Review of AWS - "Ever/After" (Part 12)

Jun 23, 2017 10:24


And here we are. The last story of this anthology. And surprisingly...it's rather nice too.
Thank God, At Last Something Happy: The Fairytale )

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It's over! :D *confetti* anonymous July 3 2017, 15:01:24 UTC
You made it! I guess it wasn't too hard to get through those last two, but still, you made it! After "Beasts", I wouldn't have blamed you for flushing the book down the toilet and telling the library it was lost, but you kept at it. Go you!

That one wasn't so bad, like you say, unnecessary infidelity aside. It was just kind of...boring. I mean, a king and queen fall in love, raise kids, go through a midlife crisis and cheat on each other, make up, and grow old together till the king dies and the kids go on to have happy marriages of their own? Where's the magic? Where's the excitement? What makes this a fairy tale?

And why does the title have a slash in it?

Anyway, I think your interpretation of the happy ending's existence is spot-on. I'd like to add, though, that A.N. not only failed at making his original point, but at understanding fairy tales. He goes on about how only the beautiful and special get their reward, while the ugly and commonplace are punished, but that's not true. In fairy tales, it's usually kindness, virtue, and ( ... )

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Re: It's over! :D *confetti* aikaterini July 5 2017, 21:00:42 UTC
/You made it! I guess it wasn't too hard to get through those last two, but still, you made it! After "Beasts", I wouldn't have blamed you for flushing the book down the toilet and telling the library it was lost, but you kept at it. Go you ( ... )

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