#reading fairy tales again

[queenlucythevaliant]

harder than you think

i. When the Narnians stole Edmund away from beneath the Witch's blade, they told him he was safe. This wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the whole truth either.

ii. They brought him to the Stone Table. It was night. Edmund doubted very much that he would find safety there, for he still recoiled at the name of Aslan. He slept fitfully and woke the next morning before the sun was up.

iii. A sliver of gold just beyond the tent flap captured his attention, there in the dark. Unaccountably, Edmund felt the urge to rise and go towards it.

iv. And there was Aslan, who was supposed to be fearsome, supposed to be dangerous, supposed to be powerful, and he was he was he was. Dimly, Edmund felt himself hitting the ground.

v. But then Aslan said, “Come, Son of Adam. Let us walk a while, and reason together.”

vi. And as they walked together, in the cool dewy grass of early morning, the Lion told Edmund everything that he had ever done.

vii. They were standing in front of the Table when the conversation turned. Aslan spoke a riddle of a house blasted into rubble which he would piece back together overnight. He spoke of flesh being pierced, blood being shed, and of rejected stones being used for new foundations. He spoke about water welling up forever, washing you clean of everything you ever did wrong, all the blood that you ever thought of shedding, everything you ever tried to steal, and a river that carries you home when you can't walk anymore and spits you out brand new when it reaches the sea.

viii. Edmund's head swam. Silently, he yearned for the wisdom to understand what he was being told; or, failing that, at least to remember it for as long as it took him to puzzle it out.

ix. And then, the Witch. Then, the battle. The thrones. A year passed, and winter came. In its time, it melted back to glorious spring.

x. “Edmund,” said Lucy one day. “There's something we need to tell you.” She and Susan were cloaked in springtime gossamer, like fairy queens in poems he only half remembered. They sat on the window seat in his study, holding hands white-knuckled: his two beloved sisters.

xi. “It's about Aslan,” Susan said. “And the White Witch, and how he made her renounce her claim on your blood. The night before Beruna, he went back to the Stone Table.”

xii. “He let her kill him,” Lucy cut in. “Instead of you. And then, because he hadn't done anything wrong, the Emperor's Deeper Magic brought him back to life.”

xiii. “We've been arguing all year about how much to tell you,” said Susan wryly. Then, a little gentler, “We don't want to hurt you, but we feel you ought to be told what he did for you.”

xiv. And Edmund, who had never forgotten what Aslan told him on that cool, dewy morning before the sun came up, shut his eyes and whispered, “I know.”

xv. I know, he said. I know that he died. I know that he did it for me. I know he lived again because I saw him the next day, and the next, and the next. I think I know what it means - or at least, I know the shape of it.

xvi. “Oh,” said Lucy. “We should have realized that he would have told you himself.”

xvii. “Yes. But please, tell me the story all the same.”

#finally returning to this little character study series thing #I really like this one #bc Edmund pretty clearly knows about Aslan's sacrifice in later books but as of the end of lww the girls are still debating #what if anything he should be told #and like. imo that was what the early morning talk was #the gospel presented in that Jesus-y way where he's like 'this is all gonna make sense to you in a little bit once it gets fulfilled' #in addition to some of the more specific stuff about Edmund's specific sin probably #in my head the closest parallel for that conversation would end up being the magician's book with lucy #anyway #this whole series is being posted together on ao3 just so you know #narnia #the traitor who mended #reading fairy tales again #pontifications and creations #leah stories

[petaltexturedskies]

C.S. Lewis, from “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”

#the chronicles of narnia #the lion the witch and the wardrobe #c.s. lewis #typography #someday you will be old enough to star reading fairy tales again #♡࿐ #fairy tales #(that days has come)

[swordmaid]

shri’iia mood board

#she is like if og fairy tale rapunzel was raised as an unsocialized but very loyal and rabid guard dog instead of a daughter hope that help #but so many thoughts of shri’iia and her unyielding devotion #since she /IS/ a paladin. and if oaths comes from a person’s conviction and less from a deity’s blessing #I think she can get rather intense lol. but now instead of following a chaotic evil spider goddess she’s now using that devotion #to follow her newfound broken oath (path to freedom)!!!!!! #also I think there’s something sauurr scrumptious abt her previous oath being a blessing from a goddess (which in turn she had to be devote #to 24/7 or else she won’t have access to her powers ) vs new oath stemming solely from her own will and conviction #I was reading up on the paladin lore and the idea that they just believe in themselves /so/ hard they just manifest their powers is #hilarious and frankly does not make sense but the thematic change of where shri’iia’s oath charges stems #from - from something transactional to something innate is compelling enough to me that I don’t care if it doesn’t make sense !!!! #also something about how her oaths is now innate and tied to her own conviction -> leads her to actually find her sense of self and self #worth again bc before she had NONE……. olivia wilde nod gif

[lightpurplelilies]

every time i think of anything fairy tale related i have to lean back in my chair and remember the absolute brilliance of the sisters grimm series by michael buckley. the storyline about the big bad wolf and the storyline about snow white’s evil stepmother in particular are absolutely masterful, and the big twist at the end of the second to last book is so intense. can’t believe those are children’s books. they are a masterclass in storytelling, adaption, suspense, and character design. even rereading them as an adult i was blown away

#the sisters grimm #puckabrina #i read it again like last year as a young adult and damn do they still hold up #and they just get better #like the last few books are so fucking amazing #michael buckley #how did you do it #novels #books #writing #writer #kid’s books #fairy tales #the brothers grimm #adaptions

[gogandmagog]

“A love story with a psychological interest … a rather doubtful experiment with a public who expects a certain style from an author."

— Lucy Maud Montgomery, the Selected Journals of, on the subject of 'Kilmeny of the Orchard'

#the kilmeny read-along has been sooo funny to third-party #you guys are so genius #i always felt like kilmeny was maud’s ‘gotcha’ #mostly because of this above journal entry #it felt like a total satirical play on traditional fairy tales #right down to how we see kilmeny’s life truly begin and develop and the moment she meets her ‘prince’ eric #like #right after she meets eric things progress for her… she sees herself for the first time… she perceives herself… and in the end she speaks #all things she hadn’t or couldn’t achieve without him #so here we have our damsel in distress… given growth and a beginning by a man that only wants to really trap her again #say nothing of the way kilmeny is the titular character and yet it is ERICS story #with god all things are possible and with maud all things are intentional #this feels like maud (a huge lover of fairy tales in general) having a bit of a go at these old-timey stories #how easy it is to suppose she was poking some fun at the Way of the World then too #her own existence as a woman was about to transform at the time she wrote it… she was engaged to ewen in 1908 #ANYWAY that is my whole entire 2¢ #i’m about to go like posts and make it EVERYONEs problem so RIP to y’all’s notifs #lucy maud montgomery #kilmeny of the orchard

[shima-draws]

Me, after finishing a romance anime: Okay well now what do I do

#Maybe I should just rewatch Shirayuki again 🤔 #The goat of romance anime. Imo. #Anyway I just finished Sugar Apple Fairy Tale #It was VERY cute #Also very cliche but Challe's hot so it's fine. LMAO #And Bridget's a bitch I hope she rots. Tbh. #Shima speaks #I've also heard Horimiya is another really good one? #Idk I'm just in the mood for romance anime rn whoops haha #It really fucking sucks that the only HnKnA content we got was a movie. And it's not even a GOOD movie #It's confusing as hell 😔 #Wish we got a proper adaptation from the main manga #GODDD I gotta read Love Labyrinth of Thorns again. #They were really pushing the Ace/Alice/Julius agenda with that one and it makes me SO fucking happy #I should just reread all my Alice manga honestly it's been a hot second lol #I'VE ALSO been thinking about rereading Kamichama Karin too that one has also been on the brain #Oof. So many choices. Haha

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

watching wish and asha just said 'isn't truth supposed to set you free' and i went:

more seriously i've very rarely seen 'the truth will set you free' used in a context that wasn't at least aware the phrase comes from the bible (the same way people are generally aware that 'to fly too close to the sun' comes from greek mythology)

so now i'm wondering if the people who wrote this line and put it in the movie know where it comes from and didn't care or plainly didn't know. it's just a very weird phrase to use in the context of that movie imo cause it's far less of an all purpose expression than other biblically inspired sayings.

#i'm probably not being very clear but basically i find it jarring to hear an idiom that couldn't have come to exist w/out jesus #in this loosely-defined and magical fairy-tale world #sure wish takes place in the mediterranean so we can assume it IS set in our world #that's still an acknowledgment of real life history whether intended or not #and unlike say 'to fly too close to the sun' that particular phrase has *deeply* rooted religious significance #maybe i'm completely wrong and it IS commonly used in english but i haven't come across it enough #and again never in a context where i'd assume the speaker was fully unaware of the bible being a thing #like if you hear a 21st century person say it in a fictional story or irl you understand how they came to know it #either they read it or they learnt it throught osmosis #it's reasonable to assume they would have come across it even if they're fully secular #but here who in asha's world says that truth is supposed to set you free??

[darkcrowprincess]

Reminders to people who watch Midsommar and who hate on people who think Dani's ending is a happy one:

Anyone in real life can be susceptible to cults! Anyone! Doesn't matter how intelligent you are. Or how vulnerable you are anyone can get sucked in. So telling someone how thinking Dani has a happy ending in a fictional movie means your are easily able to get tricked by a cult is not only rude and mean. You are missing the point of fiction vs reality.

Ari Aster himself said he saw the movie as a fairy tale. A folk horror. Where The Hårga are good happy thing for Dani. Everyone else in the movie is in a horror movie. Dani herself is in a fairytale and thats why she survives.

The movie is less about cults and more so about breakups. Its a breakup fantasy. Emphasis on fantasy. So yes I am going to say good for her to Dani a fictional character for her fictional killing of her fictional asshole boyfriend. Because its not real!

Can the Fandom purity culture and Fandom purity police just leave people alone and let them enjoy things? If they are not hurting themselves or anyone in real life than just let them be. Stop worrying how people see the ending of a fictional movie and worry about actual real issues in real life. Ok? Ok.

It just annoys me when I try looking up stuff for Midsommar and I find posts like that. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. And can see the ending of the movie in their own way. But when people say, seeing the ending of the movie as a happy ending makes you an easy target for real cults. Well it pisses me off. Dani is more the easier type of victims for cults. But again as I said. Anyone can get sucked into a cult. Doesn't matter who you are. How intelligent you are, or what background you come from. Depending on the type of cult. You can get sucked in. The best thing to know is how to find the signs and knowing when to leave. So stop bringing real issues and horrors into a fictional movie. A fictional movie that people are allowed to enjoy and see how they want.

(Don't like don't read. Post hate and I'll block you)

#my thoughts #midsommar #movies #horror #fairy tales #Don't like don't read. Post hate and I'll block you #What do I know though? #Maybe there are aspects to the movie that I don't understand #But again its fictional #horror movies #dani ardor #cults

[morhath]

[points at thorn and ophelia] east of the sun and west of the moon innit

#sorry if this is incomprehensible. I will do it again. #anyway ooooooh I'm thinking THOUGHTS I'm having IDEAS I'm making CONNECTIONS augh #life #reading #books #mirror visitor #fairy tales #fanfiction #writing #sorry for all the tags I really want to be able to find posts later lmao

[queenlucythevaliant]

Also the White Witch would not be able to get me with Turkish Delight. She would, however, 100% be able to enchant me with that hot beverage. It sounds delightful. I know about the magic and reading that part still makes me think, "I should make hot cocoa"

#then again 'i should make hot cocoa' is on my mind basically all the time in winter #so the narnia thing may actually be incidental #pontifications and creations #narnia #reading fairy tales again

[petaltexturedskies]

I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be your affectionate Godfather, C. S. Lewis.

C.S. Lewis, from “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”

#c.s. lewis #the lion the witch and the wardrobe #the chronicles of narnia #some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again #fairy tales

[bee-in-a-box]

Enchanted is my favorite movie so I kind of already knew Disenchanted was never going to meet my standards, but bro omg they could have at least watched Enchanted a few times :/

#THEY DIDN'T GET IT THEY DIDN'T GET IT #Giselle loved reality BECAUSE IT WASN'T LIKE A FAIRY TALE BRO COME ON NOW #THATS WHY SHE FUCKING STAYED #She's literally fully assimilated into her humanity by the end of the original film did they not get that? #I REFUSE TO BELIEVE SHE WOULD MOVE TO SUBURBIA TO GO JOIN A NEIGHBORHOOD COMITEE AND BE A STAY AT HOME MOM #(women can want that life I know. but Giselle DIDN'T WANT THAT FOR HERSELF) #SHE HAD A WHOLE SUBPLOT OF HER REALIZING SHE DOESN'T WANT TO FIT INTO THE ROLES THE WORLD ASSIGNS HER #SHE WAS READING THE FEMINIST HISTORY BOOK SHE STARTED HER OWN BUSINESS SHE KILLED A DRAGON #Also I love Amy Adam's voice but Giselle should not have sang so much #Giselle stopped singing at a certain point in the original #which isn't to say I think Giselle stopped singing all together. I just think she learned there are inappropriate times to sing #There were other characters that could sing that I was hoping would sing more #and the songs in disenchanted. just. don't add anything to the story. it's like the movie has to stop in order to get their musical fix in #DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE ANIMATION #IT WAS DISRESPECTFUL IS WHAT IT WAS #THE BEST PARTS OF THE MOVIE WERE THE COSTUMES AND THE ROBERT/GISELLE MOMENTS THEY WERE SO CUTE #okay I'm good for now but if i rant again later sorry

[strqyr]

"Forget it." She placed the crown on the ground and resisted the urge to stomp on it. "If you want my honest advice, I would lock this crown in here and throw away the key. Put it out of your mind. Live your life, and trust in yourself to make the right decision when the moment comes, with all the information you have at hand."

"Leo did what any sane person would in his position—he looked at all the information he had in front of him, assessed the situation, and made a choice. And it seems you all have too."

🤔

#guess who's reading fairy tales of remnant again #also known as “how can i make this about strq” #some of it is less obvious #some of it is ozpin literally talking about “fighting evil singlehandedly or baking cookies (for kindness can be as rare as silver eyes)” #and you just need to sit there like #YOU DON'T SAY

[mercymaker]

got nostalgia baited so hard, but watched a sideshow with photos of baltic forests and nature and cried like a lil baby

#life #i abandoned my gods for real #oh what i'd give to be 6 again and go pick wild raspberries with my grandma #or sit by the fire and read fairy tales #or make butter in a big glass jar from the fresh milk from my grandma's cow #to go with a horse-drawn sleigh to a nearby village to buy stuff for the Christmas dinner #to swim in a crystal clear lake somewhere near ignalina #yeah nah i'm ok i'm fine 🥲

[ofyorkshire]

...oh my stars

i don't know if it was intentional, but repetitively referring to bj as "ziggy stardust" in the red riding novels completely foreshadowed bj's death.

#something something the parallels between bj and ziggy both being referenced as imperfect messiahs #and wanting to bring hope to a hellish world (bj consistently sticking his neck out to help uncover yorkshire's corruption) #but ultimately being dragged into the same hate he wanted to stop and destroying himself / being destroyed by the very people who sent him #ie - bj being threatened to send a message by the police and eventually being killed by the police (albeit *sort of* on his own terms) #also maybe something to be said about bowie retiring ziggy partially bc he got too wrapped up in the persona and questioning his sanity #sort of paralleling bj losing his mind (ironically) in the psych ward and heading off to get his revenge on laws (and ultimately jobson). #but that's probably looking way too deep into it. #this meta has almost 0 meaning in the film universe (which is closer to my canon anyway) but. ow. i have emotions. #talking about rr makes me sound insane i'm aware skdflskf but i swear it makes sense. #if there was a fandom for this series i would be popping off. #(again not encouragement to read the novels. watch the films sure. don't read he novels.) #(not unless you're just that obsessed with understanding what the heck was going on in the films like me. they're deeply disturbing.) #(but i did read them bc i DID want to know and now you guys have to live with my crazy ramblings about bj.) #(which may or may not be accurate bc peace leans *a lot* on experiences in '70s-'80s yorkshire which he was alive for. i obv was not lmao) #out of fairy tales [ooc];

[museenkuss]

I'm never not thinking about that fairy tale I read where the heroine climbed the stairs of an old tower and found an intricate desk with little doors and drawers, which she opened up and snooped around in until she found the last drawer, delicate and made of gold, in which a cut-off hand laid in a pool of blood. There was a falcon, I think, who was missing one claw. I wish I could find that fairy tale again, the cold stone tower and the delicate writing desk haunt me.

#🦪.txt #you don't understand the lengths I've gone through to find this tale again only to not find it at all #I've looked through so many of our fairy tale books #and I remember reading it! I remember the pages and vaguely the format but I can't find the book