misc thoughts about the humans and objects coexisting world:
i think objects have an inherent magic and trickyness to them.. i still think fae-like is the best way to describe them. theyre not really at the mercy of humans like it might seem from their size. theyre intelligent & strong & resilient & good at wriggling out of human-made containment if they don't want to be there. & functionally immortal. though they are much stronger as a group, an object on their lonesome is a lot more vulnerable
i think they'd even be a little feared? like its probably a bad idea to hurt an object because them and their friends might come back for revenge, and that can mean anything from raiding your pantry to trying to kill you
theyre extremely social.. objects need to be in a group to be happy. they don't really have a 'society' with laws or jobs or anything , and generally are mostly concerned with like. playing games and hanging out and fucking around. very occasionally they build towns or even cities, but usually they just live out in the wild and sleep on the ground. sometimes they migrate in packs
i think objects can be born in 2 ways: some of them just. appear spontaniously. maybe out of the ground. and others were once inanimate objects who suddenly popped to life one day. i think there are subtle biological differences between objects 'born' one way vs the other