Extra 16: Monsters & Lore: The Fair Folk
The second of our Monster & Lore mini series covers the Fair Folk across a variety of TV shows, movies a books. Pointy Ears? Magic? Nature lovers? And what’s up with fairy dust, anyway?
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10th January 2019 @ 6:00 pm
is there a ‘warlocks/magic/wizards/sorcerers/witches/who even knows how many variations there are not me for sure’ part coming soon? or has 3b coming so soon(but STILL not soon enough) made that unlikely?
11th January 2019 @ 10:33 am
I’m aware we still owe people a magic episode, but I’m not sure there’s space for it in the pre-3b schedule, so we may need to get back to it after 3b is done 🙂
11th January 2019 @ 7:25 pm
cool! cant wait!
30th November 2018 @ 7:48 pm
equally, I’m not entirely sure how googling it didn’t occur to me hahaha sorry, that’s me being a lazy numpty!
It’s on the christmas wishlist 😀 thank you!!
25th November 2018 @ 4:15 pm
Sorry for the insane lateness of this reply, real life is a bitch sometimes! I’ve added
The series sounds really interesting because I do think that a lot of my problem with the fair folk is the fact that in most versions of story they appear in, they appear as side characters that we don’t spend enough time with, to actually understand them or even vaguely get to know them.
as always, amazon is an absolute nightmare to work out where a series actually starts. do you have the title of the first book? I’d love to add it to my christmas list, but I want to make sure I don’t accidentally get the 9th in the series hahaha
30th November 2018 @ 5:49 am
Okay ONE OF THESE DAYS I’m actually going to remember to be helpful and give titles of books when I recommend them! The first book is called Rosemary and Rue, followed by A Local Habitation and An Artificial Night. There are 12 books published at the moment – the author’s website has a list of them if you need it!
17th November 2018 @ 9:01 am
If you’re interested in a book series that’s about fairies, you might be interested in the October Daye books by Seanan McGuire. The books are about a changeling – in this case changling means someone who’s half-human, half-fae – private investigator named October Daye who solves crimes for both human and fae.
This series is really different from most series about fairies, first because all of the main characters are fae (there are barely any human characters in it, actually) so there’s a lot of exploration into their point of view and understanding of the world, and second because they have very little connection to nature; what is VASTLY more important is bloodlines.
In the October Daye universe, the fae have three reigning monarchs; Oberon, his first wife Maeve and his second wife Titania. Instead of being classified as Seelie/Unseelie, the fae are defined by whether their ancestor was a child of Maeve, Titania, or (in very rare instances) Oberon. Their magic is also influenced by their ancestors – some fae descended from one particular person can teleport, others are extremely skilled at metalworking, etc.
There are a lot of other ways that this series is different, but they’re kind of complicated to explain so I’ll just say that if you’re interested in something that tries to give a more in-depth look at the Fair Folk, while still keeping them otherworldly and distinctly Not Human, I definitely recommend this series!
(Slight warning: while the first two books are absolutely vital for setting up plot points that come into play in later books, I found them a little frustrating to get through. Mostly because they’re the two books where October is a Private Investigator and not a Hero, and October is, uh, REALLY BAD at being a private investigator. Like, SOOO bad. The third book starts going more into fairy politics and how their world works, and I find that the series finds its footing a little better. The first two books are really important to the greater story! I just thought that they were a little annoying the first time, although they might be better on a re-read; seriously, this series is SO GOOD for re-reads.)