geekyI 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.
August 20 2012, 17:55:01 UTC 4 years ago
First, May. If the Night-Haunts only die by becoming Fetches, and fetches die when their...um...selectee dies, does that mean that May will outlive Toby now that Toby's blood has been shifted? May really has become her own (rather more cheerful) person, but outliving Toby would be hard, if it's even possible. But becoming a fetch means shifting to match your selectee, and there's no reason why the shifting has to stop. Is May going to slowly change until she's a match for Toby again?
Personally, I think it's amusing - The Devin-haunt asking "Why aren't you *dead*?" Literally willing to do something unprecedented to figure out why this one odd changeling, clearly suffering with a major death-wish, keeps spilling all that blood and not doing the rational thing and just -stopping-. Toby confuses them terribly, and the Night-haunts, more even than most purebloods, deal with change poorly. Shows what you get for not socializing more.
Second, Amandine and the Dochas Sidhe. When Toby was dying, Amandine showed up - within seconds, a very few minutes at most - and did what was necessary to save her from the Elf-shot. How did she know? Is she so tied to her daughter's blood that she felt it slowing in Toby's body? Would any pureblood of her line be the same? How deep does the tie go? Did she feel what happened when Toby was transformed, did she spend all those years feeling everything fish-Toby was feeing? Is *this* what drove Amandine to her self-imposed exile? Did she drift into madness naturally, or was the strain on her blood too great for immortal flesh and spirit to endure?
Amandine seems to approve of May. She kept her from dying when Toby was elf-shot - by ordering her to stay. That's a neat trick. Is there a link between the Dochas Sidhe and the Night-Haunts? The memories of the fey are tasted in their blood; It's what the Night-Haunts seek. They're no less blood-workers than Amandine's line - possibly moreso, as they literally take on the persona of those they eat.
Wait - that's three questions. Oh, well.
August 24 2012, 17:09:51 UTC 4 years ago