Very important fandom question!

[ana_grrl]

My work is not interesting me, and writing fic isn't working for me either. Therefore, I ponder a very important question - which characters would I want on my side if I was living in a zombie-infested world?

Conclusion:

1. Teyla (SGA) - Teyla's attitude towards zombies would be 'Bitch, please.' She's lived in a galaxy infested with Wraith!

Comments

[ozsaur]

See, here's the plan - First, take over a Mall.

Simon Tam, Carson Beckett and Greg House - Stash them in the pharmacy and let them do their medical thing to find a cure or the ultimate kill'em all weapon against zombies.

Rodney McKay, Sam Carter and Radek Zalenka - the cure or weapon may need a delivery system. They can build it.

Jayne Cobb, Teyla Emmagen, Ronon Dex, Ellen Ripley (Alien) - firepower, baby! Gotta have firepower!

Sam and Dean Winchester, Rupert Giles, Harry Dresden - in case the solution is a magical one.

Can you tell I've been thinking about this way too much? Yeah...

[ana_grrl]

Your survival team is huge! It would make mobility very hard! But, if you're sticking to your mall base, a bigger group makes a lot of sense! I can see a lot of potential for conflict among some of these people - Simon and House? Jayne and Ellen? House and Jayne? JAYNE AND RODNEY? But - they would totally get over it because ZOMBIES omg.

Also, the initial fighting might be kind of fun to watch. Sometimes entertainment is important in zombie survival!

...I also suspect there would be some sex being had. And then you could take pictures for the future (once the zombie menace has been vanquished!) as hot, hot memories and publication ("Zombies! My tale of horror, survival, and really hot sex!"). AWESOME!

Re: OMG awesome

[ana_grrl]

OMG! Lorne AND the Littlest Hobo? Zombies wouldn't stand a chance! Actually, when you wrote LH, I remembered that I'd intended to put a note at the end of my entry saying that of course I'd need a dog on the team! For morale purposes!

Of course, I didn't make the LH connection. I fail! But you totally win!

(You know in the remake of Dawn of the Dead? That dog? When I saw that dog I thought, oh, the Littlest Hobo!)

Re: OMG awesome

[ana_grrl]

I'm pretty sure that the entire cast of Dawn of the Dead--at least, the hefty Canadian contingent--thought the same thing.

It's part of our Canadian Heritage! It needs to be on one of those Canadian Heritage CBC commercials - the Littlest Hobo and the Canadian subconscious ;)

[ex_newbiethe679]

hee, this is the greatest not!meme ever *g*

1) Adam Savage (mythbusters), ok technically not a character, but he's funny, smart, and he can build stuff
2) willow (btvs) powerful, powerful, really smart, friendly lesbian witch who can destroy the world in one fowl swoop when necessary
3) doyle (angel) funny seer half-demon
4) rodney mckay (sga) a genius would be handy
5) greg house (house) to piss people off, find creative solutions, and do the doctorly thing
6) harding welsh (due south) because I'm pretty sure even House wouldn't argue with Welsh when he's angry
7) john crichton (farscape) because when everything else fails, we could use the wormhole technology to escape

*looks back over this list* although I think we'd all die because I now realize that for the most part these are all the kick your ass verbally, not physically types, and I'm pretty sure snark doesn't work on zombies

[ana_grrl]

hee, this is the greatest not!meme ever *g*

And it's very practical, too! We must all plan ahead if we are to survive! *g*

because I now realize that for the most part these are all the kick your ass verbally, not physically types, and I'm pretty sure snark doesn't work on zombies

But you never know! Snark could be the zombie weakness that they keep hidden so well!

[ex_newbiethe679]

And it's very practical, too! We must all plan ahead if we are to survive! *g*

that it is *g*, zombiedom is surely imminent

But you never know! Snark could be the zombie weakness that they keep hidden so well!

it could, it very well could. Maybe instead of screaming if the evil cheerleader girl just snarked at them, they'd all fall apart at the seams. Like "'pop' goes the weasel".

[slw2004]

I'm fairly certain you'll have seen it but... Bunnies via Zombies! Seems appropriate given the convo. :D

[ana_grrl]

Hee! I hadn't seen that before, and it's awesome! Thank you :)

[slw2004]

You're welcome

[dessert_first]

SO. DIFFICULT!!!

Okay, I think I've finally struck a workable balance between talents.

Sam and Dean - (They're a unit! I'm counting them as one!) Agreeing with everyone above, this is their job and if anyone of the group is likely to know how to most efficiently eliminate zombies, it would be them. Plus Sam’s psychic powers might serve as a pre-zombie attack warning system.

Fred - good at survival, and her genius adapts to both magical and scientific innovations. She could probably find some way to neutralize the zombie threat, be it a weapon, a cure, a spell or, heck, a portal. If all else fails, we can escape through the portal.

Rodney - could be bullied into building some sort of zombie-disabling device, though he might sneer at Fred for not having finished that first PhD. Being stuck in a hell dimension is no excuse, you know.

Zoe - we need some level-headed brawn, and she could probably wrangle Rodney when he started freaking out.

Faith - kicking zombie ass with style! Faith would actually enjoy the challenge of keeping off

[ana_grrl]

I was so sad I had to cut so many people, I might be forced to come up with an alternate zombie-fighting team.

Hee! That's what I was thinking too, as I posted. I was thinking about the ultimate other-team that I would want to meet up with. I think it would consist of - Jayne, Zoe (for their ass-kicking powers), Helo (survival experience in a post-apocalyptic world!), Sharon (Cylons have no patience for zombies, omg), Zelenka (wiry and snarky and good at making things we might need), and Teal'c. Because he's Teal'c!

Anyway, I agree that Fraser would be an asset - especially in a nature setting. Faith and Rodney would be a lot of fun (especially when goading each other).

I bring, um, moral support? And the willingness to function as a partner for any team member(s) needing to release tension and dispel fears through life-affirming sex?

Yes! See? We'd all have an important role! Life-affirming sex is very, very key (Also, it helps people get a little sleep when they're really keyed up).

[dessert_first]

Yes, I was really sad I had to cut Jayne. I'm glad you're including him in the alternate team!

Anyway, I agree that Fraser would be an asset - especially in a nature setting.

Yup. Plus, after posting I realized he's always got stashes of homemade all-natural ointments and salves and crap, so between him and field-medic basics Zoe, they'd be able to patch up any wounded team members and keep us going.

I feel like your first team is more solution-oriented and your second team is more survival-oriented. Together, you could have an uberteam! I'm just sayin'.

Also, now I kinda want to write the story where my Team A journeys across the barren, zombie-laden post-apocalyptic landscape to seek out and neutralize the source of the zombie threat. And to find Team B.

[ana_grrl]

Plus, after posting I realized he's always got stashes of homemade all-natural ointments and salves and crap, so between him and field-medic basics Zoe, they'd be able to patch up any wounded team members and keep us going.

So true! Take that, zombie hordes!

I feel like your first team is more solution-oriented and your second team is more survival-oriented. Together, you could have an uberteam

Ah, man. It's so beautiful! They would kick a lot of zombie ass, and be smart and skilled while doing it.

Also, now I kinda want to write the story where my Team A journeys across the barren, zombie-laden post-apocalyptic landscape to seek out and neutralize the source of the zombie threat. And to find Team B.

I ACTUALLY WANT YOU TO WRITE THIS SO MUCH THAT I AM NEARLY AWASH WITH WANT.

...it's just...it would be so cool!