I think this comic from Manly Men Doing Manly Things would make a better image then the one up now: http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/so-this-is-kind-of-an-until-dawn-spoiler
You have to bring it up in Image Pickin since the present image was decided by a thread but your suggestion doesn't really illustrate the trope
Edited by jormis29 Working on cleaning up List of Shows That Need Summary
Sorcerer in training
"Fortunately it tends to kill within a week of showing symptoms, so your chances to spread it are limited."
Rabies usually kills within a couple weeks. But there's a nastier form it can take where it settles in, gets comfortable, and then slowly infects and damages the body. If the person survives, they will have neural damage of varying types, often affecting balance and perception. Fortunately, the rules of infection still apply, so the person can't easily spread the disease, but if it isn't caught in time, it can cause enough damage to shut down important parts of the brain and cause death.
Edited by Candi Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
<blockquote>The viral analogy has been used by opponents of religion to describe it. Richard Dawkins even named the second part of his documentary on religion "The Virus of Faith".</blockquote>
Can we delete that? It's unnecessarily jingonistic, and rude.
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The trope description leaves the option of a memetic virus open, so it seems they are using it within the definition of the trope. I say it stays, as long as it is made clear it isn't the wiki's opinion, but just the way it is used in the example we're documenting. I don't see that example as being particularly jingo-istic. We're merely relaying how it was used. We've neutrally stated it is used by some opponents, and a specific example of how it is used without taking an actual opinion on it (pro or against).
We're descriptive, not prescriptive.
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Strangely ennough, I am not sure if the movie "Virus" qualifies. He used the word to qualify humanity, not to describe itself. And it's not working in the classic "infect and spread" classic virus modus operandi against humanity, as it simply wants their body part.
So.. you want to keep the example?
The Dragon Age example is wrong. The Taint does not turn normal humans into monsters. It usually just kills them like a normal plague. Darkspawn are born from Broodmothers, who are normal humans (and elves and dwarves and Qunari) transformed into grotesque monsters. The trope only applies to the Archdemons/Old Gods.