#as old as time

[wuekka]

...Remember when Disney published a version of Beauty and the Beast where Belle and Beast dig up a rotting body in the castle grounds?

And Belle gets tortured/studied in an autopsy way in an asylum?

...hello thing if animated, would give the picture immediate k18. (°-° ) This book is wild, I love it. :'D

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June 2024 JOMP BPC: Day 18 Favorite Cover Art

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Why did they change it

Why do they keep changing things

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My review of As Old as Time is now available publicly!

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Solid 9.5/10 read; I loved it a lot!! For my first Disney Twisted Tale book, I think I picked the right one. I *was* kind of hoping for the story to have quite a bit more romance in it, as that's why I love Beauty & the Beast, but getting to see all the twisted takes was fun. I'm surprised I ended up liking the whole "Enchantress being Belle's mother" thing, as it got to introduce a lot of Fucked Up Shit for the story.

Spoilers belowww:

THANK GOD IT'S A STORY WHERE THE BEAST STAYS A BEAST AT THE END. And it's not even positive he'll be able to turn back at all. Just wish Belle was described to be more physically into him that way, but maybe that's just the Human/Monster in me talking.

A couple of my favorite dark/gorey moments in here:

I saw someone say that the ending feels unfinished, and I have to agree. Man was I hoping to see more Belle/Beast bonding time in here, because the ending treated it as a "it's just kind of obvious they'll get married" thing instead of showing us how their relationship grows like in the movie.

At least they'll be travelling together.

[jamietukpahwriting]

All your life you have been waiting for adventure. And now that adventures have found you — you’re just lying around?

—As Old As Time by Liz Braswell

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A Year in (Book) Review: My 2024 Reading Journey 📚

#3 - As Old as Time by Liz Braswell

Fantasy / Twisted Tales #3 / 510 pages / published 2016 / Finished Jan. 5

One Sentence Review: A darkly beautiful retelling full of love, hate, prejudice, betrayal, revenge, friendship, and murder - so familiar yet different, a tale as old as time and unpredictable as love. 

Favorite Quotes

"You can't have adventures without risk. You can't have great things if you constantly fear loss."

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"Everyone should have a journey - and everyone should also have a home, too. Go out into the world for adventure, come home for love."

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"The village was like an egg - she had developed there, she had been imprisoned there, she was trying to break free. But it had a pretty shell."

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"The scariest, most frightening person can turn out to be quite a lovely character...if you give him time."

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"And no doubt British tourists would be thronging through on a weekly basis, begging to be taken to the romantic abandoned castle to paint pictures, smoke opium, and write terrible poetry about their experience."

My rating: 5/5

A Few More Thoughts (Spoilers)

I loved this book! Though I wasn't sure how different the twist would make it at first, I was pleasantly surprised at how deep, different, original, and dark this book was. It was smart, beautiful, terrifying, and so well characterized - it kept me at the edge of my seat!

I was shocked at how dark and "grown up" the book was. There were some parts, especially in Part III, that were genuinely disturbing and distressing. A lot of this has to do with the way D'Arque's plot so closely mirrors the Holocaust.

I took so much wisdom from the book - beauty is so much more than appearance, monsters don't always look like monsters, even though someone may have good intentions or a righteous cause, that does not always make their rash actions just, sometimes what we hate most in others is what we hate in ourselves, and that love and adventure are important. Also, don't trust feather dusters!

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I think she’d respect his methodology

[miri-draws]

I've been grunklepilled.

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I swear to god that green day has had this exact same "scandal" like five times now.

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I love the store of "The God of arepo".

this was a beautiful read and I hope u have good fortune friend.

A mark on your forehead identifies the god you must worship to stay alive, usually by joining its local church or temple. Your mark is unknown, meaning an old, forgotten god sponsored you. To survive, you must either find an old temple to worship at, or do the arduous task of building a new one

[wuekka]

Fun character giving dub difference I noticed reading "As old as time", in Beauty and the beast when Belle asks about what's in the west wing, in english original, Beast just yells "It's forbidden!" In finnish dub he yelled "Nothing!" As an answer to what's there, like it's more petulant, like a kid lying. :D

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As Old As Time

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It would have taken another immortal to keep up with him.

so i haven't read the books but i did read the Devil's Minion chapter and this part made me laugh out loud:

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alt versions under the cut:

couldn't decide so take all of them

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