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ALL POSTSWas the "Red Lotus poison" mercury?
<p>A metallic liquid that is poison, I'm pretty sure that Korra was poisoned with mercury. Yes they could of used other heavy metal poisons, however most don't look "metalic" they have various colors and textures and effects. The reason I'm sure they just called it "poison" was censoring.
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<p>The metal appeared to be mercury, simply judging by it's form and coloration but I did a little reading and hydrargyria doesn't cause nerological symptoms like losing one's ability to walk. The closest thing to that would be it <i>can </i>cause hypotonia(muscle weakness). I suppose a severe enough cause of muscle weakness could inhibit ones ability to walk. That being said Erethism(mad hatter disease) can cause severe muscle spasms which could also prevent walking.
</p><p>All that being said it could very well be lead poisoning. Acute Lead Poisoning(like Korra had) can cause paralysis of the lower body.
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Firstly, what the hell is "Kuvira"? <p>Secondly, it's metallic poison and that's all we need to know. And I doubt that it was mercury. </p> </i></div>
<p>Kuvira was the metalbending officer that saved Tonraq. Fun fact: She is voiced by Zelda Williams, daugher of the late Robin Williams. </p><p>And there's plenty of proof its mercury, from the fact that it is a metallic liquid (there is only one metal that is liquid at room temperature), its significance in ancient East Asian medicine and culture, and the fact Korra suffers from its symptoms. </p><p>From wikipedia: </p><p>Minamata disease (Japanese: 水俣病 Hepburn: <i>Minamata-byō</i><sup class="t_nihongo_help noprint" style="line-height:1;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">?</span></sup>)<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">(チッソ水俣病 <i>Chisso-Minamata-byō</i><sup class="t_nihongo_help noprint" style="line-height:1;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">?</span></sup>)</span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, is a </span>neurological<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> syndrome caused by severe </span>mercury poisoning<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">. Symptoms include </span>ataxia<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, </span>numbness<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> in the hands and feet, general </span>muscle weakness<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, narrowing of the </span>field of vision<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, hallucinations, and damage to </span>hearing<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> and </span>speech<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">. In extreme cases, </span>insanity<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, </span>paralysis<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, </span>coma<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, and </span>death<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> follow within weeks of the onset of symptoms. </span> </p><p>[info on mercury poisoning and its symptoms (which also support this theory):] </p> </div> <p>Actually there are three metallic elements that are liquid at room temperature, but only Mercury is common enough. (Gallium and Francium are the other two, but the latter is radioactive and the former is difficult to amass.) Two other metallic elements become liquids at close to room temperature: Rubidium and Cesium; Bromine is also a liquid at STP but isn't metallic. </p>
Firstly, what the hell is "Kuvira"? <p>Secondly, it's metallic poison and that's all we need to know. And I doubt that it was mercury. </p> </i></div>
<p>Kuvira was the metalbending officer that saved Tonraq. Fun fact: She is voiced by Zelda Williams, daugher of the late Robin Williams. </p><p>And there's plenty of proof its mercury, from the fact that it is a metallic liquid (there is only one metal that is liquid at room temperature), its significance in ancient East Asian medicine and culture, and the fact Korra suffers from its symptoms. </p><p>From wikipedia: </p><p>Minamata disease (Japanese: 水俣病 Hepburn: <i>Minamata-byō</i><sup class="t_nihongo_help noprint" style="line-height:1;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">?</span></sup>)<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">(チッソ水俣病 <i>Chisso-Minamata-byō</i><sup class="t_nihongo_help noprint" style="line-height:1;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">?</span></sup>)</span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, is a </span>neurological<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> syndrome caused by severe </span>mercury poisoning<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">. Symptoms include </span>ataxia<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, </span>numbness<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> in the hands and feet, general </span>muscle weakness<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, narrowing of the </span>field of vision<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, hallucinations, and damage to </span>hearing<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> and </span>speech<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">. In extreme cases, </span>insanity<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, </span>paralysis<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, </span>coma<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">, and </span>death<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;"> follow within weeks of the onset of symptoms. </span> </p><p>[info on mercury poisoning and its symptoms (which also support this theory):] </p> </div> <p>Actually there are three metallic elements that are liquid at room temperature, but only Mercury is common enough. (Gallium and Francium are the other two, but the latter is radioactive and the former is difficult to amass.) Two other metallic elements become liquids at close to room temperature: Rubidium and Cesium; Bromine is also a liquid at STP but isn't metallic. </p>
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<p>Will Ruzicka confirmed that it was mercury.
</p><p>But even if he hadn't, Korra being in a wheelchair could as easily indicate myasthenia as paralysis (aside from the possibility that she's <i>injured</i> along with being sick). And she was hallucinating in the Red Lotus hideout.
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<div class="quote"><i>Deist Zealot wrote:
Will Ruzicka confirmed that it was mercury. <p>But even if he hadn't, Korra being in a wheelchair could as easily indicate myasthenia as paralysis (aside from the possibility that she's <i>injured</i> along with being sick). And she was hallucinating in the Red Lotus hideout. </p> </i></div>
<p>Is it possible for her to recover though? </p>
Will Ruzicka confirmed that it was mercury. <p>But even if he hadn't, Korra being in a wheelchair could as easily indicate myasthenia as paralysis (aside from the possibility that she's <i>injured</i> along with being sick). And she was hallucinating in the Red Lotus hideout. </p> </i></div>
<p>Is it possible for her to recover though? </p>
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<div class="quote"><i>QuasimodoBellringer wrote:
<div class="quote">Deist Zealot wrote:
Will Ruzicka confirmed that it was mercury. <p>But even if he hadn't, Korra being in a wheelchair could as easily indicate myasthenia as paralysis (aside from the possibility that she's <i>injured</i> along with being sick). And she was hallucinating in the Red Lotus hideout. </p> </i></div>
Is it possible for her to recover though? </div> <p>She's post-pubescent (hydrargyria is rougher on kids) and healthy, so there's at least a decent chance of it (at least, barring some more severe injury). </p>
<div class="quote">Deist Zealot wrote:
Will Ruzicka confirmed that it was mercury. <p>But even if he hadn't, Korra being in a wheelchair could as easily indicate myasthenia as paralysis (aside from the possibility that she's <i>injured</i> along with being sick). And she was hallucinating in the Red Lotus hideout. </p> </i></div>
Is it possible for her to recover though? </div> <p>She's post-pubescent (hydrargyria is rougher on kids) and healthy, so there's at least a decent chance of it (at least, barring some more severe injury). </p>
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<p>Well there is one thing that may help, the spirit water. Remember what it did to Aang? He was killed, but then it saved him. The same can possibly work for Korra. Spirit water can work wonders on a person. So, they should use spirit water in tandem with Raava's light to heal her.
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<div class="quote"><i>Torresp wrote:
Well there is one thing that may help, the spirit water. Remember what it did to Aang? He was killed, but then it saved him. The same can possibly work for Korra. Spirit water can work wonders on a person. So, they should use spirit water in tandem with Raava's light to heal her.</i></div>
<p>He wasn't dead. He was mostly dead. </p>
Well there is one thing that may help, the spirit water. Remember what it did to Aang? He was killed, but then it saved him. The same can possibly work for Korra. Spirit water can work wonders on a person. So, they should use spirit water in tandem with Raava's light to heal her.</i></div>
<p>He wasn't dead. He was mostly dead. </p>
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<p>QuasimodoBellringer wrote:
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<div class="quote">Torresp wrote:
Well there is one thing that may help, the spirit water. Remember what it did to Aang? He was killed, but then it saved him. The same can possibly work for Korra. Spirit water can work wonders on a person. So, they should use spirit water in tandem with Raava's light to heal her.</i></div>
<p>He wasn't dead. He was mostly dead. </p> </div> <p>But, I think spirit water can do wonders to anyone whose condition is that severe. Korra isn't dead either, and there is a chance she can be saved, and I'd say by the combination of Raava and spirit water. Spirit water can help a person recover from almost any kinds of injuries </p>
Well there is one thing that may help, the spirit water. Remember what it did to Aang? He was killed, but then it saved him. The same can possibly work for Korra. Spirit water can work wonders on a person. So, they should use spirit water in tandem with Raava's light to heal her.</i></div>
<p>He wasn't dead. He was mostly dead. </p> </div> <p>But, I think spirit water can do wonders to anyone whose condition is that severe. Korra isn't dead either, and there is a chance she can be saved, and I'd say by the combination of Raava and spirit water. Spirit water can help a person recover from almost any kinds of injuries </p>
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<p>Since it was Mercury, I think when Korra recovers she will have enhnced Waterbending, blue hair, and an IQ of 300!
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<p>Since it is mercury. The duration of it in her body plus the added adrenaline rushes and battle injuries, she should probably look worse after two weeks but I'm sure she'll recover maybe using the spirit water leading to the first conversation Korra has with her cousins.
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