Ask me anything: Toby's world Q&A.

[seanan_mcguire]

Since I have a book coming out in fifteen days, I figure it's time to once again offer to answer your questions about the world. So

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[spiritdance]

So, is there any overlap between the Fey we know so far, and Native American mythology & creatures/beings?

[seanan_mcguire]

None. I can't fit it into the mythology, and there's only so much cultural appropriation that I can render acceptable.

[dostehseh]

I greatly appreciate this response.

[hasufin]

How important is smell in Cait Sidhe culture?

(For context, I mean that cats are very fond of scent-marking things as theirs; do Cait Sidhe do that too?)

[herefox]

Suddenly Tybalt giving Toby his jacket takes on a whole new meaning...

[hasufin]

Exactly!

[seanan_mcguire]

They do not discuss this with outsiders.

[bunsen_h]

Whom is Toby writing to?

(She can't be addressing human readers, who aren't supposed to know anything about the fae. She doesn't seem to be addressing fae readers, who presumably don't need to be told the basics about their own kind.)

(I was recently trying to describe that aspect of the books to a friend, and put it as "expository lumps leavened with snark". I suppose that might sound more uncomplimentary than I intended, but she took it as the joke that it was supposed to be. She's been enjoying Rosemary and Rue.)

[seanan_mcguire]

She is her own internal monologue.

[kveberle]

One of the book mentions Black Annis and Gentle Annie (IIRC). Could you tell us about them?

[seanan_mcguire]

Nope! :)

Details on people we haven't met yet count as spoilers, and I don't want to commit myself to anything.

[swevene]

The scent of fae magic is one of the things that catches my fancy the most in the series- what factors go into that? I've come up with a few theories but I don't think any of them fit all the facts.

[seanan_mcguire]

This is coming out in the series more and more. :)