Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: weird
  • Music: Wicked, "What Is This Feeling?"

Legs legs legs legs engulf devour legs.

Brooke, being Brooke, and hence attracted to anything that involves "science" and "spiders," provided me with a link to a full-sized piece of fabric made from spider silk. Because this was awesome, I promptly shared it with my friend Rae. The following conversation occurred:

raelee: That is a lot of spiders. But very purty silk.
seanan_mcguire: I will put them all in the bed of the next human who vexes me.
raelee: *eyes you* Duly noted.
seanan_mcguire: You rarely vex.
raelee: Still, sharing my bed with a million spiders, while extremely kinky, is not high on the list of activities I'd like to participate in before my death... especially since it has a high probability of leading to said death. Therefore, I'll take the proper precautions so as not to vex.
seanan_mcguire: It'd be like, LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS LEGS *enrobe* *devour* LEGS.
raelee: Yeahhhh, I just freaked out reading that.
seanan_mcguire: ...oooops. Sorry.
raelee: s'ok, everyone needs to have a mini seizure at their desk occasionally.

There are days when I truly feel that being my friend ought to come with a hazard advisory of some sort. Or maybe just a little label that flashes after pictures of horrible things, like botflies and flesh-eating bacteria. "WARNING: Seanan is going to think this is cool, and probably want to discuss it with you. Please begin self-sedation now."

I was invented to make sure you stay fully alert and aware of your surroundings. Lest the million spiders in your bed catch you by surprise.
Tags: animals rock, mad science, rae
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kyrielle

September 25 2009, 02:39:38 UTC 7 years ago

This fills me with glee, but I admit it would be much less glee-inducing if I actually thought I would vex you before someone else managed it. I do not want a million spiders. Their silk, perhaps, but not the spiders. Or in fact even a smaller percentage.

This is less fear of spiders and more fear of spider bites. I actually got enough baby spider bites, on several occasions, to itch like mad. I do not, in fact, enjoy itching. So even non-poisonous arachnids, if prone to biting, are preferred at a distance. :P

seanan_mcguire

September 25 2009, 18:22:58 UTC 7 years ago

I will keep that in mind when setting up my spider army.