Fairies wear boots

Nothing says research like Wikipedia, so here's a few interesting things that it has to say about Fairies;

Fairies are generally described as human in appearance and having magical powers. 

I was imagining mine in the typically classic sense. Small and feminine with wings. In fact I can only imagine them as female at this point. I might stick with that idea because then it raises interesting questions about how they reproduce as a male free race. Introducing male fairies of course immediately lends itself to a type of innuendo comedy that probably did and should have reached it's peak with all those 'Carry On Up The (whatever)' movies of years ago. Still i'm not ruling anything out at this stage.

I haven't given any thought to what, if any, kind of magical powers my fairies would have. The power of enchantment and manipulation? It occurs to me that it would be kind of funny to write about the fairies as if they were the creation of a hateful mysogynist who projected all of his issues with women onto them but it would be a big challenge trying to find a context in which to make that work and seem ironic.

n some folklore Fey have green eyes and often bite. Though they can confuse one with their words, fairies cannot lie. They hate being told 'thank you', as they see it as a sign as one forgetting the good deed done, and want something that'll guarantee remembrance.

The colour of their eyes seems like an important details. Can't put my finger on why just at the moment. Definitely love the idea of them being biters. I mean really love the idea. Being unable to tell a lie could create some interesting character dynamics. Maybe mine can lie but they do so knowing that it comes with some sort of enchanted consequence. If they can't lie then they can't manipulate and I like the combination of biting and manipulation so, I don't know.

That 'thank you' thing is a funny little detail.