Defying the Fairy Tale: Fairy Tale remixed, Sarah/Ryuuji

[fickle_goddess]

Title: Defying the Fairytale
Fandom: Yuugiou/Labyrinth/Fairy Tale
Pairing: Sarah/Ryuuji, Princess/Mage
Rating: PG.
Word Count: 4,328.
Summary: Once upon a time, there was a fairy tale that didn't do as expected. Written for princessjessia for this meme and requires no knowledge of either Yuugiou or Labyrinth, since it's in the style of a classic fairy tale and

Comments

[princessjessia]

I AM REPLICATING MY COMMENT HERE. For posterity. Or something. though I corrected my typos

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OHMYGODILOVEITSOMUCHITHINKIMAYEXPLODE.

I am seriously weeping because that was so gripping and lovely and it touched my heart so much I can't stop blubbering with joy at that fantastic happy ending. I smiled, I laughed, my heart broke for them in the middle, and I was even on the edge of my seat when the villain entered - I kid you not, edge of the computer chair, fingernails between my teeth, wide-eyed anxiety at that exchange - and now I have this warm and fantastic glow from it all.

Your gift for weaving them into fairy tales is incredible, I am so in awe of how you make something so gorgeous and timeless, giving hints of who they are and their canons, but making it a world of its own that anyone could read, enjoy and love. Your descriptions are just. GUH. D, YOU ROB ME OF THE ABILITY TO EXPLAIN MY GLEE AND JOY AND JUST <3333333333333

[fickle_goddess]

XDD OKAY, NO EXPLODING! That's the first rule!

But now I'm grinning and all whirly and happy that you liked it! Cue sigh of relief here. To be fair, this (along with something else) have been sitting half-written on my hard drive for a while since I started it, knowing where it would go, and then sort of had to leave it alone for a bit as life got in the way of writing. So don't think I managed to write 4K of words within ten minutes or whatever. XD

But still, I am SO GLAD that it worked for you! I really wanted to write something that sounded like the sort of fairytale that you tell little children but since it's in writing, I could have descriptions and snarky social commentary and details that you don't get when you're actually being told a fairy tale because everyone makes up their own narrative and only keeps the plot the same.

But yay for you getting all the little nods to their canons and their personalities. And Sarah being the one to kiss Ryuuji at the end and correct him on what he has to offer, and Ryuuji starting off