Zombies VS Unicorns Event

Didn't make it to the Zombies vs Unicorns Event in NYC? Well we have a full re-cap of the night's events right here. Thank you to my friend and NYC Mundie Moms rep, Kara for braving the battle & going for us.

Zombies vs Unicorns

Zombies vs Unicorns its a war as old as time- or at least as old as 2007 when Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier started debating which is cooler on their respective blogs. The heated debate continued until they realized the only way to solve this dispute was to write a book! Better yet- get their brilliant author friends to write short stories for them and edit into an anthology.

While I waited on line to get inside the event at Symphony Space I took a very unscientific poll of the line- Unicorn lovers were ahead of Zombie lovers 2 to 1. It was obvious- Unicorns are love and light and embody everything beautiful about the universe- they even sparkle in the right light. (as we know I have a soft spot for all creatures that sparkle and of course good lighting!) How was this even a contest? UNICORNS RULE!!! Or so I thought.

Once inside however the mood changed drastically. The secret Zombie lovers came out of their shells and showed their true colors! Maybe it was the dark theater- it's more comfortable for Zombies to come out in the dark- maybe it was the not soo subtle affection for Zombies that Justine our MC was showing- maybe theaters attract zombies- which would explain alot of my high school dates!-but whatever it was it was obvious we were in zombie territory now and the unicorn lovers were going to have to fight to prove that unicorns are superior!

It didn't start well.... Holly made a loving gesture in offering Justine a sign of peace a pretty unicorn sparkly shirt- Which Justine spat on and threw into the crowd! See Team Zombie is rude!! The first portion of the Unicorns are better debate was brought to us by Alaya Dawn Johnson who compared unicorns to seagulls. I think the intent was well meaning but she described them both with yellow eyes and pink necks and the image- to be honest was really creepy! I think there was a positive follow up planned- but she ran out of time. Now that I have the book in hand it turns out- she is actually Team Zombie!!

Then we heard from the zombie camp- Maureen Johnson. Team Zombie was playing dirty from the start- they brought their own Zombie!! How could that be fair? Team Unicorn didn't bring a unicorn because they knew everyone would just stare at how very beautiful the unicorn was and the debate would be over- but team zombie brought Zombie Joe- to translate for all the other zombies in the audience (what?!?) But their plan backfired- they tried to keep Zombie Joe in line with a stick but he was able to get around it and attack Maureen and several other team zombie members.

Next up was Naomi Novick- who brought along some beautiful visual aids to show how Unicorns were better than zombies. Naomi told us that the sole purpose of the unicorn was to totally crush evil! She brought up an excellent point that zombies are always losing body parts and they never pick them up! They would be terrible guests at a cocktail party leaving random body parts lying around- not to mention- zombies are 100% PURE EVIL!! She closed with a logic statement unicorns crush evil- zombies are pure evil- therefore Unicorns crush Zombies!!

Scott Westerfield then took up the Team Zombie banner. He brought along reference material "A Unicorn is Born" and " World War Z" The description of how Unicorn moms and babies bond was indeed somewhat disturbing. He then read the horror from "World War Z" of the approach of the Zombies- I have to admit- "World War Z" sounded like a much cooler book to read....

Holly Black began closing arguments by throwing lovely unicorn glitter out into the crowd. She admitted that unicorns were often seen farting rainbows and sparkled like a suicidal Edward Cullen in Volterra! But how is that wrong?? Who hates rainbows? - Just zombies! Zombies have no practical value! Unicorn's horns have magic healing powers and they are also a great weapon! Holly reminded the audience "Voldermort tells us that drinking unicorn blood will make you live forever- so not only are unicorns better than zombies but just as good as vampires!"

Libba Bray took up the team Zombie closing argument with a song. A song that well I'm going to repeat here for fear of offend many that can't hear the tounge in cheek way it was sung but lets just say it told the story about how if you think about it Jesus is Team Zombie. Zombies have a right to sing the blues- they are eco friendly "reduce recycle and reuse" their bodies! She argued the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz was a zombie- "he asked the wizard for brains- I'm just sayin" Zombies have also given us great running shoes!

The final tally was taken by poll of audience applause- and although Justine tried to make it a tie- the audience wouldn't stand for it- and Team Zombie won in a loud and shambling landslide!!! Team Zombie did have very compelling arguments but I'll be Team Unicorn forever!!'

Thank you Kara for going and for the wonderful post about the night's events. Thank you to Simon and Schuster for the invite to go!!

Incase you're still undecided about which side you're one, Kara has provided us with something that might help sway you-

Team Unicorn!