{"id":1884,"date":"2014-03-28T11:34:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T15:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2014-03-28T11:34:22","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T15:34:22","slug":"zombies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wrote-about\/zombies\/","title":{"rendered":"Zombies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/why-are-we-so-fascinated-by-zombies-1553161274\">Why are we so fascinated by Zombies?<\/a> This morning io9 posed this question and it got me thinking about why I love zombie fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Zombies are so fascinating because they&#8217;re a blank slate. Because they have no personalities or characteristics other than undead. They can be anything.<\/p>\n<p>They can slowly shamble towards you. They can run, hopped up on viral powers. They can morph into hideous beasts. They can overwhelm you simply by their relentless pursuit. <strong>They never tire. They never stop.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They can be anything that fits the tale to be told. I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B007R5WUZO?tag=arctpala-20\">enjoy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0089LQJ3E?tag=arctpala-20\">zombie<\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B009DJ5YHI?tag=arctpala-20\">fiction<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/031622507X?tag=arctpala-20\">have<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B002LA0A7K?tag=arctpala-20\">read<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B003UYUP1W?tag=arctpala-20\">numerous<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000JMKQX0?tag=arctpala-20\">books<\/a> about them. What keeps me coming back is how different they are.<\/p>\n<p>Often times it&#8217;s not the difference in zombie, but how the surviving humans relate and interact with them. How much is known about them? How are they viewed? Is it a noble profession to <em>quiet<\/em> the undead because they too were people once? Are the zombies hideous creatures unleashed from hell as punishment?<\/p>\n<p>Are they walkers? Biters? Zom-Zoms? Z? Zed?<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re one beast with many names. And because they&#8217;re a blank slate they can morph to be anything. That&#8217;s what makes them so appealing.<\/p>\n<p>There are tales of zombie love stories. Zombies as pets. Zombies capture the imagination because they are us. They&#8217;re relentless molds we fill with our fears, hopes and emotions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are we so fascinated by Zombies? This morning io9 posed this question and it got me thinking about why I love zombie fiction. Zombies are so fascinating because they&#8217;re a blank slate. Because they have no personalities or characteristics other than undead. They can be anything. They can slowly shamble towards you. They can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New Post: Why are we so fascinated by Zombies?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[65,571,570],"class_list":["post-1884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrote-about","tag-books","tag-fiction","tag-zombie"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Unsplash-By-Robin-Benad.jpg?fit=3796%2C2541&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1884"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1892,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884\/revisions\/1892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}