Poison

[mark_asphodel]

So, while contemplating my rhubarb crop (all one plant of it) this afternoon, something occurred to me-- where are the herbal-based poison plots in FE fandom?  Hell, I remember a damned good Gundam Wing 'fic that hinged on tainted rhubarb jam.  Harry Potter was littered with such, though of course the plants in question were a little more fanciful.  But I can't even remember coming across a bad batch of mushrooms in a Fire Emblem story.  Can't recall anyone accidentally ingesting rhubarb leaves, or confusing wild carrots with hemlock, or decorating a wedding cake with lily-of-the-valley and white oleander.

There is a void here that needs to be filled.  Discuss?

Comments

[hooves.livejournal.com]

I would like to add that I feel poisoning via eating the wrong thing is just not as interesting in a one-shot where it's pretty obvious that someone is "eating something bad" and then later falls ill and/or dies. :( In a longer story, it might work really well, though-- as in, if there are scenes where people are eating and foraging regularly...nobody would even really NOTICE when the characters were eating something bad. Or rather, there might be small hints, but not anything that makes it blindingly obvious like Matthew out picking shrooms and then falling ill or dying or whatever shortly after.

[mark-asphodel.livejournal.com]

is just not as interesting in a one-shot where it's pretty obvious that someone is "eating something bad" and then later falls ill and/or dies

Very true, unless the one-shot is composed as a mystery so the reader doesn't necessarily catch on (kinda like 'Red Chestnuts,' hah). But you could have offhand references to people getting sick, having died, etc.