Sarah Blackwell aka dycefic wrote an amazing response to this fae writing prompt; Two identical infants lay in the cradle. “One you bore, the other is a Changeling. Choose wisely,” the Fae’s voice echoed from the shadows. “I’m taking both my children,” the mother said defiantly. The short fairy tale she wrote in response to this is a wonderful read. Sarah also writes original fiction, short and long, rewritten fairy tales and more, often with an otherworldly or philosophical bent. You can support her work on her Patreon. Here is the beautiful story about a fae bargain and a mother’s love:
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(via: Connie McKenney)
I’m crying big tears of a mother <3
That’s one way to adopt out fae orphans
One of the things I love love love about this fic: the myth of changlings are actually thought to be reffering to autistic children, and this is how parents explained away their behaviour, because they didn’t understand how they acted. The eye contact, the strange facial and emotional expressions are all common identifiers of autism. I feel like this is really warming representation…
Exactly! As soon as I started reading the descriptions I thought of my eldest son. I am absolutely in love with this story. It’s so beautiful.
This is truly beautiful. It reads exactly like a fairy tale. You’re such an amazing writer! Thank you very much for taking the time to share this, and I hope you continue writing. I also hope to read more of your stories. 💕
I held my breath …. until the mother faced the fairy with BOTH children! I know, had it been me, l would have taken both. I, Granny on pension, have 7 rescue dogs and 3 rescue cats. Can’t resist their soulful sad eyes.
This is a very good and emotional story. I’m crying tears of joy for the people like the mother in this story to be brave, patient and loving. I am having some difficulty getting children myself, but this inspires me. Twins (and children in general) are a lot of work but I can understand why would a woman be happy to have 2 children instead of none when she has a choice.
“You want ANOTHER baby? What’s wrong with the one you have?”
Of COURSE the fae doesn’t care, most of them won’t raise their own children(according to the myths I grew up on) and changelings are the only way to get them raised. This just makes it easier to get humans to raise all those babies the promiscuous fae have.
My heart is warm, my lips smile, but my eyes are weeping. Off to read everything she has ever written
This reminds me of the story of Saaski, from ‘The Changeling’.
Absolutely beautiful writing, keep up the good work!
One of the names for the fae is “fair folk” and for good reason. They enjoy trickery yes, but it has to be fairly done or there is no fun to it. It’s a game to them, and an opponent that beat them at their own game? That’s something new, something fun.
So if more humans happen to know the trick, so what? The fair one still gets to play their game of mischief and tricks, and that is not a loss.
One of the names the fae are known by is the “fair folk” for a reason. They like to play tricks, but it must be done fairly for it to be fun. After all they could just do whatever they wanted whether a human agrees or not, but to trick a human into willingly doing what they want? That’s a fun game to play.
For a human to beat ’em at their own game? That’s new, that’s unique and that makes it even more fun. So what if more humans know the trick to it? The fair one still gets to play their game of mischief and tricks and that’s not a loss.