Fictional Worlds You Probably Wouldn't Want to Live In - Part II

Written by Shae Rufe

As promised I had to do a follow up to this awesome blog, because sometimes it’s fun to look at our favorite stories in a different light and because, let’s be honest, there’s a lot of fictional places we wouldn’t want to live in…
 
Like Gotham. Seriously, who willingly lives there? Guys, the number of evil villains alone should be a reason for you to not want to live there. Yet people still do. How often has the Joker done something horrible? Or the Scarecrow? I have literally played every Batman game for the PS3 and PS4, and I am sitting here like 'Come on! Stop living there people! Move out!' But no, they stay. Listen, it’s maddening. Between the serial killers and the legit crazies, Gotham City is not a place anyone should live in. Or raise children in. They should just nuke the whole place and start over…. Okay, that’s probably a little bit too far, I hear what you’re saying, but hear me out here! The crime is so bad you have a guy dressed as a Bat running around saving people. If that’s not bad enough, then keep in mind there’s also a slew of sidekicks that come along with that…
 
While this next world doesn’t have sidekicks, it does have Zombies, or Walkers. Somehow calling them Zombies is just…too weird for The Walking Dead. The main reason I have this on my list is the smell alone. Just think about it for a moment. It’s a world where at least 96% of the population is rotting, walking corpses. On top of that, running water is hard to find, and it doesn’t seem like deodorant is a thing people are using. While a Zombie apocalypse sounds fun at first (no more jobs, no more rent, no more debt), the reality of it all is unpleasant to say the least. No indoor plumbing, fighting for your life, scavenging for food, being friends with people you probably hate…but they’re literally the only surviving humans near you. And on top of that, most of your friends and family are probably dead and trying to eat you. So, honestly, this all sounds horrible! And...yeah, mostly the smell.
 
Last on my list for today is Supernatural. I am sad to say this, because I love this show, but this world is really just messed up. Let’s just take a moment to think on that for a moment. The life of a Hunter seems pretty cool, until you actually start to have to kill all the things. And to make matters even worse, pretty much every family member you have dies, or is killed, or is turned into a monster. Which means, eventually you have to kill them. With the endless amount of demons and even angels trying to kill you; there’s always a world ending event; above all you’re always on the run. Say you’re even a normal person minding your own business, your chances of being murdered by a monster are statistically higher than if you didn’t live in that world! God help you if you have any feelings for a Winchester, that literally dooms your existence right then and there. So, there’s really no winning in this world either!

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