Writer's Block: Once Upon a Time
Princess Tutu, a japanese anime. The town is stuck in this halfway fairy tale world created by an author whose now dead but not gone. The main character is a duck who's turned into a girl at the whim of the dead author. When the main characters realize they are meant to play out the roles of characters in a story, they begin to resist the constraints of their assigned fates to keep the story from becoming a tragedy.
I also really love the webcomic "No Rest for the Wicked," which summarizes itself as: One day, the Moon up and disappeared; where it went, or why, none can say. Without the Moon's light to keep them in check at night, monsters, crawling horrors, and other creatures of the dark run rampant throughout the land. But Princess November has much more pressing matters to worry about: she hasn't had a decent sleep in ages. " Like Once Upon a Time, it's a mash-up of a lot of different myths done very well.
I like elements of traditional fairy tales more than an actual full story, but I do like "What one can invent," which is a funny story about a guy who wants to be a poet and just does not get it.
I also really love the webcomic "No Rest for the Wicked," which summarizes itself as: One day, the Moon up and disappeared; where it went, or why, none can say. Without the Moon's light to keep them in check at night, monsters, crawling horrors, and other creatures of the dark run rampant throughout the land. But Princess November has much more pressing matters to worry about: she hasn't had a decent sleep in ages. " Like Once Upon a Time, it's a mash-up of a lot of different myths done very well.
I like elements of traditional fairy tales more than an actual full story, but I do like "What one can invent," which is a funny story about a guy who wants to be a poet and just does not get it.