/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>>27002600
This is neat! The mushroom's takeover of the host's nervous system while the host is still alive in order to make the host more appetizing to potential predators reminds me a lot of the way green-banded broodsacs take over snails. Perhaps you could take some inspiration from that, and have the mushrooms also noticeably alter the host's behavior in some way? In the case of green-banded broodsacs, they cause snails to sit out on high leaves beneath the sun, to better attract the attention of birds. Since the mushroom's goal is to be eaten, likely hosts' survival instincts will be more or less completely overridden. Perhaps when the host is harmed, the mushroom causes the host's body to produce oxytocin, the hormone responsible for trust and affection. This makes the host more likely to stick around potential predators.