#luidaeg

[ongreywings]

October Daye Series

Does anyone know the birth order of Titania's children? I swear that in the Unkindest Tide the Luidaig says that Captain Pete is Titania's oldest "Count Lorden, you may know her better by her given name: Amphitrite, Firstborn daughter of Titania and Oberon, Mother of the Merrow." But I know Eira/Evening has been referenced as her oldest a ton of times. Is it a typo or am i missing something? At first I thought they were from different lines, but Amphitrite is Titanias since maeve's children accepted her as their own before they realized that she was one of Titania's.

#octoberdaye #seanan mcguire #captain pete #amphitrite #luidaeg #antigone #Eira Rosynhwyr

[tinydragondice]

I’m back! I’ve had a bit longer of a break from pouring than I planned, but I finally finished up some sets, so the weekly dice drop is back on! As usual, dice will go live at 5pm EST on Sunday (November 19) on my site.

Without further ado, I present the dice!

‘Breakaway’

‘Luidaeg’

‘Haunted’

And some 30mm chonk d20s!

‘Undercurrent’

‘Exoplanet’

‘It’s Frickin Bats!’

#dice #dungeons and dragons #dnd dice #polyhedral dice #ttrpg dice #dicemaking #artisan dice #tiny dragon dice #resin art #dnd #bats #Taylor swift #Luidaeg #seanan mcguire #October Daye

[vioqueenofmushrooms]

I am never not thinking about her <3

#luidaeg #luidaeg fanart #october daye fanart #seanan mcguire #art #digital art #my art #artist #vio posts #the luidaeg #october daye

[living400lbs]

“Mother, if you can hear me, I’ve been very good,” said the Luidaeg. “I haven’t killed anyone who didn’t deserve it, not even my sister, who should probably have been killed a hundred times over by now. I haven’t stolen any hearts or broken any vows, and I’m only calling on you now because I need you more than I’ve ever needed you before. Mother, I am your oldest living child. I am your eternity made flesh. Now please, hark to me, heed me here, and open the door before we die a horrible and lingering death in the darkness.” The smell of her magic surged again, this time underscored by roses like I had never smelled before—not the cold, snowy roses of Evening or the perfect hothouse roses of Luna; not even the bloody-thorned roses of my mother’s magic, which used to define my entire world. These were wild roses, untouched by any gardener’s shears and untamed by any horticulturist’s design. They grew where they wanted, thrived where they chose, and would never be anything but their own truest selves, unable to conform to anything else. They were the roses that had grown at the beginning of the world, and the roses that would grow at the end of it. There were a hundred other scents beneath the roses, loam and fresh-turned earth and the sweet decay that leads to new growth, but I knew that what I would remember was the roses. They would stay with me, because . . . because . . .

Because no one could smell Maeve’s magic and forget it.

From The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire

#the winter long #toby daye #october daye #seanan mcguire #Luidaeg #the luidaeg #antigone of albany #maeve #queen maeve

[theunsinkablesappho]

Luidaeg: You’re my family and I love you, but you’re terrible, you’re all terrible.

#Source: Bob's Burgers #October Daye #Incorrect October Daye #Luidaeg #The Luidaeg #she's right too

[yinza]

Gillian and the Luidaeg.

[Image Description: Digital artwork of Gillian Marks and the Luidaeg from the October Daye series. They are shown from the waist up leaning against the rail of a sailing ship at night, both looking off into the distance. Gillian is slender and light-skinned with long wavy dark brown hair streaked in silver, green eyes, slightly pointed ears, and webbed fingers. She wears a black Green Day T-shirt. The Luidaeg is slender and brown-skinned with acne scars on her cheeks, thick curly black hair in pigtails, and green eyes. She wears denim overalls over a white tank top. /end ID]

#gillian marks #the luidaeg #october daye #the unkindest tide #seanan mcguire #yinza's artwork #artists on tumblr #fanart #patreon reward #artist is canonblind

[kingarthurtournament]

Round 2 Side A Poll 4

Larry the cat

"He has been the shining light in UK politics for the last 10 years. I say that is a sign that he is, indeed, the once and future king returned to England in its time of need."

"He has been at downing street longer than every 2022 Prime Minister and the current King put together so why not?"

The Luidaeg

"I think a politician who is magically bound not to lie would be a good thing"

"The Luidaeg is Oberon and Maeve's eldest child. Merlin is a descendant of her who was involved in a war between pureblood fae and their descendants. In the present time, the Luidaeg is a tired and cranky witch who is bound by far too many curses and suffered far too many losses, but she still cares deeply for her family and she deserves the world."

#king arthur tournament #bracket #round 2 #poll #larry the cat #the luidaeg #october daye

[isabilightwood]

Everyone who meets May, instantly: that is not October, she's too perky

May Daye, an omen of death who until yesterday had to eat corpses and consume their memories to live:

#and then she goes and gets chinese food #is the first person to be 0% scared of the Luidaeg #and becomes a terror on wheels to all of san francisco #good for her #october daye #toby daye reread

[pumpkinkingremix]

October 2: The Luidaeg

crass and inappropriate magic.

Cue the Sea Witch.

found poem from McGuire, Seanan. Letters to the Pumpkin King. pg 137

#the poeming #byopoeming #Seanan McGuire #October Daye #the Luidaeg #found poem #found poetry #spilled ink

[yojfull]

I just did a reread of the entire October Daye series to look for breadcrumbs and hints in the earlier books towards some of the big reveals. The following contains spoilers for all books through An Innocent Sleep, so I’m hiding it all under a cut.

As of Book 18, we have found both Oberon and Titania hiding out in relatively minor characters in the San Francisco area, as well as Janet, and it’s clearly hinted that Maeve is also in the neighborhood. Janet was a housewife in Berkeley, Oberon was a cop in San Francisco, and Titania was October’s changeling friend Stacy. Upon rereading, there were more clues for Titania than Oberon or Janet, but there was also more time building that story. Accordingly, I think Maeve will have more breadcrumbs as well. The following is a list of potential candidates, and the arguments for and against them through the whole series.

There are clues scattered throughout, but especially in the last 3 books. From Be The Serpent - “[find] Mom lurking under a rock somewhere. Or maybe a pier. She always did like the water.” When we get to Sleep No More and An Innocent Sleep, the question is who has been shoved outside the main bubble, or is back when they should be gone?

Here is my list of candidates, in no particular order:

Lily

She’s a very rare type of fae, but her powers are extremely restricted by location. She’s strongly tied to water, and has been keeping an eye on Amandine and October for many years. Her court is one of the oldest independents in the region, but she stays out of politics. She also knows about Luna and her ties to Blind Michael. On the other hand, we’re pretty sure she died in Late Eclipses, which might be a problem.

Marcia

There’s a reason this seems to be the most popular fan theory. She’s a weak unspecified changeling who has been there from the very beginning, present at many critical moments, with often inexplicable immunity or reactions. She steps up to be seneschal of Goldengreen, she has no fear of the night haunts, she loves pixies, and resists transformation by Simon (One Salt Sea is a big book for Marcia). In Chimes at Midnight, she reacts to King Giliad discussions as if she remembers him. She is unphased by meeting multiple Firstborn (Ludiaeg and Amphitrite and Eira). Eira also fails to transform her, or she escapes the transformation somehow. We also never see a description of the smell of her magic. She does not appear in Titania’s mirror universe, but we don’t ever go to Goldengreen, so she may still be there. The only real argument against Marcia is she’s too obvious.

Marianne

We haven't met her directly in the novels, but the Windermere’s nursemaid comes up a number of times, saving Arden and Nolan from Oleander and death in the earthquake, helping hide them for years after. While she is missing, Nolan is convinced she is still alive, and brings Marcia to the Duchy of Ships to help him search for her. The biggest arguments come from the novella, Once Broken Faith, where Marianne tells a story with the sentence “because she was happy then, my sweet girl” in reference to Luidaeg, strongly implying Marianne has a sense of ownership. Titania is called “her father's other wife”, which again hints at Marianne being her mother.

Melly

Hob in Shadowed Hills, Kerry's mother. She fits the pattern of background characters close to October, but her inclusion in Titania's illusions makes it less likely.

Mary the Roane

Another background character with significant impact, but her level of contact with the Luidaeg as her mother makes her unlikely.

Julie

Another background character with strong ties to October, and changeling status, plus a transformation type. She does mysteriously vanish in the fight with Titania, but Seanan indicated in a Tumblr post that was an editing hiccup (or was that a false trail?) Her desire to kill October at various points is probably the biggest argument against her as Maeve.

January

One of the people Titania shoves out of the way in her illusion, but also, January *creates* things. She made the first cyberdryad. She died and was resurrected. October says “There had probably been some reason she needed Jan’s existence to keep her reality from crumbling, but i couldn’t think of what it might be”

Minna

Offhand mention in Sleep No More, she deposited servants at Dreaming Glass and vanished. Too offhand for such a major player.

Helmi

Maeve is a creature of the water and the deep, and the most maternal of the three - her presence in Saltmist still gives her visibility to the land, but keeps her safe in the depths, away from Titania’s purview. She's more background than some of the other candidates, with no real unexpected capabilities. Like Marianne, some of the strongest evidence is in the novellas.

My slightly more complicated hypothesis: much like Titania had multiple pasts, Maeve too has gone through multiple identities, in 1906, she was Marianne, the Windemere’s nursemaid, and she sacrificed that version of herself for their survival, becoming Marcia. This explains both why Marcia recalls Giliad, as well as some of the signs pointing to Marianne.

#october daye #dont read seanan #seanan mcguire #spoilers #be the serpent #an innocent sleep #one salt sea #chimes at midnight #fan theory #leaving off character tags that might be spoilers #the luidaeg #rosemary and rue #sleep no more #late eclipses #once Broken Faith

[grayintogreen]

“I am the sea witch, shadow on the tides and monster at the bottom of the sleeping sea. I don’t run.

I’m the thing people run from.”

#SHE IS THE FUCKING MOMENT #the Luidaeg #October Daye #sleep no more

[regallibellbright]

“True love, childbirth, and bees are all on the table.” is one of my favorite quotes because. Look at it.

Do not fuck with the immortal sea witch from the dawn of time. She hasn’t had her Diet Coke yet, and she is VERY cranky.

#october daye #october daye series #the luidaeg

[tinydragondice]

Y’all, I love Seanan McGuire’s books a lot, and her longest running series (October Daye) has two new books coming out September and October. Needless to say, I’m beyond excited and preordered them the moment it was available.

So what do I do when I’m excited about things? I make dice! Three of this week’s dice drop sets are themed around the magical signature scents of some of the main characters.

Toby Daye’s magic smells likes copper, cut grass, and blood.

Tybalt’s magic smells like pennyroyal and musk.

And The Luidaeg, sea witch and Firstborn, has magic that smells of “Brackish water, of the point where sea meets shore, where freshwater blends with salt; peat moss and loam, like blooming bog myrtle and sweet bluebell... an entire world.”

#dungeons and dragons #dice #dnd dice #polyhedral dice #ttrpg dice #dicemaking #artisan dice #tiny dragon dice #resin art #dnd #October Daye #Toby Daye #I love these books so much #Antigone of Albany #the Luidaeg #tybalt king of cats

[vioqueenofmushrooms]

Have a little low effort Luidaeg, which is officially my first completed art of the year! Though I have another that's basically finished I started first

#she's wearing comfy clothes bc they are easy to draw and if i was a sea witch this is what i'd wear #the shorts are literally just one of my pairs of shorts #vio posts #art #my art #artist #digital art #luidaeg #luidaeg fanart #october daye fanart #the luidaeg #october daye

[tflatte]

brb beaming the “let me tell you how much I hate you” monologue across reality at titania

#toby is gonna say this shit to the luidaeg and it’s going to hurt EVERYONE involved right down to the bone #possibly literally #october daye #sleep no more spoilers

[theunsinkablesappho]

Incorrect October Daye

Luidaeg: Do you want to know how I actually broke my arm? October: Yes Luidaeg: I was hula-hooping. I attend a class for both fitness and for fun. October: Oh my god. Luidaeg: I mastered all the moves. The pizza toss, the tornado, the scorpion, the oopsie doodle. October: Why are you telling me this? Luidaeg: Because no one will ever believe you. October: You sick son of a bitch.

#Source: Brooklyn 99 #October Daye #Incorrect October Daye #Toby Daye #Luidaeg #The Luidaeg