Wnd #55

[Witch_Doctor]

My first thought, when i heard it, was that it was doing a bit of mimicry. I thought TOWTM was mimicking Saul when he said, "It's Paul" and Pegs when he said "Help us" when he got into the Tower. All I know now is that when ever I listen to the talking Inkling I have a mental image of The Star Wars Bounty Hunter, Bossk.
Admiral Piet, "Bounty hunters! We don't need their scum"
Inkling, "Die die die."

bossk.jpg

[Cabbage Patch]

...I wonder if cabbage patch can find a navy seal seal.

Challenge accepted, but let's make this the last one for this thread, it's way off topic. I'll start a new thread for just this subject.
http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/s...imal-Menagerie



And meet a real US Navy SEAL (Dog) with their new high-tech combat vest

[Arch_Will]

bravo cabbage, bravo

[Witch_Doctor]

Regarding Amy's infection, I predict that the method of transmission will now become a critical topic for the survivors. They are right on the cusp of realizing that bites and blood exposure are not the only way that the INKLINGS can infect. Remember that Amy kept insisting that she wasn't bitten. I doubt that she was simply trying to hide her contact with a Zombie because she could have just as easily said that she was cut in a fall. She, somewhat, sounds convinced that she couldn't even have been infected by the scratch. On top of that, Micheal questions Tanya about what she knew of Amy's injury. He sounds dubious to the idea that a scratch, alone, could explain her turning.

Amy infection: I tought we settled that: during the autopsy Tanya notes the little one has self-inflicted wounds. They "poison" their own nails with their blood and infect with the scratches.

Gonna admit that I missed reading that the Inklings' self inflicted wounds were used to 'poison' their nails like blowgun darts tipped with tree-frog butt-juice, but clem131 is onto something big. This is evidence of a game changer. The purpose of the Inklings is to spread the specialized infection. Sorry NikVoodoo, but here's your much maligned FrankenZombie.

Anyone catch Micheal's foreshadowing comment? "...but we were stronger now. What we faced here couldn't compare to what we left behind in Bolder or Fort Irwin; or so we thought." Yeah, right now they think that the 5 remaining Little Ones (Tanya is keeping score) are easier to deal with than 150K but Mike is foreshadowing that the SHTF later. Zombie Tag, anyone?

[AtomicHamster]

We're Not Dead,

Great show about a great show.

Here is my prediction about who is reading the Journals that are telling the story. It appears that at some point Michael gets to sit down and compile all of the journal into one complete narrative of what happened. As heard in season 3 when Michael said that the events portrayed in the injury and taking to boulder of Kimmets neice. I think that Libby and Saul's son is reading this recap journal of the events to his children as a bed time story years after the end of the series.

This would be an Awesome ending and show that the struggle of the character was not in vain.

The Mighty AtomicHamster will now pause so every one can bask in the glow of Awesomeness!

[nikvoodoo]

Let me clarify: FrankenZombie is the theory that TOWTM builds a zombie out of parts of dead people which is just patently ridiculous in my opinion. That's all I've ever meant by that. Having an inkling poison it's own claws to spread an infection is plausible.

Putting my arms on your body with Osiris's head and Ra1th's legs is, to me, implausible and too far fetched for this or any story. I can suspend my disbelief but that is a deal breaker.

[Witch_Doctor]

Let me clarify: FrankenZombie is the theory that TOWTM builds a zombie out of parts of dead people which is just patently ridiculous in my opinion. That's all I've ever meant by that. Having an inkling poison it's own claws to spread an infection is plausible.

Putting my arms on your body with Osiris's head and Ra1th's legs is, to me, implausible and too far fetched for this or any story. I can suspend my disbelief but that is a deal breaker.

Oh, OK.

[pmchawk]

Ok. I regret it. That navy seal is freaking me out.

[scbubba]

WD and clem131 discussions about Little One scratches spreading the disease are good stuff. I agree that Amy seemed to honestly think she had nothing to worry about by being scratched. Thinking back to our introduction to the Colony and to Fort Irwin, everyone was concerned with bite marks. And you know damned well that the triage for the aftermath of the recent battles at the Colony was checking for bite marks. Nobody thought the scratches would be an issue. Well, now they know better....

Although neither Michael not Tanya makes a big deal out of it. Tanya obviously has to get back to doctoring and Mikey just takes a nap. Then when Michael wakes up, it's straight to the scene with Tanya and Saul working on CJ. So, maybe it'll come up after that.

The idea that the Little Ones are intentionally poisoning their finger nails is indeed a game changer. This points to a major intent to turn humans into new Little Ones as opposed to hunting and killing. We saw how effective the Little Ones were in Boulder and Fort Irwin.

We still don't have solid intel on the turn vs kill decision (or instinct?) of the Zeds but this line of thinking points to a very big intent to turn people vs kill them.

Brings up an interesting, potential, conundrum. How do you balance things when your food source is also your means of propagating the bloodline? How many do you turn vs how many do you keep in the pantry for dinner?

[Bullethead]

Tanya seems to have her hands full. I mean had Michael not stopped by there would have been an ADLO in the infirmary and Tanya is caputz. She's too busy to check the background of everyones injury.

Needs to be someone on guard with her. I am surprised Michael didn't worry about this.