(Ask Part 1) How long do you think faires live for? And do you think they die when someone stops believing in fairies? I was just watching The Legend of the Neverbeast and Tink mentioned she could have died when the tree was about to fall on her - so fairies can die under other circumstances. Here, my original theory of a fairy only dying when someone stops believing might fall apart (unless both happen?)
(Ask Part 2) Then brings into question how fairies age and why/how we have fairies that seem older, like Queen Clarion, Fairy Mary, Fairy Gary, Dewey, the staff at the healing center, etc. I always imagined that the older fairies lived because the children whose laughs brought them into existence continued to believe as they aged on “the mainland”. I just have a lot of questions and headcanons I need to discuss about Pixie Hollow and fairy logistics 😄
1. Fairies can live for hundreds of years, because they don’t physically age, but they can die of other causes–illness, injury, disbelief. Specifically hawks, snakes, and wasps are noted as threats to them because they could easily be eaten or die from attacks by those creatures. Fairies do die from humans not believing in them–it’s something touched upon in the books.
Queen Clarion hit her 400th arrival day in the Bake-Off short, and she’s the longest-living current resident of Pixie Hollow, so they are living hundreds of years at least. But…apparently it’s unlikely to live for a thousand years, based on the NeverBeast’s tragedy stemming from the fact that nobody will be there to see Gruff again when he next wakes up? So I don’t know how they can be biologically immortal but still have a life expectancy unless it’s just that the chances of dying by some other means are that high if you live long enough.
2. The fact of some fairies appearing older than others (mostly in the movies rather than the book series) is questionable based on what’s said in the series. Fairies are supposed to have an eternally youthful appearance. I guess when it came to the movies, they just wanted to portray the characters who were wise and in leadership roles and probably have been around for a long time as having a mature appearance because that’s how people easily understand it.
I like your idea, though, that the fairies who seem to have a visible age to them are ones whose laugher grew up holding onto their belief in fairies!
I mean, obviously if you're having personal difficulties and think that deleting/scrubbing this blog is for the best I fully support you, but I'd love to see it stay up even if it's not active- tbh I just come by and browse sometimes, it's a really great DF resource and I'd hate to see it go. Hope you feel better soon <3
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Thank you for that message. You’re right, it’s probably best to leave the blog up, whether I decide to continue posting here or on another one!
i used to play pixie hollow game a long time ago when it was still active. discovering your blog brings back memories of when i would re-watch tinkerbell movies.
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I love that feeling! I keep thinking about the fairies lately and it warms my soul.
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