Yay! I know tarteaucitron's name- perhaps from you- but not her. It seems like a growing little fandom, very active and enthusiatic.
I am very low tolerance for blood and guts, too. Horror is my least favorite genre, by far, and I hate gore. I am happy to give you a guide to "when to look away" if you want to watch, because it is very light on the gore in general, and the yucky stuff is not discussed and is not at all the point of the show. The worst bits are in the first episode actually, and then there is just some that is "black goo around mouth" kind of zombie look. Also, it is never gratuitous, the couple of scenes with some gore are totally there for important narrative and character reasons. Did you watch LOTR? The general level of Orc goo and ooziness is the most common kind of special effect gore (still rare), and there is only one "zombies attack a person" flashback in the entire series. Sadly, the worst of the gore is in the very first scene of episode 1, which might scare people away, but I could just summarize what happens and you could skip! In my "I hate gore" opinion, it was worth it. I am always greatly helped if someone just tells me the worst, so I'm not anticipating the entire time. Just say the word, and a gore summary will be yours! I really want to encourage you to watch. So much good stuff to think about and discuss, really interesting and the storytelling and writing and performances are amazing.
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Date: 6 Aug 2014 12:49 am (UTC)I am very low tolerance for blood and guts, too. Horror is my least favorite genre, by far, and I hate gore. I am happy to give you a guide to "when to look away" if you want to watch, because it is very light on the gore in general, and the yucky stuff is not discussed and is not at all the point of the show. The worst bits are in the first episode actually, and then there is just some that is "black goo around mouth" kind of zombie look. Also, it is never gratuitous, the couple of scenes with some gore are totally there for important narrative and character reasons.
Did you watch LOTR? The general level of Orc goo and ooziness is the most common kind of special effect gore (still rare), and there is only one "zombies attack a person" flashback in the entire series. Sadly, the worst of the gore is in the very first scene of episode 1, which might scare people away, but I could just summarize what happens and you could skip! In my "I hate gore" opinion, it was worth it. I am always greatly helped if someone just tells me the worst, so I'm not anticipating the entire time. Just say the word, and a gore summary will be yours!
I really want to encourage you to watch. So much good stuff to think about and discuss, really interesting and the storytelling and writing and performances are amazing.