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Fairy tale asks: 12, 14, 15, 19, 20
12. Fairy tale retelling you wish more people would read
Exile by Loren G. Warnemunde is a Christian fantasy retelling of "Maid Maleen" that makes some excellent choices in adapting the fairy tale and has some pretty cool worldbuilding. The allegory's a touch too overt, and the beginning where Maleen refuses multiple excellent opportunities to avoid going in the tower is frustrating, but the stuff inside the tower is cool enough to make up for it. Unfortunately, it's book one of a trilogy, so I can't say how well it does with the rest of the fairy tale.
It's by an obscure small press, and the Kindle edition has significant formatting errors, so the best bet is buying a new paperback copy, which makes the series more difficult to obtain. But I wish it was easier for other (and me) to get their hands on the full story.
14. A retelling that twists the plot of the fairy tale
So This Is Love by Elizabeth Lim imagines what could happen if her stepmother kept her from trying the slipper on, and Cinderella left home to find work in the palace instead. It's supposed to be a retelling of the Disney movie, but everything's out of sync enough with the plot and characters there that it works better as a retelling of the fairy tale, and it works pretty well. It imagines that "Cinderella" is the backstory to a "Cap-O-Rushes" type of this fairy tale, which is a cool twist, and there's a lot of fun political intrigue and some solid side characters.
15. A retelling that changes the genre/setting of the fairy tale
"A Cinder's Tale" by Stephanie Ricker in the Five Glass Slippers anthology is my favorite sci-fi "Cinderella", and was such a huge inspiration for my own sci-fi fairy tales that I have to mention it here.
19. A fairy tale you'd like to retell
How about I list some fairy tales on my current retellings ideas list? (Several of these are active drafts).
East of the Sun West of the Moon
Thumbelina
Tattercoats
The Goose Girl
Jorinda and Joringel
Princess and the Pea
Cinderella
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Farmer's Clever Daughter
20. Talk about any retelling you want
The Beggar Prince by Kate Stradling was the rare Stradling I liked before rereading it. It gives us a Thrushbeard and princess who fall into this marriage situation, and a Thrushbeard who makes some significant mistakes (while making his actions entirely understandable). It also has a great explanation for several of the princess's behaviors throughout the fairy tale (such as her refusal to marry any of the men). Yet even though I like this and Maid and Minstrel, I still find myself wanting another "King Thrushbeard" retelling from her, because she always seems to assume that the princess is an innocent who's forced into this marriage market against her will, and I'd like to see a take where she acknowledges that the princess could have flaws that spark the need for a character arc.
#answered asks#fairy tales#fairy tale retellings#maid maleen#cinderella#king thrushbeard#the beggar prince#kate stradling#isfjmel-phleg
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Prince Viserys Targaryen
“Viserys was cruel and weak and frightened, yet he was my brother still. His dragon will do what he could not.”
#a song of ice and fire#game of thrones#asoif fanart#asoiaf#fan art#digital art#got#house of the dragon#hotd#house targaryen#prince viserys targaryen#viserys targaryen#viserys iii targaryen#the beggar king#valyrian scrolls
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thinking about the fairy tale trope of a kiss from your true love having magical properties and how often these kisses are used to wake up characters who are asleep or in some state of suspended animation or give them back something they lost. thinking about fitz walking around half-forged and detached from his own emotions until the fool kisses him and gives him back all of those memories and emotions effectively “waking him up” again and giving him back something he'd lost. and by thinking i of course mean i am screaming incoherently.
#robin hobb#rote#could talk all day about hobb and the fairy tale references#like the whole knight on a white horse thing happening in FE#nettle's dream where she's the girl in a high tower#thick quoting the end of every story about the prince and princess living happily ever after#only to ask fitz 'what happens to the rest of us'#the beggar who is not what they seem coming to the hero on a dark night#and the hero reacting with anger or violence only to discover the beggar's true identity#queen desire as the literal evil stepmother#a lot of fairy tales have a place you go where time passes differently#so you feel like minutes have passed and you go back to the regular world you find out it's been weeks#like the skill pillars#ANYWAY#roteposting
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Dear Prince Chevalier,
Since you are rich, may you donate some of it to me?
Pretty please ...
I'll bring you books....
Thank you 😉
@askclavislelouch supplies my personal library with a sufficient amount of new titles. Without requiring any "donations", as you've put it.
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I'm sure there's more but these are some of the really notable nods to other classic children's stories and Disney princesses that they put in the live action Cinderella
An old beggar woman
This scene with the fairy godmother first appearing like a haggard beggar before revealing herself as a beautiful enchantress is such a nod to the opening of the Beauty and the Beast cartoon. She's got the heavy hood like the stained glass crone-enchantress does and you somehow know what's at stake from the moment she asks for the milk. Cinderella of course shows the kindness that the young prince failed to do even though she's having the worst day ever and this lady is not just haggard but uncouth and a little bizarre. She passes the test and looks beyond the externals to the heart.
A prince in the forest
Handsome prince riding his horse through a forest and comes across a beautiful and mysterious girl... Is it cartoon Sleeping Beauty or live action Cinderella? I love that they not only gave Prince Charming/Kit a personality and a plot but that when doing so they mapped a lot of Prince Philip onto him (the best actual royal Disney prince imo) he's got a good relationship with his dad but also stands up to him on things like marrying outside of his class and having different visions for the future but you can tell Philip and Hubert care for each other and have a similar relationship to Kit and the king. Both the king and King Hubert say almost the same lines about "you can't marry a girl you just met once in the forest" they even give him some Hubert-esque facial hair and Kit gets to do a bunch of gallant horseback riding scenes just like my fav prince Philip
A Secret Garden
Now this isn't a princess nod but most children have read the Secret Garden or watched one of the many film adaptations. What I love about this being part of the story is that without explicitly stating it, anyone who's familiar with the Secret Garden, will know the backstory it's inclusion implies. It's their way of telling us Kit spent time with his mother here and it's special to him and he's sharing that with his mystery princess because he trusts her. "I've never shown this to anyone" plus the carryover of what we all associate with a "secret garden" gives us all the subtext we need to know that the garden was his mother's. Add to that Ella's hesitation to get on the swing it's almost like she knows too. It's just woven into the film where this all is so self evident without anything having to be said overtly. Absolutely masterful storytelling weaving in all these elements from the staples of childhood stories to add a texture to this adaptation where you know more than is said due to the cues they give the audience that tie in with other familiar stories
#Cinderella#2015 Cinderella#cinderella 2015#lily james#richard madden#prince charming#prince kit#prince philip#sleeping beauty#ella#ella and kit#king Hubert#the secret garden#secret garden#frances hodgson burnett#beauty and the beast#old beggar woman#beautiful enchantress#fairytales#fairy tales#children's stories#children's books#fairytale#fairy godmother#hairy dogfather
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Ouji to Kojiki I
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My tag for this series is 'fairy tales'.
#polls#fairy tales#folktales#the golden goose#how the beggar boy turned into count piro#the monkey and the turtle#king lindworn#prince lindworn#the tale of the toad#puddocky#cherry the frog bride#the wise woman#the king of the golden river#the nightingale#tom thumb
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#a song of ice and fire#game of thrones#house targaryen#got#house of the dragon#duncan targaryen#duncan the small#duncan the prince of dragonflies#rhaegar targaryen#viserys targaryen#prince viserys#viserys the beggar king#hotd#polls
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sad boy hours. revalink but it's the bts smeraldo story.........
#revalink#amihan's revalinkverse#'the truth untold' was one of the first bts songs i was so obsessed with#almost wrote my first bts fanfic to this song#but anyways.#prince revali who locks himself in a decaying castle being shunned by the world#and beggar link who sneaks into the garden of the castle to steal flowers and sell them so he can make a living#revali who is angry at first but slowly begins to fall in love with link and becomes curious about him#why IS link taking his flowers? what for?#so one day he waits for link to come to the garden and follows him out to the nearby town#to watch link try to sell flowers to the townspeople and passerby and revali's heart breaks#so he resolves to create a flower so rare and special that link can sell it for much more#but he can never show his face to link; if the world didn't love him as he was who's to say link would too?#should i continue the au with how the story actually ends 😄#the korean translation of the song title gets me so fucking depressed#'a sincerity that could not be delivered'#WAHHHHHHHHH#CRYING.
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Artos says Lleu is beloved by the people but the boy's been bed-ridden for most of his childhood so what exactly did he do to gain public favor🤔
man, Artos' propaganda department must have been working over time
#nepo baby Lleu#posing for paintings as he lies sick in bed#he's only popular cause his dad is#it makes no sense#maybe it's only real in Artos' mind#“I am the king I am the state if I love Lleu the people will too”#answered asks#the only other explanation I have is that Artos was taking Lleu outside when he was younger and he gave beggars bred#the story got greatly exaggered and that's how Lleu got the rep of kind and compassionate prince
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Really though i do think we’re sleeping on the Gender Potential of alisaie “Like A Prince From A Faerie Tale” leveilleur. She’s gay. Her unofficial uncle is Urianger, a man with such gender as beggars belief. She was a weird friendless tomboy in school. Let her embrace the Gender Oddness that comes from these things
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Tale As Old As Time
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songs used for inspo: Prologue (the enchantress), Main Title: Prologue, Act 1 Pas d'action rose adage
art credit goes to Marbipa
Warnings: none for now
words: 518
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Prologue
Once upon a time… in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a beautiful castle...
The prince was spoiled, foolish, arrogant, and unkind. He exploited the nearby villages to fill his castle with the most beautiful things whether that would be jewelry, furniture, and women. He would have extravagant balls in his castle and even mistreated the servants who served him…
It was a cold and snowy night. It was the prince’s 20th birthday; he held a party with all the riches anyone could imagine. He danced, wined, and played around with his objects. The prince enjoyed his birthday lavishly while not caring that his servants were being almost trampled on. The party continued on for hours until there was a knock on the castle doors, he opened the door and looked down to see a poor beggar woman. “Please sir…accept this single rose in exchange for shelter from the bitter cold” she weakly said. The prince huffed and laughed in her face “As if, I don't need a rose from such an old woman from you…besides I have all the roses that I could ever have...”
The guests in the party laughed along as well as they mocked the beggar woman. Before the prince was even able to close the door on her, she muttered something softly “do not be deceived by appearances for beauty is found within...” The prince looks at her annoyed and dismisses her again. Then all of a sudden, a bright light emanated from the old woman, her ugliness melting away, her form changing, her appearance suddenly becoming more youthful to reveal a beautiful, giant, and terrifying enchantress. The prince in shock fell on his knees and stared in awe as all of his guests screamed and ran away from the castle, away from what the enchantress might do. “NO, NO... Please… HAVE MERCY ON ME... I WAS WRONG” the prince said, as he wept and begged for forgiveness. However, it was too late…the enchantress could see that there was no love in his heart, she pointed the rose at him and as punishment she transformed him into a hideous beast. The prince cried in agony as his limbs and appearance changed, he became larger, furrier, his hands became paws, his crimson eyes became red, his cries became roars. The enchantress also placed a powerful spell on the castle and on all who lived there.
Ashamed of his horrid appearance, the prince shunned himself inside the castle with only a magic mirror as his only way to peer into the world outside the castle. The rose that the enchantress offered, was in actuality an enchanted rose which would bloom for many years. If the prince learned how to love someone and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell from the rose, the spell would be broken. If not…he would be doomed to become a beast for all eternity. As the days turned into months and eventually years… the prince fell into a deep despair and lost all hope
.....For whom could ever learn…to love a beast?
#Beauty and the beast#miguel 2099#atsv miguel#miguel o'hara#miguel o'hara x reader#miguel spiderverse#miguel spiderman#spiderman 2099#miguel ohara#spiderman miguel
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(what’s the story) morning glory // lando norris
summary: noel gallagher’s daughter has a reputation for two things: being the funniest woman on the internet, and really having a thing for american guys. to the delight of all, she shows up at one of her dads concerts with a boy from bristol on her arm.
pairing: lando norris x gallagher!reader
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user mommy? sorry, mommy. sorry!
user she really is that bitch
user real question: is she united or city?
-> yngallagher would you hate me if i said neither?
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yourbestie SLAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
noelgallagher it was an honor sharing the stage with you, my wonderful daughter
-> yngallagher awe love you too dad!
user is it just me or did it look like she was blowing kisses to someone off stage?
-> user no ur so right someone was definitely there for her
user yn could single-handedly bring oasis back together
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entertainmentbuzzmanchester YN Gallagher spotted last night in the VIP area of her fathers Manchester show cozying up to this unidentified man. Gallagher, who performed at the show, was later seen leaving the arena with the same man.
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user has she finally found her american prince?
user we’ve lost her to a fucking yank y’all! the hold that eighties matt dillon had on her was too much!
stacey_spacey I’ve seen that shitty haircut somewhere before
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landonorris so born jovi is better than me?
yngallagher maybe maybe not ;) listen i'm ready to hard launch whenever you are, but don't feel like we need to rush things
yngallagher you have my dad's approval, and where i come from that's like being knighted
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yngallagher my daddy likes him so you guys should too :) silvo dump is incoming, just have to get some film developed
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user hottie
user now that's defo lando norris fight me
-> user idk bro it seems like a reach to connect them together
-> user yes but have you seen the twitter thread by user stacey_spacey? she makes some good points
noelgallagher im just gald you aren't dating an american. i wish he was from manchester, but beggars can't be choosers
noelgallagher im just kidding, darling. glad youre happy xx
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user holy shit
charles_leclerc what the fuck
-> oscarpiastri what the fuck
-> carlossainz55 what the actual fuck
-> alex_albon what the literal fuck
-> yngallagher why are you guys being so mean to pookie?
stacey_spacey i was right HAHAH
landonorris you're my wonderwallll
-> yngallagher i love you too my sexy loser boyfriend
-> oscarpiastri what is wrong with both of you
user lmao why is everyone so shocked?
-> maxfewtrell when i saw them together at silverstone i was certain it was like a joke or a pr thing?
user he looks like he negotiated with god to be allowed on earth
#lando norris x reader#formula one x reader#f1 x reader#f1 smau#lando norris smau#lando norris x you#f1 imagine#ig aus#f1 x you#f1 x female reader#Spotify
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Looking for someone and immediately making oneself known to that someone upon finding them does not a stalker make... The point of Hua Cheng as contrasted with most of the other characters is that he respects Xie Lian's agency, his choices, his opinions. If Xie Lian had rejected him in Mount Tong'lu, that would have been the end of his advances.
Besides, Mu Qing and Feng Xin spend most of the novel openly disgusted by the idea that someone like Hua Cheng could have romantic feelings for Xie Lian, and that sentiment is strongly present in the cave of ten thousand Gods which makes their reaction even more skewed, and Xie Lian's refusal of it more poignant.
My unpopular TGCF opinion is that Hua Cheng was never a stalker and Mu Qing and Feng Xin were in the wrong to react that way in the cave of a thousand gods.
#sorry for the long addition but this is a pet peeve of mine#feng xin and mu qing are not good judges of character#in fact they've been shown repeatedly taking the “wrong” side in each and every interaction they have with Hong-er and later Hua Cheng#plus they generally treat Xie Lian like he's a naive sheltered young Prince#when he's never been naive (in that sense) ever in his life and especially after 800 years living as a beggar and street performer#to then xie lian is still the prince with a body worth a thousand gold whose face should be masked so the common people can't see it#xie lian has never been that person#even had he not been in love with Hua Cheng Xie Lian wouldn't have been disgusted by his desire#the only desire that disturbs him is his own
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Think I’m reading that right that we can do three requests per person and I am really curious to see your take on Prince!Time and Prince!First please :) in a similar vein to the other prince imagines.
(Can you tell that’s my favourite of your work yet? ;))
Goodness- yes. After my own heart. And let's be real, they're kings.
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"Hello, my darling." A smooth baritone voice from behind was enough to send shivers down your spine.
You hoped your mask stayed in place. Otherwise the King of Kokiri would be able to see the sudden and obvious blush on your face. The masquerade ball he was hosting was lavish and delightful. Everyone was having a good time.
You cough to clear your throat and smile back in return. "How did you even know it was me?"
"Ah." King Link says your name. "An educated guess."
You bite your tongue, feeling your eyes go green with subtle envy. "So you greet all your guests in that manner?"
"When I'm about to ask someone of another, I fail to see why sweetening the delivery is considered uncouth." He responds easily, smirking slightly as bows towards you.
"...You have a request then, Your Majesty?" You have to keep your from smiling. The jerk is confident, handsome and suave and he knows it.
"Take a walk with me through the gardens." He holds out his hand towards you.
You're stunned. Surely this is beyond what's appropriate between a royal and a commoner. Your hesitance is palpable.
"Please?" He strains his voice slightly. His smile is tight as well.
Swallowing the spit in your mouth, you put your hand in his. "Are you alright, Your Majesty?"
"Quite fine." He says, almost flippantly. But his grip says otherwise.
Concerned, you allow him to guide through the party, out of the castle and into the extravagant garden. He finally stops in a gazebo, sitting down on a bench with a heavy sigh.
You stay standing. "Your Majesty?"
He looks up at you and smiles softly. "Sit with me."
"..."
He tugs at your hands.
"..."
King Link looks back up to you again with a pleading expression. "Please?"
You sit down. Awkwardly, but you sit.
You cough. "...Is this appropriate, King Link?"
"Do we need permission to take a break from the onslaught on the party goers on the inside?" He says tiredly. "....I have a headache."
Your heart sinks a bit. You would have thought that this was his way to relax but instead he seems more stressed than usual. You scoot a little closer to him. "I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Just sit with me." He whispers, letting his head hang back. "I like your company."
You feel your tongue stick to the roof of your tongue and nod. There's very little you can do. He's the king. How are you going to tell him no? Not to mention that he seems to defeated. You've never seen the proud man look so agonized.
His arm slips around your shoulders, pulling you closer to his side. King Link whispers into your ear. "Have you been enjoying the party?"
Biting your lip, you nod again. "The decor is beautiful."
"Good." He smiles. "I was hoping you would."
"Oh?" The sound leaves you before you can stop it and his self satisfied smile grows wider.
"Yes. Because now we're here, together, and I get to have you on my side." He says with a growing smirk. "It would be better with you on my lap, but beggars cannot be choosers."
".....I beg your pardon?"
"I said what I said."
The King; begging to have you in his lap; what sort of dream world had you walked into?
First
You were trying to mind your own business in the kitchen, getting every set and ready for the main cooks for the lunch rush.
The solders were busy in the courtyard, bantering with each other and asserting dominance over one another for the heck of it. The king was among them somewhere. He was never far from his troops when there was an expedition like this.
The moments before departure were always frantic.
They had planned to go fight off Demise and last of his army. It was rumored that they could be anywhere from Death Mountain to Gerudo Dessert to the Wastelands. The world was already broken into smaller kingdoms as it was, not trusting their king to finish the job once and for all.
"The work isn't treating you too harshly, is it?" The man himself smirks as he enters the small kitchenette.
Your heart flutters just at the sight of him. His official attire was as regal as it was intimidating. This was a man with power and he knew it.
You drop your spoon and barely catch the curse that slips out of your mouth. "A thousand pardons, Your Grace."
"Nervous?" He chuckles, softly leaning his hip against the counter as he crosses his arms.
"This is the chance to change everything and unit the people once and for all." You say, rubbing your palms over your apron. "So much is riding on this."
"We will succeed." King Link leans over to you. A soft smile on his face. "Have a little faith in me. Don't you trust me?"
"Of course I trust you, Your Majesty." You blush with his close proximity. "It's the other side I find myself worrying about. They could be anywhere."
"And it's our job to find them and stop them." He says.
He kisses your cheek. "I will return. And we can focus on uniting our broken peoples. I just have to prove the critics wrong once and for all."
"By eliminating one the most evil forces known in the present world?" You whisper, stunned by his blatant affection towards someone of your lowly standard.
"That's the jist of it." King Link smiles and takes your hands in his, stopping them from their endless work. "Wait for me. Will you promise me that?"
You gulp. Without thinking, you squeeze his hands in return.
You don't speak King Link bite his lip in a rare expression of anxiety. "I will make things right. I promise you. Just wait for me."
"I will." You say softly. "I will wait for you."
He smiles and kisses your other cheek for good measure. "I like this color on you. It suits your eyes."
You look down in a futile attempt to hide your blush.
He chuckles and lets you go. "The troops will eat, then we depart."
"Be safe, Your Majesty." You find yourself bowing before him. "May the goddesses protect you."
#linked universe#linkeduniverse#linked universe x reader#lu x reader#royal au#lu time#lu first#first link#hero of time#i guess?#it's not really lu anymore at this point
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Ouji to Kojiki III (end)
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