#goldilocks and the three men

[dangertoozmanykids101]

In the deep dark woods is where I want to be.

I've been searching everywhere for an enchanted apple fritter recipe that's JUST RIGHT, but I haven't found one even close. I want one that will make MY dreams come true too.

Please @georgiapeach30513 !!! What recipe have your three bears been using? I've gotta know. Pleeeeease?

Soooo in love with these delicious fairy tales. Y'all gotta check them out if you haven't already. @georgiapeach30513 's Goldilocks and the Three Men seriously lights my dreams on fire!!!

@caffiend-queen @alexakeyloveloki @so-easy-to-love-me @acidcasualties @americasass81 @nonsensicalobsessions

[late-to-the-party-81]

Goldilocks & The Three Men, Part 2

Summary: what happened?

Pairings: Ari Levinson X Reader

Rating: explicit

Warnings:  explicit language, explicit sexual content, smut, PIV sex, unprotected sex, dub con, drugging?, fingering, praise kink, cream pie, 18+ ONLY

Word Count: 2K

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[boxhoy]

💞being normal isn’t an option for me with this two💞

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

Been thinking about Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and what makes Death the Wolf such an effective villain, and like… character design and voice acting is certainly doing a lot there, don't get me wrong, but I think there's something else at play.

Death is the most terrifying character in Puss in Boots, because he's the only one playing the genre straight.

The premise of the Shrek films has always been that they're normal, modern people living in wacky fairytale land.

The evil king uses his magic mirror as a dating app. The fairy godmother uses business cards to contact her clients. Her workers consider unionising over their lack of dental plan.

Puss in Boots 1 kinda broke the mould in that— while there are plenty of modern elements to how the characters act and how their world works— it's more specifically intended to be characters from the world Zorro living in wacky fairytale land. But the point still stands.

The aim of the Shrek films and spin-offs is to subvert common fairytale tropes for comedic effect. What if the princess fell for the ogre? What if Prince Charming was an entitled dick? What if Goldilocks teamed up with the three bears and started a crime family?

But Death? Death, for the most part, isn't playing that game.

No character questions why he doesn't just kill Puss outright. There are no gags about him being inconvenienced by Jack Horner losing so many men. Nobody makes any self-aware fourth wall breaking jokes about why he bothers with the whole whistling thing.

We all know why he does the whistling thing. It's the same reason why Little Red Riding Hood has to go through the whole "what big eyes/ears/teeth you have, Grandma" rigamarole. The same reason why the wolf takes care to knock before blowing the little pigs' houses down.

The Wolf is scary because he's the only actual fairytale creature in this entire setting. He's not bound by rules of logic or common sense, or his own will, he's bound by the narrative.

And that's also why he backs down at the end.

The first time he and Puss fight, in the bar, Puss is arrogant. The second time, in the Cave, Puss is scared out of his wits. It's the third time, on the wishing star, that Puss learns his lesson. Of course the Wolf backs down after that! The rules say he has to.

But, on another level, there is also the issue of Puss realising that he wants more from his life than just to be a legend.

They say "legends never die", but the most famous part of any given legend tends to be the story of how the hero finally bites the dust.

And "he was such a great fighter that Death himself had to kill him off, personally!" is just the sort of ending that would fit the legend Puss has constructed around himself. In a sense, the Wolf is giving Puss exactly what he proclaims to want— the chance to go down in history.

Puss realising he doesn't want that anymore is the catalyst for sending the Wolf away. Through his own egotistical and reckless attitude, he turned himself into a story and thus summoned a narrative device. Only by choosing to value his life over the legend is he able to escape that trap.

The Wolf's defeat is both the natural ending of the story that he and Puss have been playing out since the film began, and a rejection of the natural ending to the story Puss has been telling about himself since he first became the hero of San Ricardo.

[writingfantaseas]

how many can you take?

i'll damn well try for three.

three pairs of hands on my body. three straps. three voices, one a touch sadistic, another a little less (though equally as terrifying), and the last soft, but the words hot enough to make melt.

it's like... goldilocks. let me try out your straps until I find which is just right, hm? except they're all perfectly snug in my pussy--and frankly, by the time we're done, i'm too fucked to even compare.

i want to see the competitive glare in their eyes--who can make me cum the most? who can make me cry, make me scream... oh. i'm just a dumb little toy. use me for your little contest, i'm sure i won't protest. and if I do, feel free to gag me with a strap. there's three of you, after all, and one of me... maybe i like being outnumbered.

men, minors dni

luciuspoocius (ily), turn around and walk the other way

[navybrat817]

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but it's a reversal of sorts with our reader living alone in the woods and three men showing up and-

[dark-frosted-heart]

Ikepri JP 2024 King of the Beasts Election info

With some questionable translations

Promises for this year

1st place - Matching bracelets with him & a new illustration

Top 3 - Special Ikepri Hijacking (I think the same way Gilbert did when his individual promise was met)

Top 4 - Events with new CGs

Top 7 - Special merch

Teams

Team Blonds and Mr. Bear - Luke, Matias, Chevalier, Yves (Is this reverse Goldilocks and the Three Bears?)

Team All Smiles Men - Rio, Leon, Gilbert, Jin

Team Military Power and Financial Power - Keith, Silvio, Azel, Licht

Team Rare Animals and the Hunter (Is Sariel the hunter?)

Total Votes Step-Up Promises (A new thing this year)

500,000 votes - LINE theme sale

1,000,000 votes - Character plushie appearance (I don't know if this means that they'll get new plushie avatars items, become their plushies, or be with their plushies)

2,000,000 votes - Bond level unlock item (Lock of love)

4,000,000 votes - 10 gacha tickets and a special gacha banner

6,000,000 votes - A special event with you and all the characters? (does 創る全キャラ mean literally all characters that have made an appearance in this game?)

Screenshots under cut

[bhaalsdeepbat]

SFW | AO3 | DC Comics Word Count: 2,502

An old tumblr prompt fill: entirety of Batfam on patrol and on comm, Steph wrangles/provokes/dares Jason into singing. He sings “Take me to Church” by Hozier.

 “Come on, Jaybird, let me hear that sweet music you make,” Steph’s teasing voice crackled over the comm. link. 

     Jason snorted at the tone, fist flying into the drug dealer’s face. His knuckles cracked against the bone of the man’s jaw. He could feel the bone fracture beneath the force, drawing a scream out of dealer. The man stumbled back before tripping on one of the unconscious men laying in a heap. He joined the pile, curling into a ball so he could hold his jaw.

     “A little busy over here, princess,” he grunted as he reached for his zip ties. He dropped to a crouch, yanking the man’s hands away from his face. Jason pinned them together behind the man’s back before tightening the tie around his wrists.

     “Please? It’s too quiet tonight, and we all know I’m a little tone deaf.” Jason laughed again as he began tying the hands of the unconscious men together, leaving the three in a pretty pile for whatever cop came to get them.

     “Don’t you dare sing, girl blunder.” Damian’s voice was a low growl over the comm. Jason rolled his eyes at the threat in the boy’s tone. The child wouldn’t do anything, but the bite to his tone was annoying as hell.

     “Shut up, brat,” Jason cut in as he began walking away from the scene. He hauled himself up onto a fire escape and began his quick ascent. Boots clanged against the metal, gloves scraping against rust. The ladder shook beneath him. There were easier ways to get up to the roof, but this was familiar. He’d been doing it since he was a kid, so there was a sense of safety in the action.

     “Both of you need to shut up,” Damian huffed in response. Jason could hear the crack of a fist against bone. He snorted, shaking his head at the groan that followed the noise. The kid could be annoying, but he was damn good at what he did.

     “Just because you said that, I’m gonna fulfill Goldilock’s request.” He hauled himself up onto the roof before immediately reaching for his box of cigarettes. “It’s break time for me, anyways.”

     He shook a cigarette into his hand. “Any requests?” He tilted his head back as he put the stick between his lips. He pocketed the box, and then pulled out a lighter.

     “Nothing,” Damian grumbled.

     “Serenade me, Red Hood. Make my young heart-” she was breathless on the end of the comm. He could hear her grunting before there was a loud smack that echoed in the background. “Flutter.” 

     “You’re something else,” Jason laughed, scrubbing a hand down his face before lifting his lighter. He cupped his hand around the flame, holding it up to the end of the cigarette. He waited until he saw trails of smoke slowly dance up ward.

     “I’m a whole lot of great, is what I am,” Steph responded, voice less strained. He smiled, happy to hear that she was getting the upper hand, if the fight wasn’t already over with how hard she hit the poor bastard. 

     Jason took a drag of the cigarette before plucking it out from between his lips. He exhaled slowly, eyes fluttering shut. He tilted his head back, letting the words come out out low and raspy.

     “My lover’s got humour      She’s the giggle at a funeral      Knows everybody’s disapproval      I should’ve worshipped her sooner.“

     He paused, taking another drag. He wasn’t shy, but knowing he had an audience that was paying close attention made him a little nervous. He used to sing for his mom, and then with Alfred when he was a kid, but now, it was rare. He took a deep breath, clearing his throat before continuing.

     “If the heavens ever did speak      She’s the last true mouthpiece      Every Sunday’s getting more bleak      A fresh poison each week.”

     Jason’s voice dropped lower, his vibrato nearly cracking. He was out of practice, and suddenly aware of it. He took a deep breath, flicking the ashes of his cigarette before taking another drag.

     “Don’t stop.” Damian’s voice was quiet, filled with soft intrigue. Jason’s lips stretched into a small smile.

     ”We were born sick" you heard them say it.“

     Jason paused when he heard the sound of a gunshot. His brows furrowed, body tensing. He was ready to put out his cigarette and bring back up. 

     “I’m okay, keep going. Sorry-” Dick, who had been unusually quiet all night, finally spoke up. Jason flexed his hand nervously. 

     “My church offers no absolutes      She tells me “Worship in the bedroom”      The only heaven I’ll be sent to      Is when I’m alone with you.”

     Jason crouched down, twisting the tip of the cigarette out on the roof when he decided he no longer wanted it. He began stripping the paper off the tobacco.      “I was born sick      But I love it      Command me to be well      Aaay. Amen. Amen. Amen.”

     His voice was strong, louder than it had been. He felt the words wash over him, and when he finished, he stood tall. He pocketed the paper of his cigarette, eyes narrowing behind the simple domino he’d been wearing that night. He tilted his head back, looking up at Gotham’s dirty night sky. 

     “That’s all you’re gettin’,” he grunted as he began walking away.

[late-to-the-party-81]

Goldilocks & the Three Men, Part 3

Summary: it’s time for Sy

Pairings: Captain Syverson X Reader

Rating: explicit

Warnings:  explicit language, explicit sexual content, smut, unprotected sex, PIV sex, fingering, size kink, dub con 🤔, drugging, breeding kink, cream pie, 18+ ONLY

Word Count: 2.2K

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[monstersmutpeddler]

Primal: A Monster Romance (Monsters and Beauties Book 3)

By: Jenika Snow

Monster Scale

Level 04: Actual Monster (Physically)

Three big bear men. More bear than men.

My Overall Rating For The Book

"I Bought The Ebook or Will Read On Kindle Unlimited" 

If you want a spicy short story with 3 big bear men, this is for you. This is a spicy Goldilocks retelling.

Keep reading for ‘This Book Has Everything’ and possible Trigger Warnings.

This Book Series Has Everything

[x] Big buff love interest

[x] Smut first plot second

[x] Love interest either wins or kidnaps lead

[x] Girl ends the book pregnant or is pregnant

[x] Reverse Harem or Poly

[x] Dude got an interesting dick

There's a knot.

[x] Main character gets chased in the woods by the love interest at some point

[x] Happy Ending Guaranteed

Here’s a link/buy the book!

Trigger Warnings

[x] Kidnapped/held captive against their will

[moon-andstardust]

A fic rec list for comic Goldenheart(Ballister Blackheart x Ambrosius Goldenloin) as requested by @thatmaladaptivedaydreamer

putting it under read-more cause this got way too long way too fast :,)

1) Take a Step Back and Start Again by lc2l

A story about two partially broken, mostly fixed men; a small child and a cat.

2) Black Flag by wakeupnew

Ballister finds himself thinking of life two ways: Before Nimona and After Nimona.

After Nimona, he has an injured former knight for a houseguest, an alarming amount of goodwill from the general population, and a life to try to put back together.

3) Once bitten, twice spy by bewickedandlovely

Even now with his face covered in claw marks, Goldilocks' smiles did funny things to Ballister. Nimona hadn’t decided if Ballister was still a friend, but she knew for sure that she didn't trust Goldilocks. She had to make sure he didn’t use his weird smiles to hurt Ballister, because Ballister would be too much of an idiot to make sure of that himself.

4) Two Nights in Knights in Knight School by tehta

So, how did the teenage Ambrosius and Ballister get together, anyway? I suspect that, in canon, it was the simplest and most natural process in the world. In this comedy of misunderstandings, it is... not.

5) When There's Nothing Left To Burn (End Racism in the OTW) by strix_alba

Sir Blackheart could really use some down time to process recent events, but the kingdom (and a few people in particular) have other plans for him. Plan A involves adoring fans and discounts at the open-air market. Plan B involves hospital visits to make sure he won't need another metal arm. Plan C includes a mysterious treatise tacked onto the Institution doors, and posters with his name on them appearing across the city.

6) Lost in Translation by InfiniteCalm

Three months later and things aren't as simple as they could have been. You could talk complicated feelings through, but why put yourself through that? After all, Ballister is excellent at steadfastly ignoring both crushing loneliness and any sort of non-violent tension with erstwhile enemy, current friend, Ambrosius Goldenloin.

7) [a short pause] by nushkush

Goldenloin remembers the past, but not his part in it.

8) A Business Proposal by PlethoraofSweaters

Ambrosius chose success over love. That kind of decision always has its drawbacks.

9) you better watch out, you better not cry by meguri_aite

“If our Santa says she isn’t Nimona, we have to believe her,” Ballister says calmly. “Ginger biscuits, anyone?”

10) The Spirit of Christmas Past by tehta

Arch-nemeses Blackheart and Goldenloin are haunted by the spirits of Christmas past. Actual drinkable spirits play a significant role, as well.

(Basically, Ambrosius gets wasted and tries to call Ballister)

11) Death Will Be My Wedding to Eternity (and I Hope to See You There) by WizardoftheRainbow

A chronicle of the incredibly arduous emotional journey undertaken by one Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin, from his childhood to the end of Nimona.

12) Decision/Mistake by YellowFlannelFrog

After a scheme gone awry, Ballister takes an injured Ambrosius back to his secret lair (house) to recover. It's still early on in his villain days, and there are a lot of emotions Ballister keeps inside. And when dealing with Ambrosius Goldenloin, some of them are definitely going to come to the surface.

13) (Stuffed) Sharks Have No Bones by oflightningandstars

Ballister comes home with a surprise for baby Nimona. Baby Nimona likes pranks. Ambrosius is not thrilled. (Nimona Gay Dads AU)

[mariana-oconnor]

Black Peter pt 3

After my last letter, you may have assumed that the case was entirely concluded with the arrest of John Hopley Neligan by Inspector Hopkins, however it was not so!

You don't say!

"Stanley Hopkins's methods do not commend themselves to me. I am disappointed in Stanley Hopkins. I had hoped for better things from him."

Oh, Stanley Hopkins. And you were doing so well. Alas, alack!

“What, then, is the alternative?” “The line of investigation which I have myself been pursuing."

Is this the thing where he was stabbing a pig corpse with a spear? I'm not sure that will stand up in court. But also he was saying that he couldn't do it in a single thrust, so I'm guessing that means that someone must have shot Captain Carey with a harpoon gun, rather than stabbing him with the harpoon, especially to stick him to the wall like that. They could have shot him from a distance away. Or he shot himself and this is all an accident.

We literally only have one named suspect at this point, though, and he can't have done it because he's already been arrested for it.

"‘Sumner, Shipping Agent, Ratcliff Highway. Send three men on, to arrive ten to-morrow morning.—Basil.’"

OK, so yes, this has to do with the stuff he was doing before.

The young detective was in high spirits at his success.

“It seems to me to have only one drawback, Hopkins, and that is that it is intrinsically impossible. Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir..."

Yeah, Stan. How could you have gone through this entire case and not attempted to stab a pig with a spear? Shoddy police work. Buffoonery. Utter clown show.

The precursors here of the modern forensics you see being performed on crime shows to this day. Literally down to using pigs because they're the closest equivalent to human flesh available.

But yeah, Stanley. Go stab a pig. It will also help you take out the anger you undoubtedly feel right now.

"My friend Watson could tell you that I spent a whole morning in that exercise."

This makes it sound like Watson was watching him do it. Which... different kind of date, I've got to say. Watson would probably do it, though.

His hopes and his ambitions were all crumbling about him. But he would not abandon his position without a struggle.

Come on, Stanley. You're better than this. Don't risk putting an innocent man in jail.

The first who entered was a little ribston-pippin of a man, with ruddy cheeks and fluffy white side-whiskers.

OMG it's Father Christmas! Was this his response to Carey's daughter's Christmas wish. Full service Santa Claus to the rescue.

I'm not sure if this is a first, but it feels like it: a character being compared to fruit rather than an animal. (A pippin is an apple). This is honestly kind of an adorable description, so I automatically don't think it's the guilty party. But he's great. Love him. Perfect character, no notes.

The second man was a long, dried-up creature, with lank hair and sallow cheeks.

Are these guys going to get progressively more unpleasant descriptions? Or is it going to be more the good, the bad, and the just right. Goldilocks and the Three Sailors.

The third applicant was a man of remarkable appearance. A fierce bull-dog face was framed in a tangle of hair and beard, and two bold dark eyes gleamed behind the cover of thick, tufted, overhung eyebrows.

Clearly a criminal. Although usually 'bull-dog' is reserved as a descriptor for police officers. Is this guy related to Lestrade?

Seems kind of mean that Holmes lured them all in with promise of a job, though. Rude. While they're busy running after an opportunity that doesn't even exist, other positions are being filled. They need to make a living, Sherlock.

Holmes leaned over his shoulder and passed both hands over his neck.

Did Holmes just come up behind the guy and put his arms over his shoulders? Really? That's such a weird way to do this. How do you even get handcuffs on a guy that way? Wouldn't it have been easier to do that from further down?

“I must really apologize, Hopkins,” said Sherlock Holmes; “I fear that the scrambled eggs are cold."

Cardinal offence. Cold scrambled eggs are practically a declaration of war.

“I make no complaint of being man-handled in this fashion..."

"You say I murdered Peter Carey; I say I killed Peter Carey, and there's all the difference."

There is a distinction, that's why there are different words for it and everything.

"I knew Black Peter, and when he pulled out his knife I whipped a harpoon through him sharp, for I knew that it was him or me."

Self defence. Well, I'm fine with that. Seems pretty cut and dried. He had a knife. Really, he did only have himself to blame.

"Peter Carey was master of the Sea Unicorn..."

"So far as I know, the man's name was never mentioned, and on the second night he disappeared as if he had never been."

Seems a likely story.

"Only one man knew what had happened to him, and that was me, for with my own eyes I saw the skipper tip up his heels and put him over the rail in the middle watch of a dark night, two days before we sighted the Shetland lights."

I mean, technically that's two men: you and the murderer. Unless the Skipper was a woman... which I'm pretty sure they weren't because it was Captain Carey, so... two people knew what had happened to him. Three including the dead guy, who probably doesn't count as he was dead, but he knew while it was going on. So... not to be pedantic or something, but really 'Only one living man knows' or 'Only three men knew'... Not that I'm pedantic at all.

"I guessed that he had done the deed for the sake of what was in that tin box, and that he could afford now to pay me well for keeping my mouth shut."

Oh no. Like, rule number one of being in a murder mystery, my dude. Don't do blackmail. It's the most direct path to death in these things. The second rule is never say out loud something that indicates you might have seen something but 'just need to check' before you tell anyone. Either way, you're dead.

This guy actually survived, but he did become the culprit, so... blackmail. Never worth it.

Though I think we're all agreed that he did the world a favour.

“Now I'll tell you the queerest part of the whole story."

You mean that wasn't the part where you admitted you didn't mind being tied up and manhandled by three other men? Seriously?

"For my part I walked ten miles, got a train at Tunbridge Wells, and so reached London, and no one the wiser."

I have questions. For instance, earlier Cairns says 'I stood there, with his blood splashing round me...' And he doesn't mention cleaning himself up at any point. Did he miraculously not get any of the 'splashing' blood on him, or was he just exaggerating the gore (although it was stated earlier to be a very gruesome crime scene) or did everyone just ignore him on the train covered in blood because this is the British public transport system and it's none of their business?

"I say again that if I killed Black Peter the law should give me thanks, for I saved them the price of a hempen rope.”

I mean... this is once again the old 'if you kill a killer the number of killers in the world stays the same' thing. You'd have to kill more than one murderer to actually save them any rope, if they hang you. At the moment they're just even. And given that they wouldn't have caught Carey anyway, they're technically down if they do hang you.

"This room is not well adapted for a cell, and Mr. Patrick Cairns occupies too large a proportion of our carpet.”

The reduction of carpet space is, of course, the main reason why keeping a prisoner in your sitting room is a bad idea.

"I was convinced that the initials ‘P.C.’ upon the pouch were a coincidence, and not those of Peter Carey, since he seldom smoked, and no pipe was found in his cabin."

I did forget about the initials on the pouch. Even though I remembered the pouch because I thought Carey didn't seem like the kind of man to share his tobacco.

"If it were a seaman, it could only be a seaman who had been with him on the Sea Unicorn."

"I spent three days in wiring to Dundee, and at the end of that time I had ascertained the names of the crew of the Sea Unicorn in 1883."

Every. Time.

I therefore spent some days in the East-end, devised an Arctic expedition.

Hey! You know what creatures you might see on an Arctic expedition?

?

Do you know?

??

Do you?

???

What? What did you think I was going to say?

“You must obtain the release of young Neligan as soon as possible,” said Holmes. “I confess that I think you owe him some apology."

Do they make cards that say 'Sorry I imprisoned you for a crime you did not commit?' Also... when did gift baskets become a thing?

"If you want me for the trial, my address and that of Watson will be somewhere in Norway—I'll send particulars later.”

Are they... actually going on the Arctic expedition? Are they taking Mr Lancaster of the apple cheeks? Are they going to explore the fjords?

Did you really organise an actual Arctic expedition? Are you going to pretend to be Captain Basil the whole time?

(Also, does Watson still have his practice, or did he just give that to the guy who lived next door?)

I believe I have read The Norwood Builder, which is coming next, because I recognise the title. We shall see how much I actually remember. Probably not a lot, going by what I've remembered of the ones I know I've read so far.

[foundfamilyappreciation]

Welcome All to the first ever Found Family Face-off! Thank you all for the 100+ (!) submissions and apologies to those whose nominations didn't make it. Polling will begin this week, with each group of 8 face-offs released daily (hopefully)

To help speed things along too i'm hoping that you guys can help me find good pictures for each of the groups mentioned, especially for the ones i'm not as familiar with, mainly those in Group D and some in Group B. Submissions are open and in the case where the medium is non-visual and you want to submit fan art, please ask the artist for permission before doing so and give full credit.

Anyway, please meet your contestants and round 1 matches below. Let the Found Family Face-off begin!

Group A

Voyager Crew (Star Trek: Voyager) vs DS9 Crew (Star Trek DS9)

TOS Crew (Star Trek: The Original Series) vs TNG Crew (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Team Fivey vs Original TARDIS Team (Doctor Who)

AR-1 Crew (Stargate Atlantis) vs SG-1 Crew (Stargate SG-1)

The Avengers vs Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Black Widow Family (Marvel Cinematic Universe) vs Byers-Hopper Family (Stranger Things)

Legends Crew (Legends of Tomorrow) vs Team Flash (The Flash)

Batfam (DC Comics) vs The X-Men (Marvel)

Group B

What We Do In The Shadows Family: Movie vs TV show

Crew of the Revenge (Our Flag Means Death) vs The Scooby Gang (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

The Nine-Nine (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) vs The BAU (Criminal Minds)

The Greendale Study Group (Community) vs Julie and the Phantoms (Julie and the Phantoms)

Tight-Knit Family (Falsettos) vs St Cassian Chamber Choir (Ride the Cyclone)

The Gangsey (The Raven Cycle) vs The Lyctor Project (The Locked Tomb)

Nevermoor Family (Nevermoor series) vs The Flock (Maximum Ride)

Group C

Team Friendship vs Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish)

The Plantar Family (Amphibia) vs Trollhunter Family (Tales of Arcadia)

Bad Girl Coven vs Noceda Family (The Owl House)

Gaang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) vs Krew (Legend of Korra)

Pelekai Family (Lilo and Stitch) vs The Crystal Gems (Steven Universe)

Planet Express Crew (Futurama) vs The Mystery Gang (Scooby Doo)

Ghost Crew (Star Wars Rebels) vs Team Voltron (Voltron: Legendary Defender)

Hamato Clan (TMNT 2003 vs ROTTMNT)

Group D

Bucci Gang (Jojo's Bizarre Adventures) vs Bebop Crew (Cowboy Bepop)

Straw Hat Pirates (One Piece) vs The Visored (Bleach)

Forger Family (Spy x Family) vs Buddy Daddies Family (Buddy Daddies)

Armed Detective Agency (Bungo Stray Dogs) vs Team Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Class 3-E (Assassination Classroom) vs Phantom Thieves (Persona 5)

The Dreemur Family (Deltarune) vs Undertale Family (Undertale)

IPRE/Bureau of Balance (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs The Riptide Pirates (Just Roll With It)

Vox Machina vs The Mighty Nein (Critical Role)

[adarkrainbow]

Some references of Zenescope’s Grimm Fairy Tales

Still in preparation for the “spooky season”, I wanted to make a brief post about the “Grimm fairy tales” comic book serie(s) by Zenescope. It is a comic book franchise that keeps popping back up when you search or go around looking for fairytale-based fantasy. And... I expressed my opinion before, but I’ll still repeat it here.

The “Grimm Fairy Tales” comic started out as an actual decent and interesting piece. It was a horror anthology about twist-retelling of fairy tales that had parallels with various real-life situations and problems. Imagine Once Upon a Time season 1 - but with more nudity and more gore. If you passed by the vulgar appeal of “boobs and gore”, typical of Zenescope’s product, the series was actually quite interesting and I personally was into it. But then, it became a full fantasy story - and it was the blended, most generic and boring fantasy story I ever saw, which to add offense to the crime, didn’t even reuse fairytale logic or tropes and just did random generic “fantasy things”! And then, as the series went on, it became some sort of generic X-Men/super-hero school/Harry Potter rip-off dealing with the teenage descendants of fantasy heroes going into some sort of instituton... Blerg. 

I gave up. After the failure of the main series, there is a series of spin-offs and side-series which vary wildly in quality - some being very entertaining and interesting despite the typical Zenescope flaws (I did fall in love with the Wonderland spin-off... at least at first), others being just... not good ; and some starting out as great and devolving into some sort of stuff you can’t really describe, a generic shapeless mess. 

Overall I do not advice this franchise. Half of it is bad, every great idea ends up becoming boring, and it clearly shows a lack of understanding and interest in the original material it takes inspiration from - it just twists it for shock value, and mostly uses Disney as a reference. There are good things - but you need to be ready to dig into the filth and to be very concentrated to find them. I mostly would advise people to stick to the very first issues of the very first series 

Anyway - while I re-read the series from the beginning, and before I completely gave up, I still took note of all the fairytales the comic used, reused or made references to. I also threw in some additional cultural references (because the franchise is all about parodying and twisting existing stuff) - so I’ll still throw the list, in case some people are interested.

I) The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm

Little Red Riding Hood ; Cinderella ; Hansel and Gretel ; Rumplestilskin ; Sleeping Beauty ; The Robber Bridegromm ; The Frog King ; The Pied Piper of Hamelin (not a fairytale but still) ; The Juniper Tree ; Rapunzel ; Snow White ; Snow White and Rose Red ; The Devil’s Brother ; Godfather Death ; The Boy who did not know what fear was ; The Glass Coffin (which is NOT Snow-White, but a different story)  ; The Three Snake Leaves ; The Seven Ravens ; The Lord’s Animals and the Devil’s ; The Girl Without Hands ; The Elves and the Shoemaker.

II) Other fairytales

French fairytales: Bluebeard, Beauty and the Beast, Puss in Boots, The Yellow Dwarf (it is vaguely retold in the issue “The Fairy and the Dwarf”), Diamonds and Toads

English fairytales: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man ; Jack the Giant Killer

Fairytales of Northern Europe: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, the Seal’s Skin, The Princess and the Pea

Fairytales from the East: Vasilissa the Beautiful (Russian), The Golden Stag (Romanian) ; The Grateful Beasts (Hungarian) ; The Death of Koschei the Deathless (Russian)

The One Thousand and One Nights: Sinbad the sailor ; Aladdin

III) Fables

The Boy who Cried Wolf ; The Lion and the Mouse ; The Scorpion and the Frog ; The Goose and the Golden Egg.

IV) Nursery rhymes

Little Miss Muffet ; Three Blind Mice ; Jack and Jill ; The Old Woman in a Shoe ; Peter Pumpkin Eater ; Little Boy Blue ; Mary Mary Quite Contrary ; Humpty Dumpty ; Little Bo Peep ; Jack be Nimble ; Rock-a-bye Baby ; The Riddle Song (actually a folk-song, but I’ll place it here)

V) Other pieces of fantasy fiction

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice ; Rip van Winkle ; Pinocchio ; The Portrait of Dorian Grey ; The Last Unicorn ; The Monkey’s Paw ; The Nutcracker ; Dracula ; Twilight ; Tolkienesque’s fantasy (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings) ; Alice in Wonderland + Alice through the looking-glass ; The Wizard of Oz (and the Oz book series) ; Peter Pan ; the works of H.P. Lovecraft ; The Divine Comedy of Dante (more precisely the Inferno part) ; The Jungle Book ; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ; The Chronicles of Narnia ; Ovid’s Metamorphosis ; The Invisible Man ; Paradise Lost ; Stephen King’s The Stand ; Bradbury’s Something Wicked this Way Comes ; Beowulf ; The Sword in the Stone (T.H. White’s novel)

VI) Other myths and legends

The legend of king Midas ; the figure of Mother Earth and the Greek goddess Gaia ; the Arthurian myth ; the legends of Robin Hood ; the figure of Jack Frost ; the figure of the Tooth Fairy ; the legend of Jack O’Lantern ; the myth of the Wild Hunt ; the figure of the leprechaun and of saint Patrick ; the legend of Bloody Bones

VII) A whole bunch of Christmas references

A Christmas Carol ; It’s a Wonderful Life ; Santa Claus is Coming to town ; the Krampus legend ; Do you hear what I hear? ; Frosty the Snowman ; I’ll be home for Christmas ; Twelve days of Christmas ; Have yourself a merry little Christmas ; White Christmas ; the Elf on the Shelf ; T’was the night before Christmas ; the legends of the Nisse, the Yulecat, and Gryla.

VIII) The mythical sword series

Excalibur (from the tales of King Arthur) ; Ame-no-murakumo-no-Tsurugi/Kusanagi no Tsurugi (from Japanese mythology) ; Mistilteinn (from Norse sagas) ; Chrysaor (the sword of Artegall in The Faerie Queene)

IX) Urban legends

“Men can lick too” ; the kidney thieves ; Bloody Mary ; the killer in the backseat ; the clown statue ; Hanako-san ; The Island of Dolls (not a urban legend, an actual place surrounded by its ghost legends - The Island of Dead Dolls in Mexico)

X) Some movies

Legend ; Labyrinth ; Twilight (though based on a series of novels) ; Hitchock’s Rope ; Leprechaun (the horror movie) ; The Howling

XI) Some pieces of non-fantasy fiction

The Grapes of Wrath ; The Fault in Our Stars ; Pollyanna ; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ; Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass ; Kenneth Patchen’s Come my child ; Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations ; No Country for Old Men

XII) Ghost stories of New Orleans:

The ghosts of Le Petit Theatre ; the Lalaurie Mansion ; the ghost stories of the Blacksmith Shop Bar.

XIII) Other general influences

The Bible ; the comic book “Fables” ; the “Tales from the Crypt” series ; the Twilight Zone 

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A band called Goldilocks and the Three Bears; but the three bears are fat hairy gay men

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Cartoon Network Friday Spotlight: “A Bear for Punishment”

Recently, Genndy Tartakovsky named his five favorite cartoons (and on a side note, please make sure to watch Unicorn: Warriors Eternal), and the list was full of hits. Bangers all around, 10/10 no notes.

I contemplated whether I should include this short or the Avery one he went with, but I don’t know if I ever talked about the Three Bears in my Spotlights before. This was a short-lived series, focusing on domestic family life a good while before The Flintstones, taking the classic story of goldilocks and making the bears an easily angered dad, a despondent mom, and a dimwitted junior who loves his pop but makes Lenny from Of Mice and Men look graceful.

In this last short in the series, it’s Father’s Day, and all Junior wants is to make Papa Bear happy, but 1) he ain’t interested and 2) seemingly nothing goes right.

It’s a comedy of trials and errors, one that is helped by lovely character animation and an energy that never gives up. We’re just hitting peak Chuck Jones with this short, and he delivers an enjoyable work before dropping these characters to focus full time on Bugs, Daffy, Wile E. Coyote and others.