What if ... Zoot Lives!

Conversations with a new friend -- Llys, who just joined KTDARPG -- started me thinking about some what-if scenarios. Kinda interesting...

What if the writers or producers or whoever had NOT killed off Zoot early in Season-1 of "The Tribe"? How fundamentally would that have changed the shape of Tribeworld?

I don't know if it's true or not that the violence and threats the survivors endured in Season-1 actually shaped them for the rest of the series, but it's something to think about. If Zoot hadn't died...well, he had just met his daughter. Fatherhood changes a man, and the man who was Martin still had a very big heart. He also still loved Trudy.

If Zoot hadn't died...if he and Trudy had got back together and made a family...well, there would have been no Chosen, no Supreme Mother, no kids taken away to who knew where. Carry that a bit farther and you have Dal wouldn't have died, Patsy wouldn't have disappeared, or Ryan.

So much bad would have been avoided. Wouldn't it?

There's always the other possibility, that Zoot was so dedicated to the post-Virus future he saw in his mind that nothing would have changed him. Zoot could have taken Brady from Trudy and given her to Ebony to raise. (Ok, that thought made me a little sick here.) He could have continued with the violence and carnage, setting up the world for his daughter to rule as its queen.

Hm...that also means it would've been Zoot ruling the city when the Technos showed up. Somehow I don't think they'd have had as easy a time trying to take over. That would have been something to see!

Anyway, what-ifs are fun. What if Zandra had lived? What if Lex & Ebony had hooked up? What if Amber had stayed with the Ecos and Pride?

Consider the possibilities.

-Chyna

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