The Ilion Vector by Dwimordene

[dwimordene_2011]

Title: The Ilion Vector
Author: Dwimordene
Challenge: Natural Disasters: Plague
Summary: Diplomacy is war by other means.
Characters/Pairing: OMCs, OFCs
Rating: K+
Book/Source: LOTR Appendices, UT
Warnings: Too many notes!
Disclaimer: I'm neither JRRT nor making money off this.

Comments

[huinare]

The last line - ouch, the irony!

I loved the notes; what a great explanation of the geographical pattern of the plague, and a villainously wily move on Sauron's part. My second reading of the drabble certainly benefited a lot from the background info.

Phrases such as "the ultimate in Ardaverse biological weaponry" and "elven T-cell onslaught" simply aren't bandied about often enough.

[dwimordene_2011]

I almost warned for irony - dietary supplement overload! ;-)

The notes really are necessary for this drabble, I think. The Great Plague isn't something I've seen written about really, and certainly not its disease vectors and geographical spread.

Phrases such as "the ultimate in Ardaverse biological weaponry" and "elven T-cell onslaught" simply aren't bandied about often enough.

They really aren't!

[huinare]

Psh, one can never have too much irony. Irony For A Healthy Life.TM

The Great Plague isn't something I've seen written about really, and certainly not its disease vectors and geographical spread.

Hurrah for paths less traveled by.

[dwimordene_2011]

Irony For A Healthy Life.TM

This may be the one health regimen I can fulfill effortlessly.

[huinare]

I know right? I daresay I just need a little bit more irony to be ready to climb Mt. Everest.
And make it to the top, only to fall magnificently to my death about 3/4ths of the way down.

[curiouswombat]

Oddly I Have been reading a little about the Great Plague in Larner's Stirring Rings - which made your drabble even more interesting for me.

I think you are absolutely right - if something can be found that the elves could carry it would be a pretty major disease. And that last line is wonderful.

[dwimordene_2011]

Thanks! There has to be some way of using the Elves' phenomenal resistance to disease as a negative! What's good news for one species could be death to its neighbors.

Glad you enjoyed the ironic last line!