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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jenfullmoon

August 20 2015, 16:59:07 UTC 1 year ago

I think at some point she explained that people get named after others by giving them a similar name. If you want to honor September Torquill, you name your kids after other months of the year.

acelightning

August 21 2015, 08:28:32 UTC 1 year ago

Yes, I saw that. What I want to know is, why was September Torquill named that in the first place? What's the significance of a calendrical name? Why are all the month-names we've seen so far bestowed upon females? And why are they out of order?

seanan_mcguire

August 21 2015, 16:10:31 UTC 1 year ago

And that is what you are absolutely not going to learn.

Any question relating directly to a named character from the series is pretty much guaranteed to be a spoiler, especially when it's something like this, which also relates directly to October herself.

acelightning

August 22 2015, 03:45:13 UTC 1 year ago

May I infer, then, that the first use of a month-name for a personal name was probably nothing more than sheer whim on the part of a Fae parent?

seanan_mcguire

August 22 2015, 23:58:02 UTC 1 year ago

Please stop trying to get an answer to this question. You're not going to get one.

jenfullmoon

August 21 2015, 17:28:34 UTC 1 year ago

Ah, that I could not say. Maybe they just thought months were pretty :P Or that nobody wants to be named February?