Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • 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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lit_luminary

August 23 2015, 01:58:42 UTC 1 year ago

I'm really interested in the practice of magic -- we've seen Toby, for example, pull off acts of great power by will and blood alone, but we've also seen her perform a complex ritual to call the night haunts; we've seen the Luidaeg do tremendously powerful magic on will alone, but we've also seen her fix complex spells into objects. What factors affect whether the caster will need to perform a ritual or use a physical object in their magic? Is there a difference between magic that can simply be willed and magic that needs certain acts and/or objects to shape it?