I heard a great podcast this morning that was all about ophiocordyceps unilateralis, a fungus that infects ants and drives them manic or insane. The podcast likened this fungus in ants to the idea that people need leaders, or that leaders are better and more apt that people. It was a bit of a libertarian podcast as you can guess.
It's an interesting concept, the zombie ant, and anyone can easily see how it could be translated into a terrific zombie movie or zombie series. Fungus that is supposed to infect ants crosses over to infect humans. It writes itself to a degree.
But it did make me think about how to better develop my own characters for my novels. I think about Ralston, the hero of Sunset Perfect, and how I want to give him some quirks. I want him also to be an iconoclast. Perhaps having everyone around him "bought-in" like zombies, and having him reject that is a way to further develop the depth of the characters.
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