Hey, I had a dream that I was in a Supernatural episode where somehow there was a flashback (ghosts. . maybe?) where we saw Giles' (I don't know why he was there - but wouldn't it ROCK?) - great, great whatever grandfather who was in an early 19th century British military uniform of some sort.

I don't think iron provides protection unless it's a sealed room, but it would be pretty easy to have all sorts of small iron implements one could use to temporarily dispel a ghost. A good old-fashioned iron wrench in someone's pocket wouldn't raise any eyebrows.

What's buckshot made of?

Apparently, buckshot is a size not a material - so it could totally be made of iron -- if needed.

Although, traditionally pellets (which are in shot) were lead.

Here is some iron shot.

They're phasing out the use of lead in buckshot for hunting, because of its long-term persistence in the environment, so steel and various alloys that include iron are widely available.

My wild-ass guess is that cold iron originally was seen as antithetical to the supernatural because it represents a creation of man rather than nature. One could propose a modern fae that could be killed with plastic or disco.

"Death by Disco!"--Sam, The Lost Boys.

Oh come on, I can't have been the only one thinking it.

You can also be invisible to the Fae by turning your clothes inside out: socks, stocking, underwear, shirts, tops, jackets, blouses whatever. I wonder if someone could do really hilarious crack fic with that.

Looks like Divine will be going live Sunday at 7pm. Hope it doesn't suck. Hope I still have power then.