Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: excited
  • Music: Glee, "Torn."

Ask me a question! InCryptid knowledge party.

With Midnight Blue-Light Special approaching fast (and Half-Off Ragnarok just put to bed), I am naturally spending a lot of time thinking about InCryptid, and blogging about InCryptid, since I want everyone to be as excited as I am. So here is your invitation:

Ask me a question. Ask me a big question. Like when I posted about the rules governing fae marriage. The ones that require serious thought, and a genuine desire to know.

What can cuckoos really do? What was the straw that broke the camel's back for Alexander and Enid? How do cryptid communities conceal themselves in human cities? 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 I'll post a full calendar of Aeslin holidays (because I never, ever will). Ask me about laws and rules and universe, about etiquette and speciation and trends in fashion.

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

I have comment amnesty for any questions I do not choose to answer during this particular publication lead-in, because I want my brain to not dribble out of my ears.

Game on!
Tags: comic books, incryptid, midnight bluelight special
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boobook_owl

February 1 2013, 23:03:49 UTC 4 years ago

Don't want to be greedy (And I'm just loving this knowledge party, thank you!) but I have another question: Are there any atheist Aeslin mice? If so, what happens to them? Are they accepted by their home communities or do they go off and form little alt-Aeslin communities of their own or sink into loneliness or...?

greyduck

February 1 2013, 23:24:06 UTC 4 years ago

An interesting notion! I'd think, however, that since they tend to live with their religious figures, atheism isn't much of an issue. Something George Carlin once riffed on about worshipping Joe Pesci because he's actually SEEN Joe Pesci...

boobook_owl

February 1 2013, 23:31:16 UTC 4 years ago

:-D Good point! Maybe atheist is the wrong word and non-conformist or rebellious would be better. Mice that can see the religious figures, know that they are there but just don't want to worship them. I love the idea of alt-Aeslin communities filled with hipster mice who challenge The Man. And I hate the idea of sad, bedraggled little mice who have been shunned by their communities & have to scratch a living at the edges of cryptid society :-(

greyduck

February 1 2013, 23:42:58 UTC 4 years ago

"Don't you get it? They're just like us! Only really big! And without tails or all-over fur! We shouldn't be worshipping them, we should be bargaining with them stringently for our place in the world!"

"SHUN! SHUN THE NONCONFORMIST UNBELIEVER!"

Hmm. Yeah, let's not go down that route. It's a bit grim. (Because there's no grimness in Seanan's worlds, after all. *cough*)

skelody

February 1 2013, 23:31:22 UTC 4 years ago

Well, consider Sam Vimes... or Dorfl :P