Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: quixotic
  • Music: Talis Kimberley, "Time and Tide."

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.
Tags: common questions, fairy tale remix, requesting things, silliness, toby daye, website updates
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archangelbeth

March 25 2010, 17:48:25 UTC 7 years ago

Although if wolves ask you to go pick flowers when mom said "stay on the path," you might want to... pretend to go pick flowers and then run for the nearest woodsman. Fast.

dragoness_e

March 26 2010, 03:40:03 UTC 7 years ago

Sometimes I wonder about European fairy tales. I've seen European wolves on TV, Spanish wolves to be specific. They're smaller than coyotes, not big scary bastards like our timber wolves. How am I supposed to be scared of something I can drop-kick over the fence?

keristor

March 26 2010, 12:11:56 UTC 7 years ago

I don't know about the Spanish ones, but Eurasian wolves are around the same size as the American variety (both basically Gray Wolf): "North American wolves are, overall, generally the same size as European breeds, but have larger, rounder heads, broader, more obtuse muzzles, shorter legs and are usually more robust. European wolves on the contrary tend to have longer, more highly placed ears, narrower heads, more slender loins and coarser, less luxuriant fur."

I was disappointed by the Canadian Timber Wolves I've seen, they looked small compared to the North European ones, but it seems that there is so much regional variation (and climate and seasonal variation in the thickness of the coat) that there is no overall difference.