Time for another FAQ party!: seanan

Time for another FAQ party!

This one comes in two parts. Part the first: The Toby Daye FAQ is looking a little thin on the ground, with very few questions directly relating to the books themselves. Please give the FAQ a glance, if you get the chance, and propose new questions? I want to get things cleaned up and updated. In, y'know, my copious spare time.

Part the second: The Horror Movie Survival FAQ is going to be moving to MiraGrant.com with the launch of the new site. I know, I know, it's a sad day. But it'll fit in better there, and I'll have a lot of really awesome opportunities to update and expand.

This means I need a new "silly" FAQ for my main site...and that's where today comes in. I'm going to do a Fairy Tale and Ballad Survival FAQ. Please propose questions, offer survival tips, whatever comes to mind, and I'll get started from there! Help protect a new generation of children from evil stepmothers, wicked witches, inexplicable beanstalks, and the dangers of gingerbread houses.

Sometimes my life is awesome.

martianmooncrab

March 25 2010, 18:13:09 UTC 7 years ago

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Packing tips, since the folks in Fairy Tales just dont seem prepared.. hmmmm Fairy Scouts?

seanan_mcguire

April 24 2010, 16:39:57 UTC 7 years ago

That seems less FAQ than travel guide.

But also hee.

gwynnega

March 25 2010, 18:36:25 UTC 7 years ago

My husband's out of town, and he said I can go in any room in the house but one that has a locked door. I have the key, though, and I'm dying of curiosity. Should I go in?

April 23 2010, 06:43:57 UTC 7 years ago

And answered!

April 23 2010, 18:14:40 UTC 7 years ago

Awesome!

markbernstein

March 25 2010, 18:39:28 UTC 7 years ago

Don't drink and bowl.

If you do, check your reflection when you wake up.

April 23 2010, 06:44:35 UTC 7 years ago

Nice point!

kippurbird

March 25 2010, 18:43:02 UTC 7 years ago

Toby FAQ

1. Will we see Oberon again or what happened to him after his 'snit fit'.
2. What do the fae think of things like Lord of the Rings and D&D or at least modern portrayals of the fae.
3. Does a Midsummer's Night Dream have any truth to it?
4. Puck?
5. I suppose how much history of the fae will we see in the books?
6. What about non-fairy folk like vampires, werewolves, zombies.
7. Can pure humans use magic?

October 30 2010, 23:12:19 UTC 6 years ago

Hmm.

Some of these I really can't answer. So I guess we shall see!

ladyfox7oaks

March 25 2010, 19:00:26 UTC 7 years ago

Never steal the Rampion.

April 8 2010, 15:30:14 UTC 7 years ago

Covered!

slweippert

March 25 2010, 23:15:27 UTC 7 years ago

When a stranger shows up at your door and asks for help, talk nicely to them, give them food, but don't let them in.

If you find that the stranger you rudely turned away is actually a wish-granting creature that granted your neighbor three wishes DO NOT rush after him begging for wishes. It will end badly.

If a stranger does you a favor on a lonely road be gracious when you thank them and share your lunch, no matter how small it is.

dragoness_e

March 26 2010, 03:45:39 UTC 7 years ago

..unless, of course, you are in an Arabic faerie tale, in which case you invite them into your tent, offer them bread and salt with a generous meal, and invoke the name of Allah repeatedly. (Djinni cannot harm you if you do that, and sharing bread & salt is a sacred bond of hospitality--if your guest will not eat of your salt & bread, he means you harm.)

September 14 2010, 18:46:58 UTC 6 years ago

Heeeeeee.

princess_kessie

March 26 2010, 02:23:35 UTC 7 years ago Edited: March 26 2010, 02:24:33 UTC

I agree with

archangelbeth ^^ about pronunciation guides - in particular Toby's surname. I probably should already know this (but I don't). Is it pronounced "Day" or "Dy-ay" (like Christine from Phantom of the Opera) or some other, unknown variant thereof?

I can't be the only one who isn't sure but is always afraid to ask for fear of seeming ignorant, surely?

March 29 2010, 15:04:30 UTC 7 years ago

It's "Day" like the unit of time, and unfortunately, a pronunciation guide is a pretty big task that doesn't really fit within the scope of an FAQ. :(

beckyh2112

March 29 2010, 04:31:51 UTC 7 years ago

Can you explain the Seasonal Monarchs mythos? ('Cause I know what I mean by it and what I get from your songs of it in my head, but I have a devil of a time explaining it to other people.)

March 29 2010, 15:04:56 UTC 7 years ago

Not in a "surviving in a fairy tale" FAQ. It doesn't really fit. Maybe somewhere else?

March 29 2010, 20:34:28 UTC 7 years ago

Maybe the music FAQ. I will save it for when next you are asking for one of those.

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