in finding something distinctly peculiar about the world of faery

[Pikelit]

Before we go any further, I'm not suggesting that people cannot or should not live out their own fantasies. What I am saying is that the sight of adults wearing (in all seriousness) elf ears and the sort of wings you buy at the pound shop does strike me as risible to the point of weirdness. The occult I know of. Paganism similarly and indeed, I am fairly well signed up to it. But faery?

In terms of funny it is both peculiar and ha ha. Or AIBU in not looking beyond the plastic tat and allowing myself to go bonkers Away with the Faeries?

I don't quite understand the question you are posing

Are you suggesting people who make their own hemp and willow fairy wings are to be applauded, whilst we should laugh at the heathens in pound shop equivelants?

I suspect I am pondering it all. But most particularly why an adult person might routinely want to wear fake ears and pound shop wings.

This happens a lot where you are, does it?

Actually, I find this a bit odd. But then I know a couple who have a weapons room in their house full of plastic (sorry, replica) swords and things, and what gets me isn't the tat, it's the seriousness with which they take it.

DO you live at the bottom of a garden? I have never seen an adult wearing elf ears... Slightly pissed individuals wearing fairy wings and a hen night sash maybe.

A "weapons room" ?????? PMSL

seriously, i think anyone who wishes to dress up, well thats their buisiness surely? Why does it matter what the wings are made of?

I personally wouldnt even be seen wearing a pair of handwoven lentil wings, to my mind it would look at daft as fluorescent pink ones from around a pound.

Some people just have more exciting lives than you and me gingernutlover. It does us no good to be jealous.

Do you mean they're dressing like this everyday? Or just for pagan festivals, morris dancing fetes etc.

Why not? What harm does it do?
I find Stepford Wife homes far more scary than a fantasy/creative anachronism/faery types.

hmmm has got me thinking though, what could I better use my spare room for ..... a pole dancing studio (secret ambition) a shrine to Capatain Jack Sparrow (a not so secret crush) or maybe a room for my collection of different handbags hmmmm decisions decisions.

Maybe my life DOES need to be a bit more exciting

gingernutlover, you know you can never have too many Captain Jack Sparrow shrines, right?

I can't help but find the spelling of faery to be totally and utterly unreasonable.

I joined a Pagan forum once, and had to leave when the people wearing "faery" wings and dancing round naked in fields at midnight complained that people treated them as if they were weird. I wonder why...

Nb: Me = Goth, I've worn weirder, however I don't expect people not to stare.

It is bonkers, but no more bonkers than believing in God and religion of any sort.

Pikelit do adults routinely wear fake faery ears and wings - pound shop or otherwise - round where you live? Where is that?

I thought it was faerie-meaning the whole world inhabited by the little people.

What's the difference between fairy and faerie? Or have I just committed some dreadful social gaffe?

I've always assumed that fairy is for the under 6's and involves pinkness and sparkles and faery/faerie is the serious grown up stuff involving floaty dresses and pre-raphaelite hair

Disclaimer: I am possibly talking bollocks

I quite like it. I went to a fantastic wedding once where we all had to be fairies, never had such a laugh. Got very pissed on cider and danced around bare foot in muddy fields, but then i am a bit woo. I don't think there was anyone taking it seriously or expecting people not to stare though.

Do you live in devon by any chance ?

Of course it's fucking ridiculous.

I grew out of fairy wings at age 6.

I suspect I could find it in myself to be a Wiccan or go for a bit of nature worship, but dressing as a little fluffy wuffy fairy. Nope! Anyway fairies are nasty little creatures.

"little fluffy wuffy fairy"

"What's the difference between fairy and faerie?"

One is a spelling for sane people, one is not

Snort at "I am a bit woo."

Each to their own, but I have met some quite aggressive, serious "Faerie" types who are not at all fluffy. Weirdos.

at "serious faerie types" he he is it possible to take yourself seriously in fairy wings ? There were obviously people taking that wedding more seriously than we did [tries to remember if I took the piss too much]

Read Jonathan Strange and Dr Something or other. Now there are some serious faeries

Faeries are evil bastards. You can buy fairy costumes in Asda. Therein lies the difference.

I thought that only happened on the dreaded "hen nights".

I was reading that today, Orm

Kaloki has it right. Do whatever you want - but if you know you're being exhibitionist radically departing from the usual, expect to get looked at!