Submitted 1 week ago by hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
And before anyone makes a cheeky “what do you need this for 🤨” comment, I’m a writer. I’m not going to murder anyone I promise, I just want to write a scene where one guy gets poisoned.
I need something that doesn’t require modern technology to extract/produce, and would make sense to be avaible in a place with a temperate to mediterranean climate. Does a plant or something like that exist or do I need to make one up?
Alcohol is a very effective slow acting poison.
don’t be Don, don’t be Don, don’t be Don
Oh thank God.
Am not sure if helpful, or if this would be somewhere you could visit for reference.
The Alnwick Victorian poison garden is fascinating and perhaps even has ideas for you.
www.alnwickgarden.com/the-garden/poison-garden/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnwick_Garden
Hope this helps. Am hoping to get to visit one day.
If you want long-term, look to the liver. Alcohol will destroy it over time, but so will viral hepatitis. Have you considered slow acting diseases like hepatitis or HIV? Or something intensely carcinogenic?
Mushrooms can cause liver failure too, depending on the species. Amanitas are an example
I recommend an American diet: ultra-processed foods, excess sodium, saturated fat, refined grains, calories from solid fats and added sugars, and avoid vegetables like the plague! The target will be dead within 50 years…
Hey siri, remind me!
I don’t like where these comments are going.
Go ask chatgpt or something similar for old medical herbs used back in the day that might also posion you. I inspire to write a book one day, and ive found ai to be really informative. The best part is, even if they’re wrong its going in a fiction story(i hope) where it would matter.
I hope since you want to write this will be appreciated: for that sentence you’re looking for “aspire” not “inspire”.
Hey i said i want to write one, i never said it was going to be good.
Apple seeds contain cyanide, and are easy to get in quantity without raising suspicion. How long does it take? No idea.
Good luck with your writing! I too have had to search for some very silly things for things I’ve written! As for slow acting poisons, only ones I could think of that would be really available modernly would be like, antifreeze and such, but I don’t think that’s so slow acting. And usually it’s kids and dogs that get into that.
There’s a historical analogue for antifreeze poisoning: poisoning from improperly brewed alcohol (methanol poisoning)
steeznson@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Does anyone remember when the writer googled a recipe for their historical novel and copy pasted the first result - which turned out to the from Zelda BOTW lol