There was a guy in the intro movie who turned instantaneously too.
Some people commented thats weird but assumed it was done for cinematic purposes. Guess not.
Are you sure he "turned instantaneously"? We don't know when he became infected. Perhaps they were all activated at the same time (ceremorphosis triggered as the tadpole was no longer kept in stasis), hence why all the mind flayers rise up at the same time.
What a silly question.
The cinematic clearly shows just that and since we have seen precisely that ability on the nautiloid there is no sense to hallucinate you didnt see what you did see. Unless you just got stuck on that early "idea" and prefer to hallucinate and imagine things that arent there.
It fits very well with the idea of a plot for a sudden occupation, with improved True Soul fighters and with grunts turning into grunts immediately when the time comes.
Yeah guys i wouldent put too much stock in the cinematic Remember Da:O's with the glowing eye and Tat Warden? Those are largely for hype.
Besides we know the tadpoles we carry are much stronger that a regular mindflayers
Maybe the Nautiloid carried two varieties of Tadpole though, one for True Souls qnd the regular kind to make more mindflayers.
