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<blockquote data-quote="Dykstrav" data-source="post: 5751381" data-attributes="member: 40522">Besides the self-referential nature of the term, one thing that may have got missed: rationalization. It's a powerful force in human psychology, and I think it works to explain why they wouldn't be called &quot;zombies.&quot;Witness season two of the Walking Dead. Herschel clearly rationalizes the danger that they pose, referring to them as people, often by name or their relationship to him. Sometimes he goes so far as to call them &quot;sick people,&quot; but even then, he still refuses to identify them as &quot;walkers.&quot; Glenn and Maggie also have this conversation, &quot;What do you call them?&quot; It's an issue they are concerned with in-universe as well.I think that it's similar to why Camarilla characters in Vampire: the Masquerade don't call themselves vampires: it's a coping mechanism. Even with something staring you in the face, some people can just deal with it better if they don't directly address it. Sure, it's a bit Victorian, but I think it's a valid consideration.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dykstrav, post: 5751381, member: 40522"] Besides the self-referential nature of the term, one thing that may have got missed: rationalization. It's a powerful force in human psychology, and I think it works to explain why they wouldn't be called "zombies." Witness season two of [I]the Walking Dead[/I]. Herschel clearly rationalizes the danger that they pose, referring to them as people, often by name or their relationship to him. Sometimes he goes so far as to call them "sick people," but even then, he still refuses to identify them as "walkers." Glenn and Maggie also have this conversation, "What do you call them?" It's an issue they are concerned with in-universe as well. I think that it's similar to why Camarilla characters in [B]Vampire: the Masquerade[/B] don't call themselves vampires: it's a coping mechanism. Even with something staring you in the face, some people can just deal with it better if they don't directly address it. Sure, it's a bit Victorian, but I think it's a valid consideration. [/QUOTE]

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