Speaking of Donkeyskin - it is quite funny how nowadays everybody refers to the fairy godmother in this fairytale as the "Lilac Fairy". This was definitively popularized by Jacques Demy's movie, and it even pops up on the Wikipedia page of the fairytale. But here is the fun story with this...
Charles Perrault never wrote anything about any "Lilac Fairy". The fairy within his Donkeyskin has no name. So where does the "Lilac" qualification comes from?
From Perrault's Donkeyskin. Or rather fake-Perrault Donkeyskin.
It is a crazy story: Donkeyskin is not part of Perrault's "Mother Goose tales", which are all fairytales written in prose. Donkeyskin as part of a set of three "tales in verse", poem-tales, published earlier than his main fairytale collection. However, due to Donkeyskin being so similar to Perrault's Mother Goose tales, it is often decided to add Donkeyskin to the collection. And given a verse text clashes with a prose collection, and as generations went by it was thought a fairytale should be in prose, not in verse, "Donkeyskin" was rewritten in prose.
... But who rewrote Donkeyskin in prose? All the books of the 18th-19th say it is Charles Perrault, but the truth is that it is not possible. The prose-Donkeyskin only appeared after Perrault's death... in 1781. One century after the Mother Goose tales. Oh sure it got massively popular enough that everybody attributed it to Perrault, and included it in the Mother Goose tales. It was this prose-story that Gustave Doré illustrated. It was this prose-story most scholars of the 19th century knew about (Flaubert wrote about this tale believing it was Perrault's work). And it is even the story many children are told today.
But this version was rewritten by an unknown person at the end of the 18th century... It is not Perrault's tale. Not only is it not Perrault's hand behind it, but the prose version modifies several details compared to the original verse version - and as Tony Gheeraert said, it is very obvious that this prose version inherits the ideas and motifs of a post-Enlightenment world (there is notably an entire thing centered around the character of the "druid" that was invented for the prose version, and replaces a different type of satire Perrault meant to have through the king's incestuous wedding).
Anyway... All of that to say it is in the prose 18th century version that the fairy got her name, the "Lilac Fairy" (La Fée des Lilas - as in not a fairy of lilac color, but "The Fairy of the Lilac Flowers"). But in Perrault's own, original tale, he leaves the fairy unnamed - for all of Perrault's fairies are unnamed (it was one of the things that set him apart from other authors of the time like madame d'Aulnoy who took care of naming most of her fairies to individualize them).
Did a design for the fairy Tranquility, the mother of the Three Good Fairies in my backstory for them. She was gifted with the power of dreams and foresight and was an advisor to the Fairy Queen Titania before her untimely death at the hands of the Dark Fairy Carabosse
Edit: I totally forgot to put this but her name is taken from an unused name for one of the Three Fairies and she's also inspired by the Lilac Fairy from the Sleeping Beauty Ballet
Svetlana Savelieva as the Lilac Fairy 🥰 (Credits to the great Madam Adelaida)
I am elated for Sveta as she’s getting more and more soloist roles. She was an impeccable student at Vaganova and since then, we’ve only seen her as the Princess of Great Beauty for Firebird and one of the soloist swans in Swan Lake Act IV. The past year, she’s debuted Queen of Dryads and now, the Lilac Fairy!!! Granted this wasn’t a full ballet, I’m hoping she’s shown enough to get the role in the full Sleeping Beauty.
Given I have been covering “Donkey Skin” I want to precise one thing when it comes to the name of the fairy godmother.
When people use the name “Lilac Fairy”, they can sometimes misinterpret it due to the English translation. “Lilac Fairy” was often interpreted by people as a similar name to “Blue Fairy” or “Red Fairy”, as in “lilac” being the color.
The original French name is “La fée des Lilas”. Lilac used as a complement and in a plural form; it is the Fairy of the Lilac, as in the flower. Not the color.
It appears that Y/N Cookie just can't catch a break from these folks.
It'd be honestly interesting to see how some cookies would react to Y/N finally snapping back or getting enraged from all the stress.
- 🐼 Anon.
(p.s: Remember that your mental health is important too! Please take a break if you need one!)
Halt! The Restriction Mayhem Update!
This and a reply on that post about restraining orders gave me this idea heheha
Greetings, Cookie Runners. I’m Brittle, a writer for the CR x Reader tag.
Today, I’ll be introducing this totally not made up new event starring Y/N Cookie, a cookie that that can never seem to catch a break from the shower of attention their fellow cookies give them.
After many major incidents involving a feud between cookies, Y/N Cookie is at their wits end for some peace and quiet, and so has decided to have some time apart..with restraining orders! Will Y/N Cookie finally get their tranquility with this method? You’ll find out by playing the new event mode!
In this event, you’ll play various stages themed around certain clingy cookies, collect the evidence jellies you need to file the restraining order against the Cookie.
You can attempt the harder difficulties after completing Normal Mode with Hard and Intense Mode, which will up the challenge in stages and evidence!
For costumes, Scorpion and Cocoa will be receiving Epic costumes while a Super Epic is ready for Y/N Cookie, it’s Y/N Cookie’s Super Epic Costume, Absolute Heartstopper! There’s a new sheriff in town and your heart is their bounty!
That’s all that will be shared for today, hopefully Y/N Cookie survives the wait for the update and try not to get dogpiled on by upset cookies. Take care bye byeeee
Coupon Code: RUN Y/N COOKIE RUN (To clarify, this isn’t an actual code, but you probably already knew that)
Normal Mode:
Kumiho Cookie
“W-what? But darling, you can’t be serious!”
Cocoa Cookie
(Cocoa just stands there, confused and heartbroken)
Ninja Cookie
“…..Why would you do that? Did I come off too strong?”
Hard Mode:
Okchun Cookie
“I just wanted to make you feel welcome in our village. Why leave when your home is here…”
Lilac Cookie
“A piece of paper won’t stop me from you..”
Timekeeper Cookie
“Understood.” (Tears restraining order out from the fabric of reality. Thank Tree you had copies)
Intense Mode:
Sea Fairy Cookie
“I am very passionate about you, Y/N Cookie. Is there anything wrong with that?”
Fire Spirit Cookie
“HA HA! NO PIECE OF PAPER IS KEEPING FROM YOU, Y/N COOKIE!”
Lotus Dragon Cookie
“That’s a difficult wish to fulfill, Y/N Cookie. A dragon’s desire for a companion is strong, regardless of any restrictions like this one, a dragon WILL get what they desire eventually…”