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Origins of the Sidhe (High Fae) [CD spoilers]
Lost Merlin:
--- Quote from: Serack on May 07, 2014, 04:27:20 PM ---On the other hand, it is hard to imagine dew-drop fairies procreating with mortals. Especially the extremely tiny one that guided Harry to Maeve in Summer Knight. And Jim has commented over and over that Mab and all the Sidhe come from origins like Toot’s. Confusing.
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Is it possible that they cannot, but maybe the spawn of certain lesser fae start as dew drop? or maybe even all fae?
Maybe even if Sarissa had chosen fae she would have been started at dew drop, but grew quickly due to being mabs daughter and an increase in responsibility or influence or Mountain Dew or what ever makes them grow in power and stature?
Serack:
--- Quote from: Lost Merlin on May 07, 2014, 04:40:52 PM ---Is it possible that they cannot, but maybe the spawn of certain lesser fae start as dew drop? or maybe even all fae?
Maybe even if Sarissa had chosen fae she would have been started at dew drop, but grew quickly due to being mabs daughter and an increase in responsibility or influence or Mountain Dew or what ever makes them grow in power and stature?
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Meh, in my mind, the most likely source of dew drop fairies is spontaneous generation from literal dew drops and such... Possibly catalyzed by some spark of mortal imagination or some such.
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--- Quote from: Serack on May 07, 2014, 04:27:20 PM ---My interpretation: Toot is getting bigger because he is taking on responsibility (some WoJ's use the term influence, others say "taking action"). Part of this responsibility does mean that he is taking authority over some other dew-drop fairies, but he is also taking on responsibility in more ways than just leading the Guard. For example, he has started associating this role as having certain duties to Harry, and now to Winter as well.
The responsibility thing is key in my aforementioned “Mantle Theory” thoughts as well.
On the other hand, I am quite confused about one detail (I mentioned being confused about some details in the OP).
On the one hand, we have multiple references to the Sidhe and Faeries coming from mortal origins. Jim has said “All the fae are part mortal. There is some bit of mortal in every single one of the fae.” Mother Summer discussed with Harry about how “we conceive our children with mortals.” Mab says she was mortal once, and Jim has talked about her having been a mortal.
On the other hand, it is hard to imagine dew-drop fairies procreating with mortals. Especially the extremely tiny one that guided Harry to Maeve in Summer Knight. And Jim has commented over and over that Mab and all the Sidhe come from origins like Toot’s. Confusing.
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Well Toot-Toot was able to pack away that whole pizza... :o.
Quantus:
She said that they conceive their children with Mortals, but I dont think that strictly needs to be via traditional intercourse. Consider the Rawhead, for example. Granted there are some sick people out there, but I doubt that they commonly have sex with mortals to reproduce. I find it more likely that they use some pieces of a Mortal corpse to spawn a new generation, or even to just split in some form of mitosis.
Serack:
I have a couple other things that I desperately want to see Jim asked (things I've already seen him answer, just not in public forums), but the one thing I don't know, really want an answer to, and suspect he will actually answer is... (leme try to word this in the most concise way possible...)
--- Quote from: Question for Jim ---You've said on multiple occasions that Mab and all Sidhe got the way they are through a process like former dewdrop faerie Toot-Toot's growth.
You've also said in the books and in interviews that all Fae have mortal origins (mostly in context of changelings).
Could you please reconcile these two apparently contradictory ideas?
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