#the tale of...

[wuekka]

I have listened 86% of Fairest of all, Serena Valentino's Disney book about the snow white's queen before I had to stop.

To my understanding, Valentino's the tale of series is marketed to older people than Twisted tales series, but..I feel like twisted tales are more mature in writing. Though first part of Fairest of all was good, it very quickly just...rushed character of the queen into the villain when it decided it was time for the movie's timeline. Then there's the fact Tales of books seem to be the same, main character is abused by their family, get manipulated by the odd sisters (which are just creepy crones..) and then becomes evil almost contradictary to their earlier characterization. Like here's Hades's books backcover.

Lonely, ignored by family, meet odd sisters. The queen was abused by her father, her husband dies, meets odd sisters who keep fueling her obsession with magic mirror. Cinderella's stepmother story makes Cinderella's father abusive.

...Point is, if you're an adult wanting some fun Disney movies reading, read Twisted tales, where stories are more different and little more political even. (Things happening in twisted tales, Ursula wants to become an empress to sacrifice countries worth of people in blood magic to summon elder gods power, Jafar gives poor money and bread but it creates inflation.)

[thestuffedalligator]

“Are you the witch who turned eleven princes into swans?”

The old woman stared at the figure on the front step of her cottage and considered her options. It was the kind of question usually backed up by a mob with meaningful torches, and the kind of question she tried to avoid.

Coming from a single dusty, tired housewife, it should’ve held no terrors.

“You a cop?”

The housewife twisted the hem of her apron. “No,” she muttered. “I’m a swan.”

A raven croaked somewhere in the woods. Wind whispered in the autumn leaves.

Then: “I think I can guess,” the old woman said slowly. “Husband stole your swan skin and forced you to marry him?”

A nod.

“And you can’t turn back into a swan until you find your skin again.”

A nod.

“But I reckon he’s hidden it, or burned it, or keeps it locked up so you can’t touch it.”

A tiny, miserable nod.

“And then you hear that old Granny Rothbart who lives out in the woods is really a batty old witch whose father taught her how to turn princes into swans,” the old woman sighed. “And you think, ‘Hey, stuff the old skin, I can just turn into a swan again this way.’

“But even if that was true – which I haven’t said if it is or if it isn’t – I’d say that I can only do it to make people miserable. I’m an awful person. I can’t do it out of the goodness of my heart. I have no goodness. I can’t use magic to make you feel better. I only wish I could.”

Another pause. “If I was a witch,” she added.

The housewife chewed the inside of her cheek. Then she drew herself up and, for the first time, looked the old woman in the eyes.

“Can you do it to make my husband miserable?”

The old woman considered her options. Then she pulled the wand out from the umbrella stand by the door. It was long, and silver, and a tiny glass swan with open wings stood perched on the tip.

“I can work with that,” said the witch.

[telltaletypist]

i am a woman at war with herself, torn forever between my love of detective fiction and my hatred of cops and cop media

[io-lu-art]

A tale of Ba Sing Se.

[detailedart]

Rise and collapse of a wave. Details of paintings by Michael Zeno Diemer (1867-1939)

[trudlejack]

(+part 2)

[cocopudu]

mane 6 but they're gen 2 !? 🌟⭐️✨💫

[fata-vocant]

medieval backstreet boys: you are… my friar

[julnites]

Red riding hood comic collab with the wonderful @yeehawpim (go check out their blog for loads of great comics!) 🌷 See the layouts he did here!

[thecollectibles]

Art by 冯伟 Feng Wei（c12）

[d4ggerfish]

dnd character design :] !!!

[wuekka]

I haven't read Serena Valentino's The tale of series a lot, but from little I have seen in tv tropes, it feels like everyone has abusive parents/significant other, which is why the main character becomes the villain and then the odd sisters feed that. Like it feels like reading about the same book, unlike twisted tales feels like it changes between books.

[tygerland]

Heath Ledger - May 2000 - by Bruce Weber.

[telltaletypist]

the beatles are an infuriating band to me as a relentless contrarian. liking them is cliche, hating them is cliche, being indifferent towards them is cliche. it's impossible to have an novel or interesting take on the beatles in current year. like how am i supposed to win here?

[keenzipper]

Some brother you turned out to be

[detailedart]

Sixteen lovers and one who craves - stone softness