#aaah im so close 🥹🥹🥹

[quirkle2]

has zombie mob ever bitten someone before? i know that he's pretty chill, but i like to think that the hypothetical situation that would trigger him would be if someone where to hurt ritsu or someone from the gang in general :o

(ALSO HIIII I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO OPEN TUMBLR BUT AAAH I'M SO GLAD YOU DON'T MIND MY ASKS 🫶🏼 i just love mp100 AND zombie films, never thought i'd come across where these two are combined 🥹)

HIII im ALWAYS happy to talk abt the sillies there is never a time where im Not thinking abt the sillies <33 !!!!

to preface this answer, there's little settlements of survivors dotted around the place in this world, and for many people, they're safe havens that are stocked w food and supplies and people who are willing to help you. the people there are typically heavily armed and ready for any zombies that come their way, and they patrol the territory regularly not just to loot the places nearby, but to watch for any zombies that have gotten through defenses

the settlements are full of people who, in general, like to help any outsiders they can—if they see a person trying to survive out in the wild alone, they'll offer shelter and food to them as long as they're not infected

if ur not ritsu, that is.

(warning for guns and some gore btw)

normally, they'd be more than happy to help a kid as young as ritsu. but he's traveling with a zombie. that is obviously an instant red flag for them, bc to them, it's pretty much guaranteed that ritsu is infected at this point. they don't see zombies the same way ritsu does—they don't know that zombies r still human and capable of very human thing

settlements actively Hunt zombies, instead of just kill them when they come around. they go on patrols and Search for zombies to take out, even if the zombies aren't actually endangering anybody atm. it makes sense to them, it's the obvious answer to them, but to ritsu, that's unbelievably cruel. to ritsu, that's no different from attacking humans unprovoked

they will also kill any infected people, even if they're still very much human in behavior. they see it as mercy kills. ritsu is very bitter abt it, but defending those zombies means putting his brother in danger, and his brother matters more to him than anything

to most people, seeing a settlement up ahead is a godsend. to ritsu, it's an oncoming death sentence. they WILL shoot him and shigeo on sight once they figure out shigeo is a zombie and ritsu is traveling with him, so ritsu has to be Extremely careful when around settlements. he generally tries to steer clear of them—the areas around them r usually looted already anyway, so there's no point in getting near

they're hard to avoid, though. and sometimes he runs into people patrolling the area. and sometimes they see ritsu guiding a zombie by the hand, and they're suddenly right on top of them and aiming to kill

shigeo doesn't just bite somebody. the fight evolves from ritsu aiming pitiful shots from his own pistol that all miss, to trying to disarm one of the patrol guys and getting pinned to the ground where the barrel of a gun is inching worryingly close to ritsu's face

shigeo doesn't just bite him, he tears out the guy's throat. ritsu scrambles away and takes the shotgun that he'd barely kept away from his face, and he simply watches in horror as shigeo rips tendons and muscles out from a man's neck. he gets it all entangled in his teeth and it takes everything ritsu has not to vomit immediately—he can't seem to look away from it, from the strings of flesh and blood dangling and trickling from his brother's mouth

when shigeo calms and he's not biting down on muscle anymore, ritsu has to get on his feet and get near his brother, which is admittedly hard to accomplish at the moment. he eases into his field of view and when shigeo sees him he doesn't immediately growl—his angry eyes actually soften, and ritsu gently pulls him up and pointedly ignores the blood covering shigeo's chin

cleaning the blood off his brother's face later makes the experience feel Real to ritsu, and he does his best not to burst into tears. he firmly decides that if (when,,, when.) he Does find the cure, and if shigeo Doesn't remember this, ritsu will never tell him. he's pretty confident that his brother would never be able to live with himself, if he knew what he just did to another human being

[drewexe]

i thank the stars because i stumbled upon your fic whilst scrolling through the tags. it was like, everything i wanted to be in a story— slow burn, the tension, the mutual pining, idots in love and just the right amount of angst. saying you did so well writing the series is, i think, an understatement. no words could actually describe how you made me feel throughout the four-part story. jaemin was perfectly written; the sweet, patient, and kind jaemin we all see through the screen, what we hear from his colleagues and everyone else. i love how curious and respectful y/n was and each of the characters as well. we can see that everything was planned flawlessly and the confession scene was truly astonishing as you swiftly explained why the title was 'like the stars'. 🥹🫶

it was an amazing, creative, and beautiful piece that i would definitely read all over again. i'm sending you lots of love!!!!!!! i hope to see more of your jaemin in the future :D and may you attract more readers because you deserve all recognition for your writing ❤

hey, love! can i just start this off by saying that you almost brought me to tears? 🥹 thank you so much for all your kind words, like i can’t even begin to explain how much it means to me, im so happy to hear that you were able to enjoy the story and that it had what you were looking for!! and im so exceptionally grateful that you thought jaemin’s character was represented well because jaemin is quite honestly my most precious comfort boy and writing him as closely to what we see as possible was something i really worried about!! and of course, im very happy that you liked the other characters as well!

and aaah i could ramble so much more but just, thank you so so much for all the lovely sweet words, it means the world to me, sending you so much love as well and you have the softest lil forehead kiss from me, if that’s okay 🥹🧡🧡🧡(also i’ll definitely come back to jaemin at some point, he holds too much space in my heart to leave him out hahahah)