New Idea

[Neil]

Imagine if a number of kids pop up with this sort of ability... Sort of 'Village of the Damned'

[MissJacksonCA]

Hmmm poltergeist of the living dead sorta thing... I think its a bad idea IMHO just because you can't really communicate with a corpse who has no functioning mental capacities... I mean these things may have some semblence of a brain in their heads but whats there isn't going to be for very long... But if you're going to go for it... who's to say the boy would stop the zeds from eating anyone? Maybe there's some friction between the kid, his mum and the soldiers. I mean in a zombie world the fight for women will be a supreme concern among men left alive and of course that puts any surviving women into either jeopardy because they would have to rely on the men for safety or into a sort of position of power because you can control a man or a group of mens actions with sex if you're wise. I really dont think the soldiers would kill the kid because a)the kid would know it before they did it with his telekenetic powers and all and b)if they killed the kid they'd risk the zombies coming after them out of vengeance (if the kid can commune with them obviously they'll have some capacity for vengeance) Similarly I can't imagine the kid would be imprisoned after his ability is discovered and his power harnessed... simply because you can't harness a power like that without feeling the wrath of that persons abilities... It just wouldn't be possible and if you followed that story line it could turn more into a book like the movie Carrie and less like a book on zeds

[RustyHicks]

This idea of yours Rightwing sounds really good, outstanding even. Would like to read some when you get the chance to post it

[rightwing401]

To Miss Jackson, I would like to first say that I always, and I can not stress this enough, enjoy feedback or comments about any of my stories or ideas. Even ones of constructive critizism such as yours. You made some good points with the whole situation. And make no mistake, I will consider the points. However, I will say in my own opinion that zombies can think, but on a very, very primative basis. They were us once after all. I guess what this whole story, aside from living vs. dead, can be boiled down to the power of thought vs. instinct. But seriously, it's not so much the child's abilities that I'm focusing on, it's his conflict of how to use them. One such problem is his mother trying to keep him from seeing himself as superior to other people because of what he can do, and whether or not he'll listen to her. And of course, there are others like him out there, and not all of them see regular people as their equals. That's where the conflict comes in. Whether to take the boy and his mother in and try to harness his powers, and hope in the end that he doesn't decide to make himself their master--- or kill him and risk losing a nearly unimaginable ally. In the end though, if you don't want to read it, I'm not going to get all broken up about it. I have never once had absolutely everyone like a story I've written. To RustyHicks, I'm sorry to say that I haven't written this tale yet, or even begun to. I'm just so bogged down in finishing another living dead piece and a continuation of my sci fi one, and a novel to boot, that I have no idea when I'll get started on this one. But when I do, I'll post the intro of the tale.

[dracenstein]

Haven't read the whole thread (not for some time, anyway), but it sounds like Anakin Sywalker.

[benjamin03]

How in the hell does that sound like anakin skywalker ?!? The idea of the story is very wel lthought off with the things you've mentioned you have a great structure for your story and this should definitely be written and because of your structure you only need to worry about the finer details now ! definitely sounds like a good story.

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[zombieparanoia]

Rightwing: Sounds very cool, but I was wondering how the boy lived to be 6 if the zombies are drawn to him? Maybe have them not like him or ignore him. I would think that he'd be followed so much he'd never be able to control them all. Also curious about where you hope to go with the powers issue, would you envision most of the powers being dead control? or would you expand into pyrokinesis etc? suicide: thats really classy you dick.

[rightwing401]

Interesting question zp. I've given the idea some thought myself, and the answer that I've come up with makes somewhat sense. I figured that the range and strength of the boy's powers would gradually become stronger as he grows older. So as an infant and a toddler, he would have to be in very close proximity to the dead for them to sense him. At his current age, he has a range no greater than a quarter of a mile. And since his mother was smart enough to stay out in the sticks and always keep on the move, there wouldn't be enough to really worry about. As to the others, I figure different people have different abilities. But their powers are kind of like a temporary spike, since they are first generation, where as the kid is second-thus more refined. And to suicide. I don't know why you've felt the need to put something of yours into a thread of mine, especially one that doesn't seem to have any connection to my story. If you want your story to be reviewed, would you kindly place it in seperate thread.

[wyvern1096]

Here's a thought or two: With age would the amount of influence or control change? As a toddler he can have them stop, walk, etc... When he's a teenager finer control is possible: "Open the door, you three go to the back, get me a cold beer (sorry, could not resist), etc... Also, maybe the amount of mental 'energy' used has a learning curve? He shouts "Stop!" with his mind so loud that he leaves the zeds with their brains leaking out of their ears. A situation that would make this child appear more valuable than the Jim Beam distillery to the scouting party that happens across him.

[zombieparanoia]

If there are many/multiple people with the power maybe have them receive some kind of "biofeedback" so if they are controlling a zombie while its eating a person they get some kind of high and some of them are addicted. I think giving some human control over attacking zombies could be cool.

[boblord]

maybe you could have him be a teen and have the military people try to kill him and he gets away but they kill his mom. then you could write the book about his revenge on the people.

[zombieparanoia]

maybe you could have him be a teen and have the military people try to kill him and he gets away but they kill his mom. then you could write the book about his revenge on the people. But you HAVE to name him Anakin.

[boblord]

But you HAVE to name him Anakin.