Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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ONCE BROKEN FAITH open thread!

To celebrate the release of Once Broken Faith, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book. Judging by the comments I'm seeing, some of you have had time, and I'd really, really rather book discussion (sometimes including spoilers) didn't crop up on other posts.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned. (I will not reply to every comment; I call partial comment amnesty. But I may well join some of the discussion, or answer questions or whatnot.) I will be DELETING all comments containing spoilers which have been left on other posts. No one gets to spoil people here without a label.

You can also start a discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence, since I always wind up getting involved in these things.

Have fun, and try not to bleed on the carpet.
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RE: The Brown's children

ginaslone

September 12 2016, 17:11:48 UTC 10 months ago Edited:  September 13 2016, 18:40:21 UTC

Toby had to be told about magical signatures because her mother had left some vital training off for her. The Luidaeg says that it was once normal for everyone to know about it.

When I sort my chart based upon magical signature (yeah, I know , I'm a really big nerd who has it on a spreadsheet), I come up with something else interesting - Heather and Fire. Heather as in Amorica and Elton's magic (Tuatha de Dannon) and Quentin. Then fire - as in Amorica and then smoke with Chelsea, Etienne, and Simon. Even Quentin's other signature is steel - a fired forged metal. I wonder if Amorica was the father of the Daoine Sidhe? They have to have one, even if they were claimed by Eira. Maybe that fire accounts for the red hair that some of the Daoine Sidhe seem to have.

RE: The Brown's children

dragonsong

September 14 2016, 14:16:52 UTC 10 months ago

I don't know if Simon is a great example - his magic had changed. Was the smoke constant (oh spreadsheet bearer?) and just the cider -> rotten oranges the change?

RE: The Brown's children

ginaslone

January 17 2017, 20:14:36 UTC 5 months ago Edited:  June 19 2017, 19:34:49 UTC

I have Simons listed as both. If you read the Winter Long it talks about how his magic smelled before (Smoke and Mulled Cider) and after (Candle Smoke and Rotten Oranges). I believe that he corrupted himself by having some sort of contact with Blind Michael (both Michael and Rayseline have candle in their magic signature) while looking for August.

Re: The Brown's children

ginaslone

March 15 2017, 15:11:58 UTC 4 months ago

Sorry for the delayed response. He went from smoke and mulled cider to candle smoke and rotten oranges.