Icon Meme

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I love looking at people's icons, but I don't always *get* them - I often wonder stuff like, "Who's that guy?" or "Where's that quote from?" but I tend not to ask, for various reasons. So come on, here are my icons. Pick one (or more!) you're curious about, and I'll try to explain it. Or at least explain what I like about it.

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That's because it's a picture of Queen Maeve of Connaught, she of the 'I demand to be my husband's equal and thus will start a war to get me a bull.'

She was as wild as any king of her time, and drank, fought and fornicated as good as any warrior king. The Greeks and Romans liked their chicks to be good little girls, silent and obedient. We Celts preferred them a little angrier, methinks.

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Thanks for answering, Clare!

What a strong queen to iconize. Glad to learn more about her through your icon.

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It's also a very spurious reference to my big HP fic, Daoimear De Dan. In that, Lily Evans was the Heir of Maeve, a sort of magical title passed down to, you guessed it, heirs of Queen Maeve, who then took on some tasks and things to ensure the continuing safety of the world. It was the reason Voldemort hesitated before killing her... then later, Lily's successor turns up to help the trio win the war (Sounds more Mary-Sue than it is, I promise!) and all that caper.

But nobody's really read DDD, so I doubt they'd notice that particular link!

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Intersting fact to learn!

Question for you though..I am imagining that there is a fairie queen named Maeve in some folklore as well? Not sure if you know, but it's worth a shot.

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She might be a variation on the original myth- I've noticed in my research that there's usually at least THREE versions of every story.

In Irish myths and legends, the fairy folk the Shee were there much earlier than human beings.

Mind you, Maeve is totally one of those 'Irish as Paddy McGinty's goat' names, so gets used in a lot of stuff like that, I think.