faerie ~ management of iron and iron alloy tools

crosspost from tumblr .
context : in answer to post about adverse reaction to stainless steel dagger , given that stainless steel is iron alloy .

would also say , do not underestimate ability of personal power to change things .

why is iron troublesome to faeries ?
some would say , simply because humans give power - nothing about iron is inherently anti-faerie , iron is just what humans happen to rely on .
others would say , only specific forms of iron , with specific structure and creation - cold-work iron , for example .
others still would say , this specific metal is problem regardless of form .
( and , of course , some do not have trouble at all - not so relevant in this conversation , but good to remember these things . )

if iron is troublesome because humans give power , then what steps might help to take that power away ? what enchantment , or de-enchantment , would bathe in faerie power ? kossai like little bells and chimes as first step for this .
might even want to make " nest " of sorts . dirt might help to ground and draw out , for example , though would probably want to protectively wrap so to not get in crevices - or find something with lower risk . just be sure to make note of material/s , and find some way to discard that do not place back in faerie territory . ( vaguely wonder if use for compost could be appropriate . )

further would ask - did humans even give this specific object that power to start with ? or is this simply , almost something of " somatic " reaction , because associate name and feeling of iron with that power ? generally no harm in efforts to neutralise regardless , but good to think about and understand .

if iron is troublesome , but only in specific forms , then would this line up with that form ? if trouble is in wrought iron for example , well , other forms of iron might not do anything at all - and reaction again might be somatic .

if iron is troublesome regardless of name , structure , and creation , then yes , that is most complex to deal with . efforts like magnetisation as arethinn mention might help , maybe glove if skin contact is trouble in some way .

hopefully something of this was helpful too :)

minecraft ~ faerie problems , faerie solutions ...

so , all buildings in this faerie village have some kind of greenery on top . some of these just false hills , while others actually exist inside real hills . very fun stuff , love this for euphoria .
now , want to sort of build this like people live here - and , theoretically , would be playable as actual survival world . this means need to consider things like enchanter area , animal farms , food farms , so on . want to also consider how this village would , say , take things from environment , and even other nearby villages - plenty to find , after all .

chicken farm , easy enough . there is little need to " steal " and transport chickens - eggs much more convenient . but cows and sheep make things harder .
first make buildings for cows and sheep . nestle within hill , right across from chickens . but then have question , how would cows and sheep get in ?

one thing which really love about this village is tendency to path underground , even when buildings above ground . this help bird's eye view illusion , which is so fun - able to hide some of actual travel !
well ... this hill is decently big - big enough to still have room for stairs and tunnel , which then lead into both sheep and cow pens .

so this is what kossai did ! and then even prove work by bait wild sheep into pen , with just wheat . :)
maybe should make tumblr blog or something for more pictures of this world . there is so much lovely to share , but do not want to use all dreamwidth storage on minecraft . hm hm .