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* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'', the slaver wasps are themselves tools of a malevolent [[Mad Scientist|Spark]] known as the Other. Also notable in that ''no'' [[Deus Ex Machina]] has surfaced; [[Mercy Kill|death]] is still the only cure for the slaver-infected.
** Well, probably. {{spoiler|Agatha's locket is suppressing her [[Grand Theft Me|psychic possession]] by The Other; it [[Fan Wank|might work]] against the Slaver Wasps, as well.}} Of course, since there's only one of it...
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** Prevention is ostensibly trivial, and respirators ''are'' used this way, but hive engines don't appear by themselves, they are carried by minions of The Other (her "priestesses" and already made revenants often suffice, though the old hive engines supplemented enslavers with a swarm of tough warrior constructs), who use either force or stealth to make sure enslavers are not wasted.
** More recently, Tarvek has developed {{spoiler|
* The slugs in ''[[Jump Leads]]''.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has Sirleck ([http://egscomics.com/index.php?arcid=77 this thing]), a former human who achieved immortality by jumping from host to host.
* Prior to the start of ''[[Intragalactic]]'', Piper's brain was eaten by a Brainworm. However, the worm inherited her memories and personalities and has essentially continued her life for her, making her corpse walk and talk for it. In fact the only apparent changes death has brought about in Piper are a deathly pallor and a guilt complex (from killing the original Piper).
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** And now {{spoiler|they're invading in the main universe, having taken over Agent #18 and - it appears - Nega-Nick...}}
* The Fixits in ''[[The Mansion of E]]'' are hat-shaped critters who are able to control their "wearer".
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