I had an idea for a book too

[Richter]

There was an episode of "Baywatch" with the same premise.

I am now off to self flagellate from the shame that I know such a thing.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

If the wounds were bleeding and the person receiving the mouth to mouth also had bleeding wounds, sure. 

Thats what I was getting at. It wasn't supposed to be something that happened on purpose.

I don't need to research biology to make it fit with "reality". Its a freaking story.
Plus, what are people on a Discordia website doing telling me about realism?

Think about it-- you die, but come back, but you come back with something horrid, be it AIDS or even H1N1. How miserable would the rest of your life be? The only way such a bitter person could "get back" at life, is to inflict pain on others. Spreading the disease. Im sure its happened somewhere at least once. But i've never heard a story about it, and it popped into my head the other day. Lets cast Edward Norton as the main character, and Johnny Depp as his cracked out friend who is the only one knows the truth. Hell, Ed could smash Johnny's face apart in order to keep his secret safe. What a horrible thing to add to his misery, but people seem to be self destructive when they're on the brink of insanity.

If you're going to break with reality, you would be better off making up a whole new disease, because if you use a real disease in an unrealistic way it makes it difficult for your audience to suspend disbelief while reading.

Basically, also it's kind of a stupid, hackneyed premise, and not even vaguely original. Sorry.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I can't even address the "Discordia... realism" comment because it makes no sense.

[Triple Zero]

btw this concept is pretty similar to what happened here a couple of years ago

but if someone ought to write the book of that story, I request that LMNO does it.

a bunch of men would get together every one in a while, somewhere in one of the guys' house in some little rural village. they'd have freaky sex with eachother, using poppers, GHB and all sorts of drugs, inserting whatnot kitchentools in whereever orifice and spanking and barebacking and it was all a sort of drug crazed filthy orgy of the stuff you see in the "tools for tools" thread.

until, one morning after, someone has a vague recollection of something involving needles and blood being injected into someone's anus.

naturally it turned out some of the guys had AIDS (or perhaps this was already known), and now most (except one or two lucky bastards) have it too.

enter lawsuits and whatever. i'm pretty sure the guys with AIDS got punished, but IMO they were all a bunch of idiot dumbfucks.

[hooplala]

I can't even address the "Discordia... realism" comment because it makes no sense.

Yeah, not sure what was meant by that.  Apparently Really Real Discordians go wandering around in a permanent haze of fantasy... I guess I'm not Discordian.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Realism?

Mastering sense and nonsense can be tricky. As far as I can tell, the really important bit is to communicate an idea to your audience in a way that either they go AHA! and get it, or go *kaboominthebrain* and "get it" that way. In the example here, I don't know that Mouth to Mouth AIDS is a good way to communicate any idea other than "The Author doesn't know much about HIV."

Now, if perhaps the guy giving mouth to mouth was also a spy, and had unknowingly kissed a cute double agent wearing lipstick that would *do terrible thing to your health* then that might work a bit better.

[rubickspoop]

That's not an awful idea for a book.
Not nearly as terrible as the self-help book my father recently started with no less than 100 steps to make you happy.

I have a suggestion to make it more believable.
The person who resuscitates him knows that he himself has AIDS. He also wants to pass it on, for a reason that remains an unexplained mystery, or for some other reason (he doesn't think the protag deserves another shot at life, he's just an asshole, he wanted to fuck with a stranger, etc.). So, during resuscitation, he bites into his own lip and into the protags lip and ensure blood mingling. That would give the protag at least a small chance of contracting HIV.

The best advice I can give you is that if you want to write it, write it. Even if it ends up sucking on a monstrous cock, you can still apply the experience to future endeavors.

[LMNO]

First, HIV is no longer an automatic death sentence.

Also, having HIV doesn't mean you can never fuck again.  After you research biology, you might want to check out what actually goes on in the HIV community.  Try hxxp://www.faceforward.ca/links.htm for starters.

To be quite honest, with the current level of information, education, and awareness of HIV in this country, the way you want your character portrayed makes him sound like an ignorant dumbass.

It would be far more interesting to write a story from the point of view of a Bug Chaser, but making him incredibly likable and sympthetic.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

First, HIV is no longer an automatic death sentence.

Also, having HIV doesn't mean you can never fuck again.  After you research biology, you might want to check out what actually goes on in the HIV community.  Try hxxp://www.faceforward.ca/links.htm for starters.

To be quite honest, with the current level of information, education, and awareness of HIV in this country, the way you want your character portrayed makes him sound like an ignorant dumbass.

It would be far more interesting to write a story from the point of view of a Bug Chaser, but making him incredibly likable and sympthetic.

But come on, LMNO, that would require research and understanding his subject, and why would a Discordian want to dabble in reality?

[Cain]

Actually, the bug chaser idea is pretty interesting.  The alienation required for such a thing reminds me of a far worse version of the protagonist in Fight Club, where he attends group therapy.

[LMNO]

Yeah... As much as I try to see different viewpoints, that's one mental state I just can't get my head around.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I don't need to research biology to make it fit with "reality". Its a freaking story.

considering it's the plot twist and turning point that serves as the cause for everything in the story, yeah, it kind of matters. AIDS is a real disease and i assume this is based in a contemporary real setting, so making it realistic DOES kind of matter. "Its a freaking story" is not a fucking excuse, idiot.

Plus, what are people on a Discordia website doing telling me about realism?

don't go there, don't go there, don't go there.

Too late.

[Payne]

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

 

[Mangrove]

Think about it-- you die, but come back, but you come back with something horrid, be it AIDS or even H1N1. How miserable would the rest of your life be?

If the character contracted H1N1....wouldn't he/she just stay in bed for 7-10 days and be done with it? Which of course, would make the book mercifully short and that's a good thing.