Spirits and Names

macabre-incarnate:

It used to be fully understood that the same rules to do not apply to every species of spirit. Of course they wouldn’t. it would be ignorant to think that right? Yet spirit workers do it everyday and harass those who don’t fall in line with their misguided rules. You saw the title of this post, you know what this is about, spirits and the topic of names. Everyone knows the faerie rule that you don’t tell faeries your name and you don’t ask for theirs, instead you ask what you may call them and tell them what they may call you. This way you are not lying by saying ‘my name is -insert false name’ and you aren’t giving them you real name. Now not all fae will use your name against you somehow, some don’t care, but it is always better to be safe then sorry. This is all understandable and reasonable. This is something people have said about faeries for a long, long time, yet this is where the lines start to get blurred and people loose their heads. Faeries rules only apply to faeries. 

It’s what makes it a faeries rule. You wouldn’t assume an angel’s culture, rules, and the way you work with them is the same as a vampires, so why is this the exception? When did it stop becoming a faerie rule are start becoming a spirit work rule that causes you to get attacked if you don’t follow it. I will be honest with you, I don’t know. I think it may have something to do with the topic of summoning and spirit stealing. While it isn’t as big of a problem as people like to act like it is there are those small few assholes that can and will steal people companions. Why? Usually out of some misguided sense of justice. We all know the type, the spirit worker who acts like their life is a YA novel and that they have to save spirits from the evil clutched of tumblr usesr faeriewhispers33  (i don’t know if that’s an actual user i just made it up). Anyway, it leads to people being paranoid. More and more you see posts along the lines of ‘NEVER POST YOUR SPIRIT COMPANIONS NAME’ and ‘DONT TELL SPIRITS YOUR NAME’ and they always use the faerie rule to back up their argument, suddenly it’s no longer out of fear that someone will use your companions name as a way to summon them and steal them from you now it’s for your safety. 

Here the thing, it’s almost impossible to keep a spirit from learning your name if you work with them outside of the astral. Most spirit workers love to work with their companion in their home, it’s easier then astral travel. Yet there are dozens of people in your life that could metaphorically ‘spill the beans’ just by greeting you or calling you for dinner. It is impossible to keep something as simple as your name a secret. This may shock you a bit but, most spirits don’t care what your name is. Why? because they aren’t faeries and these rules don’t apply to them. 

Now on the topic of your companions names. Some people don’t say their companions names publicly because that is the spirits preference, most people have a nickname for their companion in these cases but let me share a secret with you. The chance that your companions name is a name that exists in the human language is slim and 50% of the time the name you are given is a nickname. Not because the spirit doesn’t trust you with their name, but because their name is not translatable or pronounceable in our language. This is also why a lot of people who attempt to use a Ouija board to get a spirits name get a button mashed fuckery of random letters that make no sense. I can guarantee your companions name isnt KXGJA. Now there are a few times where the name can be translated and it does manage to match up with a human name or just something pronounceable. So while you should respect your companions wishes and keep their name a secret if they want, even if it’s a nickname, don’t jump to conclusions and attack those whose companions couldn’t care less. 

I am not threatening my companions by using their ‘names’ on the internet, they don’t care. If they did care, I wouldn’t do it. In case it wasn’t clear enough.

🚨🚨FAERIE RULES DON’T APPLY TO ALL SPIRITS🚨🚨