Comments | selkie_queen: Only an Inch and a Half

selkie_queen

Only an Inch and a Half

Oct 02, 2009 19:00

fairy tale, cinderella, original story, fantasy

Comments 22

blythe025 October 9 2009, 23:10:49 UTC

A very interesting take on the Cinderella story. I really enjoyed it.

The only thing I would have liked to see was perhaps some dialogue to break up the pace of the narration a bite. But that's entirely at your discretion.

selkie_queen October 10 2009, 02:45:44 UTC

Thank you, ironically, I actually decided against dialogue because I liked how it was completely narrative, especially since I only had two areas where I would have put dialogue. The foot scene and the slipper auditions.

blythe025 October 12 2009, 19:01:00 UTC

That makes sense. Even though I would have liked some dialogue, it reads more like a fairytale without it, as I fairytales tend to lack it (at least in my memory).

incommune October 10 2009, 01:14:24 UTC

Interesting take on the story! I like it from this point of view, and I was previously unfamiliar with the Grimm version of Cinderella. I'd never heard of stepsisters cutting their feet, how... grim! Anyway, good job :)

selkie_queen October 10 2009, 02:46:58 UTC

Thank you, you should get a good collection of Grimm novels, they are very dark. They were cautionary tales for the most part, be kind, don't go into the woods, etc and so forth.

incommune October 10 2009, 03:35:21 UTC

Yes, I'm quite aware of the 'Grimm' take on fairy tales, and how originally ... not-cute they were. I'd like to read more but I just have never gotten around to it, and I was unfamiliar with their Cinderella.

You've read Oscar Wilde's fairy tales, I imagine? I finished up the 'complete' volume I was given this spring and was quite pleased.

selkie_queen October 11 2009, 05:13:20 UTC

Actually, no, I've never read Wilde's fairy tales. I'll look into them.

watchclarewrite October 10 2009, 23:29:52 UTC

Beautiful and so terribly witty, as expected from you. (: I loved your narrator's voice the most, honestly- a little bit self-assured and bratty, but quite genuine and easy to relate to. It's easy to fall into a lot of misconceptions of what stories based on fairy tales "should" be, and this just really excites my imagination overall.
Best of luck this week!

selkie_queen October 11 2009, 05:17:05 UTC

Thank you so much O^^O I'm really awed you like it so much. I really appreciate it.

jashelle1 October 13 2009, 14:37:57 UTC

Wow, this was a really cool take on Cinderella. I didn't really like the Disney story either, but I liked how you added dimension to the step sisters. And the way you came up with the title was ingenious!

selkie_queen October 17 2009, 02:48:25 UTC

Thanks, I guessed the width originally but before I saved the document I measured.