Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Ask me anything: Toby's world Q&A.

Since I have a book coming out in fifteen days, I figure it's time to once again offer to answer your questions about the world. So...

I will make five blog posts detailing aspects of Toby's universe. Ask me anything! I will not answer every question, but will select the five that I think are the most interesting/fun/relevant, and will detail them to my heart's content. There's a lot to learn and know, and asking loses you nothing.

Leave your questions on this post. I'm declaring comment-reply amnesty for any that I choose not to answer this time, since otherwise, my wee head may explode.

Game on!

ETA: Things covered last two times we did this: inheritance, fosterage, madness, historical records, Cait Sidhe court structure, the Changeling's Choice, locational biology, where fae races come from, shapeshifters, and merlins.
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beccastareyes

August 20 2012, 17:45:45 UTC 4 years ago

Toby is the Knight of Lost Words (IIRC). I can imagine that a landed title comes with the name of the land it's attached to (Goldengreen, Tamed Lightning. etc.), but a knight is an unhanded position. So does the title mean anything -- either a reference to what Toby did, or as a title that can be awarded (a bit like how a professorship might be the Rich Donor Professor of Stuff, instead of just Professor).

Also, anything you can say about fairy craftspeople and making stuff -- I know it was addressed a bit in the second book (especially that the more craftsmen-oriented fae use changelings to handle ironwork), but I like hearing about how stuff gets made. I know to some extent, even a changeling like Toby has to be able to make a decent dress from raw materials and magic, but is there a difference between 'stuff i need right now so I make (and don't care if it turns back to leaves at dawn as long as I'm not still wearing it)' and 'old, well-made stuff'.

vixyish

August 20 2012, 18:14:46 UTC 4 years ago

I'm totally interested in the making-stuff question too!

But just to note for reference: Toby making a dress from raw materials and magic is her crafting an illusion. It turns back to leaves at dawn because it isn't actually real in the first place. She's still got jeans on underneath. (This is why she tries not to do it for the Queen's court-- the Queen likes to change Toby's real actual clothing into real actual something else, and she's fond of her jeans.)

beccastareyes

August 20 2012, 21:01:13 UTC 4 years ago

Somehow I missed that. Weird subconscious associations, I suppose -- probably the fact that Toby used the materials to 'anchor' (?) her illusion and not just throw up something over her clothing.

vixyish

August 20 2012, 21:07:05 UTC 4 years ago

I'm not 100% sure this is right, but I think it's because Toby is not Titania's descendant. All Titania's children are good at illusions; some of them probably wouldn't need the help of feathers and leaves and whatnot. Races that aren't as strong with illusions (and Toby's always talking about how hers aren't very good, including don't-look-heres and whatnot) are probably more likely to need the anchor, as it were.

beccastareyes

August 20 2012, 21:09:12 UTC 4 years ago

I should look over the post on fairy races. Or just ask Seanan about illusions and glamors.

seanan_mcguire

August 27 2012, 16:07:14 UTC 4 years ago

Answering your first question would involve spoilers.

beccastareyes

August 27 2012, 16:26:10 UTC 4 years ago

Then I shall wait until it is revealed. ^_^

seanan_mcguire

February 25 2013, 00:05:20 UTC 4 years ago

If the title means anything, it has not yet been revealed.

There are fae craftspeople, but I'm saving any reveals about them for when it comes up in the series.