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Originally Posted by Pragmatic
I've been thinking of Winter as "predator and prey" (dominance and predation), and Summer as "testing to destruction" (encourage others, sometimes to the point of catastrophic failure).
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Actually, 'predator and prey' can fit either Court pretty well. Summer is just as much about predation and evading it as Winter, after all. Wolves hunt moose in winter time, but they don't cease to hunt in summer time.
One way to metaphorically distinguish them that touches on your view would be 'less and more'. Winter is about 'less', it's spare, austere, cold. Summer is about 'more', it's about plenty, riches, but it can overwhelm. Winter is a simplifying time, summer a complicating period.
In Winter, there might only be one or two active predators in your world, but they are really driven, because you're the only prey, too. It's you or them so the intensity rises. In Summer the predators might be less motivated but there are more of them about, too.
Another contrast: winter is open, summer concealed. In winter time, there's less foliage, less cover, the snow reveals your tracks long after you pass, it's harder to hide or deceive. In summer time, it's easier to hide, there's more cover, more distraction, no snow to hold your tracks.
So Winter Fae might actually be more
honest with you about their intentions than the Summer Fae, in accordance with that metaphor. Their intentions and thinking might not be
nice, but they may be up front with you about it. While Summer Fae (even if they can't tell a lie) may dissemble, distract, hide their real meaning behind indirect statements, etc.
The Winter Fae may tell you up front: "If you do 'x' I'm going to torture you to death and enjoy your screams."
The Summer Fae might have exactly the same intentions, but say it 'diplomatically', or through such indirect comments that you don't understand the meaning, or just keep silent and let you find out by doing 'x'.
Metaphors can be spun many ways, some of them contradictory.