Writer's Block: The Undead

[thebitterguy]

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First off, the Undeadjournal thingy? Cute, but they should have saved it for Friday.

Secondly: That's a strange question. It depends on a bunch of things such as awareness and souls. If the zombie still retains knowledge of its living days, and the hunger has not overwhelmed its mind, then yes, it would be like any other addiction, magnified.

Being an undead monster hungering for human flesh would suck. If the zombie was, instead, and automation, without knowledge of its past human self, then it's like asking if being a gun is suffering.

Now let us never speak of this again.

Comments

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

I think even soul aside, you have to assume there's some level of connection - traditional zombies, if you destroy the brain you kill them, so the brain's 'active' in some sense. I'd imagine it's a little like asking "is an alzheimer's victim who can't remember their life suffering?" Or someone with severe brain damage who can't remember themselves or function without help. Hard to quantify exactly. I'd think you'd have to treat it something _like_ suffering just in case and try to put the zombie down if it's practical (for zombies, that is. For the other cases I make no such judgements).