A faerie introduces himself. Then, holding out a hand, asks, “And your name, please?”
And, like a fool, you give it to him.
I got asked for clarification on this (but can’t reblog that particular post cuz on mobile), which I’m more than happy to provide.
In this post, a faerie is asking for ‘your’ name. The way he is wording it, however, and the accompanying beckoning motion, makes it seem as though he is asking for you to physically hand your name over. Which, because of how some faeries operate, he is.
In this instance, saying your name aloud to the fae would be literally giving your name over to him, the exact consequences of which are left up to the imagination–usually, a fae even knowing your name gives it some measure of power over you, but giving something your name would likely let it completely take over your life.
In this instance, the wording you want to use is something like “I will not give you my name, but I will tell you that it’s [name].” Alternately, you can just lie to him.
Might i suggest the less direct yet still name-preserving “you may call me…”? It dodges the request while still giving an answer of a name, which does not even have to be yours, but any name you feel like telling the fae they can use to refer to you. I would recommend “Ainsel”.
Glad Tumblr is still dispensing useful real-life tips
If you live in Austin, Texas or it’s surrounding areas please do not open any packages that you are not expecting. Do not even touch them.
If you did not order anything and nobody else did. Or if the package seems to be odd. Call your local police department and report that there is a unidentified package at your home and ask for assistance with it.
There have been 3 package bombings in Austin so far. One on March 3rd and two of them today(3/12/18). There are 3 reported deaths and one injury. These bombs are detonated via movement and opening and were believed to be placed at night.
Due to the fact that all 3 houses that were targeted were people of color (first two victims were black and the third was latinx) it is possible that this could be the results of a hate crime, however the reasons and culprits have not yet been found.
The Scoville-Schmidt scale, for measuring how many wasps you can eat
The Schmidt-Fujita scale, for measuring wasp storms
The Kinsey-Kardashev scale, for measuring how gay a civilization is
The Mohs-Scoville scale, for how measuring hard a pepper is
The Mohs-Kinsey scale, for measuring how glam you are
The Kardashev-Scoville scale, for measuring how civilized a pepper is
The Sapir-Simpson scale, for measuring the wind speed of a linguistic mode of thought
The Borges-Borges scale, for measuring the absurdity of a scale (going from “scales that belong to the Emperor” to “scales that tremble as though they were mad” to “various others”).
The Montgomery-Åsberg-Hamilton-Beck scale for measuring how depressed you get filling out yet another depression test when you have multiple diagnoses of bipolar disorder.
The Riddle-Twaddell scale, for measuring the specific gravity of homophobes.
i’ve been spending more time on twitter lately which means seeing new and spicy types of discourse, and the latest trend is arguing that “homophobia” is problematic because it’s ableist toward people with clinical phobias, and the substitute word on offer is “queermisia.”
i said that shit out loud and my furniture started floating
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