-cooties.

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Yes, but Saul was on other drugs to subdue the pain from the wound. That could be the reason he didn't change.

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Originally Posted by LiamKerrington

Good questions (the snipped part of your posting). But I think Ink is turned; and evidence is right in front of you: a) he killed Paul in the Tower, b) although being hit by a bullet into his chest in the Tower, he got up again and started running, c) he jumped out of the Tower's second or third floor (in which one was Burt's armory?), d) he ran at a crazy speed away from the Tower, e) he snatched an arrow shot by Riley out of the air ...
No - he is not a human being anymore. It might be the shell of a human, but he has changed in many ways similar to what we have seen on other zombs, so he is a zomb.

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Paranoid schizophrenics - they do get medical treatment like pills and shit, right? Would things like this have allowed Ink to remain partially human and thus self-aware and half way down the self-control to allow him to become the zombie-lord of LA?

Best wishes!
Liam

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Yes, but he could have gotten his super human abilities from super juicing. I'm leaning towards Ink doping up onMarion Jones Juice before becoming exposed to Z-cooties. Making him some sort of bad ass Zombo-sapean.

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Originally Posted by scbubba

Of course, not all of the tats have to be part of a "formula" exactly. Several folks here in the forum have dug deep into figuring out what many of the tattoo symbols are and what significance they might have (check out this thread and this thread, for example).

Many of them seem to revolve around symbology for protection and family. So they may have been chosen for the same reason that many tribal or shamanic or voodoo cultures use them - they are expected to provide some power to the wearer: power to ward off evil, power to control some force, luck, curses, and on and on.

But, this doesn't mean that some of the tats don't carry something more directly meaningful like research notes, etc. Those tats are probably more easily seen by the wearer without too much work. Say on the hands, arms, and chest. Maybe also the face (cuz mirrors are pretty common and easy to use)....

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What I find the most fascinating is that some of the tattoos (based on the story artwork) are occult in nature. You could even think of them as being relevant to mythological zombie creations. He got these tattoos PRIOR to Z-day, as if he was expecting it!

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Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor

What I find the most fascinating is that some of the tattoos (based on the story artwork) are occult in nature. You could even think of them as being relevant to mythological zombie creations. He got these tattoos PRIOR to Z-day, as if he was expecting it!

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Exactly! He may not have known the specifics of what was coming, but "the voices in his head" drove him to doing something. And probably something more than just tats.....

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Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor

What I find the most fascinating is that some of the tattoos (based on the story artwork) are occult in nature. You could even think of them as being relevant to mythological zombie creations. He got these tattoos PRIOR to Z-day, as if he was expecting it!

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But has anyone got close enough to examine them? Even in a distance, formulas may look like something else.

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Originally Posted by UndeadSweeper

But has anyone got close enough to examine them? Even in a distance, formulas may look like something else.

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At this stage, we don't have anything solid to tell what the tattoos are, but since Michael refers to the signs on the note at Raydon as "markings", I bet that is a hint from KC to us to guess that the markings on the one with the markings are indeed chemical formulas.

Look at his face...

Time and time again we see the families dessicrate the face.

Scratch
Charlie
Pippin
Gatekeeper

So, was the family marking Ink or did he do it to himself? It said inflicted, right. That would indicate he was not willing. Pretty hard to instigate a world wide pandemic from prison. But, saying there is a group of families are really an Apocalyptic cult trying to destroy the world could get you labeled as paranoid skitzo. Providing proof by showing the existence of corpse gas at Raydon Labs might get you a plea deal. The families might then have to up their time frame for z-day.

Remember, even in our current world there are people calling for the murder of 6 billion people to bring humanity back in balance with nature. Burt even comments on the roof of Lock and Loaded about how now there are so few of us things are going to chagnge. Isnt he talking about the stars? Michael talks about the pollution and being able to see that island

Just a few thoughts on Ink's tattoo's:

They are remarkably good and precise under these circumstances - which requires some artistic skill and and a proper set of tools. Moreover, if they really contain some steganographic content, the artist has to find a good tradeoff between his artistic style of expression and how accurate the information has to be - e.g. chemical formula and so on.

However, if the tattoos serve some information purpose, I would expect them to be at locations Ink is able to look at easily. Reading something mirror inverted is not very funny...
Besides, you have to make sure that you protect these tattoos against all external destructive influences like gun shots, fire - you name it.

So are they just decoration / protection? Well, I have my doubts - Dr Roberts was a scientist, had a wife and therefor seemed to be grounded. Ah, some many questions...

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Originally Posted by clem131

At this stage, we don't have anything solid to tell what the tattoos are, but since Michael refers to the signs on the note at Raydon as "markings", I bet that is a hint from KC to us to guess that the markings on the one with the markings are indeed chemical formulas.

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Well, we do have this: http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/s...6511#post56511