What do you want to know?: seanan

What do you want to know?

With Late Eclipses approaching fast, I am naturally spending a lot of time thinking about Toby's world, and blogging about Toby's world, since I want everyone to be as excited as I am. So here is your invitation:

Ask me a question.

This has no connection to the current ARC giveaway, which asks you to ask simple, FAQ-style questions that don't require extensive spoilers or flowcharts. What this is connected to is, well, the big questions. Like when I posted about the rules governing fae marriage. The ones that require serious thought, and a genuine desire to know.

How does fae marriage work? Where did the Changeling's Choice begin? What happened to the Roane? Questions too big, and too complicated, to answer in the FAQ. Now, because I apparently wasn't clear enough the first time, I WILL NOT GIVE SPOILERS. Please don't ask me where someone is, or whether someone else is coming back, or whether you're ever going to see Gillian again (a question which has started to make me clench my teeth). Ask me about laws and rules and universe, about etiquette and speciation and trends in fashion.

The five best questions will get full blog posts about them, explaining whatever facet or facets of Faerie they touch on. I get to determine "best," although you're all welcome to weigh in or ask secondary questions.

ladymurmur

February 3 2011, 19:43:23 UTC 6 years ago

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I asked this as my FAQ question, but it occurs to me that, even though it is something that has occurred in the past, if we haven't been told about it yet, it just might count as a "spoiler" for future storytelling. Unless it has already been stated and I've just missed it. Repeatedly. Feel free to bop me on the nose with a rolled up newspaper if I should stop asking. :-)

I'm still DYING to know what one does to get knighted in the faerie courts, and specifically, how did Toby accomplish this?

Also, is being a 'hero' just a personal quality that both Toby and her liege share, or is it a specific role of some sort within the world of the fae?

seanan_mcguire

February 3 2011, 19:54:32 UTC 6 years ago

That's a whole prequel. Like, literally. It's called Strangers in the Court, and I very much hope I get to write it someday.

February 3 2011, 19:57:11 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, my - I really want to read that!!!! I shall add my hopes to yours.

If you need someone to start a petition or something to make it happen, let me know! :-)