Why is this completely shrugged off?
It happens in the other mediums of TWD but we will stick only to TT's game. At the end of S1 Clem and Lee cover themselves in walker innards to simply walk right through the horde of zombies between them and their goal so.... why don't characters capitalize on this?? I don't mean always walking around in zombie juice but wouldn't a sensible person realize the advantages this brings? Personally I would be walking around with a zombie intestine in my pocket at all times! (Obviously not my pocket, but a bag or something.) Anyone think they conveniently forget this information just to keep walkers as a main threat instead of them becoming a meer annoyance?
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You can't really predict when Walkers are going to show up, and you'll probably be too busy panicking or trying to escape rather than rubbing the guts on yourself. Good point, though.
Rubbing zombie guts on your self isn't the most appealing thing in the world, even if it could have it's advantages...
If we saw more uses of it, we'd might be able to find out if it is really practical or not. Lee had to rub a lot of muck on Clementine.
Dying is less appealing personally, but I do see your point.
Think about it. It's probably less than sanitary, and would you want to wear all that stuff all the time? It would be unbearable, and it doesn't work unless you are careful.
Very true, I would honestly love to always have the option of vanishing though.
and walking through crowds of zombies is scary/intense as fuck
Most people would just straight avoid a zombie horde rather then trying to cover themselves in juice and walk through. On the normal slow zombie days, I would imagine its favorable to just kill a zombie or run from one then to have a rotting intestine "in your pocket". I wonder if you have ever smelled some really rank rotting flesh before, let alone human flesh, If you are suggesting it not being an issue. Also, diseases...
Real life zombie apocalypse time, I'm not covering myself in entrails. I'm getting body armor, guns, ammo and shelter.
Only from one intestine. Disgusting, horrifyingly so, but definitely seems practical. Again just my opinion though.
And borderline suicidal.
Right that is why I said I wouldn't wear it all the time. Carrying around an... item, from a walker and rubbing it on you would have the same effect as killing one and rubbing it on you since decay isn't a problem.
I do like the idea of it. I do want to see more of some strategic stuff like that.
Who knows. Maybe Clem will tell the group later on, or she's forgotten about it.
I have, even road kill is rank and it is usually only hours or days old. The smell would be hard to stomach, but it would be better than running into a horde and not having a way out. Personally if this worked, I would collect body armor, guns, ammo, shelter, and a platic bag.
We see this in the show with Michonne and the two walkers she keeps on the leash. It is interesting concept that more people don't utilize. As others have said though, you may think you'd be willing to walk around in zombie guts forever but you most certainly can't. It would maybe be wise to have it somewhere in case though.
Scary yeah but as portrayed in the last part of S1E5 not all that threatening. Lee walked through and even the shaking Clem did so, and there were no problems at all until Lee collapsed. There would always be the chance it would go wrong but your odds would be better than getting surrounded by the horde and trying to run through.
I never said I would be willing to walk around in it forever, but as you said, having the option to slap some on when needed seems like a tactic worth implementing (perhaps on a regular basis? Supply runs and such?).
LETS JUST RUB ZOMBIE POOP ALL OVER OUR BODIES AND KEEP IT THERE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME
Well, there could be some serious health issues that might pop up, because these are the innards of walking, rotting corpses we're talking about. It isn't feasible to use or keep around you for so long, though I DO agree that it seems like the survivors would use it more than they actually do.
Please don't bring that stuff to my thread. Pretty please?
It's a game, It doesn't have to back up science all the time so...
uhm.. what stuff?
I'm just saying, there's a huge health hazard. Rubbing feces not from zombies on yourself is a big risk, without it coming from dead, disease-ridden, zombies.
what the dog did was actually realistic.
and, yea, no, I'm not going away.
I wasn't talking about small amounts of time, like a couple hours, although I would think that that would be dangerous as well, I'm talking about having around/on you all of the time.
By stuff I mean the obvious attempt at crude and humorless sarcasm and the "LOOK AT ME" caps lock. First it isn't feces, not sure why you would assume that... and yes there would be health hazards involved with disease born from decaying corpses but there are also health hazards stemming from being eaten alive. Not to mention people in the ZA would be exposed to the disease day in and day out and would build an immunity (not become immune, build an immunity).
Intestines... carry feces.. you're the one that mentioned intestines. And I wasn't talking about the zombie infection, everyone has that. I'm just talking about the bacteria and germs that are involved in that.
The dog scene was less than completely realistic, but realistic enough for my liking. Also I'm sure they have means of carrying the item(s) by a means where you don't have contact with it after putting it in the container and before taking it out. A plastic bag would suffice.
Ahh ok, we will use a heart or lung from now on :P. And I was also talking about the bacteria and germs not the mysterious zombie infection.
eh.. I still personally don't think doing that is healthy. But, you do what you gotta do..
also, for me, if there's even a 1% chance of what happened with the dog happening, to me, it's realistic. considering the amount of dogs out there.
well then.
Yes, blood will still work.
Part of this is because when I saw Lee rubbing the intestine all over Clementine I was like "dude.. you know that normal human feces is full of bacteria, more than blood, right..."
(I might be a bit over-concerned about this because I went on a 2-month trip with my Aunt and Uncle in an RV and they really emphasized on how if I got the "black water (from the tank that holds everything from the toilet)" on me I should clean myself right away. was also really grossed out by that scene with Robin Williams in RV when the geyser of crap explodes in his face because of this)
"having or showing a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected" 1% just isn't realistic
. Healthy, no it probably isn't, but cornered by a herd it beats the alternative.
Nasty. Lol xD
I mean, for a story, some of the key selling points are that these kind of things can happen in real life, but rarely.
Eh, I guess it's just that I think people complaining about realism in their fiction just don't make sense to me. If I can find cases that are extremely similar to what is in my "realistic" fiction, it's good enough for me.
I thought about this alot. Why not create a square sized fort and surround them with arm less, jaw less, walkers tied to the barricades?
Seems like it could work for me, could even scare bandits POSSIBLY.
I do agree, if I am looking for complete realism I will read a non-fiction book. Otherwise, close sits well with me.
I also thought it was weird that this seemingly extremely useful discovery was only utilized once per media. I suppose most people are a bit too sensible to employ it too often but I always imagined that there must be some insane asshole somewhere out there running around covered head-to-toe in zombie guts 24/7. Perhaps we'll meet him this season.
Welcome to Crawford
crawford's flaw wasn't the barricade, it was the sadistic leader
........... I would be that insane asshole :P . Even if they didn't use it all the time, to shelter their precious sensibilities, I don't see why they wouldn't use it more often than they have.
I agree, though the wall was off putting. That is just what it reminded me of.
I think most people would try to avoid walkers altogether rather than try to sneak by their ranks at a distance where being covered in zombie guts would matter. The only time this is really that useful is when there's no other choice but to wade directly through a massive hoard of walkers and it does require some, err, preparation.
Actually, maybe that's what the creepy "Amid the Ruins" slide is all about.