#mc lore
I wonder if anyone’s ever written about the geology implied by the rocks present in minecraft like. my very layman observations are that absence of ultramafics and medium-low prevalence of intermediates like diorite and andesite implies lower temperatures, overall though there’s still pockets of lava. except that they recently added Deepslate which is hard and very dark and so implies ultramaficity, and it occurs at very low levels which tracks with a mantle. so then you have “stone” which is probably metamorphic but has no foliation or obvious graniation so it can’t be a schist or a gneiss so it’s probably a result of contact metamorphism which makes sense with the number of igneous intrusions except that there’s no volcanism? also you have these huge cave systems which seem in part to be solutional but I guess are probably just lava tubes. but again where’s the large-scale volcanism? I guess there’s just a massive absence of hotspots because. well because there’s actually no mantle. which also explains the lack of real tectonic activity and so the lack of pressure-formed foliated metamorphics. so it’s a relatively cool/cold system overall and pretty flat (no really high tectonic mountains) so maybe it’s just very old.
General Zombie Headcanons
• Zombies are a complex part of history. As far back as every historian is aware they have been there. Always a monster lurking in the dark, ready and all too eager to turn you into a snack, always a stumbling groaning cautionary tale to all those who see them.
• But despite them being a common nightmare to deal with… nobody was quite sure WHY they exist. Nor how they even came to be. Who was the first person to become zombified? Where did the zombie virus even originate from? Nobody truly knows for sure. All we have are tall tales and folklore.
• But one thing we do know is that zombies crave ‘human’ flesh. Meaning they only see Villagers or Players as possible food sources, despite not technically needing food since they’re not alive. They have no desire to eat any kind of other meat source. Some scientists speculate that there’s something in them that can only be sated by the flesh of human-esque entities. Though the validity of this is still up for debate.
• Another thing we know is that the thing that actually turns human-esque beings into zombies is a type of virus. Specifically an airborne one that thankfully doesn’t effect any creatures in either the Overworld or the End. Though it is immediately fatal to Nether creatures upon internal contact (aka by breathing it in).
• Scientists conclude that generations of genetic immune system strengthening is to thank for the fact that Overworlders/End Beings being immune. Currently the only way for a Villager or a Player to contract the Zombie Virus is through the skin directly, aka with a bite or zombie blood transfer through any kind of scrape or cut.
• Zombies also seem to have a much lower brain function than your average bipedal aggressive mob. The only thing that seems to drive them is the desire for player/villager meat. They don’t seem to have any kind of survival instinct in place to keep them ‘alive’. It’s common knowledge that luring a zombie into the sun is the easiest thing to do. While other hostile mobs avoid the things that hurt them, zombies do not.
• Instead they will stand there and burn until they perish if a human they caught sight of is out in the sun. However skeletons (who also burn in sunlight) have been seen seeking shade or bodies of water when the sun is out, to avoid death, regardless on if they were attacking a human previously. Proving they have a sense of survival.
• And while it’s been scientifically proven that there’s some part of the individual’s soul left in each zombie, whatever is left is so fractured and incomplete that they cannot recognize or function in any way how they did when alive. That is why it is common practice to quickly take out any turned loved ones, lest you fall to their attacks. The less time you give yourself to feel pain over their tragic death the smaller the chance you’ll succumb to your grief. You have to kill them, no matter who they were to you.
• It is the kindest thing we can offer these poor wretched creatures now.
