tired: iron is harmful to fae because of unspecified magic intrinsic properties
wired: iron is harmful to fae because of its chemical properties
inspired: iron is harmful to fae specifically because it is physically the stuff of the human Industrial Revolution, a social restructuring event with broadly devastating effects on human adherence to the core values of the fae. for this reason, iron is suffused with a palpable curse that arises from its position as a symbol of human callousness.
@diodelass Kerithe: D: All of the Above, and there's the ferromagnetics.
And some of us can't stand the smell. I made peace with the stuff because I have to live with Tohri.
...I was Not Prepared for Stainless Steel. It's steel that Bites, steel that snaps cutters, burns drill bits and requires cross drilling and the Hot Saw to cut.
I'm a Fae that crosstrained in a CNC machine shop because Cheatcodes.
Welcome to quick-passivating metals! Stainless steel might be the most common but all that salt and oxide is going to gum up your cutting edges. At least it holds together for a couple of decades instead of fraying apart or burning like the more reactive materials...
@Motodrachen @diodelass I know one fae who's made of solid iron and deals with how it weirds her friendships.