Definitely alive, they would decay otherwise. Also in the chapter on the boat we saw that they could become malnourished if my memory serves me right.
if you think about it most of the standard zeds hunt like wolves they travel in packs rarely do you see one all by themselves if you see one by itself its usally because their group has been killed
the special varities well behemoths so far have been only hunting by themselves if my memory serves me right the little ones have been seen hunting in groups and them smart ones well they travel with the standards and set traps as for ink well as everyone knows he does whatever he wants whenever wants.
As for the question about alive or dead they were alive they were bitten or whatever happened to change them and they died technically their bodies are not dead but the person they used to be died.
As the creatures they are now they are living breathing organisims they need food to live they still have some things that would make them what is considered living.
The Gamers, early scene in the Inn, when the heroes are addressed by the huge warrior seeking revenge ...
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I voted for alive, although I believe it is something between life and death.
The idea with the body-snatchers seems to be at least a valid theory.
What we have with the zombies, are these things:
some kind of air-circulation
bio-chemical processes (reactions to chloroform, hormons)
behaviour controlled by certain "conditions" - the cry of pinstripe to gather the hordes and make them attack, his order to "leave her alone"
some kind of organized behaviour (the whole prisoner behavior, capturing of people instead of simply killing them, applying to certain creatures (pinstripes being the boss, evading the behemoths))
biological evolving/ mutation/ development (little ones of 6-7' in height ...)
But what, if all these things do not root in the zeds' individual motivation and bio-function, and what, if all this is kind of controlled "from the outside" - like with a parasite or nanobots or something? Or in a different directioN: What, if the Zeds are mutated versions of humans making them kind of "fungi"; afaik there is some debate around fungi, whether they are kind of a life-form or something else; same with viruses actually ... All of these things obey to the rules behind "bio", and yet they lack certain aspects of "bio" (sorry, too long ago, it's just bits and pieces from my time back in school more then 15 years ago).
From earlier chapters we know that the dead bodies of people still sit in their cars - days after the Zed-apocalypse started. Therefore the Zeds don't seem to be interested in simply devouring people. Dead bodies don't seem to suit "their" purposes - who- or whatever "they" are, the Zeds, their "parasites" or the organized company/ organization behind them ...
All the best!
Liam
Zombie Story:
- raises the acceptance of killing humans in huge numbers,
- reveals everything bad and and even worse about human behaviour and psychology,
- is fun.
Excellent point! I wonder if Tanya was going somewhere with this when she questions why they had to burn Pippen insted of just burying him.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, straight from Mysterical Island, it's the Shaman of Schiznick, the Mofo with the Mojo, the Mad Scientist of the Jungle, the Doctor is in!
Doctor? Doctor who?
NO! Witch Doctor, fool!
It's hard enough deciding on what constitutes life, but what constitutes un-dead?
Call Sign: Jive Turkey
Ladies and Gentlemen, straight from Mysterical Island, it's the Shaman of Schiznick, the Mofo with the Mojo, the Mad Scientist of the Jungle, the Doctor is in!
Doctor? Doctor who?
NO! Witch Doctor, fool!
I really have no clue. But from a legal point of view there are legal-scientists around - like Adam Chodorow - which propose creating special tax-laws for the undead, since they somewhere between the living and the dead ...
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...act_id=2045255
edit: And this paper really is amazing to read ... It covers some basic tax-related questions aiming at zombies, but also about ghosts and vampires ...
All the best!
Liam
Last edited by LiamKerrington; Aug 6th, 2012 at 07:48 AM. Reason: amendment
Zombie Story:
- raises the acceptance of killing humans in huge numbers,
- reveals everything bad and and even worse about human behaviour and psychology,
- is fun.
Well um KC gave it away on his interview with radio drama revival if you check it out you will catch that he specificity something about he wanted to make a zombie podcast with alive zombies. You know I was pretty positive there alive based on the title of the story being were alive. I always saw it as a double for the tower saying were alive and the zombies being alive.
Well, for me it was between Alive and WTF BBQ? Actually, the reason that I believe they're alive is because, the transformation is almost instant in most cases. There is no dying then coming back as a Zombie. Not to mention that I don't think Ink is a Zombie, he's just a crazy muthafucka that found a way to communicate. But that's me.
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