Author Topic: They ARE the virus! (Plot for a story I might write, feedback appreciated)  (Read 1721 times)

So this is an idea for a story that I came up with a few nights ago based on recent events (Ebola). Any feedback or ideas is appreciated.

It is now 2019. The world is in a state of panic. They claimed to have "cured" it. But what happened? Nothing was cured. Nothing. It didn't destroy the virus, only allowed the humans to adapt to it! It just allowed them to live with the virus. They eventually became addicted, like something other than themselves depended on it, almost like it was empowering them, like it was making them mutate, making them stronger. But whatever was happening wasn't good at all. Oh no, no, no, it didn't cure them at all. They were becoming the virus. They were the virus. But the virus was never stopped, because it is unstoppable. And they will consume... until only they are left.

So what do you guys think? Is it a good idea? Is it very interesting? How could I make it more interesting and less like a typical zombie thingy?
« Last Edit: October 18, 2014, 02:54:30 AM by Derontchi »


how do you transform into a virus

how do you transform into a virus
The Ebola patients could never be "cured" of the virus, the antidote only allowed them to live with the virus, and as a result the virus became a part of them. It eventually took over their emotions and thoughts, too.

Isn't that the exact plot of I Am Legend starring Will Smith?



The Ebola patients could never be "cured" of the virus, the antidote only allowed them to live with the virus
...so it's a parasitic form of hiv/aids

...so it's a parasitic form of hiv/aids
Except they become mutated and just read the op or something

Except they become mutated and just read the op or something
I did. medically speaking it makes no sense

I did. medically speaking it makes no sense
There's a certain type of fungus that turns ants into zombies. The same is theoretically possible with humans

There's a certain type of fungus that turns ants into zombies. The same is theoretically possible with humans
Yep. Its the Cordyceps fungus. Same kind of fungus that made the infected in The Last of Us

arent fungus a separate entity from viruses

I think this has been done by a TV show or something before