#*me waving my hand above my head like the eric andre meme* what if fungus but like Venom (2018)

[consultingzoologist]

heads up, seven up!

"Rules for those who want to participate: post 7 lines from a wip of yours and tag some other people!!!!" Thanks @sedum-lineare! I have many many Thoughts on ecology and fungi and humanity which I’m hoping will be a fic soon. Ish.

She reads about the fungi that live with humans.

The microbiome in her gut and on her skin that keeps her healthy.

The penicillium that saved Joel's life.

The microbiome which mimics that of the people you live with, and how mothers (parents, she corrects in her head) pass on some beneficial fungi and bacteria to their children during birth.

If only she could convince her Cordyceps to share and mix with Joel's microbiome in the same way, tell it he is family and a friend, and if she thinks of him as such Cordyceps should too, and protect him too.

It's a gentle fantasy, one she's angry to still think about, when she learns the truth.

Angry at Joel for taking the choice away and not treating her like an adult, angry that the doctors were going to separate her and him and the fungus from each other so violently, so completely.

@rustandruin @drumlincountry @doodleborg no pressure just if you have some writing Thots to share!

#*me waving my hand above my head like the eric andre meme* what if fungus but like Venom (2018) #the scene in Venom where Venom and Eddie are separated and everyone is having a bad time but it's me after some antibiotics #anyway can you tell i read i contain multitudes and had feelings about it #catch me getting punched in the tlou universe because someone would go fuck fungi we should kill all fungi all my homies hate fungi #and i would be there like well actually- #having a fungal infection and wanting to bite people about it is a very valid feeling actually im with the cordyceps on this one #tlou #my writing #tag games #sedum-lineare #also did you know the real ophiocordyceps doesn't target the brain of the insects it infects at all just their muscles #so potentially they know what's going on or are at least aware that something is very wrong #and other ants in the colony will take infected ones away to try and save the rest of the colony #isn't that a fun thought #throwback to that time i tried to convince piratearrowxab it would be a good idea to buy some cordyceps as a house fungi because there are #lots of varieties of the none zombie-fying kind but i was vetoed