THE WINTER LONG open thread!

That was one of my thoughts (that I mentioned somewhere else here) but the moment I thought about it I also had lots of reasons why I felt it wouldn't fly! But I still keep thinking maybe there's something there. I initially thought Marcia was Eira in disguise, and then after all was said and done, I thought/think maybe she was another Firstborn in disguise. Someone else posited she could be August, which could be possible too.

I initially thought of Marcia as a Firstborn in disguise partly because of the Luidaeg and her shapeshifting. An illusion certainly doesn't seem like it would pass Toby's notice, but maybe a really well-done shapeshift could. Nevertheless I do think it's a bit off that Toby, with her skillset, wouldn't notice that much power--I can readily believe other faeries dismissing Marcia immediately since she's a changeling, but Toby wouldn't do that.

As for August, I did have a bit more thinking about it and since Toby was able to make herself less fae (with the goblin fruit) I figure it's somewhat feasible for August to have done it to herself, under some really messed up circumstances (similar to Toby's goblin fruit). Someone abducted her, made her do that, and eventually, there she was. But my problem here then, is that with fae blood as thin as she has, she has to be visibly older than Toby--and she doesn't come across to me as older (I don't quite remember if her age/visible age is ever explicitly mentioned?). Of course, if she's been transformed to quarter blood fairly recently (elf-shot, then she got out of it, and is less fae as a result/shortly after, etc) then that would make sense.