Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: quixotic
  • Music: Dixie Chicks, "Travelin' Soldier."

Cussin'! Or, as Brooke put it, "A Child's Garden of Royal Fae Swearing."

In the Toby books, people tend to swear by (and on) a variety of things, including trees (oak, ash, elm, yarrow, pine), representative symbols for fae ideals (root, branch, rose, thorn), and the three major monarchs of their world. Brooke, being seized by an imp of the perverse one day, went through and actually made a list of all the times people swear by one of the monarchs...and what body parts they swore by.

My proofreaders are special, yo.

So here, for your enlightenment, is the cussin', as listed by Brooke, who is insane.

A CHILD'S GARDEN OF ROYAL FAE SWEARING

Swearing by Oberon:

In Oberon's name (Rosemary and Rue)
Oberon's bones (R&R)
Oberon's blessed balls (A Local Habitation)
Oberon's blood (R&R, An Artificial Night)
Oberon's teeth (ALH, AAN)
Sweet Oberon (Late Eclipses)
Oberon's hairy balls (LE)
Oberon's honor (LE)
Oberon's ass (LE, The Brightest Fell)
Oberon's balls (R&R, ALH, AAN, LE)

Swearing by Titania:

Titania wept (AAN)
Titania's teeth (AAN)
Sweet Titania (AAN, LE, TBF)
Titania's bones (LE)
Titania's rose (LE)

Swearing by Maeve:

Sweet Lady Maeve (RR)
Maeve's tits (ALH,TBF)
In the name of Maeve (AAN)
By the boon of Maeve (AAN)
Maeve's bones (RR, AAN, TBF)
Maeve wept (AAN)
Maeve's tree (LE)
Sweet Maeve (LE)
I swear to Maeve I'll shoot you (LE)
Maeve's teeth (RR, AAN, LE, TBF)

Swearing is fun!
Tags: brooke, i love my editors, proofreading, silliness, toby daye
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spectralbovine

August 19 2010, 20:40:24 UTC 6 years ago

Oberon's hairy balls
I was waiting for this one.

It looks like Oberon's salient feature is his balls, and Maeve's is her teeth. Titania is just sweet.

vixyish

August 19 2010, 20:43:21 UTC 6 years ago

*snort*

I'm sure she'd have everyone think that...

dornbeast

August 19 2010, 21:33:53 UTC 6 years ago

"Sweet" as an adjective in swearing does not necessarily reflect the subject. As an example, Marvel Comics has Luke Cage, long known for saying "Sweet Christmas!"

shiyiya

August 21 2010, 21:41:48 UTC 6 years ago

SWEET WOUNDED JESUS!





(from Bat Boy: The Musical.)

seanan_mcguire

August 20 2010, 19:07:42 UTC 6 years ago

Well, Toby tends to swear by where she's most likely to punch.