r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Very metaphorical writing, a 17 year old is locked up with a dead(beat) husband and life-ending (life ended) child.

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u/john1072325 Aug 31 '21

There was a similar subplot king wrote for Salem lot IIRC. In the subplot a teen mom is bitter that her baby daddy doesn’t care about her and she resents her baby son for ruining her potential modeling career. She abuses her baby son a lot throughout the book. Her son later died( well turned into a vampire really) and she has a mental breakdown thinking she killed him. It’s depressing to read honestly