Ask Hannah Flanagan

An undead 400-year-old Irish demon hunter, reawakened in the modern era (with her neck unfortunately missing), talks about her otherworldly adventures and her troubles adjusting to the 21st Century. Dullahan badassery and occasional cuteness awaits! SFW RP-askblog; frequency of updates depends on how often questions are received. (Character created by and used with permission of fastbreak333.deviantart.com)

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Who is the monarch of fairies? Finvarra? Una? Oberon? Titania? Mab?

"The annoyin’ thing is she’s gone by ALL those names you mentioned at one time or another. I suppose if she picked one an’ stuck with it, she’d get bored of it sooner or later.”

(Finally the mun got back a little piece of his artistic mojo and motivation, and we'll be working -- working very slowly, but working -- on the back catalogue of questions.)

(And yes, her look IS supposed to remind you of Eilistraee. Might as well dive in head first on the drow references.)

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Aren't leprechauns part of fairies/aos si...?

mumble grumble bloody shapeshiftin’ feckin’ fairies grumble

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THE AUTHOR IS NOT DEAD

He is, however, going through a massive slump and has barely been able to draw anything, let alone more Hannah. This does not mean he wants to quit, but he asks you to bear with him until this dry spell is over and he can get back to making art.

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Yo Hannah, I've read one story where dullahans could use their magic to make some human's head detach from his body, do you have that power? (if yes feel free to demonstrate on Gerry XD)

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Hannah, does your head and body have a range? Does anything happen if they are too far away from each other or can you still control your body just fine? and #2: Do you ever sneak your head to see what your friend is doing? --Badass60

“An’ as for the other part o’ yer question: Yes, I have sneaked me head out to spy on Gerry. I did it the once an’ I won’t be doin’ it again.”

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How was your life when you still had your head attached to your body? You prefer being decapitated?

(Occasions when being headless helps.)

(NOTE FROM THE MUN: Sorry this has taken so long. I’ve been in an absolutely hideous creative slump recently; it’s been a while since I’ve been able even to pick up a pencil and get to work. Hopefully I’m coming out of it now.)

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So Hannah...did you find that Annoying Orange as amusing character?

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Hey, I have a question for you, do you play Castlevania?

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Happy (Belated) Saint Patricks day! If you wouldn't mind me asking, Have you ever had any encounters With snake-ish monsters or did Saint Patrick do the trick?

“Aye, we’ve had little trouble with snakes or the like, though there are some fairly snakelike Fomori about. ‘Tis Gerry, though, who seems more – well – enthusiastic about preparin’ for such encounters.”

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Ever met a sluagh or púca?

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Have you ever thought about sewing your head to your neck, or visiting a plastic surgeon? Modern day surgery makes miracles.

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Hello. What do you think about the 21st century culture? Our values, technology, new forms of entertainment? What are your favorite bands, movies, videogames? Do you prefer the past or the present?

“Well, there’s no doubt what me favorite modern music is…”

“WIPE THAT GOLDEN TEAR FROM YOUR MOTHER DEAR AND RAISE WHAT’S LEFT OF THE FLAG FOR–”

“They get it, Hannah, they get it.”

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Hey Hannah, what's the best strategy you ever used that took advantage of you being headless? Have you ever messed up a battle plan and Gerry had to get your head back?

“Oh, aye, that did happen to me once, but fortunately things turned out for the best. An’ as for strategies – well, ‘tis useful at times when yer enemy makes the mistake of assumin’ yer head is still in the usual place.”

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Being a dullahan , do you like to multitask ?

“I’m afraid I can’t, really. Being split in two didn’t split me awareness, if you see what I mean. There’s only one mind between me head an’ body, an’ I haven’t quite got the gimmick yet of bein’ able to do one thing with the one an’ another with the other. I haven’t been a dullahan all that long, after all…”

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Note from the mun

I apologize for having delayed this long, but I’ll admit I’m having a hard time getting motivated to work on this blog. The Tumblr apocalypse, in my opinion, just means fewer people around to read what I post; I’ve been dithering about whether or not to just switch the whole thing over to my DeviantArt account permanently. Rest assured, however, I haven’t forgotten about the questions you’ve been asking, and I do want to get some answers out eventually.

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When your head is detached, can it do anything on its own, like run, swim, or play games (using its braids)? (I would love to see that happen!)

“An’ I only found out I could do this last week, so I haven’t much practice with it.”

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Ever joined Wild Hunt?

“…yet never a beast they took nor slew, and where they went he never knew.“

“Aye, the Wild Hunt is more the kind o’ thing ye hope ye don’t have to join. Try politely tellin’ a hundred fae with swords an’ longbows that ye're not interested in huntin’ with ‘em, especially when they won't tell yez what in hell they're after.”

(Mun finally has a functioning scanner and a functioning computer at the same time. I liked hand-lettering the pages, but they just made my hand tired and sloppy.)