I know "Apocalypse" isn't the right word for it, since it comes from Greek and means something like "Revelation", but for lack of a better word and to make the topic title be recognisable I used it anyway.
So on to the premise.
The world has "ended", probably killing about 95% of humanity, ruining the infrastructure and so on and so on, we all know it. We'll assume you survive due to some fortune or other (because being dead doesn't sound very interesting, unless it's a zombie apocalypse, but we'll assume this wasn't one) so what kind of generic stereotype would you be after the whole thing?
1. The morally deprived madman
This is usually the badguy idea, and could mean you were one of several things before the "end of the world" happened.
A prisoner who survived due to the prison that has been build to keep them in also protected them from the thing that killed the majority of the people outside and wanted to keep on doing the things they did before they became prisoners.
An XBL douchebag that thinks, due to the Internet no longer existing, that shooting people and Teabagging their corpses would be the closest approximation of playing a game.
Or a rightwinged extremist that's several braincells short of being slightly dumber than Sarah Palin.
Many possibilities here, if you want, think up more, but this would accurately describe the idea.
2. The Vigilante
Usually either someone that has been severally wronged by Group 1 or wants to do something about Group 1 before they severally wrong someone.
Usually a cop with a somewhat morally flexible fibre or someone that has read a few too many Punisher comics or something along those lines.
3. The Survivalist
This is usually the group that either want to do a live-action version of FallOut of were the people that build bunkers in the Cold War.
Usually emerging about 10 years after the "end of the world" happened due to: Running out of cans of baked beans, discovering that the genetic variety wasn't large enough, the waterchip failing, or being completely fed up with all the other people that were in that bunker.
4. The Scavenger
A guy that wants nothing to do with Group 1 or 2. Who wants to simply survive and make the best out of it without getting into anyone's way and usually looking for small trinkets to make their own life better.
Although usually hassled be Group 1 due to possibly being in possession of useful stuff, or hassled by Group 2 to fix their stuff and requesting in payment that they deal with the local Group 1.
This is about the list that I could think of, but if you think of other ones that might fit in here, please post those.
I think I would belong in Group 4, with maybe a slight inclination to insanity.
You know that crazy guy that's always fixing stuff and such.
So, what kind of person would you be?
So on to the premise.
The world has "ended", probably killing about 95% of humanity, ruining the infrastructure and so on and so on, we all know it. We'll assume you survive due to some fortune or other (because being dead doesn't sound very interesting, unless it's a zombie apocalypse, but we'll assume this wasn't one) so what kind of generic stereotype would you be after the whole thing?
1. The morally deprived madman
This is usually the badguy idea, and could mean you were one of several things before the "end of the world" happened.
A prisoner who survived due to the prison that has been build to keep them in also protected them from the thing that killed the majority of the people outside and wanted to keep on doing the things they did before they became prisoners.
An XBL douchebag that thinks, due to the Internet no longer existing, that shooting people and Teabagging their corpses would be the closest approximation of playing a game.
Or a rightwinged extremist that's several braincells short of being slightly dumber than Sarah Palin.
Many possibilities here, if you want, think up more, but this would accurately describe the idea.
2. The Vigilante
Usually either someone that has been severally wronged by Group 1 or wants to do something about Group 1 before they severally wrong someone.
Usually a cop with a somewhat morally flexible fibre or someone that has read a few too many Punisher comics or something along those lines.
3. The Survivalist
This is usually the group that either want to do a live-action version of FallOut of were the people that build bunkers in the Cold War.
Usually emerging about 10 years after the "end of the world" happened due to: Running out of cans of baked beans, discovering that the genetic variety wasn't large enough, the waterchip failing, or being completely fed up with all the other people that were in that bunker.
4. The Scavenger
A guy that wants nothing to do with Group 1 or 2. Who wants to simply survive and make the best out of it without getting into anyone's way and usually looking for small trinkets to make their own life better.
Although usually hassled be Group 1 due to possibly being in possession of useful stuff, or hassled by Group 2 to fix their stuff and requesting in payment that they deal with the local Group 1.
This is about the list that I could think of, but if you think of other ones that might fit in here, please post those.
I think I would belong in Group 4, with maybe a slight inclination to insanity.
You know that crazy guy that's always fixing stuff and such.
So, what kind of person would you be?
