Comments | runaway_tales: Rhubarb 16, Peanut Butter 3, Cantaloupe 18

darkfaerieclaw in runaway_tales

Rhubarb 16, Peanut Butter 3, Cantaloupe 18

Apr 15, 2010 17:06

Title: Skins and Names
Story Continuity: The Lethean Glamour
Flavors: Rhubarb 16: I think I feel a song coming on, Peanut Butter 3: wind/air, Cantaloupe 18: a better mousetrap
Topping: Butterscotch (takes place when Yuriya is 40, or rather when she appears 14 by human reckoning)
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 94 + 97 + 100 + 100 + 95 + 100 + 99 (pocky chain)
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[challenge] peanut butter, [challenge] cantaloupe, [inactive-author] dark faerie claw, [challenge] rhubarb, [topping] butterscotch

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darkfaerieclaw April 16 2010, 00:38:14 UTC

Thank you! Glad to have met with your approval. <33

If you read a little about faeries, a lot of them are cruel, cunning, and vicious. I don't think the selkies would be too far removed from that behavior. It's not like they'd have any great love of human men, either.

(Yuriya could have done. Dana was basically just an example and a set-up, but I could elevate her to actual victim and not lose sleep over it.)

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darkfaerieclaw April 16 2010, 02:43:03 UTC

Thank you! Likely is just a very likable name. And also deeply unfortunate. I'm glad you like it (and the story, of course). <3

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darkfaerieclaw April 16 2010, 16:33:49 UTC

Thanks! I'm glad you think so. :)

gravityblues April 17 2010, 02:36:22 UTC

Selkies! Gah, easily my favourite mythological creature!

That aside, this was awesome. I loved that you didn't paint her as meek and indignant, which so often happens with this race. They're kickass, and you made her that. I like how it started off almost innocent - something was amiss, but not in any big way - and then it all came tumbling in toward then end.

In short, I loved it <3

darkfaerieclaw April 17 2010, 02:51:33 UTC

Really, selkies are your favorite cryptid? That's not a response you often hear. I don't really know much about them myself, but they do seem interesting, and I wish I could find more stories about them.

Thank you! I'm glad you liked this. <33

gravityblues April 17 2010, 02:59:41 UTC

Yeah, they are! I grew up on folk tales from around the world, and my best friend and I were obsessed with all magical creatures for several years, and selkies have just always stuck out to me. I don't know why, it's just one of those weird things. They are under-rated in my opinion, but there are some good myths about them.

<3

darkfaerieclaw April 17 2010, 03:13:05 UTC

Not arguing. I have a fondness for faeries anyway. The stories about selkie seal skins getting stolen reminded me too much of a legend about a Japanese tennyo and her stolen hagoromo at first, but I think after writing this and researching a bit I like selkies a lot better. I like that they're not invulnerable, but they're still fearsome.

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bookblather April 18 2010, 21:45:33 UTC

YURIYA YOU ARE CREEPY. No wonder she and Jaida had love-at-first-carnage in that one meme.

Love this, though. It's wonderfully creepy and scary, and I agree with Miaybi about the darker twist to the selkie-myth. It makes Yuriya just that more scary, because she's something we can identify but behaving in a different, creepier way. Lovely job.

Especially love the "zip back up her skin" and the last pocky; they're really great phrasings.

darkfaerieclaw April 18 2010, 23:32:18 UTC

Thank you so very much! I'm glad you liked it. I didn't think my take on selkies would be mentioned at all, but I'm glad that part's gone over so well. <33

Yeah, I didn't have much of an idea of Yuriya during the meme, but I knew Jaida would love her instantly if she didn't know Yuriya was a faerie.