Oh do you have an idea of when chapter 45 will be released?
I’ll likely update it after I update Amarathine and Onyx Armored Fate. Just depends on how quickly I update those, plus it gives me plenty of time to map the chapter out in full. ☺️
SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW CHAPTER!! Could we please get it a day early? If not then what can we expect from this chapter? We all miss John dearly 🥺
Oh I really wish I could release it a day early but I’m still doing a few last minute edits because I want the chapter to be perfect. In terms of what you can expect, I’d say that it’s a step back from the more emotionally and mental draining aspects of the story and focuses on fun and rebuilding the intimacy between John and the OC. It opens the door for the chapter 45 which will be almost entirely full of sex. It’ll be way more intense than when they were at the cabin. 😂😬
Due to John's job, do you think the oc would try and go into hiding with the baby since John would have many enemies and know once they find out about her and the baby. They will possibly come after them.
Absolutely. I think there’s two scenarios that could happen. The first being that John could have her placed in a place where she’s hidden and protected and she could possibly go into hiding without John’s knowledge. Both will always certainly happen at some point in the story.
The Trope of Black Women’s Elevated Status Romantically and Socially in Zombie/Survivalist Settings
So, this bit of meta has been knocking around in my head for quite a while.
I’ve been a huge fan of the zombie genre for a looong time.
Before I even jump into this, I think it’s important to note, that basically the beginning of the modern iteration of this genre Night of the Living Dead and subsequently Dawn of the Dead, used it to upend social taboos for black men and make very risky, and even to this day super-relevant on-the-nose statements about black men in America.
In 1968′s Night of the Living Dead:
a black man leads
punches a white man
slaps a white woman
is the last person standing
and eventually the movie ends in such a way that remains very much spot-on resonant, then and even now, regarding today’s Black Lives Matter movement
***this movie is available to watch for free on youtube. anyone with any interest in social metaphors about black people on film needs to make it their mission to watch this movie at least once.***
I think that it’s important to note that the dawn of the modern zombie genre began with breaking HUGE racial taboos.
Now, with this background, I want to talk about one particularly interesting pattern to ponder regarding black women’s presence within the zombie genre.
I’ve noticed that within the zombie genre (and by extension survival/apocalyptic “last people” scenarios), black women go from being virtually invisible in a romantic sense in “normal narratives” to being the top pick as a partner in all respects in these scenarios.
The first example I can remember was in 1971′s The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston and Rosalind Cash, an early adaptation of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, and potentially the instigator in the trend:
Both characters are the last humans alive, tough and able to defend themselves in this harsh world populated by a new other (humanoid vampire-like species which shuns light). And eventually they become romantic partners.
This is noteworthy, as this movie predates the height of the blaxploitation era, coming right at the heels of the apex of the Civil Rights Movement.