This is why I can’t enjoy The Walking Dead. Warlords, sure. But everyone constantly trying to murder everyone else rings false.

I don't like grimdark as a tone at all anymore, it's just not realistic to my experience. And most post-apocalyptic fiction really leans into grimdark.I don't like grimdark as a tone at all anymore, it's just not realistic to my experience. And most post-apocalyptic fiction really leans into grimdark.

The story of survival of the human race for most of history was a story of cooperation.

Always thought it would be interesting to do a zombie story where the actual threat of the plague that everyone has is destroying the “working in groups” parts of the brain, not reanimating the dead.