I'm really grateful for all the de-enabling attention I get here... I'll just quote the convincing bits and will let the rest slip from my memory as soon as possible.
Let's talk about the Froud's Faeries first.
thorhammer said:
Froud's Faeries - are you prepared to give up all your other decks and devote your entire existence to the Faeries? They expect no less. Oh, they won't force you! You're entirely free to make your own choice and lock them away in a dusty place for the majority of the year (let's face it -
not Tarot) . . . but they will make you suffer for it, in the form of the most insidious human emotion there is . . .
GUILT
Are you prepared for this? 'Tis a terrible burden.
Manda said:
The really insiduous thing about them, though, is that they do in fact give great advice, the first time. After that, much like the crack dealer, their price goes up. They want to be your only deck, and really, are any of us here because we can commit to just the one? And not even a tarot at that? If you don't give them the time and attention they think they deserve, the next time you pull them out they will play tricks on you, or just give nonsense readings.
sravana said:
re: Froud's Fairies
Everything I've ever heard about this deck indicates that working with it *will* wake up whatever imps, gnomes, fae might be around you, and you will be dealing with them until your death. (ETA: not that they will kill you, but they will never leave.) They are evidently *persistant* lil buggers.
Ooookay. That was clear. I think I'll pass up on that one for now. Maybe later, when I feel a little more open to faerie presence and their demands on me... I shudder to think of the fun they might have with me (which very likely won't be much fun for
me) while I'm still busy with the thesis!
Le Fanu said:
Froud´s Faeires.. How old are you? Are you a 13 year old girl? I ask this genuinely, you may indeed be 13 - and a girl - in which case fine... Those kooky faeries were a fad a few years back. Their time has come and gone.
Well,
some parts of me are in fact still 13
, although I was already 16 when I discovered that Froud book in the local library... Which has been more than 16 years ago.
I need to grow up in my deck choices then, you say? Arrive in the 21st century, you say? Hey, I mean, at least I never seriously put the Hello Tarot onto my wishlist!
And I've also already deleted The Goose Is Out Tarot(? does anybody even know this?) from the list - which I read with exactly
once back then but which has stuck in my mind ever since (I also still remember the card I drew)... But it's probably hard to find and more expensive than I'd be comfortable with anyway (but tell me if I'm wrong here - I really have fond memories of the crazy collages).
Anyway, back to the faeries...
cardlady22 said:
So predictable, aren't we? I knew you were going there next! Don't you remember your Peter Pan? A fairie's size means it can only hold one emotion at a time- and jealousy is quite unattractive when one has the abilities that they do. Penta-polar here.
Yikes. Uh, and I'll totally show my non-Americanness here and say that I've actually never read Peter Pan. Maybe I should? It might get me off any and all fairy/faery decks once and for all...
Sigh. I know what I'll do. I'll go and copy my favorite cards from the Froud's Faeries and from the Secret Forest and make my own digital version of the Tarot of the Fluttering Pests. Maybe I'll throw in a handful of nipple-eyed beasties, too. Good plan?