randy and pinstripes

[Luna Guardian]

Randy IS a new Zed. The markings on his face? a surgically modified nerve ending routed to the frontal lobe. There are more markings, but we cannot see them, these markings are those of SURGICALLY ATTACHED WINGS, the lobe nerve ending is the information line to the brain to use the wings

Ink made Randy a Zombie Pterodactyl


The End.


Edit Ah dammit, my signature didnt show up....that really ruins how funny this was to me, to post....fixing now....

I actually think your signature would possibly make for the most awesome, coolest zombie-anything ever!

[Hoff4D]

I actually think your signature would possibly make for the most awesome, coolest zombie-anything ever!

Yea, I made it my Sig, after the haze episode and someone talking about how different the little ones sound. I related their intelligence, pack mentality, and sound to a velociraptor and theorized the haze is a pre-historic fog that an earthquake or something ruptured, and they're not turning into zombie, but rather some dinosaur/human hybrid....etc.


The next step, of course, being Zombie Pterodactyls

[scbubba]

Listening back to Chapters 20 - 24 the last couple of days. That has the section where Z-Randy grabs Tanya and Michael and Angel pursue in the streets. A couple of things that stand out to perhaps give us some info about Randy:

- Obviously Michael recognizes Randy by physical characteristics (hair, beard, clothes,...)
- Michael has no hesitation shooting at Randy before and after Randy drops Tanya
- Angel makes a comment about how the Zeds they just shot have burns on them
- No mention of any tattoos/markings on Randy

This leads me to a couple of thoughts:

1) Michael knew Randy was a Zed before this and that he was not friendly (even if he was before turning)
2) Because of the burns and how close this event was to the Maller bombing of the Arena, Randy and his party had just come from the Arena.
3) When Burt, Angel, Riley, and Kalani get to the hospital, they see a LOT of Zeds coming into the hospital , several dragging humans with them. Randy grabs Tanya and starts dragging her off. This behavior is too alike to be coincident, I think, so the assumption is Randy is "collecting" for the Devil's Workshop.

Item 1 makes me think that Michael witnessed Randy turning at the water works and that they did not part on the best of terms.

Items 2 & 3 make me think that Randy is working with/for TOWTM the whole time. The fact that Randy gets marked at some point after this leads me to believe that he is in TOWTM's army still.

Following that, if Randy got turned at the water works and then made his way back to the Arena, what caused him to go there? Was it something in the turning process? Did the other Zeds around him when he turned tell/convince him some how? Did he stumble across it as he wandered LA after turning? Hmmmm.....

Just getting a few thoughts down here while they are in my head. Anybody got some thoughts on this? Something I missed or messed up?

[Hoff4D]

Listening back to Chapters 20 - 24 the last couple of days. That has the section where Z-Randy grabs Tanya and Michael and Angel pursue in the streets. A couple of things that stand out to perhaps give us some info about Randy:

- Obviously Michael recognizes Randy by physical characteristics (hair, beard, clothes,...)
- Michael has no hesitation shooting at Randy before and after Randy drops Tanya
- Angel makes a comment about how the Zeds they just shot have burns on them
- No mention of any tattoos/markings on Randy

This leads me to a couple of thoughts:

1) Michael knew Randy was a Zed before this and that he was not friendly (even if he was before turning)
2) Because of the burns and how close this event was to the Maller bombing of the Arena, Randy and his party had just come from the Arena.
3) When Burt, Angel, Riley, and Kalani get to the hospital, they see a LOT of Zeds coming into the hospital , several dragging humans with them. Randy grabs Tanya and starts dragging her off. This behavior is too alike to be coincident, I think, so the assumption is Randy is "collecting" for the Devil's Workshop.

Item 1 makes me think that Michael witnessed Randy turning at the water works and that they did not part on the best of terms.

Items 2 & 3 make me think that Randy is working with/for TOWTM the whole time. The fact that Randy gets marked at some point after this leads me to believe that he is in TOWTM's army still.

Following that, if Randy got turned at the water works and then made his way back to the Arena, what caused him to go there? Was it something in the turning process? Did the other Zeds around him when he turned tell/convince him some how? Did he stumble across it as he wandered LA after turning? Hmmmm.....

Just getting a few thoughts down here while they are in my head. Anybody got some thoughts on this? Something I missed or messed up?

All of that lines up with what I assume as well, although I think your assumption on #1 and the second bulleted point might be a stretch. I think Michael is one of the few people in this Z-day that would shoot his own mother in the face if she turned, without hesitation. So the assumption that him unabatedly (not a word i think) shooting at Randy means he IS bad, at least in my opinion, is sort of flawed. It's not to say you're wrong, just that I don't think it's a sound argument.

Everything else seems seems to make sense though

[Witch_Doctor]

+1 SCBubba

Randy turned by a Behemoth? I don't know. Just throwing out speculations. Good job piecing thing together.

[scbubba]

Randy turned by a Behemoth? I don't know. Just throwing out speculations. Good job piecing thing together.

Not sure if it was specifically the Behemoth that turned Randy. Could have been some normal that was at the water works, or outside after the escape. We're not really sure WHEN Randy got turned, I guess....

[YetAnotherBloodyCheek]

What if Randy was Michael's Datu-Samantha-moment? Let's assume that Randy had not been turned before his first encounter with Michael, because articulating his name would have been very difficult for Zombie-Randy. Zombie-Randy: "Raarrr, raarrr". Michael: "Ok, I understand, I will call you Randy."

If Randy was still human at the pumping station, he might helped Michael to leave it. He then got bitten on the way out and decided to fall back in order to stop the zeehs following them. Finally, he asked Michael for one final favor: to kill him if Michael would see him again.

However, this does not explain his special status...

[Witch_Doctor]

I mentioned this before a while back in theories, I think, but zombies don't seem to like fire OR the smart ones know that they shouldn't mess with it.

Think about what happened during every event involving fire. The Zs were held back.

[LiamKerrington]

Listening back to Chapters 20 - 24 the last couple of days. That has the section where Z-Randy grabs Tanya and Michael and Angel pursue in the streets. A couple of things that stand out to perhaps give us some info about Randy:

- Obviously Michael recognizes Randy by physical characteristics (hair, beard, clothes,...)
- Michael has no hesitation shooting at Randy before and after Randy drops Tanya
- Angel makes a comment about how the Zeds they just shot have burns on them
- No mention of any tattoos/markings on Randy

This leads me to a couple of thoughts:

1) Michael knew Randy was a Zed before this and that he was not friendly (even if he was before turning)
2) Because of the burns and how close this event was to the Maller bombing of the Arena, Randy and his party had just come from the Arena.
3) When Burt, Angel, Riley, and Kalani get to the hospital, they see a LOT of Zeds coming into the hospital , several dragging humans with them. Randy grabs Tanya and starts dragging her off. This behavior is too alike to be coincident, I think, so the assumption is Randy is "collecting" for the Devil's Workshop.

Item 1 makes me think that Michael witnessed Randy turning at the water works and that they did not part on the best of terms.

Items 2 & 3 make me think that Randy is working with/for TOWTM the whole time. The fact that Randy gets marked at some point after this leads me to believe that he is in TOWTM's army still.

Following that, if Randy got turned at the water works and then made his way back to the Arena, what caused him to go there? Was it something in the turning process? Did the other Zeds around him when he turned tell/convince him some how? Did he stumble across it as he wandered LA after turning? Hmmmm.....

Just getting a few thoughts down here while they are in my head. Anybody got some thoughts on this? Something I missed or messed up?

Very nice work. Thank you. Cannot rep you atm; will do asap.

@Fire: Yes, maybe the fire-zombie-issue is based on the instinct of almost any life-form on earth considering fire as a danger. Based on what we have learned so far, we may consider zeehs in WA not as dead or undead, but as living organisms, which adhere to basic biological functions and concepts. Heat or fire is something them zeehs don't like.

@YABC: This is pretty close to what I envision regarding Michael, Randy, and the pump-station events.

[scbubba]

I mentioned this before a while back in theories, I think, but zombies don't seem to like fire OR the smart ones know that they shouldn't mess with it.

Think about what happened during every event involving fire. The Zs were held back.

@Fire: Yes, maybe the fire-zombie-issue is based on the instinct of almost any life-form on earth considering fire as a danger. Based on what we have learned so far, we may consider zeehs in WA not as dead or undead, but as living organisms, which adhere to basic biological functions and concepts. Heat or fire is something them zeehs don't like.

I don't think the Zeds fear fire any more than most other living things would. Remember that they had fires in the arena that they kept going on purpose.

One thing I found interesting is that the Zeds, with the exception of TOWTM, don't seem to be tool users. We had an example of one driving a car early on but not really anything else I can think of. No melee or missle weapons to speak of...

More to ponder, I guess.