FaeryGodmother
Hi,
Not long after got my Froud deck (about 2 years ago now) my daughter (who was 4 at the time) wanted to see them. So I happily showed her. (She loved the Good Faeries, Bad Faeries book) You can imagine how amazed I was, as we were going through the deck, she was exclaiming "Oh look, thats you! (the Dark Lady). And look theres me! (the Maiden). Oh there's your friend Tania (The Laume). And Grandma (Nelys the Alchemist). And look Daddy!!" (and by now my jaw was well and truly on the ground because 'Daddy' was the Bodacious Bodach).
As far as I could see there was no physical resemblance except maybe between me and the Dark Lady and my daughter and the Maiden. But each faery she declared as someone she knew in her life was amazingly appropriate for each person. (my mother was very pleased to be compared to Nelys). Has anyone else ever had a similar experience? Or does do any of the faeries resemble anyone you know?
The other experience I had was with The Master Maker. BOTH figures in that card EXACTLY resemble a couple I know. I was telling my male friend about it one day and he didn't believe me. So I sent him to the World of Froud website while I was standing there. While we were waiting for the card to come up on the online oracle there I was saying, "I swear to you, he could have been painting from a photo of you! You watch the next card that comes will be you." The silence in the room when the very next card was the Master Maker and just as I said it looked so much like him and his wife that his jaw hung. Well, I won't tell you what nasty names he called me jokingly after that but it was a very freaky (and very fun) experience.
So, surely I'm not the only one to recognise people in my life in this deck. What are your experiences?
FGM
Not long after got my Froud deck (about 2 years ago now) my daughter (who was 4 at the time) wanted to see them. So I happily showed her. (She loved the Good Faeries, Bad Faeries book) You can imagine how amazed I was, as we were going through the deck, she was exclaiming "Oh look, thats you! (the Dark Lady). And look theres me! (the Maiden). Oh there's your friend Tania (The Laume). And Grandma (Nelys the Alchemist). And look Daddy!!" (and by now my jaw was well and truly on the ground because 'Daddy' was the Bodacious Bodach).
As far as I could see there was no physical resemblance except maybe between me and the Dark Lady and my daughter and the Maiden. But each faery she declared as someone she knew in her life was amazingly appropriate for each person. (my mother was very pleased to be compared to Nelys). Has anyone else ever had a similar experience? Or does do any of the faeries resemble anyone you know?
The other experience I had was with The Master Maker. BOTH figures in that card EXACTLY resemble a couple I know. I was telling my male friend about it one day and he didn't believe me. So I sent him to the World of Froud website while I was standing there. While we were waiting for the card to come up on the online oracle there I was saying, "I swear to you, he could have been painting from a photo of you! You watch the next card that comes will be you." The silence in the room when the very next card was the Master Maker and just as I said it looked so much like him and his wife that his jaw hung. Well, I won't tell you what nasty names he called me jokingly after that but it was a very freaky (and very fun) experience.
So, surely I'm not the only one to recognise people in my life in this deck. What are your experiences?
FGM