#apocalypse aftermath

[trash-monkey]

The World Of Water (Rewrite)

A blazing sun sits in the middle of the blue sky without a cloud in sight while the endless void of water below crosses all sides of the horizon. A large boat sits alone on top of the water, made up of two sail boats in the style of a trimaran boat without the middle hull. It's hold together by metal poles and strong nets, in the middle of these boats is a pole that connects to each boat which holds the large sail and another pole that crosses under it has the turning system for the sail at the back.The empty spaces has strong nets so it's easy to walk to each side of this large boat, once inside the back holds a bedroom while the small room on the right is a bathroom and the large room on the left is a storage while the front is a small living room.

Suddenly a large wet hand grabbed a railing, one of many on the side of the large boat while the other hand quickly throw a bag made from nets onto the boats floor before grabbing a railing and pull it's person onto the boat. A large man with (H/C) shoulder length hair and (E/C) eyes sits on the boats floor only wearing black faded to gray pants that fits him perfectly as it have some holes down the legs while letting the water on his skin dry up in the blazing heat of mid day. Once rested and semi-dry he started looking through what he have brought up with him in his net bag, pulling out old rusted things but hopefully would be good for trading and put the bag inside the cabin he's sitting in front of once he had a look at everything. With swiftness he pulls a lever on his way to the other side, pulling another lever in the same spot as the first one and watch as both anchors are pulled up before turning the handles on the turning system for the large sail letting it catch the wind when the sail turned causing the large boat to speed across the water despite the large size of the boat.

The large man looks out onto the horizon through a old rusted binoculars seeing nothing until something catches his eye, pieces of boards float around with other things.

"Somkers" The man growled to himself as he views the rickage of the another boat, Somkers are like scavengers. Some of them ride on small boats powered by machines while other ride on lager boats with large fans on the back and the only warning you get is the loud noise from their boats to alert you, once they see you just hope your boat is fast enough to get away unless you have a death wish. He continues looking around making sure the Somkers are long gone but something unexpected popes up in his lens, two people floating on a piece of board. How they survive the Somkers or Why did they let them live? Somkers don't care who you are, woman, child, slave, or man, they'll kill you no matter what. With hesitation the man sail the boat towards them and once he's right next to them he quickly drops both anchors stoping the boat from moving any farther. The man quickly notice both are unconscious and barely hanging onto the board, he quickly grab them with gentle hands before laying them on the net for the sun to warm and dry them. With speed the man pulled the anchors up while keeping a eye out on the horizon until both anchors slam into place, he turns the sail to caught the wind and before long they're speeding across the water.

By the time I consider us safe and stopping the boat the Sun seats closer to the horizon, with a relief sigh I hit a secret lever to pull my sail down before I sit down against it before glancing at the two I have rescued. Both male with short hair but one is blood red while the other is sun yellow and the only piece of clothing they have on are black skirts that lays around a few inches away from their knees but what really catches my eye is the metal sitting on leather with a large ring in the front while a lock perch on the back that rest on each of their necks, slave collars and by the way they're dressed and the few scars I can see their master wasn't kind. An hour or two later night falls along with the temperature so I carefully moved the two into the room on the opposite side of mine and cover them with the large but thin pieces of clothes I had stored away on this side of my boat.

An hour after the first rays of sun I have already boiled water to drink and started to grill the fish I have caught earlier which caused the two I have saved to finally wake up with growling stomachs at the smell of cooked fish but they quickly pushed their hunger away when they noticed they're in a unknown place, carefully the yellow one peeks out from the hull as the red one is a step behind him. He looks around to see their on a large boat before his eyes lands on my back which is facing them and pulls away from the door to whispered to his friend. Since I have better hearing then most people do I can hear them talking but can't tell what their saying.

"You two going to come out and eat?" I asked as I hold out some cooked meat without looking while they jumped at my rough voice and surprised that I know that their awake, the yellow one peeks out of the hull again to see me holding cooked fish towards them without looking. Quickly he snatch the meat from the hand and returns to his friend where he rips the meat into two pieces for them both after he gives it a sniff to make sure I didn't do anything to the meat before eating it.

"I found you two drifting in the water with what was left of your boat, Smokers?" I asked while holding out more meat to them but before the yellow could grab it I pulled it just out of his reach, he narrow his eyes at me as he moves closer and reach for the meat again but I quickly pull the meat away once again before pointing the seats opposite of me.

"Sit, you'll get more." The yellow one glance between me and where I have pointed at as he thinks, quickly he sits with a leg under him but sits in a way I can't see up his short skirt as he thinks I'm a lot larger up close then he thought and I hand him the piece of meat. He waves over the redhead before taking a large bite out of the fish meat, with hesitation the redhead sit snuggly to his yellow friend side and eating in a slower rate then his friend when I hand him his own piece of cooked fish meat.

"Names." I demand after their shock wears off when I hand them cups of drinkable water, I throw more meat onto the grill that's sits between all three of us as the yellow one glances around before finally answering my question.

"Naruto" He shoves more meat into his mouth after in nervousness then in hungry as he already eat a few mouth fulls.

"Gaara" The redhead specks softly although his voice is deeper them his friends voice as he continues to slowly eat.

"(Y/N)" I respond as I hold out more cooked fish meat which Gaara takes as he just finished his first piece but since Naruto had already eaten two he denys the piece I hold out to him.

"Clothes" I gesture to the large net bag filled with clothes I have collected over time which I had placed onto the twin sized bed of the left boat from where the two had woken up early and after I lead to the two back into to show them the clothes, I leave the two to change in peace as the two watch feeling uncomfortable with this stranger's kindness.

"What is he going to do with us?" Gaara asked Naruto slightly scared and worried about their lives.

"If he wanted to do something bad he wouldn't have clothed, feed, and even given us precious hydro." Naruto whispered back knowing if people wanted something from them they wouldn't be nice about it but this man, a complete stranger although strange himself is treating them like normal people despite the visible slave collars around their necks. Naruto just shakes his head and started looking through the clothes before he picks a light blue skirt that slightly touches the ground and sits comfortable around his low waist as the fabric is double so he doesn't have to wear anything under it but what caught his attention is the asymmetric design as the skirt has a wrap around style so it doesn't matter what size he is it'll fit, Gaara finds another one but in the same color as his hair and both decided to wear them instead of their shorter thin ones.

"Thank you for saving our lives." Naruto said as him and Gaara retake their seat across from me on the right of the boat with Gaara silently following behind him, I just give him a nod in return.

"You'll have to wear your collars for a while longer until most people know you're with me so Slavers won't try to grab you again, if someone asks why you are with me and not your previous master just say that I have traded something precious for you two." They both nod understanding my reasoning for keeping the collars on.

"His feet!" Gaara hissed into Naruto's ear at the sight of my wedded feet.

"It doesn't matter he still saved our lives instead of leaving us in the water to die." Naruto quickly hissed back scolding Gaara for his tone seeing that I'm a kind man but everyone has their limits, Gaara nods lowly in apology. The two watch as I quickly put out the first of the small grill before skillfully pulling up the two anchors and popping the sail open in surprising speed, wind blows greatly as the large boat flys across the water as the light wind pushes us forward. Gaara and Naruto moved to sit on the strong net as I stand at the steering, the two feels the air of the warming morning again against their face as they feel finally like their free.

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#fanfic #male y/n #male reader #anime #naruto #naruto au #naruto shippuden #gaara #sabaku no gaara #water world #water wasteland #apocalypse aftermath

[stormblaze13]

....A terrible/sad thought just struck me concerning Past Donnie and probably a bunch of the existing Future Donnie's who somehow landed their war torn a$$ in the past one way or another.

We know that Donnie likes loud beats and lots of bass, so essentially, lots of very loud noises.

We also know that people who come from war zones, be it soldiers or refugees, can often get triggered by sudden loud noises. (Same applies for smells, textures, environment etc.)

So what I'm trying to say is: What if the very thing that once brought Donnie comfort and security, is now a source of (sadly plausible) fear?

What if the loud beats remind him of the distant echo of explosions, the rumbling bass of the way the ground shook beneath his feet when the Kraang attacked their hideouts.

I'm sorry for the sads but I needed to get that out of my system.

#future donatello #ptsd thoughts #what if #rise donatello #i'm sorry #apocalypse aftermath

[chirpsythismorning]

Can we talk about how Jonathan might've been able to clock Mike simply because of what happened with him and Nancy in season two?

This will be a long post, so you might want to strap in or save it for later.

In Will and Mike's case, it would obviously be much different from Jonathan and Nancy's situation, given that you know, they're gay. But we still have Jonathan arguably going through a similar experience as Will, while Mike is going through a similar experience as Nancy.

In s2, we see Nancy confront Jonathan about how she waited for him before getting back with Steve, which is a revelation to him. Then they're at Murray's and she's struggling to say she loves Steve, after a handful of moments between them that felt like she might return Jonathan’s feelings. And you can clearly see it in his eyes, listening to Murray imply that they have feelings for each other, with him looking back and forth sort of in awe of what's happening, like he's starting to question if she might actually like him back.

Will doesn't have that same affordance as Jonathan to really hope, at least not anymore. Which is why these relationships in s2 and s4 end differently for these two brothers.

Based on all the signs he was seeing that Nancy felt the same, Jonathan decided to take the plunge to admit to Nancy how he felt, and at that same moment Nancy had the courage to show how she felt. In Will and Mike's case, Will wasn't ready to take the plunge to admit to Mike how he felt, at the same moment Mike didn't have the courage to show how he felt.

What's so painfully hilarious to me about all of this though, is that Jonathan arguably starts the season in the same shoes as most of the audience, where from his perspective, it's becoming obvious to him now that Will like's Mike, but that Mike does not feel the same way.

First at Rink-O-Mania, Mike appears a little uncomfortable upon hugging Will. Then as the happy couple continues on their adventure into Rink-O-Mania, he watches Will lagging behind moping. And then unfortunately he's out of commission for the rest of the evening...

But once he's sober and back to being an attentive brother the following morning, we see him watching them at breakfast, with Mike barely sparing Will a glance, all while Will is blatantly staring, almost like he's waiting for Mike to look back, only for Mike to get up and walk away.

All of these instances gotta be SCREAMING unrequited gay love to Jonathan. He's already gotten signs for years that Will is gay, these are now just the signs that are instilling his suspicions that Will has feelings for Mike. He could have easily interpreted their relationship in the early seasons as young best friends, with Will seeming to have a crush on Mike, and with them growing up and that potentially including Will's straight friend distancing himself from him because he doesn't feel the same. It's not the most unexpected thing in the world considering.

But then there's a shift.

Suddenly he's creeping up on them talking in his room. And we know he was listening in on the conversation because he brings up Owens when he sits down. As he's eavesdropping, he's probably thinking something innocent like Aww they're making up! And like, hey! Even if Mike doesn't feel the same, which is okay and entirely expected honestly, at least he still cares about Will enough to make things right after acting so out of character. Still, I'm not gonna lie, that sounded a lot like flirting to me--

Then he's knocking on Will's door like 30 minutes or less later only to find Mike and Will back on their bullshit. Mike suddenly isn't going out of his way to ignore or put Will on the back burner. In fact, he's on his bed and they're talking, again! The door is even closed this time, which is interesting. This has gotta be a good sign in Jon's eyes. Nothing to worry about! Right? Right...?

But then suddenly this shift continues, going in a direction he probably didn't expect.

I mean, this is literally an identical jancy parallel we have here with byler on the hood of the car, with Jonathan right there to witness it. Despite him maybe only now subconsciously picking up on the similarities between Will and Mike to him and Nancy here, he's at least taking note (I mean he's even got his gay map out and everything).

It isn't until the van scene happens, that I think Jonathan starts to genuinely consider his suspicions, which is that Mike might actually like Will back.

EVERY time we get a shot of Jonathan looking back at Will and Mike in the van, followed by a shot of his POV from the rearview mirror, we're faced with Mike looking at Will while Will is looking away.

As Jonathan is hearing Will confirm his suspicions about his feelings for Mike, he's simultaneously witnessing Mike not looking at Will with disgust, but something more akin to reverence. All of those moments in the van that we witnessed, including all the ways Mike looked at Will and everything that was said, Jonathan was right there.

And what's even more insane about this scene, is that it circles back to Jonathan as a character himself.

I remember when people were talking about how odd it was that we never saw Jonathan with a camera in s4. After 3 seasons in a row of making his passion for photography a big part of his identity, that part of him was apparently absent entirely this time around... But was it really?

This is the same guy that said, "Sometimes, people don't really say what they're really thinking. But you capture the right moment, it says more."

Jonathan might not have had his camera in s4, but this was without a doubt one of those moments where he captured something more.

Something that I also think get's highly overlooked about this scene, especially when it comes to Jonathan looking back at them, being followed by a shot of Mike staring at Will, is that he could see both of their reactions the whole time, from beginning to end. Will nor the audience had the affordance of knowing because Will was facing the other way at the end, while we on the other-hand were blurred from even having the chance, despite Mike literally being in the frame. But not Jonathan. He even lets us see what he sees, a few times, but not at the very end, which would have been nice after they didn't let us see Mike's reaction seconds before this.

Let's just stop right there for a second though and circle back to what I consider to be the first time Jonathan really picked up on Will's feelings for Mike, which was at the end of s3, in a sequence that is a little too relevant to the van scene if you ask me, given that they are almost direct parallels.

While these parallels are pretty spot on visually, they are also near spot on narratively when it comes to the evolution each of these characters are experiencing.

For Will in the first scene, it's sadness that he's moving away from his friends in Hawkins and also feeling like he's losing Mike, after what looks like him and El making up, which makes him scared he'll distance himself again. For Jonathan, it's sympathy for his brother who appears to have some very deep feelings for his friend, feelings he can't quite grasp yet but soon enough will.

For Will in the second scene, it's heartbreak that he has to accept that Mike will never feel the same, knowing that supporting his relationship with El (encouraging it honestly) will likely turn out just as it did last time, with him losing Mike all over again, for the last time. For Jonathan it's sympathy for his brother who has now confirmed his suspicions that the feelings he has for Mike are more than just that of a friend.

Given that this parallel reinforces the same feelings Will and Jonathan had in s3 to now, why would this not also reinforce those same feelings that Mike had in s3 to now?

In the first scene, Mike was visibly distraught, with dialogue from Hopper in the background applying a little too perfectly with what he was feeling in that moment, which was scared. He’s apparently back together with El now, despite them doing just fine as friends for the last 3 months, as well as him and Will just having finally gone back to them being on good terms again. But now, it’s like he’s right back where he started at the beginning of s3, feeling obligated to be the perfect boyfriend to El, and as a result, having no choice in his eyes but to distance himself from Will. Mike then walks into his house looking like a zombie, almost emotionless stepping into his mother's embrace.

Now, I say almost emotionless because it looks like Mike was trying to hold back showing how he truly felt in this moment. He's not crying like he did in s1 when he lost Will that first time. Time has passed and things have changed (he doesn't want things to change). And he's trying his best to keep it together. But the in-focus close-ups make it clear that he is definitely not okay.

What's so impactful about these parallels is that it presents the inner struggle both of these characters are having, both queer and experiencing doubts, but in different ways and for different reasons.

Will is the one who covers it all up with lies, hiding the tears in his eyes, because boys don't cry.

Mike is the one who has never cried to them, just to his soul (RUN AWAY! TURN AWAY! RUN AWAY! TURN AWAY! RUN AWAY!!!).

If you actually try to get a gage on Mike's in-focus emotions in that first scene vs. his out-of-focus emotions in that second scene, well they're not that far off from each other.

We go from Mike smiling vibrantly at Will, to him now slowly turning away to look back down at the painting, with whatever the hell emotion this is...

It's near impossible to catch because of how out-of-focus it is, but looking a lot closer, it honestly appears like Mike is feeling something akin to sadness that he's trying to mask. For a moment it even looks like he turns his head to wince emotionally, only to correct himself.

And call me crazy, but these shots also low-key parallel each other. Mike looking down trying to keep his emotions in check and failing miserably, only to look up and meet eyes with someone whose witnessing it.

With each shot before this of Jonathan observing Mike looking at Will, with him showing all the emotions Will never got to see and everything else in between, I wonder what Jon saw this time? Probably another thing he didn't expect.

Can you just try to imagine the silence in this van, accompanied by Will's muffled sobs, and then try to imagine Mike turning to look down at the painting, only to sneak a glance, and then go right back to looking at the painting, IN SILENCE, and then try to tell me how the assumption that Mike didn’t notice Will crying makes any sense, like realistically?

Yeah me and Jonathan are confused too.

Right now, Jonathan's probably wondering why Mike was acting a little fruity and repressed during the painting reveal. And that although he may have a penchant for being able to 'capture the right moment', Mike is sticking with his story (despite all the stalling and doubt). He is 100% straight!

And so maybe this is where Jonathan tries to accept what is being presented to him as the truth, despite the contradictions in front of him. It's likely that despite the way Mike looks at Will and acts around him, in ways he would have assumed coming from Nancy in s2 would've been evidence that she felt the same, it probably doesn't apply to Mike.

Maybe Jonathan's ready to accept that it's a lot more likely Will is experiencing unrequited love as a gay kid growing up in a small town, the most predictable experience a gay kid could go through, and in contrast Mike just feels too bad to let Will down easy.

Or who knows, maybe Mike could still be a little bit gay too...

But it doesn't matter anyways. Mike seems to be adamant about this and so there's really nothing else Jonathan can he do besides tell his brother he'll be there for him no matter what. And so he does just that.

But then Mike just has to surprise him one last time.

For those that don't know, the line Mike gives here in his monologue was in part pulled from Will's monologue in the van. Most don't know this because this line didn't make the final cut for the van scene, but in the official script the writers posted, what we find is an almost a direct parallel.

Which makes the reaction shots of Will and Jonathan directly after Mike says this all the more epic.

From Will's end he was probably hearing Mike say this and just thinking 'Damn. Well, that's what you get for using your feelings to inspire Mike to profess his love to El.'

But from Jonathan's end, I don't think his outside POV of these events overlapping was nearly as naive as his brothers understanding of the events. Because why the fuck would Mike need to use Will's feelings to inspire him to profess his love to El in the first place? Is this what Mike has been struggling with? Really? Why before every moment Mike takes action in this scene, is Will's hand literally pushing him into it? Why is Mike being so dramatic about saying I love you, stuttering and rambling about her being a superhero, not saying nearly as meaningful of things as what Will said in the van?

And then it hits him.

Mike is reminding him a little too much of another Wheeler right now...

Nancy Wheeler, who was afraid of what would happen if she accepted herself for who she really was, leading her to retreat back to the safety of Steve. Because Nancy liked Steve, but she didn't love Steve.

And now here is Mike Wheeler, who has went from being incredibly distant with Will after reuniting with El, something that is very unlike the Mike he knew in previous seasons, to something more himself again after they make up, with him looking at Will with adoration after hearing his words in the van, only to turn away and look heartbroken. Mike who is now struggling to simply tell El he loves her with Will right behind him literally yelling at him to do it.

And now it's like all those little moments are starting to add up to Jonathan.

Suddenly all those signs he picked up on from Will when he was younger are now blending in with moments Will shared with Mike. It was Mike who jumped in after him and his mom's speech to Will in the shed in s2, with tears in his eyes recalling the day that they met (without being asked, let alone pushed to). And it's Mike who is now looking like he's at war with himself as he attempts to give encouragement to El, just like he did with Will in s2, but this time he needs someone to push him to do it, and that person just so happens to be Will. After just finding out about Will's feelings and also while assuming El wants him to love her that way still, Mike is stuck.

I don't think it's takes a genius to consider Jonathan is capable of realizing how fucked they all are in this situation.

As much as Mike isn't ready for a sleuth of reasons, Will isn't ready either.

This provides a huge contrast between the bylers ², because while Jonathan and Nancy went through a similar experience to Will and Mike, them being ready to accept it and act on it didn't involve nearly as many factors and risks. Will and Mike also have the added barrier that is homophobia.

Will's internalized homophobia lies in part with assuming Mike could never feel the same based on some of the words he said in their last two fights, with parts being painfully reminiscent of the things his dad and bullies used to say about him. These are also words that contradict Mike's own words and actions from the previous seasons, things that did once give Will hope. The shame and guilt that comes with falling for your best friend, who you now know will never feel the same after being foolish enough to believe it not too long ago, and who might not even want to be your friend anymore upon finding out the truth, is understandable. He can't have hope like Jonathan can. It's just not the same.

Mike's internalized homophobia lies with assuming El wants him to love her, along with their relationship being expected and socially acceptable from everyone around him. Though unfortunately for her he feels abundantly more in love in the moments he shares with Will. Despite trying to make it work with El as hard as he could, because she's amazing and all any guy could hope for in a girlfriend, he can't ignore the fact that the feelings he has for these two people are different. The shame and guilt that comes with you, a boy, falling for your best friend, who is also a boy, and who is starting to show that he feels the same, all while you can't muster up the courage to break up with your girlfriend, nor can you muster up the courage to tell her that you love her, not when she's begging you, dying or even just simply at the end of a letter, is pretty understandable too. He can't have hope like Nancy can. It's just not the same.

Spoiler: They were not ready.

PS: I'm still not over the fact that they low-key confirmed these events elsewhere in the story...

#byler #st analysis #pocketgate #lettergate #i'm aware this is a hot (big brain) take #but i'm like 76% sure mike understood will in the van scene #also why mike is gonna finally be dealing with some personal business in s5... #just want to add that this makes the scene at Nina hit harder #also #mike trying and failing to tell el he loves her or break up with her at surfer boy and stalling because he just can't fucking do either? #mike's face when will pushes him to profess his love to el right in front of him??? #honestly i dont think mike would've gone through with his monologue if he didn't think this is what el wanted in large part #i think he thought that if he did break up with her she wouldn't need him at all anymore #or more specifically if told her the truth she might hate him for it and just not want to be in his life in the aftermath of that #this is why he struggled so much with being honest #it was either lie and suffer but get to keep her in his life most likely or tell her the truth and potentially lose her and still suffer #it's just that now he has literally no choice but to conform and be with her all while knowing it's not what his heart truly wants #the heart not being true to himself jumpstarted the apocalypse #everyone act surprised #byler getting jonathan’d in s5 can be something so personal #no but imagine jon getting even more signals mike feels the same 😭 #and he tries to talk to will about it but will just gets upset like pls stop why are you saying this? #or imagine him talking about it subtly with Nancy and her being like no way #only to see it for herself #maybe then Nancy would try to talk to Mike about how he’s feeling #idk I could genuinely see byler just getting byler’d individually #but it’s clear at this point Jonathan is extremely suspicious #honestly all I think it would take is him having intel about their previous fights #if he found out mike defended his behavior by insisting that they’re friends… #jonathan would just be like… oh shit.. the first lie…

[commitmentissue]

zombie aftermath challenge - adjusted

i'm absolutely obsessed with all things zombie related, and i've always been dying to try the apocalypse challenge. it looks extremely fun, but i find the original challenge to be a little too hard for my play style, and the aftermath challenge a bit too short. so here's my version of it based off the original apocalypse challenge and this one from cannibalcupcake. the biggest change i've made is that there are much less restrictions. if it's not listed as a restriction, you can do it. my challenge is also a little different, because it gets slightly harder as you move on. there's also only 5 generations because there's really only so much you can do until you're just playing a regular legacy again. i would highly recommend playing with vector if you want actual zombies, along with this mod and this one if you want weapons to kill them. you may use any other violence/weapon mods if you wish. if not, you may use cheats to get around killing them or any sims. this is pretty long, so everything is included under the cut 🧟‍♂️

to start off with, any surviving sims and heirs must have at least one survival trait. if they get any non-survival trait, they must be killed off when they reach young adult. you may only choose the founder's traits, the rest of your sims have to be randomized. any other traits not listed are fine, i tried to go with what the original list had and my own personal opinions on what would work.

survival traits

-adventurous -angler -athletic -brave -daredevil -disciplined -eccentric -eco-friendly -family oriented (all sims who give birth must have this trait, if they do not, they must be killed off after giving birth. the children may survive) -gatherer -genius -green thumb -handy -kleptomaniac -light sleeper -lucky -natural cook -never nude -nurturing (they may also have this instead of family oriented, but same rules apply) -perceptive -technophobe -vegetarian

non-survival traits

-absent minded -brooding -clumsy -coward -hates the outdoors -heavy sleeper -insane -loser -neurotic -couch potato -hot-headed -over-emotional -unlucky -unstable

stage zero - infection

the world as we know it has fallen- no more electricity, no more jobs, no more people. there's zombies roaming around, after all. however, you managed to survive the end of the world, and now it's up to you to rebuild it.

to survive stage zero;

start off with two young adult sims, can have any traits but must have at least one survival trait. these will be the only sims whose traits you can choose, so pick wisely!

must live in a fenced in lot, if a sim leaves the lot for any reason besides an expedition or killing loitering zombies, they must be killed off

must grow your own food, there's no supermarket

must produce a surviving heir, have has many kids as you need to until you can do this. you also must try for a baby every time your sims want to woohoo

your sims may not have a job or be self-employed. money is obsolete now. you cannot sell anything in your inventory

you cannot interact with any sims outside of the family, they're all zombies!

cannot use any electricity. a stove and refrigerator are fine, they just have to be the cheapest one, you also cannot upgrade anything to unbreakable. you cannot repair or replace anything unless your sim is handy or has mastered the handiness skill. once it breaks, it's gone.

if you can justify something as battery powered, it is allowed, but if it breaks it cannot be fixed or replaced

may use plumbing, but no showers (yes, even the outdoor shower unless you don't like mods). sponge baths only. same rules as electricity

may go on expeditions outside the lot once a week, but once you have children only one sim may go outside until you get a teenager

this stage will be completed once your heir has aged up to a young adult.

stage one - lawless land

you and your family thought you had this survival thing down, until other survivors came pouring into town. now you have to defend yourself not just from the zombies, but from other people as well.

to survive stage one;

your heir must join the criminal career and until they are level 5, they must pay a $300 tax to the gangs every week

you may only marry and talk to other sims in the criminal career

you can only join the thief branch, your sim isn't the big bad guy

you can no longer use any plumbing or electrical items, the gangs have tainted the water and have completely shut off all power

can still go on weekly expeditions, but now you must roll a die on whether or not the sim will die. even for life, odd for death

you may also only leave during the night now, as the gangs patrol the streets

you can only have two children, but if neither survive you can try again. your sims must try for a baby every time they woohoo, so be careful, any extra children must be killed off

master the athletic skill

master the logic skill

reach the top of the criminal career

this stage will be completed once you have topped the criminal career and your heir has aged up to a young adult.

stage two - military power

you grew up knowing that all hope was lost and the past was in the past, until one day the military rolled into town and announced they were taking over. they've vowed to wipe out all the zombies across simlandia, but can you really trust them?

to survive stage two;

your heir must join the military career, and until they reach the top of the career they must pay a weekly $100 tax for each sim in the household (5 sims = $500)

you may only marry and talk to other sims in the military career

you may now use plumbing again, but only from 2PM-5PM

you can use electricity after reaching level 5 in the career, the military provides you with a generator. they must be the cheapest items

you can now use the cell phone again, but only for calls (treat it like a walkie-talkie or radio)

all food must be rationed, you can only keep 5 of each type of produce/meat. the rest must be 'donated' to the military (aka just throw it out, no selling!)

you can have as many kids as you want, but keep the taxes in mind. you can still only try for a baby when woohooing

you may now go on as many expeditions as you'd like at any time of day, but you still must role a die on your chances. even for life, odd for death

master the athletic skill

master the handiness skill

this stage will be completed once you have topped the military career and your heir has aged up to a young adult.

stage three - the cure

the military has announced that the only way to get rid of the zombies is to set off bombs. but this means you and your family could die, and all that they've worked for will be destroyed. it's up to you to save simanity.

your heir must join either the medical or science careers, but these are no longer jobs- you are a volunteer and money earned must be given back to the career of your choice. you can save $50 each payday

every promotion you get you must roll a die to decide if you lived or died while attempting to create the cure. even for life, odd for death. after 3 successful attempts, the cure has been made

you can now marry and talk to sims outside of your career, but no one from the military

plumbing is now unrestricted

electricity is now unrestricted, but you can still only use the cheapest items

sims no longer need family orientated/nurturing to give birth now that the hospital has been set up. you also no longer have to try for a baby every time they want to woohoo

food is no longer rationed, but you don't trust the meat the military provides. your family must be vegetarian (does not need the trait)

have as many children as you can, you're trying to repopulate and also make sure someone else can take over for you in case you fail at creating the vaccine

master gardening skill

master handiness skill

this stage will be completed once you have successfully created the cure and your heir has aged up to a young adult.

stage four - survival of the fittest

your parent's cure has been spread around the world, and the zombies have been wiped out. the world is ready to return to normal, but what is normal? you were born into a world of survival, you don't know anything else.

your heir may now join any self-employed career

your sims will no longer need to be killed off for having a non-survival trait, but they must be kicked out at young adulthood

all plumbing and electricity has been fixed and you can now afford nicer things- but do you really want them at this point?

your sim must live off the land, no buying things from stores, you don't trust anything from outside your own garden or what you've caught yourself

you can leave the lot whenever you want and no longer need to worry about rolling a die- it's safe outside!

do not get married

master gardening, inventing, and fishing

reach level 5 in 3 other skills of your choice

raise a spoiled child, they don't have to worry about their life anymore, so they're nothing like you. do not have a close relationship with your children

as an elder, move to a city to see what the new world has become. it's up to you what to do next

this stage will be completed once your heir dies.

and then that's it! you're welcome to continue the legacy past this however you'd like, but that's where i'm going to end it at. if you try this challenge you can @ me, i'd love to see it 💚 any feedback is much appreciated

#ts3 #sims 3 challenge #ts3 challenge #zombie aftermath challenge #zombie apocalypse challenge #i made this more for myself but my friend inspired me so i decided to share it :3c

[plant-sim]

#wow this quality... is not it #let me know if the GIFs work for you #because i want to post more GIFs but I'm still experienting #i want to start posting my zombie apocalypse gameplay again #i miss those sims #ts3 gameplay #sims 3 #zombie aftermath challenge #ts3 #ts3 gif #gif

[theartofdofresh]

#digital art #digital illustration #conceptdesign #conceptart #illustration #artists on tumblr #artwork #art #skull #desert #sand #dust #end of the world #end of time #apocalypse #aftermath #forsaken #horror #cosmic horror #lovecrafian #lovecraft inspired

[brokenangelwings22]

Me: I have a new idea for a IH and RR fic. I need to finish my other WIPs.

Me: please stop me

Gina: sure sure. But what if I don’t and instead throw gasoline on that fire?

@gina-chan1979 you’re lucky I adore you. And also thanks for feeding my muse. She can be finicky.

#ichihime #renruki #aftermath #nuclear apocalypse AU #kinda a play on the Fallout games #get ready my lovely readers #ichigo kurosaki #orihime inoue #renji abarai #rukia kuchiki #bleach fanfiction

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

Simon reminds me of the main character from firewatch whose wife got early-onset dementia and he felt guilty about living the rest of his life without her because she was THERE. yknow. Just different. And she'll never be the same again. And it's unfair to hold the new person to the same standards as before but DAMN. you're grieving.

#random thoughts #adventure time #firewatch #person who has only played firewatch: im getting serious firewatch vibes from this #simon lived out the aftermath of the apocalypse and then went into a fucking fugue state for god knows how long #and he came back from it! but he's not the same. but he's not different enough to live again. but he's stuck in the past. #but he's stranded in the future. he's so far from home. home doesn't exist anymore #he raised marceline. he doesn't know her anymore. she doesn't know him anymore. they survived the inescapable. they can never talk about it. #he's her dad!!! my god he's her dad #he came back from it. theoretically betty could come back from it too. could she? he doesn't know. he doesn't know anything anymore #is it okay for him to move on (it is) when she's out there waiting for him? (she isn't)

[quietwingsinthesky]

Also Uriel surviving means he would have met Jack eventually and that would have been so fascinating and funny to me. TFW is concerned with ‘oh no will Jack turn out to be good or evil?’ which is mostly just code for ‘how human is he going to act?’ Meanwhile Uriel is babysitting him like Crowley from Good Omens going, “and remember, we may crush humans underfoot because they are destructive and terrible, and we are angels.”

#I’m not saying Uriel would be good with taking care of Jack in any way #I’m saying that I personally would find it funny #and besides the kid deserves to have adults in his life that aren’t Winchester aligned #I mean we know how they tell Jack about Lucifer. we know the story he gets from them. #imagine the story he would get from Uriel. Uriel who joined his cause in s5. who gave up his place in Heaven to do that. #Uriel who had to go on in the aftermath of the apocalypse failing. #Uriel who had a glorious vision of Lucifer once. and was disappointed. #that’s a far more nuanced take than tfw would ever give. and Jack deserves to hear it. #also Uriel having to contend with the fact that Jack is human. he can lean on Jack being an angel the same way tfw leans on his human side. #but in the end they’re still both wrong!!! Jack is never going to be one thing!!! #tbf Uriel would probably try to kill him? maybe a little. look if Dean can get a pass for it I’m giving Uriel one too. #yes Jack is an abomination in the eyes of Heaven but consider sir. he is adorable. #also the fucking vibes of Uriel looking after Castiel’s adopted kid. castiel. his ex-boss. amazing. fantastic. so awkward. #supernatural #spn #Uriel spn #Jack kline

[2ofswords]

How many times will houseki no kuni create a chapter that feels like a perfect ending, only to keep continuing....?

#houseki no kuni #How did it not end on chapter 99 #or with the world ending #or right now? #Still excited for what comes next though! :D #I guess everything ~does~ keep changing and nothing is the true end #even the beginning is the aftermath of an apocalypse....

[cellsshapedlikestars]

"Modern Jon Snow and Sansa Stark. Zombie apocalypse" omg- will you write something like this?! it would be fabulous!!

(in reference to @patritxi's gorgeous graphic that I reblogged earlier)

Alas, dear anon, while that graphic is excellent (I really love the coloring on it!! like I just really love that aesthetic), I unfortunately really do not like zombie movies/shows/etc. Like at all haha. I don't know what it is, but it really isn't my cup of tea, so it's not something I'll ever write.

(I tend to not love apocalypse things in general. I remember reading kittykatknit's Hammerfall and while I read the whole thing and really liked it, I was SO anxious the entire time lmao)

#cellsshapedlikeasks #i think it's just like the idea of civilization breaking down #what do you mean there's no internet? #and no electricity or running water #and everyone's fighting all the time? #i'd rather be a casualty of the apocalypse than have to survive the aftermath

[trash-monkey]

Re-Living

Chapter 3

Sunlight blazes through a window and into my eyes causing me to wake up with a groan before sitting up which I hissed at my cramped muscles from sleeping on the couch.

'That was a mistake and I would rather sleep on the floor next time.'

Rubbing the sleep out of my eyes I stood up and started walking to the bathroom but stop when noticing the limp in my leg causing me to be confused before remembering what happened yesterday.

'I thought I had broken my leg but now I'm walking on it without a problem except for this limp?'

I shake my head putting it as a fracture or bruising to cause the pain and the limp before removing the splint I had placed on yesterday and getting started on my shower, once I got done with my small breakfast of dried cereal and water I limp my way over to what's now is Draken's apartment after emptying along with resupplying and checking my backpack before putting it on along with my usual weapons I knocked one the door while calling out to him which takes him a little bit to open the door with his stiff fingers.

"I don't know, it must have been a fracture or bruising but I now have a limp." I explained when he points to my injured leg once the door is open to see me without the crutches, his eyes narrow before giving a confused nod.

"Hold your hand out straight so I can get these gloves on and after I'll tie your boots." I carefully get the skin tight gloves onto his hands to protect myself from the virus which he understands so he didn't protest and let me put the gloves on his hands before I slid down to sit on the floor to tie the his boots that he had slipped on after his shower and putting on his new clothes, he has on a loose black shirt and jeans.

"Here, let help you get this on." I had grab the extra backpack I had and help Draken slip it on his back.

"I know that you said that I smell like you and the others but that may not even mean I won't get infected if I get a bite or cut by accident. So I still have to be careful so we'll sneak around and if one get close or curious you'll get them to go another way." I whispered to him as I slowly limp down the stairwell of the apartment building, he nods and give a little grunt in agreement before looking out of the exit door we come through last night to check if it's clear for me which it is so he holds the door open for me before I wedge the exit door open with a piece of wood to prop the door open so we can get back in later on.

"So, do you remember your life before this?" I whispered as I tried my best to not allowe my limp to create a lot of noise as I walk down the street with Draken shuffling beside me, in the corner of my eye I can see that he's having trouble saying something.

"F.....fl......fl-flahes.....m....mos-mostly fr.... friends." He finally manages to get out before suddenly stopping in his tracks which I stop to and watch as his eyes move fast seeing something that's not there.

"Hey" I said softly as I place a hand on his arm snapping him out of his head and whatever he's remembering, he looks me in the eyes as our faces are a few inches apart which I become frozen when realizing how close we are so we're staring at each other for a few moments but we're broken from it with a groan of a zombie shuffling on the others side of the street.

"We better continue then." I whispered before carefully limp down the street again without getting the other zombies attention which I head down the first alleyway I come to.

"In here" I softly call to Draken as he stands a few feet down the alley from me after checking a random door in the alleyway which cracks opens.

"Head in first and scout around for other zombies, if you found some lead them out the front door and lock it behind them." I whispered to him once he comes to me which he nods and heads in while I wait in the alley for him, I look down both ways of the alley but sees nothing.

"Clear?" I asked once seeing Draken at the door after hearing his boot clabed feet shuffling back through the back room, he gives a grunt while giving a stiff nod at my question.

"Go scout and clear other places along this side  of the street as I look through this place, meet back here in 10." I told him once shutting the door behind me after giving the alley a last look and I quickly realize that this is a pet store when looking around the back room I'm in, pet stores weren't first on many people's list to raid so a lot as been left alone. With a grunt Draken leaves through the store's front door which he made sure no other zombies could get though it by accident before moving on to the store nextdoor and not only I fill my backpack with all the medicines I find as I don't have time to look through it all right now I also pack dog food, if push becomes shove I won't hesitate to eat it so I grab what I can to fit in my backpack which caused it to become heavy as I place it back onto my shoulders before slipping out the town map from my jean pocket to mark with a red pen where the store is and that there more things here to pick up later that I can't fit into my backpack right now.

I quickly fold the map up again after the notation to slip it back into my jeans pocket and put the pen back into my backpack pocket before limping into the front of the store to see the pets that where left behind on the first day of the end are just bags of bones sitting in their cages as they have starved to death, I give a sad sigh before leaving the store through the front door after seeing there nothing in the front store for me. I limp to the store nextdoor and try the front door which is unlocked but also means that there might not be anything left in the store for me, after glancing around I find out that's this is a thrift store which after finding two duffle bags I started filling them up with clothes, all the knifes I see, and anything else I think will be useful. I place the duffle bags into a shopping cart as with my limp it'll be easier to get it all back to my outpost easier then just carrying it and what I can't get into the bags I put into the cart, I went to take a look into the back but the door is either stuck or locked and as I was leaving a barrel of canes caught my eye which I pick out three canes. A grey metal with a snake head which has a hidden sword, another metal one with a dragon and hidden knife, and a simple wooden one which I hang the three on the handle of the cart before leaving the store as quietly as my cart will allow me as I leave through the front.

"Draken?" I whispered out once on the street again as I haven't seen him for a little while which I decided to park the cart by abandoned car before going to look for Draken and using the snake cane to help myself down the street better.

"Draken?" I call again as I look around the street but this I'm a little louder but a bark of a dog answer me back which caused me to pause at the strange answer before following it down the alleyway on the other side of the street which leading to a street of houses on the other side, when I'm at the other end of the alleyway that comes down beside a house immediately I see Draken sitting on a pouch petting a black male Great Dane.

"What are you doing?" I asked after limp over the road to him which he's head snap up to me as he continues to pet the dog but I can clearly see that the dog is starving by the ribs I can see.

"D.........do-dog......" He trys his best to talk but can't get it out so he holds a old leash up instead and I can see evidence that it was caught up in something that's caused the dog not only to be stuck but to also stave as it couldn't get loose, the dog must of ran from his owner on the first day of the chaos and must of ran back here to his home to hide while waiting for his owner to return but they never did.

'I'm surprise he isn't aggressive from the starving'

I thought to myself as I carefully hold out my hand to the Great Dane which he smells before  trying to jump on me and immediately Draken stands up to get him off me as I almost fall to the ground, I can see the permanent intent around the dogs neck of where his collar use to be from how long he had it on as the collar is still connected to the leash.

"W.......wan.......wan-want." Draken struggles out as he gives the dog a hard pat in his side as he stand by his side which I give a sigh at.

"Ok but he's your responsibility." I give in as even I can't leave the poor thing here either.

"Let's go back to the pet store to get him a harness and a few other things." I gesture to the dogs neck where the permanent intent from the collar is which Draken rubs gently before standing up and following me back to where we were before Draken got distracted by the sounds of the dog, once I cross back over the road I grab the cart where I had left it and push it back to the pet store.

"Which one? Also what's he's name?" I gesture to the rack of harnesses after walking back into the store and at my second question he pulls a dog tag out from his pocket which he holds out to me in stiff fingers, I hold out my hand which he drops it onto it.

"Bully" I chuckled at the name of the dog that's carved into the around tag.

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#fanfic #male y/n #male reader #anime #tokyo revengers #tokrev #tokyrev #tokyo revengers au #tokyo revengers draken #tr draken #tokrev draken #draken #ken ryuguji #apocalypse aftermath #zombie apocalypse #zombie

[heliianth]

my answer to "what movie based on a game do u want" will always be botw but it CANT be abt anything that actually happens in the game. it either has to be abt the day the calamity struck or (preferably) a completely unrelated character and their family struggling in the aftermath. bonus points if link or zelda are barely in it or even mentioned . and if its not animated it has to have pretentious art-bro vibes & early 90s quality film

#i say this bc like... botw is like a 200 fucking hour game. and most of its storytelling is environmental #and condensing/changing that to fit a movie format would fundamentally alter the way i view the story #but. i would love a story about a normal person struggling to cope with the direct aftermath of what is basically the apocalypse #especially considering so much thought was put into military response/civilian fleeing route #imagine seeing link kick it and zelda awaken her powers thru the eyes of a complete outsider and then u never see them again. the dread #anyway. whatever #heliichats

[d3v1lpyr]

A 🎁 for @mocaxmoonbun and @/0placeholder0 , hope you like it ^w^ 👉👈

Aftermath Pibby belongs to @mocaxmoonbun

Timekiller Pibby aka Tibby belongs to @/0placeholder0

Also I love lesbian couple oUwUo 👉👈

#pibby #learning with pibby #pibby adult swim #pibby apocalypse #pibby au #pibby oc #pibby aftermath

[commitmentissue]

the family also found a new home! a former survivor base that had been overran by zombies, it has everything they need and ~more~. including a basement they haven't been able to get into yet, but so far they haven't heard anything, so i'm sure it's fine!

#ts3 #aftermath gen1 #aftermath legacy #i HATE dealing with terrain tools and their old lot was the WORSTTT i couldnt do it #so cheating is okay when it comes to my quality of life 😌 #and theres no real estate in the apocalypse so u know what. be free caramels. own the entire town if u want. #criminals are coming soon so its get what u want now or forever hold ur peace

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

Yesterday, I binged Silo in one sitting. Today, I finished Fruits Baskets. Now I need to find something to watch during that will scratch one of those two diametrically opposed itches.

#post o' mine #This apocalyptic show is too apocalypric #This slice of life anime is too slice of life #I don't want the actual apocalypse and immediate aftermath. #And there needs to be some weird hook for the slice of life. Like a curse.