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@Prince of Seraphs Ooh, fun. And I'm not saying generally that's not the case -- I'm sure it is, considering that medical advances from the human realm aren't really present in the fey one. I need a case where it's not so much an option. That was the whole point. Also part of why Max is seen as even remotely useful is connected to my idea that there are instances where magic just doesn't cut it. Oh and he might be sorta good-looking, if you go for that cute bleeding-heart and quite-possibly-gay appeal.

Max: I'M NOT GAY! T.T *huff*

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@Prince of Seraphs Using "magic" as justification for miracle fixes is in poor taste if there's not a good reason. =P The idea here is that, for some reason, magic isn't a suitable option, or is perhaps ineffective. Maybe because the healer mages are treating the symptoms instead of the actual illness? *shrugs*

Besides, I'm pretty sure Panther meant IRL. *shoves Prince*

EDIT: Oh, and getting someone sick by magic is silly, unless it's an attack of some sort. In which case it's less disease and more either poisoning or germ warfare -- and I really don't think fey have ventured into germ warfare much.

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@BlackPanther I wasn't going to look too closely at the medical details, but all tetanus needs is an anaerobic environment -- thus, a place where metal is oxidizing and eating up all the oxygen molecules is an excellent spot. But there /are/ other ways, as you said. I looked at it only for the connection to iron, otherwise it's not a particularly good choice.

If you want another example of cross-species disease, try rabies. That's a pretty common one. Various forms of flu jump species, or at least mix it up with their other counterparts before jumping back worse than ever. There's also the matter of parasites, though that can get a bit squicky. *shiver* The human body itself can create issues -- there are microbes in our gut and various other places that can cause problems if out of whack. Appendicitis and tonsillitis are two alternative possibilities.

Colds are rarely serious. Flu, whether you speak strictly of influenza or colloquially of something like pneumonia, is more serious. Come to think of it, if Lyra is from a hundred years ago, and a young child, she wouldn't have any immunizations that most children nowadays do. ...Very few fey-caught mortals would.

Curse it, now I want to start an epidemic.
Max: Please don't.
Hush you.

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@Prince of Seraphs I think I was going with tetanus because if rust was involved, then magic wouldn't work to fix it. Iron and all that.

Even if they're not affected by human sicknesses, I doubt there's no fey diseases at all, even if they're rarely fatal.

MAx: I want to know how they handle disease so well when their tech is clearly rather primitive.

@BlackPanther
I'm quite certain there's bacteria that go back and forth -- and certainly with the Moot being held in the human realm there will be some microorganisms crossing over very shortly. Furthermore, I meant more along the lines of a disease that affected primarily humans, not fey, as I imagine some but not all diseases are shared. Though really, it's likely only small percentage are, as is the case with the various species of plants and animals irl.

Regardless of whether it's a disease /from/ the human realm or not, there are going to be diseases in the realm of faerie that affect humans. Just as there are animals that live there. Nor have we established that all flora and fauna is distinct from that of the human realm, so identical or at least practically similar microorganisms doubtless exist in both places as well. Think of it like Madagascar, at the very worst. Used to be very closely connected, now not so much, but they shared a great deal at one time despite evolutionary paths leading down different routes.

Actually, that is a thought. I wonder if fey heading to the mortal realm and mortals being taken to the fey realm need vaccinations to lessen the risk of becoming severely ill....

Max: I could find out. IF SOMEONE WOULD BOTHER USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND GIVE ME THE RIGHT TOOLS! T.T Well, actually that's not my field -- I was studying pediatrics, not research medicine. Still, I know the basics?

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@LadyRunic

Ah ah ah! Approving of and possessing are not the same thing, Falk. ...Besides, getting rid of her by making someone else earn the Summer King's ire seems...about right for him. All the benefit, and none of the cost. =P

It's just that at this point it seems that deliberately stealing Lyra away would be a /bad/ idea for Spring. Maybe I can contrive to have Maxwell bond with her, or something....

OH. @Belle BELLEBELLEBELLE. WHAT IF. Lyra gets sick or something and it's a human illness and for whatever reason the fey can't help her on their own?! AND THEY NEED A HUMAN DOCTOR?! *flails* @BlackPanther@Prince of Seraphs would you two be on board with this?!

At the very least it would open up all sorts of possibilities. I wonder if tetanus can be contracted by other means than just rusty things...Well hm. It seems that rust itself is not the source of it, even though there's a strong association. So more than one reason not to use it. But I should find something that'd need very definitely human methods of a cure....

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@Belle Hey now. He can't have /all/ the good things...

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@chukklehed ...Yeah, quite possibly. ^.^;;

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@LadyRunic like he isn't already taking advantage, and planning on doing even more of it....

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@Mokley Nah, I've got...half a dozen ideas, at least. But none of them are particularly appealing/inspiring and so I keep putting off writing them. =/