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Feb 13, 2010 18:46

As some of you may remember, I like to collect children's stories. Just this past day or so I found a book in Folkehaven which Ms. Nina Fortner kindly translated for me only this afternoon. But this evening I met a young man in a cafe, and he told me another. It was about a prince and princess, each bright as the sun ( Read more... )

wolfgang grimmer, william t. spears, !johan liebert, sasori, altaïr ibn-la'ahad, nina fortner/anna liebert

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voice. 1/2 excarnates February 14 2010, 01:08:35 UTC

[ . . . WHAT THE HELL KIND OF STORIES ARE YOU READING, MAN. ]

voice. excarnates February 14 2010, 01:09:16 UTC

Some stories are easier to tell than others.

[ case in point!! ]

Voice | OMG THAT MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD. iwithoutaname February 14 2010, 01:12:46 UTC

I'm afraid that's true.

[A little laugh.]

Well, it wasn't my story, anyway. I do wonder where it came from.

Voice | HAHAHA /inserts commentary forever derp derp . . . excarnates February 14 2010, 01:25:09 UTC

So it's a story from this world?

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[Voice] likethebeast February 14 2010, 01:33:46 UTC

No... I wouldn't let children read anything by that author. I didn't realize you meant to share it with them.

[Very, very tense pause.]

That story - did the man at the cafe say where he heard it?

[Voice] iwithoutaname February 14 2010, 01:51:37 UTC

Usually when I'm looking at children's books, it's to find the right one to read to them next. But it's definitely a little too disturbing for them. It's a little odd since it is, technically, a children's book isn't it?

[a little pause.]

Ah, no I'm sorry, I didn't think to ask him. Maybe it's about the twins here?

[Voice] likethebeast February 14 2010, 03:35:18 UTC

[For a moment, she stays quiet. When she finally answers her words are slow and careful, although someone who's listening hard enough will hear a slight waver in her voice.]

F-- I mean, Poppe's stories are about a different kind of world. It's not one that children should be taught to grow up in, even if he thought so when he wrote it. Please don't share that book with them.

[A pause, to steady herself. ...it sort of works.]

...ah. I almost hope it isn't. I don't think I'd like having a story like that written about me.

[Voice] iwithoutaname February 15 2010, 01:45:57 UTC

Of course I won't.

[By which he means he already has. But of course we don't need to talk about that.]

There's no reason to upset them that way.

[And then there's a pause.]

That is a good point. It's a little too grim to be one of their exultations.

[Voice] right_reaction February 14 2010, 06:14:49 UTC

Are stories like that popular here?

[Voice] I swear I didn't do that name pun on purpose. iwithoutaname February 14 2010, 06:35:14 UTC

You could say that.

It's almost like a fairy tale. One of the grimmer kinds, of course.

[Voice] it happens naturally around him right_reaction February 14 2010, 06:58:27 UTC

Don't people usually think those mean something?

[Voice] iwithoutaname February 14 2010, 07:27:26 UTC

The stories themselves, or their popularity within the culture?

It's probably true that both mean something. But what do you think it might mean?

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[voice] Oops I missed this post somehow. eternalscorpion February 16 2010, 06:56:57 UTC

Hmm, that's an interesting story.

[Voice] iwithoutaname February 17 2010, 19:46:09 UTC

Do you think so? Rather destructive, don't you agree?

[Voice] eternalscorpion February 17 2010, 20:16:09 UTC

Indeed, it is.

Although I find it curious that the princess would kill the prince. Wasn't he protecting her by slaying those creatures?

[Voice] iwithoutaname February 17 2010, 20:22:15 UTC

Hm. That's true.

Perhaps she was protecting the creatures.

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[ voice ] iwithoutaname February 17 2010, 19:46:54 UTC

[A soft laugh.]

Yes, I agree. It implies a degree of nihilism, though. Perhaps it says something about whoever invented it?