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remembering I can just imagine The Character while I trail run

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Zombies, Run! Nostalgia

The recent post I reblogged about Zombies, Run! made me quite nostalgic about the early years of the app and the story. And judging from the reblogs, I'm not the only one...

How about we celebrate the story, the community and the fandom of the early years, and all use July to share some of our favourite posts, drawings, headcanons etc from back in the days. Just some great memories of the past. Maybe some bloggers who - like me - have mostly moved on to other things will be interested in joining us, revisiting the past for a bit?

No matter what the new-ish owners decide to do with the app and the story, we will always have those amazing memories, right? And for newer fans it might be nice to see what we've been up to in the past.

Maybe a hashtag might be nice, like... "ZR Nostalgia?" I dunno, anyone interested in joining me? Anyone who can come up with a more catchy name...

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it's important to have a group of ppl that you can just sit and think about The Character with

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that mission where paula mentions that sam's favorite color is green and he's like how did you know that and she says "i can't imagine any other reason you wore that t shirt yesterday" except this is the shirt in question

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rip simon lauchlan you wouldve loved brat summer

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black-eyed susan: resilience, edelweiss: dedication, bleeding heart: sorrow, tulip: love

more art of @i-will-go-with-you-five 's Runner Five!

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I think the reason that I like undead knights so much is because the knight is the ultimate representation of pure loyalty and devotion. But the undead is not something that happens voluntary. Most often people are brought back from the dead against their will and when they are brought back there is something fundamentally "wrong" with them. The undead then becomes the representation of corruption. Combined the two juxtapose one another so well. Purity meets corruption. The undead knight becomes the representation of forced devotion and the implications of that are deeply fascinating.

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file under Things that are 5am. to me

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if you love downloading pdfs you are likely to never use again you have GOT to get into knitting

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well. charli said it not me

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THE ENTIRE WEST IS BEING PUT UP FOR SALE AND I AM BEGGING YOU TO CALL YOUR SENATORS

Trump’s budget bill has many, many things in it, but buried amongst it is the MILLIONS OF ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND FOR SALE.

This is the entirety of the Arizona state forests, the entire Cascades mountain range. Swathes of pristine desert around the national parks in Utah. On the doorstep of Jackson Hole.

THIS BILL IS BIG, BUT IT CAN BE AMENDED AND ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT PASS AS IS please.

If you have ever enjoyed the wilderness, we stand to lose it all forever.

CALLING your senators - NOT JUST IN THE WEST. ALL SENATORS, is CRUCIAL.

Outdoor alliance has a great resource for reaching out.

I don’t have a huge following but please, everywhere I have ever loved, the forests I grew up playing in, the land I got married on, is all at risk and I am begging.

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I had @kodessa as one of my Secret Santa recipients! She said Peter was one of her favorite characters, so I drew him and her Five makin a lil snowman together c: Thank you to @notforconsumption @runnerzero @puptart and @goblinsharkz as always for running this exchange!

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mainline the new miley cyrus album directly into my veins

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Guys… I miss Sam Yao. I know I can go relisten to old missions buts it not hitting the same. And I miss my soft cinnamon roll of a hyperfixation

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obsessed with the Helena and Irving parallel and what it says about the aspects of our identity we think are fundamental (but aren't)...

Like Outie Irving assumes his Innie is just as radically anti-Lumon as he is. He assumes his hatred of Lumon is something ingrained in his personality! That's why he stays up at night drinking coffee and making paintings, because he hopes that when his innie dreams about the testing floor, he'll say "okay bet" and start exploring. That's what Outie Irving would do, after all. But he miscalculated! His hatred of Lumon isn't inherent--- his desire for meaning and art and spirituality is inherent. That's what his hatred for Lumon is built on. But in a world where there's no meaning outside of Lumon propaganda, of COURSE his innie would become ridiculously devoted to the company.

And Helena!! She is the corporation, that's her whole identity. She presumably assumed that Helly would be just as pro-Lumon as she is. But she miscalculated too! Her devotion to the company isn't inherent, her headstrong and entitled nature is what's inherent! And in a world where she's denied any agency whatsoever, that manifests as rebellion.

It's the same dynamic flipped on its head. They both sent their innies in there with opposite intentions--- one to take down the company, one feed the company's expansion--- only to realize that rebellion and devotion aren't inherent characteristics. Their innies have become the exact opposite of their outie selves, while still being exactly the same!! Because even though your personality is inherent, the values you hold are determined circumstantially. OUGH IT'S SO GOOD.

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FIRST step to enjoying any media is getting attached to the character whose suicidal tendencies are the most obvious

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Simon Lauchlan be upon ye