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For questions about organisms that feed off living hosts without consent or reimbursement.

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Sentient parasite

Perhaps a parasite that integrates with the brain/nervous system, like a Neural Parasite from star trek, could become sentient upon integrating with the host.
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How can a demonic parasite protect its future investment?

I'd go with the symbiote option; the demon gives it's host power in order to shield the host from harm. Good luck killing the baby when it has more magical power at it's disposal than a fully trained …
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crystalline fungi: is it possible, or should I excuse it with mAgIc/

The best parasites, such as tapeworms, aren't externally visible and therefore not as vulnerable to removal. It might make more sense if the crystals were symbiotic instead of just parasitic. …
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Could a plant grow on a restrained, living human?

Short answer? Heck yes. Mythbusters proved this when they confirmed that a bamboo plant CAN grow through a facsimile of a human torso.
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Reality Check: Are these aliens feasible?

The Symbiotes are persecuted by the Parasites on the basis that they "make a mockery of our way of life", and there are about 50 times more Parasites than there are Symbiotes. … Earth is much more advanced than some of the other worlds the aliens have encountered so far and may be able to fend the parasites off if warned. …
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How is the Alien Parasite's Empire in my Story going to Justify Bans on Clone Bodies for the...

PREMISE: A sentient race of neural parasites is in a civil war between the Symbiotes, who've used their extensive knowledge of genetic engineering to alter themselves into symbiotes, and the Parasites … How the control works depends on whether we're dealing with a Symbiote or Parasites. Parasites take over the host's Nervous system, trapping the host in their own body. …
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Psychological Consequences of a Symbiotic Relationship with a Sentient Symbiont that was sup...

How the control works depends on whether we're dealing with a Symbiote or Parasites. Parasites take over the host's Nervous system, trapping the host in their own body. … This presents a slight problem for the Symbiotes undercover among the Parasites, as the Parasites don't give a damn about what the host wants. …
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