Well, here’s something weird! Jade keeps turning up in The Faerie Path books - but do I ever actually say what she looks like? If not, does anyone have a mental image of Jade? I’m partly asking because a couple of you were thinking of an actor for Jade in the potential movie - so, what does she look like, do you think?
This is especially strange, because I have files of lots of details of people, places and things in Faerie and beyond - you know, a full description of Earl Valentine, a full description of The Royal Palace and a full description of the Amber Prisons and how they work - but for some strange reason my entry for Jade is blank. I think the Dark Arts have been at work here!
Oh, and I do rather like the idea of the same actor playing Mr Palmer and Oberon - in heavy disguise, of course. The only problem I see with this is that I always imagined Anita’s parents being late thirties or early forties - but I had Oberon down as a little older…what do you think? (Yes, I know Faerie folk live forever - but at what age do you imagine them stopping - or at least slowing right down - getting older-looking?)
I think King Oberon should look like he’s in his late fortys and early fifitys.
Jade should have long black hair. I think she should also have blue,green, or purple eyes.
I’ve always imagined her a black hair jade green eyes and possibly slightly asian
ok i have a friend of mine and i sort of picture her as Jade. She has Shoulder length black hair and i would say as tall as Tania would be of course. and what do you know her name is actually Jade. How freaky is that.
the sixth book is “The Charmed Return” cool
i dont remember a jade but i would say black hair with an in between color of forest green and lime green.she would be very petite but as tall as tania.
i meant to say forest green and lime green eyes
I also always pictured Jade with black hair. But I never really thought about her eye color….. Maybe blue.
I, too, always pictured her as having green eyes with brown or black hair. Must be something with the name.
I always kind of pictured King Oberon as not young, but definitely not too old. I always pictured him, Queen Titania, Mr. Palmer, and Mrs. Palmer about the same age. Early forties at most.
Jade should have black or dark brown hair and forestgreen eyes
Mr. Allan, when you were choosing names for your characters, did you consider the meaning of the name? Or did you just pick them?
AFJ. Hello Alissa. I usually just pick names that I like the sound of, rather than names that have specific meanings. Of course, Oberon and Titania already existed, so that wasn’t much to do with me. And if you remember the ill previous self that Tania became in the Shakespearean Theatre in The Lost Queen - the girl Ann who was the daughter of the actor Richard Burbage - (pretty obscure thing to remember I know, but bear with me…) Well, Richard Burbage was a real Shakespearean actor - so that name was chosen on purpose.
i always thought of her with jet black hair and light green eyes and sorta asian
I’ve always thought of jade being japanese….don’t know why but I did.
so i thought of her having long black her and grey eyes.
and i also imagined oberon being older than anitas parents!
Oh ok! Thank you so much!
That’s a little ironic considering that Titania and Oberon are the names of the fairy queen and king in Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Sort of Shakespeare’s own little joke in the series.
Yeah. I actually played Titania in a Midsummer Night’s Dream. It was fun.
I’ve always thought of Oberon being younger than Tania’s Mortal parents. Like in his mid thirties or something
I picture Jade as having black hair and mocha skin with big oval bright brown eyes. To me she is very beautiful and dresses very forward fashion like.
I picture Titania and the Palmer’s being around the same age (30’s) but I picture Oberon having an old wise look about him.
I would think that they would start to slow down when they hit their 20’s or early 30’s depending on if they were around before Faerie turned immortal or after. If they were around before Faerie turned immortal then they would be stuck at the age they were at once Faerie became Immortal if they were over the age of 35.
I think that it should all vary on the fairy’s intelligence, ability, and power.
hi again, i think of Tania as a Chinese or Korean or Japanese girl …something like that…..probably because of the character named Jade in Bratz from like 6 years ago
this is pretty ironic, cuz i think that a good actress for Jade would be the actress that played Jade in the BRATZ MOVIE HAHA
wut do u guys think of this idea???
On the subject of name meanings, I was on this website that told what names would be in elven and what the meanings were, and it said that the meaning for Tania was faerie queen.
i think oberon should look the same age as mr. palmer, but like u said mr jones u would have to have a heavy disguise. also i think that jade should be played by…idk thats hard!!!!!! but i do see her with short blonde hair and green eyes.
AFJ. I didn’t know that thing about Tania’s name - nice research, Shannon!
Yea you know the bratz movie jade would be like perfect for this jade
thanks, Mr. Jones. that’s a really weird coincidence though right?
janel parrish plays Jade in the bratz movie and she looks exactly like i pictured jade in the faerie path series!!!!!!!!
i have all ways pictured jade with really long stright blond hair and green eyes. to be really tall and really thin. but that is just in my mind and well i can b kinda crazy sometimes!lol
Sancha means holy. Zara means princess. Eden means paradise. Edric means prosperous ruler. Connor means wolf lover. The website I went to didnt know what Rathina or Cordelia meant but that Cordelia was the daughter of King Lear in one of Shakespeare’s plays.
thats really cool Alissa where did you find all of this info???? i need to know!
I went to babynames.com. Its a really nice site. I love to know the meanings of names….. Hope that helps liz!
yah it really does! thanks! ill check it out
what about hopie?
it would b funny if hopie meant healer!
You know, about that ‘getting older’ thing. remember in the second book when edric and tania were talking about what titania looked like, edric said she would look exactly like she did last time he saw her at the feast of white hart or something like that. wouldnt that prove that, even after 500 years, faerie folk don’t get old. no faerie has wrinkles, except for earl valentine, so i guess whenever mortals get wrinkles is when faeries stop aging.
i guess that would make sience at lest but then why does earl valentine have wrinkles?????
Hopie means hope!
AFJ. I know the answer to Liz’s question about Earl Valentyne’s wrinkles - but can anyone else remember what it is?
ummmmm… i really need to re-read!!
I know! Wasn’t it because he was already that old age when The Divine Harper made the Faeries immortal?
oooo mabey….. mr.jones? is zoey right???
AFJ. Yes, Zoey has got it right! It amazes me how well some of you know these books - you’ve probably read them more often than I have.
When the Covenant was agreed between Oberon and The Divine Harper, anyone already old in Faerie would stay as they were, but grow no older. Anyone born afterwards would grow to be an adult, then start slowing when they hit their “prime” - the prime is different for different people, but I think it’s usually somewhere between 30 and 45. Of course, you also have to remember that the whole growing older thing stopped dead during the 500 years of the Twilight - which is why Tania’s sisters and Edric and others are still in their teens.
oooooh wow shows how long ago i read them!
Allan i have a question for you… in your first book why did Tania have to marry Gabriel Drake? Why couldnt she marry a different person? And did she like him before she returned to the mortal world? I cant remember….answer soon
AFJ. Okay - would any of you like to field Jess’s questions? (I’ll give it a couple of days, Jess - then if no one steps up to the plate, I’ll tell you what I think).
didnt she have to marry him because they would bring together two very important familys? i could be wrong but….
Allan i cant wait a couple of days!!!! i have projects for school and ill be busy doing them…tell me now
Isn’t it because it was somewhat of an arranged marriage.
AFJ. Okay, it’s true that the marriage between a daughter of the Royal Family and the son of the Earl of Weir was politically a really good match, and would create a strong link between the Ruling Family and one of the most powerful Earldoms, but Oberon and Titania would not have agreed to it without Tania’s consent. The fact is that Gabriel Drake learned that Tania’s “gift” on her 16th birthday was going to be her ability to walk between the worlds - and he decided that was a gift he wanted to share! So, he set about romancing Tania to the best of his ability. Tania, only 15 years old, was flattered and charmed by him…and kind of fell into agreeing to marry him. Bear in mind that in Faerie, love is different than it is in the Mortal World - the people of Faerie are able to draw the line between finding someone “hot” and actually “loving” them - so if two people fall in love in their teens, there is no social problem with them getting married - this can also happen when people are 900 years old!