faerie

2018

The fae do not conform to the stereotypes humanity has given them.

Those who say “The fae are all beautiful and cute”, are wrong. Just as the ones who say “we are all hideous and malevolent creatures”. Those who say “The fae cannot lie,” are wrong, just as the ones who say “The fae always lie”. Those who say “The fae want to kill you” are wrong, just as the ones who say “The fae want to keep you safe” are. There is no “One fae way”, and looking for it is folly.

The fae are even more varied than humanity in how we interact, what feelings we have towards humanity and nature. For we are the spirits of nature. We can sense who are our allies and who are our destroyers. It is hard for humans to understand us, and sometimes they feel there is deceit involved in our ways, but there isn’t. However if you want to know if there is a secret to understanding our ways, know that the closer you are to nature, the easier it will be.

There are fae that are cute and tiny and live in your flowers. Just as there are fae that will tower over your castles. A “cute” and stereotypical fae may be more malevolent than you can imagine, and the old hags may save your life. Judging us on appearance will work against you always.

There are some blogs that ignore my asks and stopped posting in the fae tags because they know I am here. Because they want fae their way and don’t care about what is real. They want their take on fae to be real. But I suppose if you just want a space where things conform to your reality, go off I guess.

But for everyone else, know that we do not conform to your reality. The moment you think you know us is the moment you find out you don’t, that there is so much more to know, and the fae will never fit into one of your boxes.

May

2018

marzipanandminutiae:

marzipanandminutiae:

HAPPY BELTAINE

SET SHIT ON FIRE AND SMASH THE PATRIARCHY BECAUSE IT’S SPRING MOTHERFUCKERS

DANCE WITH THE FEY

(dancing with the fey is discouraged by 9/10 doctors. the 10th may have goat feet; we can’t quite tell)

bringing this back because IT’S BELTAINE AGAIN YA GOOBERS

Dance with the fae! What could go wrong? *wingflutters*

Mar

2018

I’ve walked into fairy circles but nothing ever happened… Is America just not magical enough?

wolvesdreamofnewdays:

jimintomystery:

thebibliosphere:

frei-rancken:

thebibliosphere:

Y’all got different things that go bump in the night over here. Like bears and moose and shit. If I was a fairy that got immigrated over here in mass flittings I’d stay in the other realm too. Fucking moose. Jesus Christ, have you seen those things up close? Fuck that.

Y’all have terrifying endless corn plane there too… So… I think you are even.

I’ve never experienced claustrophobia and agoraphobia simultaneously until we had to drive through 400 miles of endless corn occasionally interjected by great swaths of nothingness.

The fae realm might be the believable terror of things back home with our forests and iron age burial mounds jutting above ground but the US has it’s own eldritch terrifying charms.

Usually Tumblr has this aesthetic going where they act all terrified of fairies, so this post has me like yeeeahh

Come get us, you little bastards

What’s the matter? I’m right here

Meet me at this totally legit barn if you want to steal some babies or smth

@seananmcguire

Fae, at least when manifesting in the mortal realm, usually adapt to the environs of that realm, much like any living creature. Take for example, the barn above. There are faeries. Same for the corn fields. You will get lost in a corn field no matter how you orient yourself against the sun.

I was raised around barns and cornfields like those for the better part of my young mortal life, and can assure you that we are in all of the places above. The fae of America are not fundamentally different from those in other parts, but they do adapt to the environment and culture in which they reside.

Also, there are functional and legit faerie rings in America and other places in the world, but not all rings of mushrooms/rocks/flowers are faerie rings. In some places there are many fae but none use faerie rings as a gate. Also faerie rings are not the exclusive way to pass into the other realm (the fae around the Shasta Cascades in California FAR prefer cave systems for example). Faerie rings are actually mostly a forest fae thing. The greatest concentration of forest fae I know of in America is in Tall Timbers in Central Pennsylvania, but I also have not been everywhere. Keep your ears and eyes open. I will give you some hints.

Abandoned barns. If its just filled with hay and old lofts and rafters, enter freely without fear. Whatever fae are there will be ok, if not welcome to your presence.
If it is filled with old butchering tools or lots of chains, sharp items or implements, close the door and go away.
If you open the door and more than 50 mice or rats scurry away as you open the door, conduct your business and leave.
Corn fields, or any fields where the plants are taller than you: Expect to get lost. If you want to get lost, enter it. You may not return from the corn field but you won’t necessarily die in there either.
If you want to explore and not get lost, bring a phone with a GPS. Bring extra batteries. Your phone will discharge faster in there. Just warning you.
Native American sacred sites: I am not going to engage the argument of whether or not their spirits are a type of fae or not, I have my own opinions and others have others. All I will say is the first time you disrespect them or their lands, they warn you. The second time, they kill you.
Deep forests: For the most part, follow European protocols.
The coastlines: You’ve probably heard about lamia and merfolk off the coasts of Cape Cod, the Hamonesset and off the coasts of California, but they also hang around other places not commonly mentioned, such as off the coast of Brunswick, GA, Virginia, and any place with a good concentration of sea-caves and coves. Not so much for the coast of New Jersey, or any other coasts where the mortal populations are too high or mortals have just trashed the place with garbage.
Florida: The greatest concentration of Unseelie I know of in the US is in the Everglades. If you want to meet fae and don’t mind dying to do so, try the Everglades. The rest of the state is mostly seafaring fae.
Mountains: They’re relatively safe, pixies and sprites, and phouka, especially if the area is both high up in altitude and also wooded or forested.
California. While you can find fae anywhere, the more north you go, the more fae you see. San Francisco has more fae than Los Angeles. The highest concentrations of fae in California are in the Shasta Cascades, you will find as many there as most places in Europe excluding Ireland.
Wildlife preserves: Unicorns love these places, in fact in some cases, places are wildlife preserves BECAUSE of unicorn influence.
Colorado: It would be biased of me to speak too much about Colorado because I live here, I will just leave it at, yeah we’re present, and types of fae are pretty evenly distributed, tho more mountain preferring ones than others.

This got longer than I intended it to be, but there, feel free to use it as a guide.

Mar

2018

Deer area. Been allowing myself to shapeshift a little more lately, and play in different forms.

Mar

2018

Itsa me, a BBV <3

Mar

2018

Could you tell us about the court you were in?

Ok the court I was in, and still are in, is the Nature court. It’s also been called the Beast court, but that usage is anthrocentric and somewhat inaccurate as we include plant fae, among other types.

Most of the fae that are part of the nature court are ‘nature’ types such as phouka, lamia, sylphs and dryads, satyrs, pixies, and the like. Some kinds of merfolk especially the very fae oriented Selkies are often part. A general rule of thumb would be that the less humanoid a faerie is, the more likely they are to be of the nature court. But please do not do what human mythos has done and presume that ‘rules of thumb’ equal ‘ironclad rules that will apply everywhere’. These stereotypes have tried to define us in a way that is now misapplied widespread on Earth. Fact is that there have been elves in the nature court, phouka in other courts, and so on.

The fae that are part of the nature court are usually tied to nature in some way, athough, whether by choice, nature or instinct. When there is court, it usually occurs in a forest, near high natural energies. There is no requirement for it to be held in a castle, though it is an option to set up some kind of permanent settlement. Most of the time i’ve participated in Court its been just a bunch of rocks set up in a circle marking ‘where it was happening’. Usually we don’t do castles, if theres a permanent settlement it will be part of the natural setting. My preference has always been for canopies of trees that obscured the sky.. for others it could be quite different.

Usually nature courts handle affairs of nature amongst fae. Back before the holocene era, it used to be mostly about territory disputes and natural balance issues, but things changed alot when humans came out of the trees. I’ll wait for a specific ask about that before getting into that or else this post might get too long. But just for a little bit of an explanation, it is true that fae are sill all around us, but for reasons having to do with the energy of many places becoming corrupted, they are less in some places than others.

As for relationships with other courts, one should first point out that the terms ‘seelie’ and ‘unseelie’ are umbrellas mortals tend to put us under, but amongst fae the distinctions are not so hard cut. There are countless courts these days, some as small as the fae in your backyard and some so large they span galaxies. Still the base concepts have some validity, in that fae who are “Seelie” tend to be associated with light and summer. They also derive the ‘right to rule’ from the birthlines of those who have always ruled, and are the most hardcore about court loyalty. The “Unseelie” associate with dark and winter, derive the right to rule from the one strongest enough to take it, but are actually less hardcore about court loyalty.

These are given just to contrast with Nature court. Nature court tends to associate with spring or autumn, depending on the particular court, most nature courts are active mostly during those seasons. We generally like twilight, because that’s when the hunting is best. Also full moons. Bright nights, for the same reasons really. We believe the right to rule should be given to the ones who can do it the best. And as for court loyalty, we are pretty loose about it and its somewhat common for nature fae to be part of another court as well.

In general, we kind of lean more towards the Unseelie side than Seelie. Why? Because you can’t trust Seelie. With the Unseelie, if one wants to kill you, you’ll see their weapons or fangs out, their intent is clear, and that is kind of how Nature rolls too. If a Seelie wants you dead, you will die never knowing how or why. The last thoughts in your head will probably be “Wonder who I pissed off..”

I guess to conclude, i’ll just say that while the Seelie and Unseelie oriented fae do not have a direct aversion to having us ‘animals’ in their courts, there’s certainly reasons that you don’t often see us there, often time Nature’s issues just aren’t covered in their list of concerns, so thats the main reasons we are our own Court.

Feb

2018

otherlycreatures:

unseelie-sorceress:

You think human politics are complicated? Try Fae politics.

The Fae Speak:

Politics in the way spoken of here are through the lens of a humanized perception. These types of politics you are thinking of are structures that bind and control beings into a certain way of societal behavior. Binds like that diminish the true nature of one’s being, and are binding. Binds kill Fae.

Atri leaves it at that.

I’m going to tl;dr fae politics down to the brass tacks here, and even then its not going to be short.

Once long ago there no court at all and the Fae considered no division amongst them. Through the natural course of finding not differences, but preferences for certain seasons, appearances and ideals, did the fae even learn about the idea of ‘differences’. Eventually that lead to the two courts, but these courts did not oppose eachother, but instead complemented eachother, each lending their hands to the aspects of nature they were most adept to handle.

Through later events that I feel not at liberty to get in depth with, conflicts arose, and other courts began to split from the main two (Seelie and Unseelie). Upon seeing this happen, the fae realized that there was no particular sacredness of either court. New courts began to form at a rapid pace, because all fae felt the freedom to form one if they desired. These days there are.. many courts. I can’t give an accurate count, i won’t even try.

Some courts try to exert more authority than others, but for the most part the various courts ‘accept and tolerate’ the other courts and do not try to make war between them, because they have some level of awareness that the relevance of ones own court is only measurable by the existence and standing of other court around them. Fae courts interact with eachother through diplomacy in general and subterfuge if necessary. I’ve heard stories of wars, but if any of them are true, they occur so infrequently as to be effectively legend. They would be more likely to have war with mortals, because mortals have this weird thing about taking a stand and digging their feet into that ground even against contrary evidence, but that’s a subject for another time.

This being said, the whole idea of ‘government’ came to humanity through watching Fae courts, it could be said it was given to humanity, or taken from us, but either way, what you see today of human courts does not represent in any way what Fae courts are like. Fae tend to see the longer picture and therefore, even if any particular ruler had a lust for power (somewhat rare among us), they would still take the longer road to it, whereas human courts sway wildly in what they do and what their goals are depending on how the current leadership wants to see the world around them be like. This is more of a side effect of mortality than anything, since they feel they have such a small slice of time to affect change.

I should also note that some fae recognize courts, some do not, some have not even heard of them. The idea of courts is not a universal idea amongst fae. Fae are not exclusive to this planet and some of the things that have happened here are not relevant to all of them. The above only relates to the ones who were part of it, and it its more of an event that formed them then a place where they formed, but it does manifest in Europe more so than other places. This is partially because Ireland holds a special place amongst some Fae as a bridge between worlds.

@otherlycreatures @unseelie-sorceress

Feb

2018

orphiic-s:

World Of The Fae | Unseelie Fae

For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.

For the most part I believe that humanity has been sold a bunch of lies regarding us Fae.

If you encounter a faerie ring or otherwise have an encounter that allows you to go with them, then its honestly your call. You may or may not (but probably won’t) return to earth, and you might become Fae as a result, but one of the most unlikely results is your death.

Know the consequences before you do so, but seriously, assuming the Fae have ill intent just because they are inviting, is a very human-centric view. Not even the unseelie can be assumed to have ill intent. I mean if they want to kill you they don’t have to drag you to Faerie to do so..

Feb

2018

swimmiesofdoom:

genderoftheblacklagoon:

la-femme-beansidhe:

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by quietly remembering that Native Americans sent more aid to Ireland during the famine than Britain or the US.

specifically, it was the Choctaw nation that sent aid to the Irish during the famine

1. “more aid to ireland during the famine than britain” okay let’s clear this up, again– there was no famine, it was a genocide, commited specifically by the british. ireland was literally packed with food. the only crop that failed was the potato crop. the british had no problem with ships FULL OF FOOD leaving british ports on british ships from ireland to other places to make money. IT. WAS. NOT. A. FAMINE. IT. WAS. A. GENOCIDE. and that probably explains why britain didn’t “send aid”. britain was literally using the “famine” they manufactured to clear the land of indigenous irish people.

2. which lends poignancy and power to the attempt by the choctaw nation to send food to starving irish people.

3. there was much fanfair about this in the british press at the time, because of course the british government was lying to its own people about what they were doing. it’s convenient to blame natural disasters like “famine” when in fact it is mass murder– kinda like what’s going on in yemen right now. but to conclude, what didn’t receive a lot of fanfair in the british press is the fact that much of the corn and other food the choctaw nation attempted to send did not go to starving irish people, it was essentially hijacked and went to feed british pigs and livestock.

4. which is why every saint patrick’s day we remember the genocide (one of many the british attempted in ireland) of black ‘47. and we always remember the native americans who responded in such good will and with such generosity to starving people an ocean away from them.

As full blooded Irish person (and fae folk) i’m going to just put this out there.

There is absolutely nothing for the Irish to celebrate on Saint Patricks day. St Patrick’s work was more about erasing our native culture (what you might call Celtic or even Pagan these days) and replacing it with British Christianity.

St Patrick’s “work” eventually lead to religious terrorism that proceeded well into last century and the IRA was still bombing people over it in my lifetime.

+1 agree with the above post too, Irish people were abused by many groups in so many different ways, and noone gives a crap because we’re white. If I dare try to talk about it though, I will be shouted at and beaten down here on tumblr, so i’m going to take the gutless option and not do so.

Still I have this for my fellow Irish, go ahead and wear green and drink hardy in pride of our people, but not one bit for St. Patrick. He’s not part of our culture, never was. He was the beginning of the end of our culture. If you want to know who we really are, you have to look well before him.

Also a shout-out to the Native Americans who helped us when noone else gave a shit.

Jan

2018

I believe I am fae. A close friend who is a wolf has told me I am and I’ve always felt that but he has raised the subject again. How do you know?

otherlycreatures:

Writer Speaks:

This is a hard question for me to answer do to personal reasons as the writer … because I also was told by a close friend offline who is a wolf that I am Fae…

… but there’s something that I can’t explain that sits uncomfortably about that, and I think that’s the Fae I’m channeling talking to me. I believe I am definitely touched by the Fae, that’s obvious. They are here and I can tell this Fae is protective of me and likes me. I think he has even adopted himself into my family… But to say, I am Fae .. something about that seems a little blasphemous to the reality of the Fae. (remember, this is not tinkerbell medieval aesthetic land or a whimsical fantasy one wants to disappear into because they ‘feel different’)

Fae are VERY real.

From what I’m getting from the Fae, is that most Fae do not take human lives. (meaning be incarnated as one.) They are too apart of nature and energy for that. That kind of thing would be suffocating to a Fae and binding. Binds kill Fae. Living a human life and being trapped in that body and societal life of a job, and school, and bills would be painful and sickening to a Fae (literally) – who is free in all aspects of being.

That’s the truth that I hear. I know as this writer, that’s going to upset some people to hear, but it’s the truth that I hear. I’m not saying it’s not possible, but that would be a painfully miserable, sickening life for a pure Fae.

I honestly don’t think most would do it. There’s also no reason to. Nature does not need to bow to a human thing. Nature just wil do and is. Humans are not that ‘big’.

I’m tempted to think that wolves may very well be able to ‘smell’ out those who are very close to fae and touched by them in deep connective ways.

But who knows. I’m only channeling them. -grins- 😉

(sorry lol they made me. I’ll be good … maybe.)

@otherlycreatures I guess I should answer this, as fae ..

First of all, the sheer number of fae out there should not be underestimated. If there were 10 billion people on Earth and even one of every million fae decided for some reason they wanted to ‘try incarnation as human’, it would still be enough fae to put one in every single human body out there, and that is just the fae within the etherical range of this solar system. While amongst the fae this might be relatively rare, the numbers involved suggest it should not be seen as totally unusual on Earth.

Secondly, Changelings are a thing. Well documented, on both sides. The reasons for changelings being ‘left’ are pretty numerous, but I think too much so to get into here. It was more common in the olden times to bring fae into this world that way. These days, due to a number of factors, not limited to human advancements.. that wouldn’t work out. That being said, fae-kin are effectively changelings for all intents and purposes. Changelings aren’t a type of fae in and of themselves, they are called that because a ‘human’ has been changed out for a ‘fae’, and those can be any type of fae.

Regarding us feeling trapped, restricted, bound even, well yes, I do. There are still reasons to do it sometimes. I don’t want to get into mine, at least not publically. But I can tell you some of what it feels like for a fae. Biggest thing, is that things are going too slow. Being physically human isn’t that huge of an impediment, its not inherently painful, but there is a constant longing in my life to get back to being what I was before. I never feel right in this body, indeed it feels way too large in general. My spiritual frame of reference stops long before my body does.

Human societial norms and expectations are another thing. You are right to mention the soul-searing grind that humans both call and have mistaken for, progress. It attributes to alot of boredom in my life, I only recently found a line of work that seems to have enough variance in day to day duties to not put me to sleep. I think most incarnated fae use sleep to deal with this critical ‘boredom’ because it is an easy way to get back to the fae realms for a little while at least. Outlets to be fae again probably keep us sane. The weird thing is that humans not only live this way, but call it progress. I previously thought the Seelie were the kings and queens of unnecessary social protocol, but conforming to the rules and societial expectations that humans have made for themselves is enough to make the Seelie blush.

It is heartening to see that you see fae as a part of nature. Many humans and their storytellers try to write lore about us that makes us look like more like them. And you are right about one thing most of all. Fae are very real. If it means anything to your argument here, this is likely my first time as a human, and likely my last. I have a few reasons to be here, but if such reasons come up again I think i’m going to be like, screw it it isn’t worth it.

TL;DR: Yes its possible for someone to be an incarnated fae. Just.. don’t expect this to free you from having to act human or anything.