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[bloodyroses]

Okay, I'm not gonna be going around making any zombies or anything since apparently that's ILLEGAL and I'll respect it, but I really fucking hate that everyone I asked about that just looked at me like I ate someone's baby or something like that.

Real talk.

I can understand why it's ethically sketchy and disrespectful if someone didn't SAY they wanted to be a zombie, but this isn't the first time I've found other people treat necromancy like the worst thing you could do, magic-wise.

Someone please help me understand what the big fucking deal is because I think I'm gonna scream.

Comments

[hopticulture]

Ah that sounds interesting and it does sound like really important stuff to know but
I'll pass on the history lesson.

[NOT TO BE RUDE OR ANYTHING IT'S JUST a subject she sucks at and zones out on during class.]

[bloodyroses]

You know what, that is EXTREMELY FAIR. This shit gets wordy.

The short version: our kingdom's built over a place in the world where the wall between "regular living person meatspace" and "spooky spirit world stuff" is kinda...thin? Patchy?

And then a bunch of bad stuff happened a long time ago that necessitated zombies and ever since then we just kinda went all "this is normal"

[hopticulture]

I see...sounds like where you live is like those fantasy horror novels some people are into. Where I'm from we believe in a spirit world too but if it actually exists, it's really separate, and the dead stay dead.

What necessitates a zombie?

[hmm...]

Are YOU a zombie?

[NOT ACCUSATORY OR ANYTHING SHE IS GENUINELY CURIOUS.]

[bloodyroses]

1) Any kind of situation that necessitates a lot of manpower, but you and your community just lived through a disaster that left more fresh corpses than live people.

Started off when our ancestors tried to rebuild society after the planet almost got blown up and we just kept getting piled with shitty luck.

2) Uh

no

[hopticulture]

[that...kind of sounds sketchy to her. but Haru really just wants to understand how others live their life, and considering how her world is, she really shouldn't judge.]

Sorry if I said anything offensive by asking if you were a zombie...I was just curious.

What happens to zombies after their role or work is done?

[bloodyroses]

If someone besides their family has the corpse, it just goes back to their next of kin unless they want nothing to do with it.

Ultimately it just usually ends up with the corpse being buried or cremated somewhere.