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We have fallen upon Wednesday again. Are you having a great week? We've been talking about fictional things we wish were real. But for this week's Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge, we are flipping the coin to talk about fictional things we are glad are not real. Wow! Just thinking about this topic makes me shiver. Here are a few:
Zombies
A writer for The Harvard Gazette conducted an interview about zombies with Dr. Steven Schlozman, a former assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. This interview captures how frightening these creatures are and why. Schlozman says, "...the really terrifying thing about zombies isn’t that they will bite you and turn you into a zombie; it’s the idea that humans can get robbed of themselves, and that’s really scary. The idea of a person not being themselves, but still recognizable as a person, is a terrifying notion." That sure sums it up for me.
The Blob
I still remember being scared out of my mind by scenes in this movie. The Blob, as stated on Wikipedia, is a carnivorous amoeboidal alien that crashes to Earth inside a meteorite, landing in Pennsylvania. It engulfs living beings, growing larger and getting more aggressive the more people it envelops. Yuck!
The Hunger Games
Let's just get this out of the way right now. I would be one of the first tributes to die. Though I have a strong survival instinct, I am not athletic, would likely not come close if I had to shoot someone, and my highly sensitive skin just couldn't cope under any of the odd conditions in the Games.
What are some fictional things you are glad are not real?
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I agree with all of these, Cheryl. I'm with you regarding The Hunger Games. I'd be a goner pretty quickly, too. 😂
It sounds like I need to see The Blob sometime. Ha!
I'm with you on being a contestant on The Hunger Gamers... on any of the reality shows, to be honest. And, it's been years since I've seen The Blob... I have to look that up again. I was more scared by The Birds than I was The Blog though.
It is such a scary place, George. Thanks for visiting.
There are bits and pieces on Youtube, Lydia. Think about a blob of cranberry sauce coming after you. LOL! Thanks for visiting.
I almost added The Birds, Judy. For a while, our area had an overabundance of black crows, which gave me the creeps. Thanks for visiting.
Definitely mythical predators and dystopias. I pushed myself to think of a few more...showing my age, I didn't even list Panem on the sub-list of ten dystopias.
OMG! What a great topic. I agree on all of the above, especially Zombies! I'm also going to go with self-aware robots.
I don't think Panem would have been on my list if I didn't read The Hunger Games with my kids, Priscilla. Thanks for visiting.
Aren't Zombies so creepy, Jen? Self-aware robots would be scary, too. Thanks for the visit.
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