#megan morrison

[fairytale-poll]

ROUND 2A, MATCH 6 OUT OF 8!

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Queen Cinderella Charming:

She's kind, she's funny, she learns to use a sword, and she's related to Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Red Riding Hood. She helps the protagonists any chance she gets and even hosts their mother and step-father's wedding. She never gives up and  never lets her fear stop her. Absolute queen (literally) <3

While she isn't hugely relevant in the story itself, she is always down to help out the protagonists where she can. When they need one of her slippers, she sneaks it into their bag without them noticing. She calls them family. She loves her daughter too, and is a badass mom.

When the main characters need her glass slipper for a spell, she snuggled it into their bag, and she has a daughter named Hope <3

I think she’s a minor character in the first book, but she’d really nice and stuff!

Because I LOVE HER!! also she has a daughter called Hope who got kidnapped by rumplestiltskin at one point but that is besides the point. She is a strong independent woman and we love those she was NOT about to sit around doing nothing and i love her for that

Vote Land of Stories Cinderella because she's the best!!!

Elegance "Ella" Coach:

Ella fights for labor reform! I just reread the book intentionally so I could make propaganda for her but now my head is empty only LOVE FOR ELLA. She has two (gay) fairy godfathers, she worked in a sweatshop where her mother died, she has a well-developed with her prince, Dash Charming. The glass slippers are a very important motif even though she doesn’t actually get a pair herself because she was a secret fairy godparent case because the fairy godparent organization had become corrupt and wasn’t helping needy children, only the rich. It’s a sequel to Grounded which is a Rapunzel story, but Disenchanted stands alone in the same world and it’s my most favorite of the two!! She’s so kind and helps institute kingdom wide labor reform and ahhhhhhhh

Former child laborer who wants to use her family's newfound privilege to fight for workers' rights. Brave, smart, and compassionate, although she can also be reckless, because she's just a kid and she deserves BETTER. Actually has a good relationship to her step-family, who are badass and Black like her, and there's this really touching moment at the end that recontextualizes things a lot and it's very sweet and cool worldbuilding. Her fairy godmother is two gay contractors who overthrow their boss for being complicit in a corporate espionage/coup scheme. She has a nice and believable relationship with her prince, who is a fucking dork that learns to be less of a privileged idiot and would absolutely put his ass on the line for her in return. She's just so GOOD and Disenchanted is UNDERRATED, everyone go read it.

Her goal is to improve workers rights, directly inspired by the 19th century textile industry, right down to child labor and workers getting locked in factories. Her mother died working in a sweatshop. She struggles with her working class upbringing and her new upper class status after her father's invention made them rich. Not afraid of breaking the law. She's so cool and her book is so good.

[kanerallels]

Top 6 Reasons You Should Read the Tyme trilogy by Megan Morrison

Reread a fantasy series I love and appreciate, so now it's time for you guys to love and appreciate it too

It's a fairy tale retelling series. Which is always an endorsement in my mind, but here are some more reasons that's great in this series. The takes on the fairy tales are so cool and refreshing, and well executed-- Cinderella fighting for the working class, the Frog Prince going through a redemption arc where he becomes a better person, and the absolutely shaped storyline that Rapunzel has. And most of them (particularly books one and three) combine multiple fairy tales in such a smooth, natural way.

The world building is INCREDIBLE. The tiny details and the way the different countries are introduced are so cool!! And they really go into smaller details, like the main exports that keep the country going, or the traditions of each country when it comes to dealing with loss. The magic systems are SO COOL, too!!

The characters are all really well done-- they're beautifully developed, both as characters and their relationships with each other. Syrah (main character of book three) has one of the best redemption styles arcs I've ever seen where he goes from unlikeable jerk to a caring, kind individual. Even the villains have well thought out motivations and in depth backstories

The romances in each of the three books are PERFECT because you have a slow burn, a couple that get together in the same book but help each other grow in powerful ways, and a book where the main character doesn't get the girl. The trope breaking! The following of the tropes but in just the perfect way! The level to which I am obsessed with Jack and Rapunzel! It's INSANE

All of the books and their stories are deeply intwined. There are cameos and small details in each book that lead you back to the other three, details that pop out and blow your mind at a reread or even the first time around!

It's really funny and charming and delightful writing. And There are these fascinating implications of other stuff going on in the world you're reading about-- stuff that we'll probably never find out about, since the last book was released in 2019 and there's no sign of another, which is really sad

Anyways, this is a super good series, you won't regret it if you read it! Oh my stars and I didn't even mention SERGE MY BELOVED FAVORITE CHARACTER FOR SURE THE FAIRY GODFATHER LEGEND HIMSELF listen just. read this series. Good talk

[alastair-1205]

I am begging yall. I need SOMEONE else to be feral about this books series with me PLEASE ITS SO FUCKING GOOD ITS SOME OF THE BEST WORLD BUILDING I'VE EVER SEEN AND ITS A KIDS BOOK SERIES BUT ALSO HANDLES MATURE TOPICS SO WELL IM-

[ladyelainehilfur]

When your favorite fantasy author hasn't written a book in 4 years 🥲 you can't just drop the 2 best fairy tale retellings of all time and disappear sis

[alwaysanovice]

Seeing there's barely any fanfiction for the Tyme series: ....Fine. I'll do it myself.

[drawings-and-sketches]

(ID: Fanart of the fairies Serge and Jasper from Disenchanted by Megan Morrison. They are facing each other holding hands in both images, kissing in the second. Brief character description, Serge has blue skin, white hair and blue eyes, and Jasper has white skin (like the color), black hair, and red eyes. Background is sky blue. End ID)

[droo216]

✨ New episode! ✨

It's time to tap our heels together three times to leave Oz behind and splash our way into a new fairy tale: The Frog Prince! In this episode of Of Slippers and Spindles, Drew and Cassie wrap up their final thoughts on The Wizard of Oz, including discussing why adapting Oz seems to elude authors and reading an email from a listener explaining a gap in our knowledge about The Wiz. Before we leave the Yellow Brick Road behind, as we do every month, we discuss our own ideas about how we would retell Oz (although, of course, Cassie already has)!

Then it's time to move on to The Frog Prince! We talk a little about the story's history and a lot about how we as a society have revised the story's ending before breaking down the tale's plot. We wrap up by revealing our criteria and which books and movies we'll be looking at throughout the month of May!

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[vifetoile]

Just finished rereading all three Tyme books, those books are so unbelievably fucking good guys

[sourtoasterstrudel]

Kids against god

I love the headcanon that larry and sally wear more makeup than ash and maple

[sally-nirvana-sandor]

sally face characters OwO

[miketownsends]

met some guys today!

told Joey that the Winter Classic was maybe the coolest thing i’ve ever been to and he was like “yeah me too!”

[fairytale-poll]

LOSER'S BRACKET, ROUND 1A! MATCH 8 OUT OF 8!

Loser's Bracket Propaganda Under the Cut:

Elegance "Ella" Herringbone Coach:

She’s a union gal.

As a reminder: she's a former child laborer who wants to use her family's newfound privilege to fight for workers' rights. She's brave, smart, and compassionate, although she can also be reckless, because she's just a kid trying to do her best and she deserves BETTER. She actually develops a good relationship with her step-family, who are badass and Black like her, and there's this really touching moment at the end that recontextualizes things a lot and it's very sweet and cool worldbuilding. Her fairy godmother is two gay contractors who overthrow their boss for being complicit in a corporate espionage/coup scheme. She has a nice and believable relationship with her prince, who is a fucking dork that learns to be less of a privileged idiot and would put his ass on the line for her in return. She's just so GOOD and Disenchanted is UNDERRATED, everyone go and read it.

Hoshizora Miyuki / "Cure Happy":

Because I love her and I think we need magical girl representation

[nolongersummer]

my top books of 2022!

[urheartsamess]

grounded: the adventures of rapunzel, megan morrison

[ladyelainehilfur]

Y'all ever read a book that has you like--

[alwaysanovice]

I love how in the courtoom scene at the end of Disenchanted, when Jules tries to pin her crime on Serge, Ella has a vague idea of what's happening, Serge knows exactly what's going on...

And then we cut to Dash, who didn't even know Ella HAD fairy godparents until like a week ago, sitting there, going, "I. dont know. whats going on. whos jules? treason who?"