I could use some help

[cornerofmadness]

I've been rolling it around in my head, that urban fantasy story that woke me at 2 AM earlier this week. I do want to write it (maybe not for nano this year but I think this is getting into my head)

I know the one character is an elf of some sort. So I'm trying to think about how to do this, what should he be?

I could simply make him Daoine Sidhe (the aos sí) which is just a generic term for the fey. It leaves the field wide open but it's hardly unique.

I ran across a certain Irish fey when writing a fandom_stocking story this past Christmas for evil_little_dog, the Gancanagh the love talker. Now there's not much written on this thing and while it's supposed to look like a little leprechaun, I can spin that any way I want. He's supposed to be a bit of sexual creature my character but I'm not sure this is the way I should go or not (maybe he's reformed a bit)

Or I can be very specific and make him Mabon mab Modron who is in the folklore but on the other than there isn't THAT much out there about him but he's prominent in Wales and I was aiming for Ireland.

Thoughts? I'd love some input.

Also I was watching the brand new Ghost Hunters and ran across this hotel in OH Landoll’s Mohican Castle. Gorgeous and haunted, about 3 hours from here unfortunately.

And I did want to boost the signal for startrekholidays (on DW). I know I have Star Trek fans here. I can't do this unfortunately but I told shopfront I'd wave this in front of my friends.

Comments

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Ooh, Mabon mab Modron has a whole chewy backstory! :D I see your source says that he has an Irish equivalent, so maybe your character can be Mac ind Óg/Aonghus? Or did you mean he's much more prominent as Mabon than as Aonghus?

[cornerofmadness]

He does. I think it's easier to find him as Mabon but maybe not (and he's not sure he wants to be called Angus). My real worry is does that box him in too much as a character as he's well known

[thenewbuzwuzz]

*nod* fair point!

[cornerofmadness]

Hence my worry about it I might be better off with just generalize sidhe or that lover talker fellow

[sylvanwitch]

There's a Gean-Cannah (alternate spelling of Gancanagh, per Seanan McGuire) in the second Toby Daye book, A Local Habitation. There's not a lot about the character on the wiki fandom site, but I can tell you the seductive ability is a major subplot in the book. I don't want to spoil you on anything, but I can tell you that the character does not recur in later books, if that helps at all. Anyway, I'm not suggesting that you can't have a character like this; I think there's plenty of room for other interpretations, and it's not like the character is recurring or anything. I just thought you might be interested in how McGuire handles it. Or not. :-)

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks so much. I need to read her books at some point. No I appreciate hearing about it. That was helpful. It's a legend that there isn't much about it and I could do whatever I want with it. I just know he wouldn't be a little leprechaun with a pipe, just saying

[sylvanwitch]

Lol! Yeah, definitely not a leprechaun. I love it! I'm very interested to hear if/when you start writing it. (No pressure, though, for sure. :-)

[cornerofmadness]

I'm definitely leaning this way. He's quit smoking, trying to cut down on the anonymous sex (but it would explain some of the hybrid elf-human kids in the story) but he is a bit kinky (he likes his dominatrix to have cold iron in her bag of tricks, he's very adamant about that.)

I'm not sure if I'll do it for nano as I want to finish the ghost story and plot wise I'm not sure I'd have time between now and nano but the paranormal mystery will be easy to write if my characters would just introduce themselves