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McAnally's (The Community Pub) => Author Craft => Topic started by: Craz on December 01, 2007, 05:28:42 AM
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Okay, I know that iron has a lot of properties in fighting preternatural creatures, but does anyone know a precedent in literature of lead having noticeable effects on the supernatural?
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I recall something about lead being harmful to fairies... not sure where I read it, though.
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Not that I'm aware of. Silver (for werewolves) & cold iron (for Sidhe) are the usual culprits.
Lead works great on Daxamites, though. :)
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Not that I'm aware of. Silver (for werewolves) & cold iron (for Sidhe) are the usual culprits.
Lead works great on Daxamites, though. :)
Lead neutralising Krytonite doesn't really count either does it? Though Superman is kinda supernatural. ??? ;D Well he certainly isn't human is he?
But lead is poisonous to most Earthly creatures, it might be poisonous to otherworldly creatures with Earthly links?
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Well I don't know of anything in literature, but if you are looking for justification you can look to alchemy and astrology. Lead is associated with the planet Saturn. Here is the astrological meaning of Saturn:
Astrologically Saturn is associated with the principles of limitation, restrictions, boundaries, practicality and reality, crystallizing and structures. Saturn governs ambition, career, authority and hierarchy, and conforming social structures.
Saturn/Cronus the Roman/Greek god also was a symbol for Father Time because he brought all things that have a beginning to and end.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_%28astrology%29#Saturn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_%28astrology%29#Saturn)
Why link Alchemy and Astrology? Well Silver, one of the 7 Alchemical metals is associated with the Moon. So the link to it's affect on werewolves makes sense.
Lead is a heavy element, all elements above Lead are radioactive and not stable, they all decay into a form of lead. It is the least conductive of electricity of the seven alchemical metals, and in appearance is the dullest. Lead when ingested stores in the bones.
http://skyscript.co.uk/metal6.html (http://skyscript.co.uk/metal6.html)
Lead in Alchemy is considered the oldest metal
Basing leads effect off of alchemy and astrology you could say that lead grounds the supernatural. It places limitations and boundaries on them. It weighs them down, binds them to the earth. As it is least conductive of the seven alchemical metals it does not allow the flow of "spooky" energy. It brings and end to those things that have a beginning. If you are immortal then it represents the end, death.
In fact don't use this information, it makes me want to use it for my own writing...LOL
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Not that I'm aware of. Silver (for werewolves) & cold iron (for Sidhe) are the usual culprits.
Lead works great on Daxamites, though. :)
Silver also works on vampires.
I think lead works best on radioactive zombies.
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I think lead works best on radioactive zombies.
Depends on how fast they are.
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The transuranic metals might work extremely well as supernatural ammunition loads. Lead the eventual byproduct.
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Depends on how fast they are.
Fast, shmast, I just like saying "Radioactive Zombies."
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No doubt. Half-life and all.
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*Pun Dumpster*
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I always wondered what would happen if a zombie were to try and eat a werewolf's brain. Especially if the WW was in human form at the time. A zombie loup-garou?
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I always wondered what would happen if a zombie were to try and eat a werewolf's brain.
Necromancy vs. blood borne curse? Has plot potential.
Not much tho, without a currently hyped controversy to exemplify the issues and hold interest.
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:) Thanks, guys. This helps out a ton.
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:) Thanks, guys. This helps out a ton.
Would radioactive zombie werewolves have to be killed by a lead-coated silver bullet?
Sorry, I just can't stop myself!
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Silly, you do what every normal person does; You drop a silver-lead alloy anvil on it. Sheesh, :P
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Silly, you do what every normal person does; You drop grandma's silver-lead alloy anvil on it. Sheesh, :P
Fixed.
See if you can work in mercury and cool words like 'amalgam' though.
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I've started something very bad, haven't I? Just cause I was obsessed with the words "radioactive zombies"?
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Silly, you do what every normal person does; You drop a silver-lead alloy anvil on it. Sheesh, :P
Looney Tunes-style. ;D
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Jim is the only author I've read who's killed a vampire with a flying frozen turkey.
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But he hasn't done radioactive zombie werewolves yet!
Sorry, I tend to obsess.
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Jim is the only author I've read who's killed a vampire with a flying frozen turkey.
And this is probably one of the reasons we all love him so much. Never mind the interesting characters or the new angle on magic use. Flying frozen turkey. It's a winner.
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The timer popping up was the capper. A laugh-out-loud moment.