![]() Then, in one brutal moment, people realize what they have been exposed to, and the world grinds to a halt. ![]() At first, experts, governments and everyday people doubt the new flu variant, and downplay its severity. The HBO show Station Eleven‘s day zero plays out similarly to our own. While society thankfully survived, the pandemic still forced a shift in how we relate to fiction that, all of a sudden, was hitting a lot closer to home. All of a sudden, people everywhere were experiencing a societal shutdown. In the Spring of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic shook up every aspect of our lives, separation from our favorite post-apocalypse stories was questioned. ![]() It makes our world fantastical, without making it completely unreasonable. Henry Hillman ’22 said, “Post-apocalypse media is appealing because it takes our world, a world we know, and distorts it, giving us strange creatures, new lands, and unknown discoveries. There’s a catharsis in being able to immerse ourselves in thrilling stories about what could happen, while thankfully also having the comfort of them being solidly in the realm of fiction. Why? Many have speculated that post-apocalyptic fiction gives us an outlet for our anxieties and fears as it feels like the world is getting ever closer to catastrophe. (Max Bender / Unsplash)Īnd over the past decade, the subgenre has been growing at a faster rate than ever before. Station Eleven, set in Chicago, immediately draws a sharp contrast between the bustling city we know and the ghost town it becomes. The once niche subgenre has ballooned to the point of being nearly inescapable. Post-apocalyptic fiction has installed itself as a powerful force in media - from dozens of television shows like The Walking Dead to literally hundreds of films in the vein of Mad Max, Snowpiercer, and The Matrix, or even video games like Fallout. Nature overtakes abandoned warehouses, reminiscent of the serene desolation of Station Eleven’s world.
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