Talk:Fairy/@comment-25575899-20160416142652/@comment-27950421-20190106222946

Well, in one of the fictional settings I made, I treated magic similarly to radiation, at least in terms of interactions with matter.

Iron acted akin to lead does with radiation, effectively blocking magical energy. In the setting fae are comprised mostly of solidified magic magic, it means that iron is one of the only things that could effectively hurt a fae. It also meant that iron that can't be effectively enchanted or cursed.

I also made silver function similarly to what cadmium does to radiation, absorbing the energy out of magical reactions, slowing or halting those reactions. Thus explaining why creatures with magic as part of their physiology like undead or lycanthropes are vulnerable to silver and also means that silver will hold an enchantment easier.

If I were to put out information on a monsters weakness I would work stuff like that out.

But to my knowledge KC hasn't said anything about it. Maybe they just think that iron is super tacky?