Okay, so I got the idea for this from a new manga I was reading called...World's End Harem (alt. The Harem at the End of the World, alt. alt. The Only Way Paragon Would Ever Get Any).
Basically, dude goes into cyrostasis for a few years until a treatment can be finalized for his disease. Gets woken up, finds out world has gone to shit. The men of the world all died with 6 months of each-other due to a sex-specific disease (assumed by some to actually be a bioweapon) and he and a handful of other men are the only ones who appeared to be immune. So while the remaining lady scientists and governments try to find a cure/vaccine for the disease, they want him (and the other few men who are left alive) to get with the baby-making (hoping that their children will also be immune). He doesn't want to because...plot (he wants to find his old girlfriend first). Story ensues.
I got to thinking...what would I do if I found out I were the last man on Earth?
I'm not completely sure. I don't think I'd take it too well; especially considering all the bad shit that would've had to have gone down in the meantime. I also don't know if I could handle the pressure of being the last man left - I mean hell, I can barely handle the pressure of being one of a few billion guys.
So what about you Escapist?
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Basically, dude goes into cyrostasis for a few years until a treatment can be finalized for his disease. Gets woken up, finds out world has gone to shit. The men of the world all died with 6 months of each-other due to a sex-specific disease (assumed by some to actually be a bioweapon) and he and a handful of other men are the only ones who appeared to be immune. So while the remaining lady scientists and governments try to find a cure/vaccine for the disease, they want him (and the other few men who are left alive) to get with the baby-making (hoping that their children will also be immune). He doesn't want to because...plot (he wants to find his old girlfriend first). Story ensues.
I got to thinking...what would I do if I found out I were the last man on Earth?
I'm not completely sure. I don't think I'd take it too well; especially considering all the bad shit that would've had to have gone down in the meantime. I also don't know if I could handle the pressure of being the last man left - I mean hell, I can barely handle the pressure of being one of a few billion guys.
So what about you Escapist?
EDIT:
I should also note in the book;
The governments and men of the world realized fairly quickly shit was going south fast and in what may be the most amazing bit of effective governance ever, most civilized nations made plans and efforts to have continuity of government by transferring roles and power to women and machines before all the men died and the remaining few went into cryostasis themselves to try and wait out for a cure, rather than have everybody go war and annihilate each other.
The new governments kind of figured that doing the whole "nations" thing probably wasn't going to be effective with half the world's population dead, so the world is now effectively ruled by the UN. The world has still gone to hell and society is falling apart slowly, as the robotics that are making up for the missing men are working overtime and breaking down, while the more advanced system are going un-repaired or wearing down because there aren't enough experts left to take care of them.
Society is also breaking down because of the hopelessness and despair the remaining women feel and the collapse of economies and cultures etc. In fact, one of the main characters in the story makes the point to the protagonist that his dedication to his old girlfriend is actually naive and potentially dangerous in this situation - since his refusal to have children with others until he finds her (or getting hurt while looking for her) would further demoralize the remaining population.
The governments and men of the world realized fairly quickly shit was going south fast and in what may be the most amazing bit of effective governance ever, most civilized nations made plans and efforts to have continuity of government by transferring roles and power to women and machines before all the men died and the remaining few went into cryostasis themselves to try and wait out for a cure, rather than have everybody go war and annihilate each other.
The new governments kind of figured that doing the whole "nations" thing probably wasn't going to be effective with half the world's population dead, so the world is now effectively ruled by the UN. The world has still gone to hell and society is falling apart slowly, as the robotics that are making up for the missing men are working overtime and breaking down, while the more advanced system are going un-repaired or wearing down because there aren't enough experts left to take care of them.
Society is also breaking down because of the hopelessness and despair the remaining women feel and the collapse of economies and cultures etc. In fact, one of the main characters in the story makes the point to the protagonist that his dedication to his old girlfriend is actually naive and potentially dangerous in this situation - since his refusal to have children with others until he finds her (or getting hurt while looking for her) would further demoralize the remaining population.
