<div class="quote"><i>Heded All Rights Reserved wrote:
I don't think that was Hg. They way Red Lotus handled it was just too unsafe for that story to pass. Even Hg's vapor is poisonous and long enough exposure can lead to delirium and painful spasms. No way that was Hg. I mean, they had the thing in a soup plate! Not a sealed container, just in a soup plate. That's not the way you handle mercury!
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Also, what we see in the show is poison, which means the title is wrong. Poison is absorbed through skin or any other surface on the victim's body, venom is injected with fangs and that sort of thing. What we saw was apsorption, even though forced with bending. If it was injected we'd most likely see some wounds and blood because of ruptures in Korra's skin.
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<p>well poison of the red lotus probally did not sound as catch of a title as venom of the red lotus to them.
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