Originally Posted by JandK
I get the feeling that people want, either:

1. Something good to happen to those who don't use parasites... but they have no idea what good thing should happen or how to explain it in game, or

With respect, a few people have given some quite clear ideas of what they'd like. I know I indicated, when you first asked, that what I wanted for not using them or using them minimally, was a path to an ending that does succeed in finding a better solution and doesn't involve sacrificing someone body and soul to becoming a mindflayer (or sacrificing them in other explosive ways); a possibility that, if we have been using the tadpoles, is perceptually filtered from even occurring to us at a psychic level that we are unable to recognise or be aware of if we've gone too far.