A LESSON IN THE ARCANE: SPOTTING THE FAE

normal-horoscopes:

ANYONE WHO HAS DEALT WITH THE FAIR FOLK WILL TELL YOU ONE THING: THEY LOOK HUMAN BUT THEY NEVER LOOK NORMAL

THEY DONT UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF FASHION LIKE MORTALS DO DURING THE RENAISSANCE THEY WOULD ATTEMPT TO EMULATE “COUNTRY PEOPLE” BY WEARING MORTAL CLOTHES ALONG WITH A MIXTURE OF DIRT COSMETICS AND DEAD PLANTS

CONSIDER THE JOKE “I CANT TELL IF THAT PERSON IS ULTRA-FASHIONABLE OR HOMELESS” 

EVERY LAST ONE OF THE FAIR FOLK LOOKS LIKE THAT

BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TELL THEM APART FROM A HUMAN WITH AN ODD FASHION SENSE?

CHECK FOR METAL

BELT BUCKLES JACKET BUTTONS ZIPPERS STUDS EARRINGS ARE OFTEN MISSING EVEN SHOWING SIGNS OF FORCED REMOVAL

MOST SMARTPHONES ARE COMPOSED OF AN IRON ALLOY ALTHOUGH I HAVE SEEN SOME GENTRY GET AROUND THIS WITH PLASTIC PHONE CASES AND THE LIKE