r/ZombieStage

Immediately thought of the parellels between zomst and the movie after seeing the pink dress！

Going to add mizi and a background later lol :)

i really like ivan hes fun to draw.

Apologies if the outfits aren't 100% accurate, I struggled finding a full body reference!!

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I redrew a part from round 1! I tried to match it best I could! I luv her 🫶

I loved the animation so much. So cool.

I can't tell if I'm the first to find out because I don't really watch alien stage/zombie stage on TikTok, but the Zombie Stage's logo seems to be of Hyuna.

Imo Luka is actually the one running it, not just exploited like before but like full on managing it. My theory is that he, when infected, bit Hepamaru and eventually took control while masquerading as normal/Hepamaru

EDIT: I just realized it said Alien Stage not Zombie Stage a;sdkfjas;fjasdjfla

Sketch WIP I'm hoping to finish at some point! Trying to capture the weirdly codependent side of Sua wanting to be a part of Mizi no matter what.

happy yuri au when guys...

first time posting to Reddit with my art! please be nice...

man thank you to the people who recommended alien stage & zombie stage to me this is peak honestly I am now on the edge of my seat waiting and waiting for the next stage.... I also like almost lost it when I was drawing this and Jane Does Ballad came on... er anyway enjoy!

ALL PLATONIC FANART!! i drew this when it first came out and decided to post here too :)

ZOMSTG and the school au aren't separate aus, but rather ZOMSTG is an extension of the school AU.

THE PLOT

Before zombie stage:

In the first scene, mizi seems to have killed a rat. Which i believe is scene depicting the start of the apocalypse.

Mizi and Sua graduate and as soon as they do, they start giving auditions together. However, Sua was rejected and mizi was accepted alone.

Sua didn't hold mizi back, but instead encouraged her to go ahead without. Thus, mizi starts her career alone.

The hit comes when the industry starts exploiting mizi, forcefully making her as a sex icon and all the toxicity entailed by tge industry.

This changes mizi. She becomes cold, starts smoking, doesn't really focus on Sua and their relationship. Taking Sua's love for granted, in a way.

Sua doesn't leave tho. She still clings to mizi, refusing to let go even when mizi hits her and pushes her away. As Sua clings to her, mizi seems to get a flashback of (which i assume) is her mother's death. Guilt catches upto her, and she leaves.

Mizi then gets infected. And Sua, instead of letting her go, purposely infects herself by kissing Mizi. That's how they both become zombies.

Now about Zombie stage:

The infected are made to put on a sensual and violent performance for humans. But instead of turning off the one that lost, they cut off some body part of the infected (limbs, face, or eyes like in case of mizi) and auction them off to the "fans". Who are basically humans. Basically an even more f up world than alien stage. A world that created this stage despite having moral values.

What is ironic is vivimeng really gave us an ending that we wanted. Y'k a "happy ending" where no one dies and everyone is together and happy.

THE CHARACTERS

Specifically, Sua. We get to see a completely different side of Sua here.

It's not that Mizi is tying sua down in this relationship but rather, Sua stays out of her own will. She seems to have this strong obsession with Mizi, refusing to let her go no matter what. Even if they become mindless creatures whose limbs are cut off and sold for auction. Even if they lose their humanity.

One detail that i really like is tgat befor sua is dragged away by those weird guys, she and mizi are holding hands. Mizi doesn't hold tight, her hand remains loose but sua squeezes her hand tightly. Symbolising Sua's obsession.

PARALLELS BETWEEN ALNST AND ZMSTG

1. The scene where sua encourages mizi before she gets on the stage and the scene in alnst where mizi and sua fight before r1 in karma

2. Hyuna not being part of the stage.

3. "You are my God, you are my universe"

MY FAV DETAILS/PART

1. i really love how this episode opened up more of Sua's character. Karma showed us a new side of mizi and ZMSTG did the same for sua.

2. Mizi's eyes were auctioned off. Don't get me wrong, it's disgusting. But i like that vivimeng took her eyes into consideration since they were highlighted so much in karma and the recent twitter post.

3. How this episode more clearly showcases the toxicity of K-pop industry.

4. The sneak peek of ivan. (I love him so much and I'm not gonna lie, I'm baised. I'm really excited for ivantill round)

5. Hyuna's disgust from watching her friends in such a state.

decided to draw what little screentime we had to see of ivans design