Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: excited
  • Music: Talis Kimberley, "Uffington Hill."

Question time! Because Toby trivia is fun.

It's been a while since we've done this, and with A Red-Rose Chain coming up, I figure it's time to once again offer to answer your questions about the world. So...

I will make ten blog posts detailing aspects of Toby's universe. Ask me anything! I will not answer every question, but will select the questions 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. Remember that nothing I answer here is full canon until it appears in a book: I will always reserve the right to change things if the series shifts between now and then.

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!
Tags: continuity checking, toby daye
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scamander360

August 4 2015, 03:25:48 UTC 1 year ago

Given the state of modern science, how easy would it be for human scientists to differentiate fae from humans based on, say, blood or tissue samples? We know the night haunts replace dead fae bodies with human-seeming mannequins in order to protect Faerie from discovery. But is there some mechanism in place to protect living fae (that can otherwise easily pass for human, like the Daoine Sidhe, Tuatha, etc.) against encounters with doctors, scientists, or the like? Is modern science capable of recognizing anything "off" about fae blood?

Like, say a random Daoine Sidhe got hit by a car and, despite his/her best efforts, ended up in the hospital---would the lab work set off any alarm bells? Do the fae have some built-in magical camouflage on the cellular level? What about changelings---would their DNA ever possibly set off any warning bells?

Basically: to what extent does modern science have the potential to screw with Faerie's great masquerade? The fae can (often) disguise their faces, but can they disguise their DNA?

seanan_mcguire

August 26 2015, 16:56:40 UTC 1 year ago

Spoilers.