Fear The Walking Dead, Survival Rule: How far would you go?
By Liam O'Leary
Fear the Walking Dead
If you go too far, what will that cost you?
As I mentioned in my last entry, a crucial part of this week’s Fear TWD was the revelation that, though Madison was originally motivated to help P.A.D.R.E. by the promise of being reunited with Nick and Alicia, she eventually rejected the offer, believing that, after all the kidnappings she committed, her kids would be as disgusted with her as she was; Even if Nick and Alicia hadn’t seen what she’d become, as far as Madison was concerned, her rejection by them was academic.
This brings me back to the question: What do you think it would cost you if you were to go too far?
It could easily follow a path similar to Madison’s and cause your group, maybe even members of your own family, to be so horrified by what you’ve done that they distance themselves from you, or worse, abandon you entirely.
That isn’t the only possibility, however. As we saw with Madison, the bad things we might do in a zombie apocalypse don’t just happen in a void: They affect other people who will not take too kindly to it. Even if these people weren’t hostile, to begin with, you would guarantee that they will become hostile if you do something to them. You could easily create a slew of dangerous enemies for yourself, ones you didn’t need to make and who, by dint of desire for revenge for what you’ve done to them, go too far in turn.
Finally, there’s how you react to it. When I say “go too far,” I’m not just talking relative to someone else’s ethical standards because that’s completely random, so much to the point that me mentioning it wouldn’t be helpful. When I say “go too far,” I mean “too far by our standards.” What other people think of us doesn’t mean much for some of us, but if we can’t live with what we’ve done, then what? How do you deal with doing something you are disgusted with?
I always argue against being excessively violent or brutally pragmatic in a zombie apocalypse because being that way will cost you something, eventually, and I honestly think the cost may be higher than most of us are willing to pay.