Idol Mini: "All The Old Stories"

[halfshellvenus]

All The Old Stories
Idol Mini 24 | Write-Off | 1460 words

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The Fairytale Land economy just wasn't what it used to be. There were only so many princes available to rescue luckless maidens, and some maidens now preferred to rescue themselves. With the stigma lifted on single fatherhood, evil stepmothers were less able to find work. And

Comments

[passing_through]

I voted for you on Dreamwight because apparently, the antidepressants I couldn't remember to take for a month are finally kicking in now that I have begun to take them once again and I remembered that I was looking forward to reading your entries for LJ Idol and I would actually need to go to LJ to do that :D

Your stories are always so much fun! The modernized twists to the standard old fairy tales were delightful to read and I particularly liked how Doc gave everyone a way to connect with their past without letting go of their new and improved present endeavors.

*whispers* Your entry is far and away the best one. After reading the others, yours was the only one I voted for :)

[halfshellvenus]

Yay! Thanks so much for the vote!

I've written some good stuff this season, and I honestly thought last week's poem was pretty good, but it seems as if hardly anyone is voting from outside the community now, so there aren't many votes to go around.

This season has been plagued by write-off ties. I think there was previously and 8-way tie, but someone sacrificed so all the others could stay in, which was nice. :)

[passing_through]

I haven't had a chance to look at your previous submissions. Even though voting is over I'm still going to read through everything

[halfshellvenus]

I lost my professional status, too. I tried to renew it, but my credit-card payment for LJ won't go through on the site. Might be because of the Russian situation? I wish they accepted Paypal--I'd feel more comfortable with that, and maybe the LJ software would too!