♕027 ♕ [ Voice - Action For Phancyhive Residents]
[For once it's voice and not video. One can't see it but Ciel's holed himself up in his room since his fight with Ahiru. He hasn't been hungry either, nor had he been able to sleep the night prior. If one could see him now they'd see him settled on his late-twice-over mother's bed with a notebook and pen, his NV set off to his side. He's gone to her room so no one will dare come near him. He doesn't want to be found for the moment. ]
Fairytales and legends - every culture known to man has their own mythology and tales to tell. Modern fairytales, for the most part, sport happy, rewritten endings, compared to the original ends I was familiar with as a child. Funny, how people seem to believe in hope and happy endings so freely these days.
Indulge me, if you will, for a moment.
A long time ago a child was taken from their parents by a trio of evil witches who then locked the child away in a tower. Within the tower the three witches kept a magical pet raven, one who talked and ate human flesh. One day when the witches were away the raven decided to speak to the child. If the child promised to free the raven and give the raven a human heart, the raven would grant the child a wish.
The child did as was asked of them, wishing to see their parents once again, however as soon as the raven was released, the evil bird plucked out one of the child's eyes, swallowing it whole. The child screamed and screamed, but the raven told the child it was necessary - it was a sign of their promise to one another. The raven then picked up the child and flew to where the child's parents now were - a graveyard.
While the child had been locked in the witches' tower, the very same witches had killed the child's parents. The child, having learned this, cried. For not only was the wish useless in the end, the heart the raven was hungry for had been the one inside the child's chest all along. Satisfied with the obligation fulfilled, the raven ate the child's heart without hesitation, leaving the poor heartless body behind for other birds to pick clean.
Now, should the ending be rewritten? Is it fair? Does the child deserve the fate that befell them, or should the raven be blamed for taking advantage of the situation?
Can one truly write hope into a seemingly hopeless story?
Fairytales and legends - every culture known to man has their own mythology and tales to tell. Modern fairytales, for the most part, sport happy, rewritten endings, compared to the original ends I was familiar with as a child. Funny, how people seem to believe in hope and happy endings so freely these days.
Indulge me, if you will, for a moment.
A long time ago a child was taken from their parents by a trio of evil witches who then locked the child away in a tower. Within the tower the three witches kept a magical pet raven, one who talked and ate human flesh. One day when the witches were away the raven decided to speak to the child. If the child promised to free the raven and give the raven a human heart, the raven would grant the child a wish.
The child did as was asked of them, wishing to see their parents once again, however as soon as the raven was released, the evil bird plucked out one of the child's eyes, swallowing it whole. The child screamed and screamed, but the raven told the child it was necessary - it was a sign of their promise to one another. The raven then picked up the child and flew to where the child's parents now were - a graveyard.
While the child had been locked in the witches' tower, the very same witches had killed the child's parents. The child, having learned this, cried. For not only was the wish useless in the end, the heart the raven was hungry for had been the one inside the child's chest all along. Satisfied with the obligation fulfilled, the raven ate the child's heart without hesitation, leaving the poor heartless body behind for other birds to pick clean.
Now, should the ending be rewritten? Is it fair? Does the child deserve the fate that befell them, or should the raven be blamed for taking advantage of the situation?
Can one truly write hope into a seemingly hopeless story?