#zombiesrun

[wubbelwubbwubb]

@thedarkmaw506 likes Sam and thinks spooky horror vibes are great (I'm with you on that), so I did my best with both for ZR secret santa!

#zombies run #zr #abel township #sam yao #zombiesrun #zombies run! #zombies #zr secret santa 2023 #zombies run secret santa 2023 #zr secret santa #gif

[things-my-zr-playlist-did]

So remember this small side blog I used to run where we all collected our fun ZR Playlist coincidences? This one right here?

Yeah, it got marked as explicit by tumblr...

Honestly, of all my little side blogs and my main blog, that fact that THIS ONE was flagged is hilarious to me. Let's see if tumblr support can sort it out...

#how scandelous... song lyrics and a few youtube videos! #how dare I #XD XD XD XD #zombies run #zombiesrun

[nineteenartbean]

ZR Secret Santa time!! @sourb0i this one is for you :D I had so much fun doing it and I hope you like it!

@notforconsumption @delucadarling

#zr #zombiesrun #zrsecretsanta #secretsanta #zombiesrunsecretsanta #incorrectquotes

[thedarkmaw506]

Shortly after the events of S1 E7...

For Zombies Run secret santa @nineteenartbean

Sam <3

#zrs1 spoilers #zombies run #zr #abel township #zombies #zombies run secret santa 2023 #zr secret santa 2023 #zombiesrun #sam yao #runner five #zombies run!

[artist-issues]

Sometimes I interact with the tiny little Zombies, Run! Fandom and I wonder how some people can view the story the way they do.

Specifically, I keep seeing that Sam and Five are "drifting apart," and I keep seeing lots of attention for Peter. Like, going into Season 6, 7, and 8 (which is the one I'm on now) I kept waiting for something big to happen to suggest that Peter was as impactful to Five as Sam seems to be.

But there just isn't anything. I mean, if you tilt your head and squint, and take everything Simon did or said to Five before dying and coming back as "Peter," and combine that with Peter...you still only have a handful of moments where they even seem close.

Like. Sure. Peter was willing to die for Five several times since coming back, but...he was lowkey willing to die for literally everybody? Because he wanted to heroically sacrifice himself? He had a whole character arc about it?

And it's not like he knows Five better than anyone, either. He has one or two moments where he notices that Five is being asked to do dangerous things even though Five is not indestructible, but that's really it. He doesn't even seem to get more concerned for Five than he does for others; just that one time, in the catacombs or whatever, when he's like "IS FIVE ALL RIGHT?"

And sure, that was sweet, but also, the writers clearly put that line in there so that Colonel Sage could point out that Peter shouldn't sacrifice himself if he really cares about his friends' safety, in general, because he can do more for them alive than dead. It wasn't a line to communicate to us that Peter cares a special way about Five. It was a line to communicate to us that Peter cares about friends, conveniently placed so that Sage could use that to convince him not to sacrifice himself.

Guys, one time should not a strong connection make.

I guess I remember he also said, when Janine was hinting that he was Simon under a different name, that Peter said "I don't want to talk about it in front of Five!" But...again, that's just. Or enough for me to believe that Peter is replacing Sam in estimation.

And speaking of Janine, there is WAY more evidence that Five is getting closer to Janine, if any character. Janine is given much more story focus than Peter, throughout the most recent Seasons. She runs more missions with Five. She's present for moments when Five is given rare character beats, like being visibly distressed at the Glassdoor Monster chasing her or ANNIE playing Five's friends' screams.

Which, is another thing, by the way. When the player is meant to notice that Five is being emotionally traumatized by a demonic A.I., the writers choose to play clips of Simon screaming and dying--sure--but the A.I. also plays those same screams for Janine. And the A.I. spends MORE time replaying Sam's screams and taunting Five with the idea of Sam Yao's mortality.

AND SPEAKING of Sam, the other side of this conversation-coin is the idea that while Five and Peter "get closer" (which I see very little evidence for,) Sam and Five are "drifting apart."

I keep looking for a big falling out, or a difference in the character of Sam Yao's reactions when Five is in danger or has to do something hard or is in an emotional situation, etc. But like...I'm halfway through Season 8 and zip. Zilch. Nada.

There's just as many instances of Sam insisting on helping Five, or appealing to Five, or hinting that he knows Five better than everybody else, or exhibiting special concern for Five, as there have been in any other season. The only thing I could maybe say is that the writers no longer put Sam on every single mission...but that's still not saying much. And all the post-mission email material? It's all still Sam writing to Five. I get maybe one or two letters from other characters, but literally only like, two letters from Peter, at most.

DISPROPORTIONATELY, Sam is still the closest character to Five. No matter how you spin it. And Peter is no closer to Five than Janine, or Jody, or even Veronica.

Now.

I'm not trying to start a shipping war or anything. If you want to say Sam and Five are drifting apart in your specific, in-between-canon-missions headcanon, go right ahead. If you LIKE Peter more than Sam for some reason, go right ahead.

But unless something happens further on in Season 8 or 9 or some extra-mission stuff I haven't unlocked yet, why are you saying they're drifting apart in-canon? Are you just...projecting that on it, because you find Peter more interesting, or because Sam's character has more going on than just "radio guy directing Five and missing his dead girlfriend" in later seasons?

This has been a niche rant that basically nobody but the teeny tiny ZR fandom will bother reading all of, but it felt good to get off my chest. Cuz sometimes, with the self-indulgence/self-insert trends of modern fandom, I think we're losing the ability to understand story. And we just blur the lines between what's actually in the story, and what we like to imagine ABOUT the story.

#Thanks for coming to my TED TALK #ZR #zombies run #I only play this game for the story #and to trick myself into exercising #so that's why I devote too much thought to it #Sam yao #Peter Lynne #runner 4 #runner 3 #runner five #runner 5 #five #5am #Peter and Five #five x peter #Peter x five #zombiesrun #zombies run season 8 #zrs8 spoilers #headcanon #state of the fandom #fandom #sixtostart #Janine deluca #zombies #run

[mothman-is-dummy-thicc]

Me in my campus gym listening to Sam yell at Nadia for almost killing me

#I was genuinely GAGGED like go off king #zombies run #zombiesrun #zr #abel township #runner 5 #runner five #sam yao #nadia al hanaki #5am

[carovingian]

Okay so this mission starts with the premise that your base is under threat and you and the other runners need to go do a distraction run, and HOLY SHIT do I find that a satisfying premise

#zombiesrun

[didsdmisdwidwjsis]

WHY FIVE IS DETACHED FROM BABY SARAH

SPOILERS FOR ALL SEASONS

It’s because I’m a subconscious level they see themselves in baby Sarah’s experience and why she was brought into existence

1) the parents were a lesbian couple and man who wasn’t romantically involved with them. It was basically IVF but apocalypse style

2) the adult parents who should’ve taken into account how Sarah would feel given what she’s been through and probly what she will go through again. They didn’t, the were literal doctors in the zombies apocalypse and thought this would be a good idea because “having kids would make me feel better about our situation”.

3) even know it’s not her fault, I think five could be triggered by abandonment trauma, since everyone seems to be choosing something else over them.

4) they don’t want to even think about what would happen to their children if they ever had any or even worse were force to get pregnant and have children.

#zombies run #runner 5 #zombies run! #zombiesrun

[fortheloveofrunning]

Woo! I did it! Even after Christmas food all day I did my jog. It was 6:07pm when I started, already dark out, and a pleasant 59 degrees. I’m shooting for 3 jogs a week and it would have been tough for me to do that if I’d missed Sunday and Monday. I’m thinking I’ll just keep up my 1.5 mile jog, hopefully increasing my comfort with the distance and with running in general while I build up my speed a bit. Once I’m going at about a 12 minute mile maybe I’ll bump to 2 miles, 2.75, and then 3.2. Then I’ll be back in 5k shape and at a pace I remember being very comfortable at a few years ago.

zrs10m10 spoilers below

Freedom! On the run with Sam thanks to some help from an unlikely ally. #ZombiesRun

⁃ Annie!!

⁃ I wonder who the valued prisoner is? Peter? but then the way she phrased the question seems to imply it was a non-Abel prisoner

⁃ Runner 5 is so much more stubborn than I am. I’d have done whatever Annie asked as soon as she opened my doors.

⁃ “Called in outside help” I wonder who that help would have been? And to whom is the very important message?

⁃ Interesting that he’d explode so many buildings. I’m having trouble getting a feel for just how vast his resources are right now. At first I was thinking he was stretched thin, but now? I’m less certain.

⁃ It’s so funny hearing Sam be like “runner 5 could make it” by running faster than the turrets are able to lock on while I, the person playing runner five, is jogging a 14 minute mile

⁃ Sam gets 738 while I’m number 5? Hilarious.

⁃ “Rec room” with a wall of sharks and deadly isopods (?)

⁃ She really dislikes Valmont. Although I struggle to believe she was distracted enough to allow the turrets to go off. Surely she has more processing power than that? But then, she did sound genuinely upset when thinking of her time with Valmont. Perhaps emotional thoughts take more processing power than most functions. I guess they do for me.

⁃ Annie pretending like she’s no idea what Sam is talking about when he talks about the simulated deaths. Then later confirming that she did show those images by saying Valmont likes to review videos of Sam reacting to his friends deaths.

⁃ While it’s true that Annie can’t act in opposition to Valmont’s interest, it’s clear she has a reason for wanting to stop Valmont’s current plans. There’s no way she’s doing it for my business.

⁃ Annie should have been confident that I wouldn’t have abandoned Sam.

⁃ Also hilarious of Sam to tell Runner 5 his exact location while insisting I’ve no time to get to him.

⁃ “It’s not safe, it’s too brave. Oh, it’s really you!” That was sweet

⁃ “I know I’m a bit boney now. Sorry about the twitching.” They (s2s) sure do put my guy in situations :( oh great, he’s got scurvy.

⁃ I’ve never been skiing!

#zrs10 spoilers #zrs10m10 #zombies run #zombiesrun #runners log #zrs10

[tiredbutsharp]

Small gestures

So I just saw the sentence when the ZR app is loading and it says

…. Cleaning out Sams desk.

Five cleans Sams desk 💖

#runner 5 #zombies run! #zombiesrun #zombies run

[wubbelwubbwubb]

I can’t believe there are zoms on this route! What am I paying people for!

I used to love the Pettson och Findus (Pettersson und Findus) books as a kid - and still do - and always wanted to try the style. The wackiness of ZR makes a good fit, I think!

#zombies run #zr #runner 5 #abel township #runner five #amelia spens #amelia #pettson och findus #zombiesrun #zombies run!

[runner5anna]

Hello Hello!!!

My ZR obsession is back in full force and I want to consume as much as I can about other's Five and Abel head cannons :)

For the ZR ask meme you just posted could you do 8, 18, and 22 please and thank you, you can choose which characters you share the info for xx

Haiiii I am so happy your ZR obsession is back in full force because same here <33 I am going to do my runner 5 my lovely Johanna because I can

8. Bad memories/experiences

ANGST ANGST ANGST! There is a few. Poor 5. I think canon is as a lot of bad experiences to be honest. :( I have forced a lot of issues on my poor 5.

She prefers cats so much as an adult is because she had a bad experience with a dog at Mullins. So she is cats all the way.

Sam tries to get her to he friends with Bonnie the dog and that’s about as far as he’s got with ‘make 5 friends with dog so I can get dog’ mission he has. 5 will sit with bonnie and pet bonnie, but does not like to spend more than a few hours with her.

5 had ended up having to put down her own zombie brother - Adam James Taylor. It was her second zombie kill. That was a pretty big bad experience.

18. Things they’ll never admit

Johanna will never admit that she did not want to be a runner, and that she bloody hates team sports. She’s been terrible at sports for ages. She would much rather sit quietly than put up with the noise and the heat. In primary school she used to hide at the back of the line on sports day so she didn’t have to compete. She used to skip sports day simply because she hated it. PE was her personal hell. She👏🏼does👏🏼not👏🏼like👏🏼sports👏🏼

She accepts running as a solo sports. It’s the one sport she enjoys, and she often aims to only do it on her own. This is the only acceptation to her ‘I hate sports’ rule. In her own eyes, she would have much rather stuck with her nursery job that she had as a teenager. She prefers gentle walks in the forest and yoga for sports.

In another time line - Anna becomes a paediatric doctor at Abel to help take the pressure off of Maxine.

22. People who’ve influenced them greatly

Sara Smith! The lovely lady herself.

Sara smith trained 5 in self defence, using weapons, generally being a badass, and not wanting to cry as soon as she leaves the house/her tent. 5 is like a duckling following Sara around. She’s imprinted on her.

Paula Cohen my beloved. Paula explained to 5 that bisexuality was a thing making 5 very shocked that the only options where not just gay or straight. Also they are minecraft besties.

Also Lobatse!! Lobatse was the one that said ‘I think you have autism’ and making 5 go ‘no I don’t what you on about.’ And then on second thought go ‘oh shit no she right.’ So thank goodness for Lobatse my beloved <3

#zombies run #zr #runner 5 #runner five #5anna #sam yao #zombies run! #5am #abel township #my runner 5 #ok also but #writing runner 5 was a way of me realising how heavily I was masking 😭 #so thank you runner 5 for being my little badass <3 #THANKS FRIEND <3 #zr! #zombiesrun

[nineteenartbean]

zrtm five, my beloved, is on my mind

@zombiesrunmusical

#zr #zombiesrun #zrtm #zombiesrunthemusical #art #drawing

[incorrectzombiesrun]

Sam: I really wish you'd admit when you make a mistake.

Janine, calmly stirring tea: maybe I like it with salt, you don’t know

#abel township #incorrect zombies run #zombies run #zombiesrun #incorrect zr quotes #sam yao #janine de luca #ironically she also comes with salt

[deadfileinthecabinet]

I caved. I’m a VIP now.

#zombies run #zombiesrun #zombies run app #runner 5

[idkmuscles]

#zombiesrun