#plague pit

[charnel-grounds]

17th century plague pit, Toulouse, France.

© Michaël Gourvennec

[historicalsnail]

Nigel is fabulous.

[all-min-skit]

So I was just watching an edutainment video about anthrax and a thought struck me:

What if the plague ghosts didn’t have the plague? Anthrax also leaves big lesions on the skin, it spreads via spores which can stay dormant on furs and clothing and most importantly: it doesn’t spread from human to human.

The plague villagers would have been in contact with the spores and had no treatment which kills you fairly quickly. The nearby villages weren’t affected because they didn’t touch the skins which Mick brought back from London. The people who buried them wouldn’t have know much of a difference between that and the plague and the skeletons wouldn’t reveal that secret since it attacks the soft tissue.

The spores would have been in the soil of the plague pit because of the dead people. And that means that Fiona’s reaction to being in the cellar with the dirt being overturned would in a sense be the most sensible. Poor archaeologists, spending so much time down there if that is the case.

[clatterbane]

One thing I hadn't seen before: a DIY droplet guard in the minicab on the way home earlier!

Yeah, looked like the guy just duct taped some clear plastic sheeting between the front and back seats of the car. And I can't say I blame him, closing himself up in a rolling box with a steady stream of strangers for a living these days.

It did have a little gap at the bottom, but yeah it would mostly (hopefully) be effective against droplets anyway.

[historicalsnail]

All male Plague Ghosts confirmed for queer, right? The way they fawned over Thomas? (And the way Mick looked at the Captain.)

[historicalsnail]

In the village with the plague, one of them must have died first, and one of them last.

The first one became a ghost and must’ve thought this was hell. The last one, who died surrounded by their friends corpses, must’ve woken up as a ghost, seen all their friends walking around again and thought they must be in heaven.

[goose-the-corvid]

thinkin’ bout plague pits

[gbhbl]

Stare long enough into the void, and you might find it stares back. Plague Pit are what exists in the deepest and darkest recesses, and the four tracks of this EP showcase the blackness within.

EP Review: Plague Pit - A Whispered Curse (Road to Masochist)