Hi everyone, Mod R here.
It’s time for part deux of the series where we go through the wildest theories I come across whilst reading BDH* comments.
*Book Devouring Horde, the nickname given to Ilona Andrews readers
Disclaimer: As previously in part 1, this is not in any way intended to be mean. I have fully participated in most of these, and originated a few of my own. Professionally, I belong to Team Facts, sure. But in my veins flows the untamed blood of Team Facts be Damned! (Team Dark Horse, you guys are on your own lol.) Also, I cannot use emojis because the newsletter blows them up, but they never said anything about gifs and memes, so mwahaha.
Sienna is Sleeping with Derek!
Sienna and Derek! That’s the betrayal she talks to Julie about!
“If one day I wrong you, Julie, will you forgive me?”
Andrews, Ilona. Blood Heir, Aurelia Ryder 1. NYLA Publishing, 2021. Kindle edition, page 327.
“Yes. We all come up short once in a while. You’re my friend.”
She smiled. She looked like she was about to cry.
“Is something wrong?”She shook her head.
“A promise is a promise. I hope you always feel this way.”
Fear not, this has not/will not happen! Here for House Andrews answer if you don’t believe me- it should start at the right point, if not it’s minute 1:06:04 in the video.
Entire mythologies are dedicated to the wisdom of not trusting an Oracle, but I think we can trust in our favourite Boy Wonder. Spoiler for end of Blood Heir: Derek knows Aurelia is Julie. He would not sleep with her friend and ruin the possibility of anything happening between them.
HMS Metal Rose is an unsinkable ship and you cannot tell me otherwise.
The daughter of V.C. Andrews
Picture it: Russia, late 1970s. The 53-year-old American novelist V.C. Andrews breaks through the Iron Curtain in order to have a baby with a dashing young nuclear physicist….I’ll stop before I break into Once Upon a December.
Ummm. No, Ilona is not the daughter of V. C. Andrews, nor are they in any other way related. Like, so much no I struggle to even hehe.
For everyone who needs to hear it, Ilona Andrews is the pseudonym of a husband and wife team. And Ilona herself would not have gone through everything™ if VC Andrews was her mother.
This is a pen name coincidence and nothing more.
They Kidnapped/Ate/Experimented on the Baby!
Victoria Tremaine and Mystery Grandfather have kidnapped baby Arthur Rogan from the hospital and they are at this minute harming, eating or experimenting on him!
I’m glad everyone has found The Cool Aunt deleted scene (#ArabellaForever), but the ending doesn’t seem to be as popular as the rest of it ::winky emoji::. Every time I clarify this in the comments I get emails telling me I’m wrong and the baby is in danger hehe.
I walked back to to the room, cradling my nephew. He was so tiny. And kind of cute. “Don’t worry,” I told him softly, snuggling him closer. “I’m the cool aunt. I won’t let anything bad happen to you.” The baby looked back at me with big round eyes and farted.
Andrews, Ilona. The Cool Aunt, Arabella’s POV from Emerald Blaze
The baby is fine! I promise you. The grandparents just snuck in for a cuddle, they did not want to harm him. Arthur is happy, thriving and slightly terrifying. You’ll have to wait for Ruby Fever for more on that last part, this is as much as I will spill without an Aucubens Exemplar trap and a Truthseeker Prime.
The Gertrude Hunt Inn is in the Broken
This is an oldie but a goodie. There is a character crossover between the Edge series and the Innkeeper Chronicles, but they do not happen in the same corner of the Universe.
Edge Earth is comprised of the Broken, the Edge and the Weird. It lives in a parallel reality to Innkeeper Earth (which is our Earth).
I can tell you that I know every world this inn has reached so far, and your coordinates are not among them. Furthermore, you are asking for a portal to a world that is very similar to ours. That world is another Earth that exists in its own tiny reality, splintered from the majority of the cosmos. It’s like reaching into a pocket on the universe’s coat. I don’t know the capabilities of every inn on Earth, but I can tell you that my father always told me that creating a door to an alternative dimension like that could not be done. It would collapse the inn.”
Andrews, Ilona. Sweep In Peace, The Innkeeper Chronicles 2. NYLA Publishing, 2015. Kindle edition, page 130
See? Another Earth.
George is forbidden by the Arbitrator code from returning to his home planet for 20 years- if Gertrude Hunt was on that planet, his official mission deployment would not be taking him exactly where he’s not supposed to go.
Furthermore, the Broken has no magic. On Innkeeper Earth, almost everyone has magic- sometimes manifesting as nothing more than intuition, but it’s there. Dina can do magic outside the Inn, shifters can shift, and Orro can cook (if that’s not magic, you show me some!).
The Theory that Should Be
In all the multiverse theories the BDH is so desperate to make happen, no one has advanced this, and I think it’s a massively missed opportunity.
Santa Claus in KD World- check.
Tooth Fairy of the Holy Cosmic Anocracy- also check.
I postulate that Space Vampire Tooth Fairy would 100% hand Postapocalyptic Santa’s ass to him in a fair match, even if it happened during a Flare. This is the hill I die on.
Prove me wrong in the comments.
I have one for HL, but its not fully shaped yet ????????
Thank you for the fun facts and theories!
> I postulate that Space Vampire Tooth Fairy would 100% hand Postapocalyptic Santa’s ass to him in a fair match, even if it happened during a Flare…
Please. And take a chance on getting on the naughty list and not getting that nice 5-foot, double-edged, made-of-strongest-metal-possible blood sword that he’s been asking Santa for since he had milk teeth? (It’s a he because no she vampire would be stupid enough to take on Santa. She would know he has the coolest toys.)
+10000000000
# 4 personal best
Congratulations on moving up in the ranks -lol
My 6 year old started asking about the Easter bunny. Wanted to know if she could ask Santa to turn the fake bird on her Easter basket into a camera so she can record the Easter bunny and get all her questions answered (gender, size).
Kid 1: But more than wanting to know about the Easter bunny, I want to know about the Tooth Fairy. I know fairies aren’t real, so how can the Tooth Fairy be real?
Me: the note and $5 left under the pillow are real, right?
Kid 1: well, yeah
Me: so, if the tooth fairy isn’t real, how does it get there?
Kid 1: (shrugs shoulders) an adult, maybe?
Me: ask Dad
So I wonder how long it will take for that logical to be applied to Santa and the Easter Bunny.
Glad for her safety’s sake she’s not in KD’s world but Santa and the Easter Bunny would be safe, at least for now!
I got dimes from the Tooth Fairy.
(This was the early/mid 1960’s….)
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The Tooth Fairy is a hard working woman entrepreneur – she knows inflation!
I think I got a quarter, 25 Dutch Guilder cents.
Also mid to end 60s.
No Euro in sight for another 30-35 years
Theses are the only kind of theories I really, really like.
I had a lot of fun reading them, and I’m sure will find some new ones under the shower, where I have my brainwaves (is that translation correct? The german word is “Geistesblitz” an idea, bright like lightning. Brainwave sounds strange)
The correct word is Brainstorm. . .still sounds off but that’s it lol. English is a funny language.
“English is a funny language.”
This is because English is a mugger language. “It attacks other languages in dark alleys and goes through their pockets for bit of loose grammar.” Don’t remember who said that, but it’s true. Everyone who every conquered England — or were conquered by it— has been robbed of vocabulary by the English mugger. That, or English is the Fossil Record of the English isles.
It sounds so much like a one of Terry Pratchett’s, doesn’t it, but it is James D. Nicoll 🙂 https://tinyurl.com/23mpb64r
“mugger language”. I love that. And it’s so true.
Wait, is this author Angela Knight?! ????
I thought brainstorm as well, but I had checked in every site it says brainstorm is by a group, not one person.
I just posted on Facebook to a profession editor who has lots of friends who love language.
On discussion of the American English word for a single person … From a Librarian cause they ar small gods of all that is good.
“ I think this is a case where we have idioms and German has a single word for it. “Came to me like a flash” I think our closest words don’t have the right shade of meaning: epiphany, realization, brainstorm.
I vote for epiphany
Hey Barbara,
I moved your comment to the right thread so your answer can be seen by the OP ????
Trick for the future, if you can remember a key work from the thread you’re looking for you can use the search page function by pressing CTRL+F and typing it in the search bar that appears.
Hope this helps!
I found “flash of inspiration” ????
Yes I’d call what you have brainwaves, I’m English and it is common usage here.
+ brain wave is totally legitimate in Australian English
Geistezblitz is my new favorite word!
Thank you.
Thank you so much – I think I’ll use “epiphany”. “Brainstorm” is used in meetings to collect ideas by several persons, it doesn’t feel right using it for my brain alone.
And “having an epiphany under the shower” sounds like I do a lot of serious thinking. 🙂
I love ilona andrews, i can’t remember how many times I’ve read the kate daniel series. I did however have a question on the innkeeper chroniclea, after book 3 there are no further mentions of SEBASTIEN NORTH or the significance of the cat in Dina’s search for her parents. Did i miss a book between sweep of the blade and sweep of the heart? I hope someone can help me
Hi Conlan,
Yes, you have missed Sweep with Me https://ilona-andrews.com/innkeeper-chronicles-books/#withme ????.
However, I should mention that the cat is not definitively linked to Sebastien North. Olasard has the initials “SN” on the collar and Dina merely muses that they could stand for Sebastien North, but they could also stand for any number of other names.
A complete book list of all House Andrews releases, with purchase links, can be found here https://ilona-andrews.com/release-schedule/#booklist for whenever you are not sure if you may have missed something ????
I don’t feel like the Vampire Tooth Fairy would prevail. Aside from not wanting to anger Vampire Santa Claus (SC), I am speculating that SC would have magic that functioned much like a hot Italian count and he could either immediately generate any necessary weapon/armor/toy or an elf sidekick would hand it to him. Plus, SC is always preceded by an elf landing team that clears the way and removes obstacles. Thus, the tooth fairy would not even have the opportunity to approach SC.
Ok, it’s interesting that you go to elves.
I expected my detractors to first bring up carnivorous Reindeers, such as one might find covered in blood in Unicorn Lane 😉
Oh, I think you forgot an extra wrinkle to the Christmas line up: Krampus!
Santa Claus and Krampus would kick Vampire butt. (With bows and funny hats and big sticks.)
AHA, but no! because Krampus is anti-Santa, and also all bloody and stuff, therefore he would be a natural ally to the Vampire Tooth Fairy! I’d go as far as shipping them!
Touche’.
(And I’d love to read that.)
Actually I remember reading a short story in an anthology about Santa AND the reindeer are both vampires. It was a humorous collection of Christmas stories, and I unfortunately don’t remember any more about the anthology than that.
Thanks for this Mod R. After a spirited discussion with my kids, Santa wins because he sat on the fairy and broke her wings. This led to heated debates on Hulk vs Optimus Prime, Moon Face vs Mr Whatzisname, and the Easter Bunny vs Gimli.
The secret of Gertude Hunt is that Dina is an animator Prime.
+1
I like this theory.
” The grandparents just snuck in for a cuddle”
Well thank you for confirming that! I still don´t get it, though. Victoria told Nevada that Nevada´s father was a triple carrier – Truthseeker, Siren, Beast of Cologne. Nevada did not sense a lie. If Linus is the sperm donor, shouldn´t his Hephaestus power have made it into there somewhere as well? Wouldn´t it make Nevada´s father a quadruple carrier?
Anyway, I postulate that the KD world would not only have Santa Claus, but also the easter bunny! So if people ever start stumbling across colourful eggs, we now know why. And of course the easter bunny would have the Merchants tripping over their feet trying to catch it, while everyone else is totally charmed by its cuteness!
I didn’t say who was the Mystery Grandfather 😉
Sheesh, I´m not about to let semantics get in the way of perfectly good assumptions 😉
I mean, I like your theory! And it could just be that Victoria didn’t think the Hephaestus carrier was that important?
We already know it’s a very charismatic man in the Houston area who would do something crazy like dance with the Grandmother. This is team facts not facts be damned.
It’s not over until the Rubenesque lady sings!
Massive blessings upon you for the Rubenesque phrase! Me, feeling better about self, I think I’ll put on earrings with my soft clothes. Big smiles, y’all are fabulous (human?) beings. Heart icon here.
Rubenesque Ladies Unite! We are awesome!
How do we feel about Rubenesque Divas Unite?
T-shirt, T-shirt, T-shirt!!!
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I want a tee shirt that says, “Proud BDH Horde Member” with crossed sword and quill pen.
I’d buy that!!!
Yes, both tee shirts please!!
I like the concept, but the double wording makes me cringe.
BDH Horde Member expands into Book Devouring Horde Horde Member.
A rearrangement to Proud Member BDH or Charter Member BDH or at least some punctuation between Horde and Horde.
I kinda wondered if Linus was related to Frida or her husband.
Even if girl’s father was a quadruple carrier, there are only 3 kids/daughters, so it necessary did not have to show.
And grandmother Victoria could marry Linus while being in her posh prison.
I thought Victoria was the Truthseeker, unknown male sperm was the Siren and the surrogate mother (the one in jail) was the Beast of Cologne.
I also thought the Grandfather was Linus but was an Honorary Grandfather rather than a blood one. Following along from brother/cousin, and that he cares for Victoria and her family.
And on Julie, Sienna and Derek.
“If one day I wrong you, Julie, will you forgive me?
I think when Derek left Atlanta he was going to Julie but Sienna stopped him and told him he had to find himself or told him a vision she saw if he went there.
The same way Julie can’t see Kate while she’s in Atlanta.
That’s what I was thinking. Derek’s reaction to Julie’s confession was painful to read. I wondered if there was more to it than what was said. I hope we hear more about their ‘relationships’ or lack thereof in the years they were separated. That’s a loooooong time to pine
I remember this being somewhat answered during Q&A… Somethings are more important than friendship. I took that to be end of the world /tragedy.
Yes, I thought Linus was the honorary grandfather because he backed the creation of House Baylor. He’s the godfather of the House.
Though the Beast of Cologne coming from the surrogate donating power to the kids makes no sense if magic is generic. A surrogate doesn’t give DNA to the child.
It’s magic and has its own rules .
It is pretty much cannon that Arabella got her powers from the surrogate.
Mod R, right?
Yes, Arabella’s powers come from Misha Marcotte, the Beast of Cologne surrogate, through maternal microchimerism. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchimerism
I’m still liking Linus for grandfather, something about a copper taste that Nevada has when Linus calms her at the hospital matching something or other with Catalina. Also: the Count’s reaction 🙂
But then I’m placing odds on Micheal from the records office being the offspring of the oniromancer from HL2 due to something about the descriptions of their eye colours.
Meh – it’s all up for grabs and I usually get it all wrong with HA -unlike soooo many other predictable authors.
Your comment makes the assumption that Victoria cannot lie to Nevada. Seems implausible after meeting another truthseeker who can lie to Nevada if she isn’t actively trying to stop him from doing so.
I have been working my thoughts around this for awhile and that loophole stands out.
Wasn’t the siren excised from his house? So How did Linus become head of House Duncan if he is the grandfather and was excised? He would need another related prime to have formed his own house but House Duncan is old and respected
Both Santa and the tooth fairy have Sneak +10, but Santa is a master artificer to boot. How is this even a question?
(Seeing as I am also a fan of Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden series, I am unable to imagine a world in which Santa couldn’t clean the tooth fairy’s clock. So my views may be a bit biased.)
Yes my mind went straight to Dresden’s Kris Kringle ! I can’t imagine anyone else now…
SS Metal Rose forever!
THIS!
Gerard DeMille, the father of Dina, has some characteristics which are similar to the royalty in the Weird or the Empire in the Edge. He saved the Innkeeper but was trapped for many years (decades or even centuries) in the Inn until Helen helped him escape. He was fearful of riding in cars, they were new to him. He had strong magic. He was a good swordsman; he couldn’t flash, or he would have passed that on to Maud. His behavior, gathered from what Dina and Maud talked about, makes me believe he is from the Empire’s Royal family.
Gerard is a human from Dina’s Earth 🙂 . He was a swordsman and was fearful of driving *because* he was in the collapsed Inn for a long time and those were the trappings of his own era.
Again, almost everyone here has magic ;). Dina can use magic outside the Inn, Maud can call on Ad-Hal magic, Officer Marais has magic…
Ha!!!!!
Officer Marais having magic gives me hope that maybe, someday, mine will appear
Someone mentioned the Dresden Files and that reminded me of the last book where he and the entire city of Chicago are taking on a goddess. I kept thinking this would be a good time for Kate and Curran to pop through a rip in reality as she can cut through the goddesses armor and he eats goddesses for lunch.
If Dina’s Earth is our earth, then it is possible that Her Grace Caldenia reads HA books to pass the time. She might even have read Hidden Legacy. In which case she’s worked out who the grandfather is because she’s devious that way. And if she’s certified BDH, because why wouldn’t she be, I’m dying imagining her writing on the blog – “My dears, it is about time you wrote the sequel & had it out. I have a bet going with Dina about how long it will take Arabella to spill the beans on *retracted*. And you know how little I like to lose.”
Her Grace Caldenia ka ret Magren, Letere Olivione, is ABSO-Hecking-LUTELY of the BDH!
If she did, she found her soulmate. Can you imagine what Caldenia and Victoria Tremaine would get up to together? I don´t think the world – any world – is ready for that *shudder*
So true
I adore that!!! It’s absolutely perfect!
This is giving me strong Hogfather vibes right now ????
However I will advance my theory. . .
The Tooth Fairy in not constrained by season and location whereas Father Christmas’ powers are obviously at their peak in December and at other times he is presumably much contained to the North Pole and environs.
For example can the reindeer and sleigh even fly outside of the 25th?Without transport he’s in trouble. Red velvet is not a great camouflage outfit either so stealth against a similarly mythological being is questionable. Also the elves are toymakers not fighters and while a hammer and chisel make a good weapon they will not be in the hands of big brawny soldiers.
Moreover the Tooth Fairy has money, and presumably lots of it (where from, who knows, but enough to give every child in the world cool hard cash for teeth) and money talks.
Mercenaries, assassins, propaganda, equipment. . .
Need I say more?
A clear winner is born even without enlisting the hordes of gingivitis ridden tooth loss victims at her disposal.
Gingivitis Ridden Tooth-Loss Horde is only second to the Book Devouring Horde 😀
A good theory… but we all saw what one child could accomplished at home at Christmas when all alone with all of the paraphernalia in the house.
The majority of said paraphernalia could easily be a ???? on a modern day Christmas list.
So I postulate that SC and their elf army along with the more scary children army (both the naughty and nice list- as those on the naughty list want to work their way off it- ponzy scheme) and the carnivorous reindeer who hang out on unicorn Lane would more then wipe the arses/arsenal’s and mouths of said TF and their gingivitis ridden tooth loss victims.
Agree to disagree but Naughty List Ponzy Scheme is a ✨ fabulous ✨ band name!
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Anyone getting a new dog soon? We have some good name suggestions for you.
True but let’s face it, those two should’ve been on world’s dumbest criminals, so not difficult. I mean geez. And get a ballistic weapon for chrissake, what’s wrong with you, he’s a teeny child, kill him already. Hate that film.
Now if you want a good Christmas movie then Die Hard is the way to go. And it has guns. And Alan Rickman (I loved him so much growing up).
1000+.
And it’s so hard to have to explain every year that YES, Die Hard is a Christmas Movie … and a great one.
Yes. all the yes on this one. 😀
And Alexander Godinov (sp?), the almost unstoppable bad guy, former ballet dancer turned character actor!!!
Also, sigh, Alan Rickman!!
I’m thinking those kids on the naughty list probably have lawnmowers at their disposal as well.
Oh no, not the Orphan Mafia joining the chat ????
The tooth fairy can also teleport. Probably not into a bank vault or armory but to a bedside.
Since when? I thought it flew and used fairy dust to open doors/windows. When did he get beaming technology?
I guess I just assumed the tooth fairy got inside with some sort of transport magic/spell. I know they can fly but how do they get through walls?
Fairy dust opens windows? Color me surprised!
You don’t get bucks for losing your teeth to gingivitis. You get them for losing your baby teeth. The Tooth Fairy is not here for poor oral hygiene, people.
I think what Sienna is going to do is set things up so it comes out that the worshippers of Huitzilopochtli are using shifters for their ‘not human’ sacrifices and it looks like Aurelia Ryder has known this for years. If that isn’t it, it will be something even worse.
If I’m right, Derek won’t believe it. He remembers Jezebel and what Julie did when Kate killed her. I think that incident was the closest Kate ever came to turning into a copy of her father.
Oh crap! “THEIR ‘not human’ sacrifices!”
I may know only the one language, but I know it backwards, forwards, inside out and sideways. I got hooked on the weirdness of my native language about sixty years ago.
But I do miss the occasional typo.
Fixed, no one will ever know 😉
Thank you.
I think Sienna will withhold information for the survival of witches, and manipulate Julie and Kate separately into fighting an unwinnable fight to protect each other.
I would hate Derek to have to choose between saving Kate or Julie. I suspect Conlan will save the day with magic.
I think Sienna already punked Julie. She set this whole damn thing in motion with her midnight phone call. Moloch wouldn’t have even known Julie existed if Sienna hadn’t sent her there.
No, but Julie intervened so that the danger he poses to Kate wouldn’t materialise.
But was there really any threat to Kate? Did Sienna start this war to protect the witches.
Oooooooooooooooo ????.
Don’t fight me with logic! This is how crazy theories/beliefs work.
I think Sienna turned out to be wrong about Moloch not being able to influence her.
The initial hysteria over Kate dying horribly was undoubtedly real. In Magic Burns, Sienna was 15 and dying of something; it was Kate who found and provided what was needed for the spell to save her life. Sienna was as helpful as she could be in the rest of the series.
I do actually like Sienna. I hope things turn out well for her.
Nope, I think Sienna is going to kidnap Conlan or Kate and turn him or her over to Moloch and Julie has to go save him or her. I think it’s like Doctor Strange in Infinity War: Endgame — in order to get the best foreseen outcome you have to first do something that would be considered stupid or evil.
Umm, why would we want to disprove such an utterly awesome theory? Visualizing that smackdown is going to be what gets me through the day.
Ok, obviously I did not think this through. I’m just going to grab some tea and enjoy the disproving and theory shenanigans.
Okay what if Santa used his resources for the fight like throw down legos or Jacks for the tooth fairy to walk on? Or takes out a baseball bat or Mallet (Whack a Mole anyone) and uses those items to take on the Tooth Fairy?
Either way love all the different takes on the books. Never would have made the VC Andrews connection.
Space Vampire Tooth Fairy flies!
Or teleports!
whoa!! I was not expecting these. I don’t think my coffee has kicked in long enough to comprehend – Sienna and Derek! What in the actual f….. are people thinking!!!
Ugh!
The logic is: Sienna betrays Julie to Kate or that “really evil bad dude trying to kill everyone”.
Prove me wrong. Lol!
I keep thinking of the Discworld Tooth Fairy – by their current time more of a franchise. The original Tooth Fairy being the first Bogeyman.
The first Bogeyman v Santa is a fairer fight. Still not sure who’d win.
Yeah, but wouldn’t death have fun, kickin’ back with a bowl of popcorn, just watching to see who’d win.
And by the by, my money’s on the hogfather.
Of course Space Vampire Tooth fairy would win, unless post apocalyptic Santa sends in the fairy-eating reindeer to clear the way.
Or he upgrades Rudolph’s nose to an Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator or whatever the nose model of that gun is called.
(I had to cheat and Google the name of Marvin’s gun. I love him but he’s sometimes hard to understand and I never could make out the name of his gun.)
“ HMS Metal Rose is an unsinkable ship and you cannot tell me otherwise.”
???????????? I’m dying
“Diphyodonts” – this is a great example of the IA genius. Physical development of jaws of vampires has been thought through. We are getting ready to host a Ukranian refugee. I wonder if when I’m explaining Easter bunny/eggs/candy and cheese (maybe the cheese is unique to my family) I should start with Easter Bunny vs Santa vs Tooth Fairy vs Vampire vs Horde or end there?
I can’t answer your question but I do have an Instagram food account suggestion if you want to make something to make them feel like home *hugs* https://www.instagram.com/cookforukraine/?hl=en
Pretty sure Ukrainians celebrate Easter. It I remember correctly my kids just learned about Ukrainian Easter eggs and how they dye them in school.
You made my morning <3
You want tin foil hat theories? Here’s one:
There are “ripper cushions” to having the corrupted innkeeper body in Gertrude Hunt and having the corruption spread through the inn. The new doorway that Gertrude Hunt is forming is to the source of innkeeper corruption and Dina and Sean are the next innkeepers slated to be infected!
Nice
That’s a really scary thought!
Now I’m spooked. I think I will return to pretending its connecting to Helen’s home.
This is MY FAVORITE tin hat theory to date. <3
That is genius (maybe even evil genius). Well done!
Nasty. I like it!
Also…I love the tinfoil hat cat!
OMG LOL Ahahahahaha …
Thank you!
Reading this, I realize I’m not keeping up my end of the fandom.
Sorry for the poor quality.
Poor quality?
My photos didn’t work 🙁
So I did a gif on the fb post.
Ooooh, yes, gifs and pictures larger than 1 Mb don’t work in comments on WordPress 🙁 . I’ll go check out the Fb post to see it!
Edit: Hehe, the Guardians :D! That’s exactly how Postapocalyptic Santa would be!
Haha, love him and the very underrated movie!
Did we know the baby’s name is Arthur or have I miss understood that comment (Cool Aunt fan theory)
We did, from a previously shared Ruby Fever excerpt, which has since been archived because the manuscript is with the publishers.
You cannot relamp that Djinn however 😉 , not once the BDH knows about it.
I postulate that Space Vampire Tooth Fairy would die of indignity should Postapocalyptic Santa blast him with a glitter gun.
…or maybe SVTF would do the Drunk Stripper routine should Santa use a water gun filled with coffee on him.
I keep picturing The Rock on that movie about him being a tooth fairy. It bothers me. He has no fangs.????
Um, that’s not exactly how ‘baby” teeth work. Yes, they are needed for proper jaw development, but they are also needed for themselves as we use some of them to chew well into the adolescent years. They fall out because the adult teeth coming up underneath them have a follicle containing cells that dissolve the roots of the baby teeth. If you are missing the corresponding adult tooth (This happens.) the baby tooth may last years or even decades beyond its normal time. Sorry, this is probably more than most of you want to know, but as a children’s dentist I couldn’t let it go.
But Space Vampire Tooth Fairy would still come, right?
accurate. my sister and I are missing one adult tooth on the right side of our bottom jaw. the dentist pulled hers out and she has to wear a retainer with a fake tooth so her adult teeth don’t shift around. I still have my original baby tooth since nothing pushed it out and the dentist didn’t pull it. I’m 33 this year and my dentist just told me I might notice my baby tooth getting smaller due to bits flaking off.
I think post-apocalyptic Santa would thrash Space Vampire Tooth Fairy. I mean, current Santa spends a year planning for one night, he can enter anyones home undetected, and has some kind of time-bending powers since he visits billions in one night.
Flare Santa would be a magical master thief who could walk through wards. He’d destroy space vampire tooth fairy with a mystical coal grenade, and walk away in a reign of milk teeth while “ho, ho-ing”.
Space Vampire Tooth Fairy sneaks undetected *by vampire senses* and that’s every night! Kris Kringle wishes!
To see Santa in the KD world, go look for Grace Draven’s Christmas card this last year. Kudos to Mr. Draven BTW.
Where do i find??
I found it this time in the pictures section on her Facebook page. I would include it here, but it won’t paste.
BDH think we can get #SpaceVampireToothFairy trending?
I’m thinking someone with a Twitter account needs to tag Jeanine Frost with that one.
Man, I need to find me a tin foil hat! ???? This post makes me feel like a Junior member of the BDH with no official card to carry even though I’ve been around for years.
I def don’t have THAT kind of imagination.
I mean I see movies in my head when I read the books- def have actors for each of the roles. But I haven’t done the run down those off beat rabbit holes.. …????????????????????
This is less a theory and more a question that is driving me nuts. At the end of Sweep of the Blade, an arbitrator shows up and it’s Klaus. Presumably, Sweep of the Heart takes place approximately 6-8 months after that. Wouldn’t Maude have told Dina that she had seen Klaus and that he is working for the Office of Arbitration? Wondering why Dina was surprised about Klaus and his career.
Read onward to find out! 😉
Ooooo…secrets! Hehehe.
Reading the comments to today’s blog has made my entire month! ????
My giggle for the day. I am amazed at all the theories derived from the unchanging published words in the stories. Definitely a wide ranging imagination in the BDH.
Just saw “The Lost City”. Go see it!
Mod R, I am once again in awe.
Ok going back to read innkeeper.. I missed officer marais having magic… if Santa can conjure anything it will probably be a pretty evenly matched fight.
“All people had magic. Most of them didn’t know how to use it because they never tried, but magic still found ways to seep through. For Officer Marais, it manifested as intuition. Every gut feeling he had was telling him there was something not quite right with me and Gertrude Hunt. He couldn’t prove it, but it nagged at him all the same. “
Andrews, Ilona. Sweep In Peace, The Innkeeper Chronicles 2. NYLA Publishing 2015. Kindle edition, Chapter 4
Perfect! Thank you. Still going back to reread though… day off no kids .. books are calling…
I support this endeavour! 😀
Questions that have been bugging me as I get caught up on Innkeeper novels:
1) Would Maud’s daughter, Helen, get drunk on Alcohol, caffeine, or both (once she’s of age to consume them, of course)?
2) Would this be true for all Vampire/Human Hybrids or would it depend on which set of traits are more dominant in that child? (Trying not to spoil the early Innkeeper books for folks who haven’t read them)
3) Why did it take me so long to read/listen to the Innkeeper series? I’ve relistened to Sweep of the blade daily for the last 2 weeks during Sock Madness (Sock Knitting competition. I didn’t make the cut, but I get to be a cheerleader and knit along!)
4) I can’t remember if this has already been asked, are y’all planning to re-record all the innkeeper novels with a full cast (please say yes!!) I like Natalie Naudus, but I love the Graphic Audio crew. They have done such a good job!
I will ask the first 2.
I’m glad #3 has been rectified :D.
Happy to confirm Graphic Audio have licensed all the published Innkeeper books and they plan to release full cast adaptations of them all this year.
This is the general plan of action:
Innkeeper Chronicles 2: Sweep In Peace – GA release on March 14- Audible 1st of May
Innkeeper Chronicles 3: One Fell Sweep – GA release on April 18- Audible June 1st
Innkeeper Chronicles 4: Sweeper of the Blade – GA release June / July/on Audible probably in September
Innkeeper Chronicles 4.5: Sweep With Me – GA release August / September/ on Audible probably November/Dec
Hope this helps 🙂
Yes!! That’s awesome thanks!
Hello fellow cheerleader from sock madness! I ended up cheering as well this year.
I have never been able to get into audiobooks until IA using Graphic Audio for Clean Sweep but they’ve got me completely addicted!
Dear Mod R
sorry if someone has already asked this. I was just wondering if the Inns can connect with each other.
Thank you
I will ask 🙂
Thank you!
Rose I dont think so. If you remember the scene where dina talks about inn seeds, about why she had to take it far from Gertude hunt they smother a newly hatched seed, if they are in a certin range of them and the death of the seed would kill the inn., then i dont think they can connect.
And I think Dina would have tried to connect to her parents Inn, too, to try to find them, although whatever happened to them could have resulted in them being separated from their Inn’s “known” network of locations and it’s having to build new ones.
If I’m remembering properly, two Inns can’t cohabitate in the same space. That’s why Dina had to take the baby Inn far away from Gertrude Hunt. However, I’d think that ‘adult’ Inns could cooperate and perhaps link-up if there was a harrowing necessity… unless House Andrews says otherwise. (Their universe, their rules! -lol)
Hi Regina
Yes this was what I was wondering. Whether they could sort of form a bridge between two inns far away from each other. It would certainly make travelling to other parts of the world easier!
Since all Inns have doors to the bazar, it makes sense that a guest could leave one Inn, exit to Bahar-char, then enter another Inn through their market door. I want to spend my summer vacation touring the Inns of planet Earth and I’d pay my way trading rare, unique, and delicious delicacies at the bazar. -lol
Love these! Thanks, Mod R!
Mod R, every time you write something here you prove what a treasure you are to the BDH world.
So happy you found Gordon, Ilona and the rest of us!
Awww, thank you so much!
Thank you Mod R, House Andrews and BDH. I have been vastly entertained. Still giggling.
Mod R – I’m new to the blog and reading fast to catch up. Is there any discussion of where Kate Daniels’ name came from? Or Curran? Friend of family? Threw darts at a board? Polled Beta readers? If so can you point me there. Thank you
I believe Kate’s first name, Ekaterina, is just a name that Ilona loves. Daniels was suggested to House Andrews by the publisher.
Fun fact: in the original draft she was named Vera Voron!
Vera Voron sounds like the name of a vodka. “Try Vera Voron. So strong it’ll knock you out.”
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Sienna & Derek never occurred to me. The type of betrayal I imagined is more along the lines of Aurelia doing everything right and tight and correct, and some really bad still happening to Kate or Curren or Conlan,etc. Which makes me slightly nauseous to think about ????
Omg.. Elvis sightings! Just believe!
Only outside the building 😛
Badum-tissss.
I had read this blog earlier but when I checked my mail I thought a new blog was up…
FEMINIST BDH THEORIES
My vision is a mess. Glaucoma, retinal issues, one eye sees double and triple and vision varies.
Still, it could have been correct!
Flip side is I cannot find chauvinism, sexism or the rest funny cause I am an old pill.
I could read these forever!!
Bwaa-haahaa-aaahaaa!!!!!!
Love it; thank you. And now I find I’m trying to dream up something really bizarre.
End of day musings… At the end of (wildfire?) grandmother Victoria is in a garden of the jail and her companion says “you know we so hate to be bored” which Linus Duncan had said earlier in the series.
We then discussed him being Caesar.
BUT In the Aunt short story online Arabella says hello to grandma V and says hello grandpa. Folks think her siren male “sperm donor” is still around and that was who Arabella saw.
So I started to wonder, Would it possibly be Either Grandpa siren and Victoria or just siren with his variant talent are Caesar?
Plus I wonder..
Would Victoria actually be a hidden operative for the wardens? Is Linus related to Baylor’s in some way?
I preordered ruby fever,yet I am not seeing pre-publication spoilers, whine!
Is Linus related to the Baylors, you ask?
I keep thinking of the scene where he’s prompting Catalina to speak. But not sing. Why does he know so much about Siren magic?
I have a few questions, does Postapocalyptic Santa have his bag of presents? I ask this becaluse if so is it the Santa equivalent of a bag of carry, and if he does have it does he also have the reindeer and slegh? My brain wants a Postapocalyptic Ruldoph shooting lazers from his nose.
Back to the origional question Vampire Tooth Fairy vs. Postapocalyptic Santa (and his bag of carry) Could Santa just put the Vampire tooth fairy into the bag? If this happens then is there now a Postapocalyptic Vampire Tooth Fairy ruling over a pocket(bag) dimension with all the best wepons and toys who befriends the postapocalypic Ruldoph and rides the lazer targeted reindeer into battle?
…I need time to assimilate all of this, but let me just say- Santa’s bag as a pocket dimension is SO brilliant!
Wow! Love this!
If you mean a Bag of Holding like from D&D, then definitively yes, you can put living things in it. Although they may not have air, can still be squashed by the other things in it, and it can be incredibly difficult to get an unwilling and conscious being into a bag…
For some reason I’m picturing baby Arthur to be the Prime equivalent of Jak Jak in the Incredibles, or Conlan, strong and precocious.
Everyone has forgotten that sometimes, the one with the best ally can win. So IMO, whoever gets that Killer Bunny from Monty Python and the Holy Grail on their side will win.
I love the Caerbannog but the other side just has to get the holy Antioch grenade and it’s all over. Maybe Bun Bun? He’s a very dangerous rabbit. Though I don’t think he’d be taking sides so much as just causing trouble. . .
Run away! Run away!
And on another weird tangent, I am still crazily fixated on Mrs Marais. Of course, as the Costco Lady, she is already a Bad A$$ but now I’m thinking it’s genetic. What if she is a great great granddaughter of Caldenia?
(Now I have to go and re-crunch my foil hat correctly, having mashed it up smacking myself upside the head)
That’s a 2 for 1 fan theory pack right there lol: Mrs Marais= Costco Lady is still unconfirmed.
Caldenia having Earth descendants is a new one!
Omg I LOVE the idea that Mrs Marais is Costco lady. ????
I had been thinking that Costco lady was Mrs. Marais too, Dina has seen her knitting blog but not necessarily a picture of her. Then I think if she was, she would have told her husband who would have by now figured it out.
Omg yessssss. I also need this to be her! In my head it’s her.
Same!!! Yes! I need Mrs. Marais to be Costco lady!!!
AAAAaaahhhh! Now I really want a short snippet for my birthday (Dec 24) where Conlan meets Santa.
So if opening a door to another dimension collapses an inn what happe ns on the other side of the door. Could that be what happened to Dinas parents inn?
That occurred to me too ????
I have a Magic Shifts/Rowena & Roland theory. When Roland calls and invites Kate to meet him at Applebee’s, Ghastek short-circuits. Kate completely emphasizes. Rowena retains her mental faculties.
Theory: Rowena’s bloodline gives her the highest Roland-immunity out of any non-related persons.
Thank you for clarifying that!
However, the link that you posted for pseudonym makes it sound like Gordon is his first name, not their last name:
““Ilona Andrews” is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Ilona is a native-born Russian and Gordon is a former communications sergeant in the U.S. Army. Contrary to popular belief, Gordon was never an intelligence officer with a license to kill, and Ilona was never the mysterious Russian spy who seduced him. They met in college, in English Composition 101, where Ilona got a better grade. (Gordon is still sore about that.)
Gordon and Ilona currently reside in Texas with their two children and many dogs and cats.”
It was fine when I just assumed Wikipedia was wrong. Now I am even more confused!!!!!
Christmas movies! My family’s favorite is Lion in Winter, with Katherine Hepburn, Peter O’Toole and Anthony Hopkins, a truly epic movie with the greatest snark ever filmed. Please watch it, it is a classic for a reason. Of course it says something about my family that this is our favorite, but what family doesn’t have it’s little ups and downs. ☺️
ModR
My comment on pseudonyms and real names has disappeared. I am not sure why I got moderated out with that, but apologize if I said anything untoward. If so, it was unintentional.
I’m just checking with House Andrews to see if they’re comfortable with the real name reveal ????, no worries.
🙂
Oh, good!
But I did not intend to ask for a reveal that hasn’t been revealed so no worries one way or another!
🙂
This theory is more of a wish: Gertrude Hunt’s new door opens to the home planet of House Krahr ::emoji with heart eyes::
That’s a BDH favourite!
Thanks for this! Has been a “challenging” several weeks and finding out someone elsewhere wondered about vampire baby teeth lifted Fred the cloud a good bit. Appreciate it! Carry on BDH!!!!
That is “lifted the cloud” stupid hands stupid Arthritis stupid kindle!!!
I fixed it but I kind of like Fred the dark cloud so I think that part should stay ????. It’s better if we name it and then we can tell Fred to f…loat off!
Hope your hands feel better! ????
I’m all team post-apocalyptic Santa….. the tooth fairy, any tooth fairy, has a certain creep factor. And don’t forget the army of elves!!!
*slowed down horror-moviesque musical box*
???? He sees you when you’re sleeping…
He sees you when you’re sleeping…
He knows when you’re awake… ????
Jingle man is the creepy one!
The Tooth Fairy is an hard working woman making her way in today’s gig economy.
Has anyone seen the advert for TV advertising based on the tooth fairy franchise? I think there was a bit when she’s saying how she wants to be a role model for other young fairies struggling to make it in business today. Quite a good advert actually.
The theories boggle my mind. Apparently I have no imagination as none of these theories ever crossed my mind. I guess that’s why I am a reader, not a writer.
I wait for the next book/installment/short story/new series to devour and say “how did they come up with that?!” (and of course, buy the work).
There are so many versions of SC out there I would think it would be hard to figure out which one could defeat SVTF.
Kurt Russell SC, probably could do it.
Ed Asner version SC, not seeing it.
Now if the Rise of the Guardians, Alec Baldwin, version SC can call on both the Easter Bunny, Hugh Jackman, and Jack Frost, Chris Pin. That might be enought to give the SVTF a good workout at least.
Billy Bob Thornton SC!
So now I have to ask: what does the Holy Anocracy Tooth Fairy bring? Or do vampires have their own version of things? (Like, oh, for example: vampire children are encouraged to cleverly hide their lost teeth, and if they can outsmart the Tooth Fairy for enough days with their cunning, there is a greater prize? Idk ????)
New headcanon!
I love this and I too now wonder what special prizes she would bring…maybe an extra knightly vampire saga? ????
Collect all 20!
I was thinking stringing the teeth on a necklace, but that seems more like a memento for mama vamp. Instead of baby’s hair in an album, baby’s teeth on a necklace. Or vamp kindergartener art project.
Sooooo if KD world is an apocalyptic future Earth after the magic waves then Ilona Andrew books would still be around. The KD BDH could then make all House Andrew characters come to life during a wave and VOILA all the characters in one universe! It’s just in the future. We need a time machine to get us there.
Woo hoo!!
Am enjoying these comments so much! I have no imagination, so am having a lot of laughs.
Re Sienna’s purported betrayal, I’ve been thinking it’s probably something important she saw in Julie’s future related to Derek that she’s holding back from telling her, which Julie will be upset about once she learns what it is.
HMS metal rose cannot sink. My mental, physical, and spiritual health cannot take it
You know what we really need to get these theories going? An alien species book – illustrated of course – on all the different innkeeper species. It would have to include the vampire tooth fairy…
I’m not gonna say I would kill for this….but I’m not going to say I wouldn’t do that either.
What about an adult coloring book? 😛
I’m definitely in for a coloring book!
I’d get in the queue for this…
I had no clue where else to ask this, but book 2 of the innkeeper series on graphic audiobooks is it meant to skip details from the book? It’s literally driving me nuts, it took me sadly to say a minute to realize my brain wasn’t pointing things out for no reason. That something indeed was wrong. So here I am asking something that has nothing to do with this post. Lovely snippet with Julie and Derek by the way, as well the whole mesh of info in one blog post. Always wonderful to read.
Yes, Sweep in Peace is slightly abridged ????
I loved the GA reading of book 1 but in book 2 found the pronunciation of, for example, Celdania’s name and the Kanum, to be so different to the first book & the Audible version, that it dragged me out of the story every time. Just saying. Seeing as they are published after the Audible versions, I just wondered why they changed the pronunciation so much? Won’t stop me buying the next ones though ????
The Graphic Audio team had several Zoom calls with House Andrews and checked the pronunciations of names to be as close to author intent as possible. Renee Raudman, the narrator for the first 3 Dina books, had a different approach, where she put her own artistic spin on the pronunciations 🙂
This is the same reason why Blood Heir has names pronounced differently than the main KD series narrated by Renee- Suzanne Freeman wanted author input and House Andrews wanted to have a book with the names pronounced as they intended from the beginning :).
Fine I now understand why I am going crazy, but please note that stabbing people with a ending happy face is just cruel.
It’s not happy as such- I just need to put a smile there so people know I’m not berating them!
This post & the comments made my day! Dreary weather here so the distraction was much needed.
Many Thanks and Hugs to ModR & the BDH.
Team Facts be Damned, checking in.
Post-apocalyptic Santa would kick Space Vampire Tooth Fairy’s ass. She’d give a good fight, but he’s a sneaky one and I’ve never trusted him.
Thank you for the post, Mod R 🙂
Scene:
Kate and Nevada having coffee, discussing raising boys with multiple abilities inherited from both mom and dad.
And then they take well-deserved naps!!
I think if enough people BELIEVED during a flare that S. Claus (who yes, has been called a “jolly old elf” – have we not read myths and fantasy stories and learned of the scary, ancient, powerful fae?) would dust the Vampire Tooth Fairy.
Other odds in his favour (to me): He has endurance, experience drawn from many cultures (can change up fighting styles), has learned to plan for impossible missions, and has a larger belief system (at least here in Earth). Kids are his Mission and he is fierce about that.
Plus, he’s an awesome wrapper who can quickly swathe presents in festive mystery so they endure transglobal trips through the open air without a rip or tear. I have visions of the VTF firmly secured and subdued with ribbon, tape, tags, and bells (rather than being pummeled into submission).
Thanks for a great post!
“visions of the VTF firmly secured and subdued with ribbon, tape, tags, and bells”
????
What about Leon’s magic title? Is he called Ricochet, an offshoot of Sagittarius, or something different?
Leon hasn’t tested his magic, but as far as we know he is a Magus Sagittarius proper, albeit of very high power.
thanks. part of me wants him to have a cool magic title, but the other part thinks Magus Sagittarius is pretty scary/badass all on its own.
I had a really clever comment before my brain got derailed by Santa and the Tooth Fairy.
I am voting for Post Apocalyptic Santa – mainly cause if he is anything like Pratchett’s Hogfather, those pigs are vicious. But the battle could be turned if Space Vampire Tooth Fairy finds the poker.
I think Sienna is going to out the Julie/Moloch issue to Kate to push Julie into some kind of battle or alliance that she doesn’t want to do, probably to save the witches and with serious ripper cushions.
I will never see the word “repercussions” in the same way ever again… ????
My grandfather was C. V. Andrews and lived in Virginia Beach (where V. C. Andrews is from). He would get her mail.
Ok mod R I’ll prove that in a fair fight the tooth fairy would lose. They’re too slow both by definition would be faster than light, but the tooth fairy only visits a relatively smaller amount of house holds. Where as Santa has to visit every house that has kids in it in one night. Lets expand this from say one planet with vampires to the the entirety of the Holly Anocracy that’s hundreds of times more houses. Santa must be durable enough to withstand the force of moving that fast so he’s durable enough to fight the tooth fairy. The fairy might be a better soldier and fighter but you can’t fight what you can’t see. It’s like the flash fighting an mma fighter.
Santa moves around 1 planet, every 7 years- he only takes shape during a Flare. That, my good man, is simply not enough combat readiness! ????
The Space Vampire Tooth Fairy has 7 planets of the Holy Anocracy to cover, and she doesn’t ever get a day off. She knows the grind, and interstellar travel is faster by definition.
Speed and resistance, SVTF wins on both!
:)))))
of course:
K.E.W.
Boom
Post-apocalyptic Santa might be my new favorite catchphrase, I’m going to have come up with reasons to drop that nugget in conversation. Well played Mod R!
PA Santa vs SVT Fairy. The Toothy Fairy would win, but only after a long drawn out battle seeing both opponents having great and not so great moments and would end only due to Santa having to withdraw/forfeit due to other commitments.
:)))) hahahaha This is so cool! Mod R you are so funny! <3 U! Sienna and Derek crossed my mind also :)))) ???? Vampire Tooth Fairy :)))))
If Santa exists then the Easter bunny, Boogyman, Krampus, Toothfairy, Jack Frost, Sandman, (Charlie Brown) The Great Pumpkin and The Giant Spaghetti Monster. Also exist.????????????
There are *considerably* fewer believers of those around though.
Jack Frost, Charlie Brown, Toothfairy- strictly North American entities, so they may show up locally if there’s a focus, but they won’t be supported by millions of believers around the world like Santa is.
Seems to me if that weird frog (hodag?) they fought in Blood Heir exists the Great Pumpkin would too. Surely enough kids watched that show to bring it to life? I also think it would mean Jackalopes are wandering around, and that thought makes me smile. Bunnies with antlers!
Somehow I previously missed part 1! Loved all the snippets I’ve learned.
Does anyone remember an excerpt from Currans POV how he doesn’t like Bran because Kate liked him and cried when he died? I can’t remember the book or short story it came from. Or did I just imagine it?
Yes, it’s in Curran’s POV, which can be found in Small Magics https://ilona-andrews.com/katie-daniels-books/#small – in the Hot Tub scene 🙂 :
“The worst thing about Bran was that Kate seemed to like him. He’d had a wink-and-smile bullshit-your-wayout charm. It’s easy to be like that when you don’t have fifteen hundred shapeshifters in your care and your day isn’t scheduled down to the minute. It isn’t enough to always be ready to back up your authority with violence, you have to consider what kind of violence, how much violence is too much violence, when to use it, and when to exercise patience. Despite how I was sometimes viewed, I never wanted to be a tyrant, and making sure I didn’t turn into one took up most of my time.
Bran was like a kid. The man had experienced three lifetimes of acting like spoiled a teenager, bedding pretty girls, getting into fights, and getting away with it consequence free. If he fucked up, he could run away back to his goddess and his fun camp, or whatever the hell he had there in the mist.”
And now I have to reread the whole thing…:D
Erm, regarding the “this is the hill I die on” thing….
Posit: a postapocalyptic Santa exists. During a flare. When the whole world goes insane for a week. So, we’re talking Mardi Gras for monsters. St Nick has one mission–to first assess who has been naughty/nice, then check that list twice, and lastly break into your house and reward your past behavior. That’s one busy man, who does not have time to let everyone else’s insanity get in his way. This suggests a high level of badassness. You could theoretically offer this Santa milk and cookies as his own reward for successfully breaking into your house…but I think Derek would argue that the ham sandwich was worth it, so we’re still not talking a cuddly/fluffy Kris Kringle.
If, then, there exists a live space vampire tooth fairy, stealth and speed would be a huge part of her skillset. All the little baby vampires would train to catch her. (I’m assuming the TF is a girl, but there’s no reason the TF has to be.) The SVTF would be a master at both avoiding detection and avoiding contact, then.
There’s a strong possibility that PA Santa would not want anyone slowing him down, and the SVTF would want to stay out of his way. (I imagine this confrontation with a lot of “I don’t have time for this!” being shouted.)
To quote the song, I could be wrong…but I don’t think so, cause it’s a jungle out there!
😀
Such fun post! Thanks
I dig the cat pic; but it is not the beloved Camille. I’d love to see her in this getup. Not. She’s an original kitty. This would not work for her fashion forewardnrss.
When discussing Blood Heir, my sister introduced the thought that Marten is the daughter of Saiman. I believe it.
This is not the case ????, we got the answer during the Blood Heir release Q&A here https://ilona-andrews.com/2021/answers-to-blood-heir-burning-questions/
Her father is someone we’ve never met before!
I also boarded the HMS Metal Rose a long time ago. The end of Blood Heir had me internally screaming, because of that cliffhanger. Thus said, I don’t believe the theory about Sienna and Derek…but I do believe that the betrayal will be really bad. Though I’m also thinking more in the direction of Sienna not telling Julie everything…be it about being allowed to meet Kate and Curran or something concerning Derek.
A post-apocalyptic Santa Claus appearing only during flares….is a very very scary thoughts. Because there’s rarely something nice about those kind of appearances and who knows how quick you land on the bad-child-list and how hard the punishments will be. I love the idea of a Vampire-Toothfairy though. She might win…if Santa doesn’t give her coffee before the fight somehow.
I still believe that Linus Duncan is the Baylor’s real grandfather. Arabella knows somehow and so does Alessandro. It might be passed down even. There is Catalina’s strange talent around swords (even if Linus is more of a gun and armour fan) and who knows what Arabella can do. The BDH already found clues about his possible siren-abilities a long time ago.
Loved reading those comments as always. I won’t say how much I want more books (Blood Heir, Arabella-books, more and more and more), because I don’t want to pressure the dear author lords. I am patiently waiting and praying internally to every (kind) deity to send them a lot of inspiration and all they need for swift writing….as well as health and all the best, of course 😉
Oh and of course: thank you very much Mod R. You are awesome!
Thank you, mod R for the post. I must say that I have been laser focused/ sighted on survival the last few years so I missed some of the BDH curve balls. Thank you for the educational post. I appreciate it. I also ROFLOL.
Mod R, It is so obvious and cute that you LOOOVVVVE your job. I really enjoy you geeking out on all the BDH’s WAG-conspiracy theories.
And we the BDH love you for doing it!
I ADORE my job ????! I’m so glad it’s noticeable.
Interesting that everyone assumes Post-Apocalyptic Santa and the Vampire Tooth Fairy would fight. What if they team up instead?
Hahahahahaha thank you for this post ! ????????????
Santa in a flare would trump everyone. The epitome of truth and goodness beaten by a bone thief? I think not. The bone thief (tooth fairy) would be giddy to see Santa.
Any chance we could get some new additions to the “Books We Like” section? I’ve loved those recommendations but am looking for something new. 🙂
OK, it’s a given, since I am here, that I LOVE everything House Andrews has offered us, and re-read it frequently. But, now I am intrigued by Mod R. You are British , I believe, which is certainly NOT a problem (although, I am of recent Irish descent…still, character outweighs genetics IRL) I would truly LOVE to know more about you. Please, I’ll take anything you’re willing to share.
I might make a Life of a Mod post if you guys want ????.
In the meantime: whilst I do live in England, I am not British ????
At this point, I think it is safe to assume that humans, werewolves, otrokar, vampires, the as-yet-unseen werecats, and anything else described as being closely related to humans (I don’t remember any others besides the listed bu I could be wrong) are all in the taxonomic family Hominidae, subfamily Homininae, and quite probably in tribe Hominini, which is the taxonomic group for humans and close relatives. Probably not the same genus, though.
This is based on the fact that vampires and werewolves are said to naturally hybridize with humans. And also the comment about otrokar coming from the same seed as humans, but planted on a different world.
Which, to me, implies some portal/wormhole bs connecting Earth and bunch of other planets during prehistory.
The portal bs also implies that there are true cats (felids) on other worlds as well, which is important to me.
Are any of the vampire house-heraldic animals or otrokar totem animals felids?
Poor Santa doesn’t stand a chance. He’s going against a winged demon that collects the fallen incisors of creatures that rips out throats. No challenge.
Flare Santa Claus would “go to town” on the tooth fairy, because bruce Springsteen magic.
I want a t-shirt that says “Tooth Fairy of the Holy Cosmic Anocracy”
and one “BDH: Book Devouring Horde” or “Book Devouring Horde”
Thank you for making me laugh.
If anyone gets theses t-shirts going I want at least 1 of each!!
My Question:
Will Dina be able to attend Maude’s wedding? Can Otis prepare the wedding feast?
I’m now picturing the Tooth Fairy of the Holy Anocracy as Jorgen Von Strangle from ‘The Fairly Oddparents’! 😀
No need to die on that hill. Though my bet is more on Santa and the Toothfairy dating.
“So you saw little Suzy again this year??? Any updates for The List?”
“It’s always WORK with you!!! I just want to unwind and not think about human mouth-bones for ten minutes, geez.”
Hi Mod R,
Cent figure out how to email you a question, so here goes:
What’s the difference between the doors of the in,and portals that allow other races/areas to portal into the inn, like used for this event?
Thanks for the grate job you are doing!
One immediate difference that comes to mind would be that Inn doors, once they open, are permanent ????. Portals are only sustained for one purpose and then they are gone.
Another is that portals are purposeful, as in the Innkeeper manifests their will into where it opens vs Inn doors which appear to be natural branchings of the Inn that the Innkeeper isn’t in control of. The first door an Inn makes always opens into Baha Char, but subsequent ones seem to be a mystery and in need of supervision.
I’ll ask House Andrews for anything further ????
PS: I always read all the comments, so questions are absolutely fine to go here, but if you don’t want to ask in public you can email me at modr@ilona-andrews.com or use the contact form ????
So funny.
No matter how fast, strong, or capable the Space Vampire Tooth Fairy may be, they couldn’t beat Santa. Santa moves faster than light (as he visits billions of homes in a single day). He uses the reindeer to recharge during some of the longer distances between his stops. They aren’t the secret to his speed. Santa also has the most epic bag-of-holding, EVER. Santa would simply use his unstoppable speed to scoop the Tooth Fairy into his bag and give the Fairy a nice time out. ::winky face::
Wild, juicy theory: Blood Heir is not just the title of the book.
No comment on Postapocalyptic Santa. Such a word I have never dreamed about. However, the hill I am standing on says that you LOVE that your BDH are crazy, and you love to “stir the pot” and watch us run around chasing after each phrase in the books trying to guess what is next. Clever people are like that. Thank you for your marvelous sense of humor and imagination. I love all the journeys we get to travel along with you.
ModR,
Me again with another name question. I have read up through Sweep of the Blade and Sweep with Me (saving Sweep of the Heart for when I can binge).
Gertrude Hunt is the name of the inn, but do we know who Gertrude Hunt the person was or was it even a person? I had assumed this was the name of the first innkeeper of that inn, but now I wondering if the person had other fun/interesting/bizarre attributes?
I know this is newbie question – please point me to where the answer is already written or blogged.
Hey Suz,
I don’t think the answer to this was ever given ????, I’ll add it to the question list, but my impression was always that it was a nod to feminist and suffragette Gertrude Breslau Hunt https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Breslau_Hunt
I wonder if this is what happened to Dina’s parent’s inn: “but I can tell you that my father always told me that creating a door to an alternative dimension like that could not be done. It would collapse the inn.”
I’ve got it. Innkeepers are BROWNIES.