By The Way

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Am I the only one who's now terribly concerned about Laketown's sanitation? No wonder the Master is so unpopular. I know they live in a ~*~fantasy~*~kingdom~*~of~*~enchantment~*~ and all, but until I get some indication otherwise I'm gonna assume germ theory still holds. They must be just festering with plagues and cholera. If Bard, as the Rightful Ruler of the city, doesn't implement a public sanitation program, I'm STILL gonna call for an election. Laketown Sanitation Now! Who's with me?

Comments

[stormteller.livejournal.com]

I think the town's approach to disease prevention is that it's in a perpetual state of being frozen. Or else they haven't yet learned how to make fire.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

From what I have seen of Middle-earth medicine, most disease control seems to consist of weeds and chanting. I am not sure if permafrost is a step up or down.

[stormteller.livejournal.com]

Well they haven't learned how to do that either, so...

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

That's what Elves are for! Although I am not sure WHY Elves bother learning medicine, since they don't get diseases ... ?

(I have to admit, I made a terrible snortnoise when Oin said something about "I'd heard about Elvish medicine ... that was a privilege to witness!" because seriously, she just stood there chanting and stuck some unwashed plant to his leg. Did she even actually light up? I thought that was just the twitterpation/painkillers messin' with Kili.)

[shadesofmauve]

Elves learn medicine so they can be better at it than humans, dwarves, and hobbits, naturally.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I was thinking it was something along those lines. I suspect that's why Elves do ANYTHING, really.

[black-rider.livejournal.com]

*snerk*