• @chemical_cutthroat
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      281 month ago

      Charismatic power, magical influence over mundane objects, his jacket and bike are totems of power, ageless, love of mischief, unexplained origins, only follows his own rules, unnatural luck, ethereal confidence.

      Fonzie is fae.

  • @cynar
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    361 month ago

    They do have different uses, as well as “flavours”.

    E.g. if you end up in fairyland, you’d likely expect something more child friendly and whimsical. If you end up in the land of the fey, that’s a far scarier prospect.

    It’s also akin to having different words for dwarf, elf, orc, and human. They are all big, with 2 legs, 2 arms and a head on top.

    • @nyctre
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      61 month ago

      Vowels. Plural. You only used one. Could’ve at least gone for “furries” xD

    • kamenLady.
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      61 month ago

      I can imagine furry being a subclass of the fairy taxonomy.

  • @tibi
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    221 month ago

    If I ever write a fantasy book, I will use phae or or phay or phairy just to mess with people.

  • @AeonFelis
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    221 month ago

    Confirmed: Guy Fieri is a Fae.

    • @kraftpudding
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      91 month ago

      Have we ever seen him cook with a cast iron pan?

    • @Ensign_Crab
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      Do not eat anything offered to you in flavortown. No matter how off the hook it seems.

  • @mercano
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    191 month ago

    Mythology also has worms, wurms, or, in some cases, wyrms. All pronounced the same, but they tend to get bigger the further down the alphabet the vowel gets.

  • @[email protected]
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    181 month ago

    There’s actually a good reason for this:

    Calling them by their proper name draws their attention, and they are horribly violent, terrible creatures with no empathy or morals. None of those spellings are “correct” for this reason.

  • @IonAddis
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    161 month ago

    There’s also sidhe and seelie, and other related variations in spelling for that, too.

    • jago
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      61 month ago

      A bit hairier, and not quite as dainty as we’d in mind for the Neverland role. But as you’re the only one to answer cast-call, Mr. McBoatface, let’s give it a go, shall we?

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago

      🎵Don’t pay the fairyman, don’t even fix a price… don’t pay the fairyman, until he gets you to the other side! 🎶

  • sp3ctr4l
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    91 month ago

    Ferry.

    Could be quirky, ensouled commuter boats (think the boat from Windwaker), could be that that they are Navi-like sprites or winged humanoids… but they always lead you somewhere, help you cross a threshold of some kind.

    Why not?