missfirefly
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Post by missfirefly on Jul 8, 2010 15:11:56 GMT -5
If monkshood isn't the antidote for lycanthropy/werewolfism, then what is it?
I have one theory, but only one: silver. Yes, I know that Ginge and Bee tried it in GS1 and it didn't work, but here's a thought--maybe the only reason it didn't work was because it was nowhere near Ginger's bloodstream. Monkshood, on the other hand, must be injected through a needle. Ginger was pierced. What if you melted the silver and registered it by needle? (Yes, I am aware that hot metal flowing through your veins would hurt like hell, but that's not the point.)
What are your opinions? Any other ideas of what the cure might be?
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Post by lordhowl on Jul 8, 2010 16:00:09 GMT -5
If monkshood isn't the antidote for lycanthropy/werewolfism, then what is it? I have one theory, but only one: silver. Yes, I know that Ginge and Bee tried it in GS1 and it didn't work, but here's a thought--maybe the only reason it didn't work was because it was nowhere near Ginger's bloodstream. Monkshood, on the other hand, must be injected through a needle. Ginger was pierced. What if you melted the silver and registered it by needle? (Yes, I am aware that hot metal flowing through your veins would hurt like hell, but that's not the point.) What are your opinions? Any other ideas of what the cure might be? My fanfic has the answer on that: not pure silver. Silver ions, silver salts, like silver oxide, silver chloride. It wasn't the the pure silver blades that had an effect on werewolves. It was the silver oxide, the tarnish on the blades that interfered with their healing, and would brought them back if the amount had been anywhere near sufficient. That is, sans the blade. There weren't a lot of shiny, polished silver blades in the 13th century, you see. Anyone who fought werewolves then thought the silver blade was doing it. With a few experiments on some intermediates, "the team" hit on the right answer. Fact is, a silver ion solution can be injected. And, of course, silver bullets are no more effective than regular bullets. In fact, it's far less effective. Silver is too soft and has a much lower melting point. It's doubtful that it can even penetrate the hide. When you think of how fucked up and misleading legends can get, but they might have a kernal of truth, the answer, if there is one, would actually be something like this. Of course, you could always default back to the answer: it's incurable. About inject molten silver, actually, there's a such thing as "arctic silver" that you could buy at any computer store. You put it on your processor to conduct heat out of it and into a fan/heat sink. Yes, it's real silver, or at least contains a lot of it. It's a sort of putty. If you dissolve it, or suspend it in solution, you'd be able to inject it. I wouldn't try it though. Silver poisoning turns your skin permanently gray, among other things. People were using arctic silver as supplements for a while and now they're fit to be extras in the next Star Trek movie.
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missfirefly
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Post by missfirefly on Jul 9, 2010 19:53:55 GMT -5
I like your explanation, sounds more logical than mine. Thanks for the help.
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Post by lordhowl on Jul 9, 2010 23:40:45 GMT -5
I like your explanation, sounds more logical than mine. Thanks for the help. Your welcome. Glad that it helped. It doesn't help unless it makes a good story, a good plot twist somehow.
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Post by sophielovessam on Jul 10, 2010 15:43:23 GMT -5
It could be like one of those incurable things. Or, something that there hasn't been much research done on it because scientists probably don't beleive in werewolves so there hasn't been any medical research into something that hasn't been proven and that isn't a threat.
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missfirefly
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Post by missfirefly on Jul 10, 2010 16:18:55 GMT -5
There has to be a cure. There's a cure for everything... except maybe the common cold. Joking. However, I do agree about the fact that scientists don't research out of lack of belief.
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Post by lordhowl on Jul 10, 2010 16:21:53 GMT -5
It could be like one of those incurable things. Or, something that there hasn't been much research done on it because scientists probably don't beleive in werewolves so there hasn't been any medical research into something that hasn't been proven and that isn't a threat. If it were the real world, something like that werewolfism wouldn't be curable. I mean it has been close to thirty years now and there's no cure for AIDS, and more for that for cancer. And how much money has been poured into research? Werewolfism would be that kind of illness, one that works on your DNA. But, of course, that "reality" eliminates too many good stories, so I say fictionalize it.
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missfirefly
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Post by missfirefly on Jul 10, 2010 16:27:32 GMT -5
Fictionalizing is always a good solution. ^^
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