Fairies
Justine's fairies | Readers' fairies
Author Justine Larbalestier has supplied this list of Known Fairies in the world of New Avalon.
All boys will like you: Fiorenze’s fairy
Bacon: Ensures your bacon is always cooked just how you like it.
Bladder: You never need to go in the middle of a movie and when you do need to go there’s always a bathroom around.
Cat: All cats like you even if they bite or scratch everyone else
Charisma: A fairy that seems to mostly hang out with Ours; or maybe they become Ours because they have this fairy
Clean-clothes: No one will ever spill spaghetti on your white sweater again. Boring but useful.
Clothes shopping: Rochelle’s fairy. I am so jealous.
Dog: All dogs like you even if they bite or pee on everyone else
Ears like a fox: The existence of this fairy is only rumoured. Oddly enough only teachers and parents seem to have it.
Eyes in the back of the head: Another rumoured fairy, which is also supposedly possessed only by teachers and parents.
Footpath: Your guess is as good as mine
Good hair: This would also be nice
Good skin: As would this
Good story fairy: Even when bad things happen to you this fairy turns them into an excellent story. When a writer has this fairy they always get great ideas, which is not that fabulous given that writing the good ideas is the hard part, not getting them.
Grip: Danders Anders’ fairy: whatever he picks up stays in his hands until he decides to let it go.
Jukebox: Waverly Burnham-Stone’s fairy
Knowing-what-your-children-are-up-to: Charlie’s mum’s fairy
Loose change finding: One of the most common fairies
Monkey: All monkeys like you even if they bite or scratch or fling poo at everyone else
Never being late: This sounds a bit more like a curse than a blessing
Never getting cold: Another fairy I’d love to have
Never getting lost: I’ve met a couple of people with this one. Dead useful.
Parking: Charlie’s fairy. Something only crazy car-loving types would want.
Photogenic: The fairy that means you look great in every photo ever taken of you
Serving (tennis): Sandra’s fairy
Setting-students-on-fire: There’s no proof this fairy actually exists.
Sleep: I’m not sure about this fairy. I really enjoy sleeping, but on the other hand, being able to get by with little or no sleep without being cranky or hallucinating or having accidents--that’d be good. Think how many more books I could write a year!
Stealing: The Burnham-Stone family fairy. Definitely dodgy.
Surfer: With this fairy you can catch any wave.