I wonder how well this thread would've gone over if I had started it and named it, oh, let's say, Hand Wringing over Merc. Or Ali. Or whomever.
Bet there'd be a lot of slapping me down for having the audacity to even THINK of starting such a thread.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
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