Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: contemplative
  • Music: Taylor Swift, "Long Live."

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.
Tags: common questions, continuity checking, requesting things, toby daye
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the_dark_fyre

February 8 2011, 23:03:58 UTC 6 years ago

What poses as currency among the fae? I mean, it sounds like a complicated mass of favours and "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" but is there anything more concrete than that, since it seems horrendously out of place that someone high ranking might 'owe' someone of lower stature purely based on the person of lower stature performing a duty. Or are things just kind of done for those above you in the hope that one day you'll do enough that one day you can gain a title, rank or some other sort of stature?

... And if that's how it works what happens to the ones who get passed up? Can you take status by force if you try hard enough?

seanan_mcguire

February 16 2011, 21:36:30 UTC 6 years ago

Favors; gold; jewels; land; promises of rare things, such as handicrafts or high-quality goods.