Quote Originally Posted by LiamKerrington View Post
Besides these two major plans they also scavenged the hack out of LA, took as many people as slaves or minions as possible, and they prepared for leaving the place as soon as they learned about the colony, where they could take over. That was the moment, when the arc of the Mallers was ended, because after that the Mallers as a group got distroyed. Just theorizing: What, if there was never the revolution? I could easily envision an alternate WA-verse, where the Mallers were able to sustain the Colony, make it bigger and stronger, maybe even expand it. But it would be a dark place for all the slaves and minions who would have to succumb to the will of Durai and especially the wild emotions of Scratch.

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And purpose is a theme for many other characters as well - as you have described and explained it already. But let me add a few more characters:
Great points Liam and having a purpose did seem to make life more bearable for survivors and prevent them from wallowing in their despair. In fact wasn't this one of those two or three things Michael said everyone needs to have to be productive in a zombie apocalypse world? I'm lazy, so I don't feel like checking the early season one episodes to confirm. I do plan on listening to the whole series again when I get all the CDs though.

As for the Mallers, an alternative ending with them maintaining control of the Colony and expanding seems quite bleak, but I'm guessing they didn't have a Tanya among them to figure out what was motivating the zombies nor the military training and weaponry that enabled them to bury the zombies underground. The Mallers did a commendable job of taking out the Arena, but how would they have fared against the zombies in their more advanced stages with the army of Little Ones at full strength? Actually, let's just pretend Durai never tries to kill Scratch and the Mallers remain in control of the Colony. At some point Ink and Randy would have made their way over to the Colony, whether Glenn and Pete led them there or not. Would the Mallers have been able to manage victory against the zombie horde the way the Towerites did in chapter 36? They did not have access to a mini-gun or a helicopter to take out the Little Ones. I'm thinking the Colony would have been decimated had it stayed in Maller hands.