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inukag-archive · 1 year

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Do you have any suggestions for good fairytale inspired or fairytale retelling inukag fanfics? Or any royalty au inukag fics? 🤩

Hello anon! Since we already have some rec lists that heavily feature Inuyasha and/or Kagome as royalty (Arranged Marriage, NSFW Royalty/Rich People AUs, Early Feudal Marriage, as well as several lists in the works!), we decided to focus on the fairytale retelling aspect of your ask. All of the following fics were inspired by, or are adaptations of, fairytales. We also have a separate list just for InuKag stories inspired by Beauty and the Beast. Enjoy! ✨

The Dog Prince by DemonGirl-Setsuna (T)

The handsome Prince InuYasha and the strongwilled Princess Kagome are made for eachother, but they don't realize it until the enchantress Kikyo turn InuYasha into a dog! By day InuYasha wanders around the lake as a dog, and by the moonlight he turns into

Dog Skin by sublimetrickster (M)

Kagome loves her father, King Naraku. Unfortunately, he starts loving her in the wrong way and disguised, she escapes. A kindhearted hanyou prince rescues her, but can he protect her from the darkness that pursues her? A Grimm Fairytale.

Frozen Heart by kongosoha (T)

Inuyasha and Kagome grew up together in a small village. After Inuyasha disappears during a blizzard, Kagome decides to leave on a journey to find him. Her resolve will be tested at each turn of the way. Based on The Snow Queen fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Can I Keep You by Edward’sTrueAngel (T)

Kagome is a young princess and InuYasha is a young prince who have been betrothed since they were babies, but there’s just one problem with the arranged marriage. . .They hate each other. But what happens when they meet again years later and fall in love?

Thousandfurs by RosieB (M)

Based on the little known Grimm fairytale. Princess Kagome is forced from her home and into the demon territories. Will Prince Inuyasha ever figure out who his new servant is?

Heartsong by DeletedAccountNotChangingMind (T)

The War had consumed the people for many years the War of humans and Demons Kagome heir to the human throne needs to marry Inuyasha king to the demon her mother doesn't approve but her people need the peace now they must fight for it to keep it

The One Who Speaks My Name by @fawn-eyed-girl, @neutronstarchild, & @ruddcatha (T)

Kagome never thought it would come to this. Her parents were now gone and the peach orchard that had been in her family for generations was dying. She had no other choice, so she sought out the hanyō of the mountain, ready to bargain for a wish and pay any price he demanded. When she finally finds him, Inuyasha is not prepared for the purity of the wish, or that she has no desire to free herself of the wish’s price by accurately guessing his name. Is Kagome Higurashi the one destined to break his curse?

Black as Night, White as Snow by L.M. Avalon (T)

Snow White parody: Kagome is fleeing the wrath, and slight insanity, of her elder stepsister. With a not-so-charming prince and the magical keeper of an enchanted mirror after her as well, can she stay hidden?

Open Your Eyes by Sleep Walking Chicken (T)

All of Kagome's dreams have come true. She's met her Prince Charming and she can live happily ever after. Yet, her happily ever after doesn't seem to be coming fast enough, and everything seems to be going downhill.

Enchanted Sleep by Silvanon of the Orchard (T)

Inuyasha is betrothed to a cursed princess, but no one knows where she is. Kagome is just a simple peasant girl trying to make her way in the worldor is she? It's Sleeping Beauty with an Inuyasha twist!

Snow White and the Seven ‘Dwarfs’ Sort of by Penthesileia (M)

“Mirror, Mirror, whose the woman that Inuyasha wants instead of me?” Princess Kagome is about to find out not everything is as it appears, the dead don't stay that way, and maybe happy ever afters's do exist. Based on Snow White...sort of.

The Price of a Wish by @lazy8blog (T)

When a daiyoukai showed up at Kagome's village and demanded she do the impossible, against all odds, she somehow managed to do it anyway... but at what price?

Into the Woods by @mamabearcat (E)

When Kagome goes to visit her ill grandfather at his isolated mountain shrine in the woods, she didn't know she would be facing an ancient evil, or uncovering a shared destiny with a grumpy inuhanyou woodsman that would change everthing. Modern InuKag AU very loosely based on Little Red Riding Hood. Rated E for slight horror, swearing, and full on first-time smexiness. Complete with amazing art by @clearwillow

The Glass Mask by @heynikkiyousofine (M)

Inspired by Cinderella, can Kagome escape her life with her evil uncle and cousin?

It Will Come Back by @thornedraven (E)

"She went to bed, unaware of her missing cloak. Ignorant, of the clawed hand that had picked it up from its fall off the path. “You know better, darlin’.” A fanged grin flashed in the night."

A one shot inspired by Hozier's song "It Will Come Back". Slight Little Red Riding Hood inspiration as well. Darker themed Little Red Riding Hood, and much more adult themed.

Red Riding Hood by BeeBeePink (M)

It's never safe for a girl to travel into the woods alone, especially when you're everything the big bad wolf could want. Kagome makes that mistake, and it's one that could possibly haunt her for the rest of her life.

Cinderella by @lavendertwilight89 (E)

Kikyo and Kagome were orphaned at a young age, leaving them to be taken care by their evil aunt. Kikyo became a pop-star to take care of herself and Kagome. Now, Kikyo is tired of duty and begs Kagome to take her place, including being Inuyasha's girlfriend. Is Kagome up to the test?

Under the Sakura Tree by @fawn-eyed-girl (E)

Inuyasha and Kagome are childhood friends turned sweethearts. On the eve of Inuyasha's prospective proposal, he is taken away by the Soul Queen, Kikyo, who desires a Shikon no Tama shard that he has in his possession. When Kagome realizes that Inuyasha has been kidnapped, she sets out on a quest that takes her across Japan to find her lost love. Will she be able to find him before he is lost to her forever?

An adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, and featuring commissioned art by the radiant @nartistadigital!

The Little Human by Silken Ink (M)

She is willing to break all the rules, leave everything behind, even give up her own voice...and maybe her very soul... for the freedom to be herself, to see beyond the walls of her tiny world, and to choose to stand by the side of the one she loves. Will Kagome find love and life, or will she fail and be consumed?

Green Cloaks and Silver Hair by @neutronstarchild (T)

“Grandma!” Kagome woke up in a cold sweat. Her grandma had called out to her in her dreams, to come, to hurry. A man with silver hair and golden eyes and blood red robes was there, for good or for ill Kagome could not tell. But she had to go, so she threw on her green cloak and she grabbed her basket to make her way through the woods, unaware that another was following her from the treetops. The reason, she would come to understand, that her grandmother had called for her to come. (An adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood into the Inuyashaverse)

#inukag archive #inukag fanfic #fairytales #fairytale adaptations

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into-the-sky-under-the-sea · 3 months

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𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 & 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴

💠 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂-𝒊𝒔𝒉

-inspired by Saltburn (2023) and the art it references (or reminded me of) 🏰🍾 ▪ Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh [a fav book of mine] ▪ Brideshead Revisited (1981) miniseries ▪ The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith ▪ and I have to mention Purple Noon (1960), my favorite film, just because it is the first adaptation of the first Ripley book ▪ The Secret History by Donna Tartt [another fav book] -rolledover from autumnal mood -books on my tbr 📚 ▪ Ticky by Stella Gibbons ▪ Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey ▪ Possession by A.S. Byatt, which can also connect to The Romantics below

💠 ℂ𝕒𝕡𝕠𝕥𝕖'𝕤 𝕊𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕤 & 𝕞𝕚𝕕-𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕪 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕣

-currently reading Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer, which I've had for a while but am now reading because it is the basis for the new season of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (series on FX) -Answered Prayers by Truman Capote is now one of the next books I want to buy -I read a couple articles pertaining to the book and surrounding figures, which then lead me to watching the documentary Always at the Carlyle (2018)

💠 ƑคเгץՇคɭєร

-I am in my fairytale era 🧚🏼‍♀️✨️🦢⛲️🪷❄️🏹🍎🪞🥀🫧🪺 -seedlings were planted back in December with reading E.T.A. Hoffmann's and Alexandre Dumas' Nutcracker stories, and watching Frozen for the first time and then reading "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen -it was cemented with rewatching Donkey Skin (Peau d'ane) (1970) early in the month and then reading that fairytale 💍 -I've continued / am now I'm continuing to do that with other titles ▪ "The Red Shoes" 👠 ▪ "12 Dancing Princesses" 🩰 ▪ Up Next: "The Little Mermaid" 🧜🏼‍♀️ -specifically, watching (or rewatching) Czech and Soviet adaptations ▪ Снежная королева (The Snow Queen) (1957) ❄️ ▪ Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) 🦉 ▪ Perinbaba (1985) 🌨 ▪ Up Next: Русалочка (1976) and Malá mořská víla (1976) (both are "The Little Mermaid") 🧜🏼‍♀️, and Двенадцать месяцев (The Twelve Months) (1973) -and on my immediate tbr is The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter 📕

💠 𝔐𝔬𝔬𝔡𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔈𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩 𝔉𝔢𝔪𝔪𝔢

-this is the only way I can think of describing this mood/interest and it's not even a complete phrase, just adjectives of the aesthetic -I'm just listing movies and books that illustrate this to me ▪ Currently Reading: Brutes by Dizz Tate ▪ Currently Watching: Jean Rollin's vampire films: The Shiver of the Vampires (1971), Fascination (1979), The Living Dead Girl (1982), Two Orphan Vampires (1997) ⚰ ▪ on my book wishlist is Mine-Haha: or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls by Frank Wedekind, which was adapted into the film Innocence (2004) 🌳 ▪ I swear I had other things to put here, but I can always do updates posts later -taken from one of my Letterboxd tags "ethereal femme horror" which I started/came up with when I first watched a couple Jean Rollin films late last summer

🏹 [Also, Fairytale + Moody and Ethereal Femme = my "growing up in a land far far away" list on LB]

💘 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚜

-in October I watched Haunted Summer (1988) and rewatched Gothic (1986) and in doing so I realized I haven't read much from Lord Byron. I then bought his Selected Poems and Don Juan 📜 -reading his work is also likely to lead to finding a biography about him, and works by and about the other Lake Geneva attendees: Mary Wollstonecraft (Shelley), Percy Bysshe Shelley, Claire Clairmont, John Polidori (I have previously read Frankenstein and The Vampyre)

💘 ᑘᘉᕼᓰᘉᘜᘿᕲ ᘺᓍᘻᘿᘉ / ᖴᘿᘻᗩᒪᘿ ᖇᗩᘜᘿ

-at the beginning of January I really wanted to start reading Boy Parts by Eliza Clark, but soon afterwards I found out an internet booktube friend died suddenly, so I was a little out of it last month. Boy Parts was actually on her 2024 tbr, so I definitely want to get to it soon when the spur strikes again. 📷 -honestly, since finding out about her death, though it has taken me some time, I'm even more determined to get to books and movies I've been wanting to read and to watch for years! things I've put off because of high expectations or whatever. things I think will be new all-time favs, 5/5 stars, etc. I'm going to read them! and one of those is A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers 🍖🍇 -I'm now realizing, when you think about it, certain Jean Rollin films could probably be categorized here 🧛🏼‍♀️

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Thinking about how Starkid’s raised nearly half a million dollars for Cinderella’s Castle simply by being transparent about where their money goes, being nice to their fan base, hiring unproblematic, talented people, and creating good, original art

#what I’m saying is the people crave original musicals #I know Cinderella’s Castle is technically a retelling buts it’s a retelling of the like old fairytales #it’s not like a movie adaption or a Disney remake #they’ve just passion for their art #and they also have beautiful women #go give starkid your money #starkid #team starkid #cinderellas castle starkid #cinderellas castle #musical theatre

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shinishmermaid · 9 months

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Fairytales that don't make sense to me in Ever After High

Throughout the show we saw that most of the fairytales have a modern-day adaption, but there are still some fairytales that don't make sense to me so here they are (with some possible explanation):

Snow White

Is Apple's mother supposed to die and her husband supposed to remarry Raven and Die? My theory is that they changed it so the evil queen is born from royalty (Raven is the daughter of the good king so that can support this theory) or marries into royalty (which could be the case for Raven's mother) and then attempts to kill Snow White due to the beauty thing.

Rumpelstiltskin

The miller's child probably studies in Ever After High so they must know Rumpelstiltskin's name then how does this fairytale even work??? Even if they don't study there the name of the fairytale is literally the name of the guy they need to know to save their child. Also, is every descendant of the original Rumpelstiltskin named that?

Cinderella

We know Ashlynn is Cinderella and the prince's daughter so how does her fairytale work? Is Cinderella supposed to pass away, leading to the king's remarriage to the evil stepmother and his death?

Sleeping Beauty

Since Briar and Faybelle are the same age there are probably two possible versions for the fairytale to make sense:

1. Fatbelle's mother is the one who will curse Briar and Faybelle will curse Briar's child (since the sleeping beauty is supposed to be cursed as a baby).

2. Faybelle will curse Briar on Briar's first birthday after they graduate. Briar's parents organized the party and didn't invite Faybelle.

#Ever After High #EAH #ever after high theory #ever after high theories #snow white #the sleeping beauty #Cinderella #Rumpelstiltskin #apple white #raven queen #darling charming #ashlynn ella #professor Rumpelstiltskin #briar beauty #the evil queen #faybelle thorn #modern fairytale adaption

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mysticdragon3md3 · 1 month

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The Grimm Variations | Official Trailer | Netflix by Netflix Anime

#trailers #grimm variations #CLAMP #wit studio #grimm's fairy tales #grimm's fairytales #anime adaptation #anime #netflix #mythology folklore myth legends #Youtube

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carrotkicks · 8 months

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Favorite fairytale?

Shrek

#uh cinderella maybe?#or little red riding hood #<- as western fairytales go anyways #i have a fondness for a the good ole hindu epic poems i read adaptations of as a kid. ramayana. mahabharata

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witch-house-in-winter · 4 months

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I would never even imagine working for disney, but by god i wish i would be put in charge to make a 2D animated adaptation for the romanian fairytale Ileana Simziana who has pretty much a canonically trans character (i ofc lack any skills to make that possible but i still dream about this everyday)

#ileana samziana #disney #fairytale #basm #romania #romanian #romanisme #actually theres more fairytales in the ro folklore who could make great adaptation #heck not even just fairytales #make luceafarul a disney movie #or even better #riga fucking crypto

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WORST FAIRYTALE ADAPTATION!!!! I need more people to understand how bad the Camila Cabello Cinderella is.

LMAO I'm glad to see people are so passionate about this...

#ngl i originally wasnt going to include that as an option but then i was like oh might as well #didnt expect it to be so popular #since i dont plan to start the next tourney until summer break i might consider doing best & worst fairytale adaptations simultaneously #not a poll #ask

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invisible-pink-toast · 2 months

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i don't understand why with the modern retellings of fairytales no one has done rapunzel? there's been a growing trend in wanting to have 'darker' fairytales, or to deconstruct or explore the original stories. but a rapunzel adaptation would be able to do this so well!

compared to other fairytale's and princesses, rapunzel isn't in many adaptations. think of how many different versions of cinderella, snow white, beauty and the beast or peter pan there are (obviously varying in quality lmao)

it's honestly endless!

but rapunzel has very few adaptations:

there are two major movies: 'barbie rapunzel' and 'tangled',

rapunzel is a character in the musical 'into the woods', which also became a movie

one major tv series which is the tangled spinoff 'rapunzel's tangled adventure'

even in stories that combine many fairytales, rapunzel is rarely in them - being a minor villain in 'shrek the third', and as a minor character appearing in one episode of 'once upon a time' in season 3, and then a different version of rapunzel appears in season 7 as a villain who is also lady tremaine (idk i didn't write it)

so there's a lot of potential to explore the story more, especially considering no adaptation has ever gone into the original story (into the woods would be the most similar, but the ending is quite different and rapunzel's not a major character in the musical) and that most versions of rapunzel so far have been for younger audiences.

even just the basic premise of the original story would fit a darker fairytale - a girl is raised in isolation, kept in a tower with no doors or ways to leave and her only company is the abusive woman who raises her, telling the girl she is being kept safe from the outside world. not to mention the other elements of the original story that would be interesting to see portrayed onscreen or be interpreted in different ways - a baby being bartered, rapunzel banished by the woman who raised her for being pregnant, the prince is pushed from the tower and is blinded by thorns, in some versions the witch ends up trapped in the tower herself, etc.

there's a lot of elements there that would make for a fascinating, darker version then what we've seen.

in some of the earlier concept art for tangled, rapunzel is portrayed as much more wild:

which makes a lot of sense!

barbie rapunzel, tangled and into the woods went for a route of rapunzel being sweet, sheltered and naive, which was fuelled by the witch's manipulations. depending on the version, the witch treats rapunzel as a daughter, an indentured servant, or a mix of the two.

but there could be a version of the story where rapunzel is left more to her own devices. or models herself more after the witch - the only person she's ever known. or where her learnt fear of the outside world leads her to want to protect herself against these dangers.

it would be also interesting (as well as pretty heartbreaking) to look into how rapunzel would feel after knowing that her entire life was a lie. that the woman she obeyed and cared about was using her and lied to her. how rapunzel would interact with a world she's never known, but always been taught to fear. and if the story has rapunzel and the prince separated for a time (some versions for years), what would rapunzel's life be like - pregnant and alone and in the world for the first time?

and then there's the prince!

he hears rapunzel singing in the woods and is captivated, but can't get up into her tower, but comes back to listen to her every day. and after he secretly watches how the witch gets into the tower, he calls for rapunzel to let down her hair and climbs up himself. and then they... fall in love and secretly get married.

that part is always glossed over.

it could be a really beautiful love story - a lonely soul who spends most of his time wandering alone in the woods basically hears a siren song and is determined to meet the singer. rapunzel, who's only ever known abuse, meets a genuinely kind person who wants to show her the world. he comes back every day with a strand of silk for rapunzel to make a ladder so that she can be free. after they're separated the now blind prince wanders in search of her, eventually hearing her singing again and that's how they're reunited.

it could also be quite terrifying - a man becomes obsessed with a girl he barely knows, tricks her into letting him into her home, she has no relationship experience (or experience with people at all) and is just as isolated with him as she is with the witch. they get married in secret and she gets pregnant and is punished by the witch for it.

it could even be some version of the two - the prince being captivated by her song, but also drawn to the one thing he can't have (the girl in the tower). but rapunzel being wild when he meets her and him having to slowly earn her trust and respect, and genuinely wanting her to be free of her tower prison.

any adaptation would have to be careful with the character of the witch though - often called gothel, to not fall into antisemetic tropes.

the article 'antisemetism in children's media' explains the harmful ways villains are often jewish-coded:

"[Mother Gothel] was originally drawn as an elegant caucasian looking woman, only to be edited to look like a stereotypical Ashkenazi Jew, presumably as a means to appear more “evil”. Gothel is animated with a hooked nose, and coarse, black curly hair – all aspects commonly seen in antisemetic caricatures. Though these features on a villain alone are shocking enough, what is most terrifying about Gothel’s portrayal is the obvious use of Blood Libel tropes. This can be described as a false belief that Jews kidnap and murder young Christian children in order to perform religious rituals (often associated with Manischewitz wine and matzah). Sound familiar? That’s because it is thinly veiled in Gothel’s portrayal. In Tangled, the main character Rapunzel is portrayed as a young innocent white girl, who is kidnapped by the Jewish villain, who uses Rapunzel’s magical essence to make herself appear younger. What is the laziest attempt at villainizing Jews in this character, and possibly the most hurtful however, is that Gothel is a common jewish surname."

it's awful, and unfortunately something that's been present in many iterations of gothel over the years (as well as other fairytales and witch caricatures)

a solution to this is to not having the witch be jewish coded. her name doesn't have to be gothel, she does not have to have stereotypical or exaggerated features, and rapunzel doesn't even have to be white

but having a focus be on the witch and her relationship to rapunzel is key - because unlike many other fairytale villains, the witch raises rapunzel. in many versions she's the only human contact rapunzel has ever had, or in the versions where rapunzel is locked in the tower as a pre-teen, the witch is the only person she's seen in many years.

the witch's motivations for locking rapunzel away are also important for their relationship and the story:

the original fairytale and into the woods has the witch want to punish her neighbour for stealing from her garden, and wanting a child of her own

barbie rapunzel has a twist on this, gothel was in love with king wilhelm, and when he did not return her love, she kidnapped his daughter rapunzel and framed the neighbouring kingdom, causing the two to go to war.

tangled has gothel using a magic flower for eternal youth, but after the kingdom uses the flower to save the queen & unborn princess, gothel kidnaps the baby in order to stay alive and keep the magic now in rapunzel for herself

Another portrayal of her motivations:

"Many scholars have interpreted "Maiden in the Tower" stories, which Rapunzel is a part of, as a metaphor for the protection of young women from pre-marital relationships by overzealous guardians.[23] Scholars have drawn comparisons of the confinement of Rapunzel in her tower to that of a convent, where women's lives were highly controlled and they lived in exclusion from outsiders.[3]"

this would be a really interesting approach for the character that hasn't been done before. someone who truly believes that she is protecting the child, but is really the one doing all the damage. having the character be inspired by nuns/convents would also work well, as a lot of the techniques gothel uses line up with abusive nuns - isolation, guilt, emotional/physical abuse, and the treatment of rapunzel after the witch finds out she's pregnant. it also flips the head on the often antisemetic coding of the witch

depending on the version made there are a lot of possibilities for endings:

rapunzel having to brave the world alone and pregnant

rapunzel and the prince being reunited - but have days, weeks, months or years gone by? do they ever meet again?

meeting the prince again going differently if it's the terrifying version where he was using rapunzel just like the witch, only in a different way. maybe he wants nothing to do with her or the babies, maybe he pretends they never met at all. how would rapunzel's story change then?

is rapunzel ever reunited with her birth parents? does she want to be?

the ending could be darker, bittersweet, or end on an optimistic note

all this to say that rapunzel is a story with so much potential, and i would love to see it brought to life in more ways - with different genres or interpretations and taking more from the original story.

with the amount of random, unnecessary remakes that are being made - wouldn't a familiar fairytale told in a new way be more interesting?

#rapunzel #adaptation #fairytale #my meta #my post #into the woods #tangled #barbie rapunzel

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I was rethinking about how important the use of cultural details is when doing fairytale reinterpretations or adaptations. It is a way of adapting that people tend to forget due to some sort of general agreement that fairytales should escape any type of time-space setting and feel just like a "generic pseudo-medieval pseudo-European" world (except of course if they are set in modern day America, because for the US media the USA is, of course, a setting deemed "universal" enough that should speak to everybody... *cough cough* americanocentrism *cough cough*)

It was something I was already thinking about some times ago, ever since I discovered the Royal New Zealand Ballet's Hansel and Gretel, which has lots of very cool references to various states of German culture, ranging from cinema (the aesthetic of the setting, characters and special effects is meant to evoke the classic mute expressionist movies such as "Nosferatu" or "The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari")...

... to folklore (the show made the insanely clever decision of replacing the bird eating the crumbs in the forest with schnabelperchten brooming them away).

And more recently I have been looking into a 1930 black-and-white French movie called "Cinderella of Paris", that transposes/twists/parodies the Cinderella story within the context of the realistic 1920s Paris.

And the main ball, the equivalent of the titular Cinderella ball, is made into the Sainte-Catherine dance. Which is absolutely fitting and perfect for a Cinderella within an inter-war Paris. If you don't know, up until the mid-20th century, in France Saint Catherine's day was the time of a great popular ball/public dance whose entire purpose was to allow girls of 25 years old or more, yet without a male companion, to find a suitor/husband/boyfriend/fiancé. It was the big time to "solve the problem of the old maids", of which Saint Catherine was the patron - and it was THE big "love day" long before the overwhelming Americanization of Saint Valentine's Day.

All of that to say, I really love the inclusion of little cultural details and elements within fairytales retelling or transpositions - either of the original fairytale's culture, or of the culture in which the fairytale is transposed. Not only does it make the product quite cool, clever and/or interesting, but it also shows that you put a lot of thought into the tale's original setting and the point of moving up to another time period or geographical era. It is the opposite of just slapping a "That's X country" or "That's X time" sticker onto a fairytale without doing much more work.

#fairytales #fairy tales #fairytale adaptations #hansel and gretel #cinderella #cendrillon de paris #royal new zealand ballet #rnzb's hansel and gretel #royal new zealand ballet's hansel and gretel #fairytale transpositions

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inukag-archive · 1 year

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Do you know of any beauty and the beast-esque inukag fics? I’ve read the beauty of the beast by ashmish111 on ao3 and I’m looking for similar fairytale type fics 💖

Hi anon! We found a handful Beauty and the Beast-esque InuKag fics for you, ranging from direct adaptations to a few that just have vaguely similar vibes. Also, for anyone who may not know of the story you mentioned in your ask, we’ve included it in the list below. Happy reading! 💕

Beauty of the Beast by @mrfeenysmustache (T)

She’s an outcast, and so is he. Thrown together under unusual circumstances, two lonely souls find a little common ground, and a little acceptance where they never expected. Beauty and the Beast AU... with a twist!

Someone to Love Me by Hikari Dreams (T)

AU. Remake of Beauty and the Beast. Kagome is a young villager who is named prisoner inside the forgotten castle in the Forest of Inuyasha. Inuyasha and his sevents are under a cures and Kaogme must break it. But will she fail or prevail?

Beauty and the Hanyou by Mishelledor23 (M)

Inspired by Beauty and the Beast, but Inuyasha style! The terrible half-demon prince Inuyasha is under a fifty-year old curse that keeps him trapped inside his castle. Can Kagome, the reluctant miko-in-training become his friend? Maybe even his love? InuXKag, MirXSan. Lemons and language in later chapters!

684 Concord Rd by @shnuggletea (T)

Kagome needs money for a lot of things; school, her family, medical bills, as well as a debt her father left behind. So when a job comes along with a big paycheck that fits her schedule, she doesn't hesitate. That is, until the house she's supposed to clean turns out to be occupied by an angry beast.

Beauty and the Hanyou by BlueMoon Goddess (T)

Based on Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Can Kagome teach Inuyasha how to love and can Inuyasha learn to love before the last petal falls? Or will he be doomed to reamin a hanyou for all eternity?

Beauty and the Beast by Inuismyhomeboi (T)

She is the daughter of a deceased Inventor, who finds solace in her books. He is a cursed Prince who needs to find love before the last petal falls. Sound familiar? It should. Its beauty and the beast done Inuyasha style.

Beauty and the Beast Inuyasha Style! by Chris-San (T)

Inuyasha is a prince, cursed to live a life of solitude in the body of a demon, unless he can learn to love.

The Tale of the Magic Prince by Lord Wolfe (M)

The tale of the Magic Prince, the one folk tale her father never finished before he died. Kagome set out to a distant land to find the origin of the fairy tale. She never expected the story to turn out to be true and that the fabled Prince was actually a magically empowered tyrant that uses transfiguration to rule his people. Can she reach his hate filled heart?

The Warlord’s Tribute by @omgitscharlie (E)

With a kingdom built upon the blood of his enemies, Inuyasha is the leader of the Taisho Clan. A vicious warlord who scours the lands for power and has made a name for himself amongst his rivals. Even as a hanyou, he is revered and looked upon as a king amongst the neighboring villages. Elders near and far come to give their offerings, one of them bringing a young woman with a fiery spirit. Another beauty to add to his ever-growing harem of women. Little does he know, she is more than he bargained for.

Only the Right Medicine by @dawnrider (M)

Modern AU: Kagome is new to the small town where humans and youkai live in relative peace. But there is a disruption of that peace in the late daiyoukai's hanyou son who is at risk of being overcome. Maybe the new addition to town is exactly what he needs...

#inukag archive #inukag fanfic #beauty and the beast #fairytale adaptations

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obeetlebeetle · 1 year

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the thing that really irritates me about the party's 'solution' isnt even like, a well-reasoned critique of their approach or anything -- it's that their story is about to end. any change they make to the world of neverafter is specifically applicable to that world. giving 'everyone' a 'chance to write their own story' has all of the problems that ej articulated in lrb, on a theoretical level, and on a narrative level is makes no damn sense because the characters! arent! people! and will cease to exist after the finale. so to engage with your story by saying 'we are going to give everyone authorial control' is just fallacious. you arent. you are not going to do that.

#it's the same logical fallacy that existed re: the princesses' hope for getting out tbh #because nva is one fairytale adaptation within a massive tradition that will not cease because of a conclusion reached in this instance #but at least the princesses were challenging our understanding of and relationship to the tales as a tradition

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sherbertscarrot-head2 · 2 months

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WHERE IS THE 2023 CAMELOT MUSICAL FAN ART AT?!?!!?:&:&?

WHERE IS IT?!?!?!!

Where is the fan ART?!?!?/&/)/?!!.

#musicals #musical #jeremy jordan #Sutton foster #phillipa soo #Jordan Donica #Camelot #musical adaptation #Tony awards #costume design #fairy tail #fairytale core #guinevere #fanart #character x character

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riddlerosehearts · 3 months

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i'll say one more thing and then stop being so negative for at least today, but: the fact that all of the walt disney animation studios upcoming films that we know of are sequels (moana 2, zootopia 2, frozen 3 and 4 after frozen 2 was already so divisive) makes me upset. pixar is also coming out with a toy story 5, and i didn't like TS4 either. i probably won't see any of these in theaters unless the reviews are amazing, and i have an unbroken streak of seeing every WDAS film since princess and the frog in theaters (except for raya and the last dragon because of covid, so i just count the fact that i still watched it on release day). disney means the entire world to me. can we please get some high quality original stories in here i'm begging.

#by original i literally just mean not a sequel btw #i would kill for more disney fairy tales or even greek mythology adaptations #there's specific fairytales and myths i've always dreamed of disney adapting #but they don't have to be those either. just something NEW.#disney #moana #moana 2

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reflections-in-a-critical-eye · 5 months

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I just saw you reposted something about "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel".

It is one of my absolute favorite Christmas movies.

My parents are from the DDR (I was three years old when Germany was united again), so growing up I watched a couple of DEFA fairy tale movies. Most notably:

Die Prinzessin mit dem goldenen Stern (Princezna se zlatou hvězdou)

And I also vaguely remember:

Das singende, klingende Bäumchen Das kalte Herz Frau Holle (damn, the Frau Holle in this one reminded me of the strict, authorative, post-DDR kindergarten teachers I had and it's giving me the creeps) Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot König Drosselbart

Yes, I really like Three Wishes for Cinderella. It's not a tradition here to watch it during Christmas, but I know it's the case for other European countries. I'm more used to watch Sissi with Romy Schneider during that period.

I actually found out about it whilst I was doing some research on socialist co-productions. I was trying to make the case that Hollywood wasn't the only industry able to deliver entertainment and that Europe wasn't only the land of art cinema. Co-productions were very successful and it became a bridge across the Iron Curtain. It also dismantled a bit the illusion that all countries under the socialist regime were isolated, which is an ongoing narrative to this day.

Anyway, I found an article a few years ago that was a detailed analysis on the production of the film and its cultural impact. There's something so particular, especially in the cinematography, of the fairytales adapted for screen in the 1970s. It's also a genre that can easily be approved, particularly in national cinemas with a propagandistic component. They were safer on the surface.

Thank you @guacamoli-avocadorado for sharing those other titles, I'll look them up.

Three Wishes for Cinderella is also available on youtube with English subtitles for anyone who might be interested in watching it.

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#m thoughts #three wishes for cinderella #european cinema #1970s #socialist cinema #fairytale adaptation

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