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Stufff and Nonsense

Nov 10, 2010 19:36

I realise I've gone a bit quiet with no explanation, well I got roped into NaNoWriMo because my bff 'needed moral support'. Of course Mr. I Need Moral Support has just passed the 20k mark while I'm staring at 8k and whimpering a lot. Bastard ( Read more... )

too tired to think of clever tags, m is a bambi-eyed jerkface, a power crazed maniac is me, doo doo doo de doo, exciting adventures in dress-up

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nenya85 November 10 2010, 20:17:25 UTC

I adore fairy tales! Is there any chance I can get a link? It's fine if you don't want anyone to read them.

lol my job involves writing for a word count under deadline pressure - so I take extreme satisfaction each November in watching nanowrimo deadlines whoosh by and knowing I'm not meeting a single one.

Redhead sounds like fun. Is it auburn or Mary Jane from Spiderman (comics not movie) kind of red?

theo_harrison November 10 2010, 20:30:32 UTC

I might upload them to a heavy filter once I'm done editing and everything, if you want to read them. It might take me a while though.

LOL, I'm so behind right now it's not even funny. and M is well ahead and gloating, I ought to smack him for getting me into this mess. XD

I didn't bleach my (brown) hair first so it's a really dark red, almost blood coloured. I was worried when I first towelled off but then it got a bit lighter and more defined as it dried.

nenya85 November 13 2010, 14:08:46 UTC

Thanks, I’m a total fairy tale junkie and Cinderella is one of my favorites. My daughter and I must have read dozens of different versions from all over the world - it’s amazing how ubiquitous (man, I can't believe I got to use “ubiquitous in a casual sentence!) it is. There’s even a version from Ancient Egypt complete with slipper - it’s dropped by a falcon in the pharaoh’s lap. My favorite fairy tale though is the one with the girl and her (depending on the version) her six, seven, nine, ten or twelve brothers who get turned to swans, geese, ducks, or ravens, and she has to knit them sweaters made out of nettles while not speaking. I actually managed to work that into fanfiction once, which was an extra perk.

theo_harrison November 13 2010, 17:48:19 UTC

I love them too; I have so many collections it's ridic. My favourite is one from Grimm's Tales that doesn't seem to have many variations, "The Tale of One Who Travelled to Learn what Shivering Meant." I want to do the Swan Maiden one, I just can't figure out what genre to use for it or what tweaks to make (having the same issue with Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, and Rapunzel.) So far I've got the previously mentioned Noir!Cinderella (it's told from the POV of the detective the Queen hires to find Cinders); Red Riding Hood is Hard SF (alien planet, the wolf is one of the indigenous life-forms); and Steampunk!Pinocchio, because that one seemed too obvious to skip.

Edited because of keyboard problems the first time nenya85 November 14 2010, 19:40:51 UTC

I could pretend my collection was for the kids but it predates them (lol). Although a lot of them were picked for the illustrations. I’d never read “The One Who Traveled to Find Out What Shivering Was” before though ( ... )

Re: Edited because of keyboard problems the first time theo_harrison November 19 2010, 18:25:36 UTC

I love the 'Shivering' one because I love that sense of there always being two ways to do things. It just appealed to me when I was younger. I think that's one where I really love the message. :D (if you haven't read it, the basic storyline is that an innkeeper's son has no fear. He keeps hearing patrons telling scary stories, and they all talk about shivering, and he desperately wants to know what it feels like, so he sets out to find what it is. Whenever he asks someone for help with this, they send him off on a terrifying quest, so he stays at haunted houses, plays bowls with a demon using a human head, etc. etc. always winning riches, castles, etc. because he has no fear. Anyway, it ends up with him in his big castle, with all his riches, married to the wisest and most beautiful woman in all the land, but he's still in a funk because he still doesn't know what shivering is. His new wife asks what's wrong, and he tells her the whole story - at this point I like to imagine her rolling her eyes - so while he's asleep in bed ( ... )

Re: Edited because of keyboard problems the first time nenya85 November 21 2010, 21:52:02 UTC

I found “Shivers” online. (There’s something enchanting about the idea of online fairy tales.) I think his wife lived up to her reputation as the wisest woman in the country. I love the way everyone's being all metaphsical or whatever and she simply comes up with the most practical solution ( ... )

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