What are the significance of the journals

**cupcakezombie** · May 25th, 2011, 02:58 AM

So a couple of people were talking about journals and their significance in the episode discussions (Nikvoodoo and zombiederek), so here it is.

So what are your thoughts on the journals?
Do they indicate survival, are they being read later on by others or from beyond the grave, does the fact that we only hear the journals of certain people mean anything?

Go crazy!

**Hellbringer** · May 25th, 2011, 06:51 AM

All that talk in that previous thread had me thinking about when Samantha wrote in Datu's journal and we heard her voice for a bit. Come to think of it, she told Datu that she wrote some stuff in his journal that might be useful, but we haven't heard what some of that was (another thread for the future, I guess). Anyway, if Samantha was heard reading a journal and she ended up dead, isn't it possible that other characters, especially the main characters, could be dead further down the road and we're hearing their voices as if reading from the past?

**j0be** · May 25th, 2011, 07:19 AM

I'm currently of the opinion that the journals are indicative of some form of survival.

**HaveCrowBarWillTravel** · May 25th, 2011, 07:58 AM

Michael stated that he started writing because he was depressed. Journaling is also a technique used by tons of counselors from Church teaching to Cognitive Behavior techniques.

Here, i think that it's a great tool to remember things that happen or happened while under stress. Information is the key. It's a great way to gather information from different perspectives and also a way to double check your own reality.
Memory is faulty, but when you have it written down and you need to recall something or bump it against some new information, you have it at your finger tips. No need to try rely on your faulty gray matter.

The last thing is that it's a damn good way to be remembered in case you end up taking a dirt nap or turned.

**Rock Daddy** · May 25th, 2011, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by HaveCrowBarWillTravel

Michael stated that he started writing because he was depressed. Journaling is also a technique used by tons of counselors from Church teaching to Cognitive Behavior techniques.

Here, i think that it's a great tool to remember things that happen or happened while under stress. Information is the key. It's a great way to gather information from different perspectives and also a way to double check your own reality.
Memory is faulty, but when you have it written down and you need to recall something or bump it against some new information, you have it at your finger tips. No need to try rely on your faulty gray matter.

The last thing is that it's a damn good way to be remembered in case you end up taking a dirt nap or turned.

Crowbar's got this one! He's right. They are being professional about surviving, as funny as it sounds. In the W/A world rules are changed, and survival is the game. Communication is limited, so gathering your info = saving your asses. However, they are a fun storytelling tool for Kc to use to drop hints, clues, and pretty much mess with our minds.

**Ctatyk Frost** · May 25th, 2011, 08:29 AM

My thought was the journals were a great device for allowing us to "hear" the thoughts of the characters. Not being able to know what the characters is thinking is one major reason why books are so much better than the movie. The journals allow us to share part of this and helps with even more character development. I think that this is a brilliant solution to that issue. (At least I hope that this is the reason)

**kafu288** · May 25th, 2011, 08:38 AM

Its safe to say that whether teh journals mean they survived or not and who is actually reading them won't be answered till the last episode, if at all.