faerie joke ~ do not interact list

[kossai]

crosspost from tumblr .

do not interact !

• liars
• snobs who can not appreciate good wordplay
• jerks who turn down gifts
• unstylish weirdos who hang iron horseshoes as decor

and do not even think about boil eggshells around children , that is just gross behaviour :/

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to break down this joke point by point ...

liars : many faeries toy with words , but not all appreciate when humans reciprocate - especially in form of direct lies . stories vary in whether or not faeries can lie , but from experience of kossai , even faeries who have ability to lie might still prefer not to , unless life and safety is under threat .

wordplay : see above , faeries toy with words . this is especially true in terms of deals , bargains , and trades - faeries often deliver to letter of word , rather than spirit , with sometimes horrible outcomes . snob in this case is someone who make deal with faeries , and now unhappy with outcome due to deliberate faerie wordplay and misinterpretation .

turn down gifts : faeries gift for various reasons . sometimes as sign of actual appreciation and care , sometimes as attempt to lure and bait into something . to deny gift is to either deny appreciation and feelings , or to sidestep danger and not even make things fun .

iron horseshoe decor : iron is weakness of faeries - not all faeries necessarily , but definitely well known one . horseshoes in particular could be put on doors or within rooms to ward off faerie presence . ( iron horseshoes : historical DNI . )

boil eggshells in front of children : one changeling detection method which stories might depict - mother should crack open eggs , empty contents , and then boil eggshells over fire . any faerie would laugh at notion of eat empty eggshells for dinner , and thus reveal self to be changeling .

basically , this is joke of faerie who attempt to root out humans that will cause ruckus in relation to faerie activity . :P

Comments

[beepbird]

Didn't know the egg one!

I think the eggshell method would be better at figuring out if someone is a snail. Snails love eggshells (calcium for their shells!). Meanwhile I don't know a single human who would look at an eggshell and get excited to eat it. I don't know why someone put that down as just a faerie thing. XD

[kossai]

hehe ! well , usually this would be done with baby , and thus changeling who take baby guise . true babies would not have context to understand why this is funny , so if baby laugh - and especially if verbally comment in full sentences - then that would be clear changeling wise beyond years ! except that some babies really do just laugh at anything , because ... this whole world is so new and weird .

[beepbird]

I love it when babies laugh at anything. Reminds me of how much whimsy the world can have if you take a different look at it.

[kossai]

so , so real !