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i really think that this show was made for me... like it's insane...

i have always been such a big fan of the horror genre ever since i was a child and zombie horror has always been one of my favorite horror subgenres of all time. i grew up rewatching my family's DVD of dawn of the dead 2004 remake over and over again when i had nothing to do, and i think all those hours i spent watching it just ended up building the foundation of my love for zombies.

i have seen a handful of zombie movies---49 as of right now, not counting tv shows and other movies i failed to keep track of---and while it's not a lot, growing up and exposing myself to different types of zombie-related media has always felt like a place of comfort to me. good movies, bad movies, super shitty trashy b-movies are still like friends to me. and while i do think that people are running out of ways to keep the subgenre fresh and unique due to all the types of media out there, sometimes it just... doesn't matter.

as someone who writes, making my dream zombie apocalypse story has always been one of my goals. for years i tried writing and rewriting the same idea that has been brewing in my mind by using fanfiction as a tool, however i was never really able to do it in the way i wanted to. the plot in my mind is an unfinished puzzle piece. i don't know if i'll ever be able to finish the puzzle though, because as time passes, new shows and movies keep coming out with eerie similarities as the one i have in my brain.

when #Alive (2020) came out, it almost felt like i was watching the unwritten story in my mind come to life. LIKE the entire plot of the movie was just guy in an apartment filled with zombies trying to survive and then he meets someone, and i was like WOAH my story is kind of like that too and it was fun! and now the same thing happened when i watched all of us are dead and it was just crazy to me... it felt like seeing my imagination come to life... it sounds so dramatic and weird but it really felt like god said 'hey here's the show of your dreams' and yeah.

ANYWAY this doesn't really make sense but i love the show so much despite its flaws and whatnot and it just makes me really happy because 1.) me <3 zombie apocalypse media 2.) it scratched a very deep itch in my brain 3.) just a super fun show in general ...

i think one of the biggest reasons why i love aouad so much is because it explores the part about the zombie apocalypse genre that i love the most which is humanity and what it means to be human and live in a fucked up world AND it does it really well. i don't want to go off on a very long tangent and end up forgetting my main point because i will likely go ham and say so much shit that will make this post extremely long, but aouad makes use of the many characters in the show to give different perspectives on what it really means to Live and be Human. AND the found family part of it all is just... wonderfully done.

i don't know if this is my favorite kdrama ever but it's definitely a solid contender. my favorite western tv show is already zombie related so i like to think that they're best friends in my head <3