December 4, 1984
‘Fae,’ as we call them are not animals or individual creatures per se.
Unlike most things in our world. Instead, any one individual is more like a specific region in a space of different colors. One way to think about it is, if you threw a bunch of objects on the floor and then took a picture of a specific spot, that picture is of a single ‘fae,’ but you can move the camera to include only some of those objects and now some other ones, and this could be a separate ‘fae,’ though it contains many of the same elements. One area this example fails slightly when you consider the objects, the individual elements making up any one fae also blur into and through each other, creating regions where these objects necessarily exist together, meaning any “picture” taken must include both/all of them. We call these pieces of personality “Tropes,” in reference to fairytale books and the various recurring patterns of fairy interaction (It should be stated some believe that some of these recurring tropes are due historical figures interpreting the effects of Autism Spectrum Disorder. ASD can become prevalent at some point during the development of a child, many parents report they were unaware their child was different at all until they started acting different to their peers, which may have led to the historical idea of a Changeling. It is important to attempt to separate and de-tangle these biases from truth when researching fae. )
Another way to think about it would be to consider the idea of ‘Plurality,’ (A note: The definition on this page is not perfect and some may consider it offensive. The link is provided only as a basic resource for those unfamiliar with the concept.)The general idea is one body can contain multiple individuals, either whole people or fragments of people, that exist in some way separately from each other. For fae, it is similar except these individuals can exist, in parts or in whole, in multiple bodies, each as real and as much a performance as the others. Fae, however, do not seem to ever “front” or have a particular personality become endemic while the others step more into the background (At least, not all of them. It appears they experience some form of mental health, though it’s unclear whether an individual body/fae or alter/trope experiences these symptoms or conditions.)