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[drakyndra]

If anyone once some seriously batshit crazy amusement, I'd check out this latest wank here. I shan't ruin the surprise, but let's just say there is crazy, and then there is crazy. And this is crazy.

And it even makes Snape's Astral Wives look sane. I'd be impressed if I wasn't gaping in disbelief.

On the subject of disbelief, I've actually had inspiration for some fic. (Yes, me writing fic. Colour me shocked!) Though it'll be a little while off, since I need to finish planning the darn thing, which is surprisingly complex for a one-shot fic. Then again, it is set over about 20-odd years, involves a bit of playing around with chronology in parts, and is simultaneous linear and not linear, if that makes any sense.

Being me, I know exactly how it's going to end, and how it starts, too. The problem is getting from one bit to the other. And somewhere in the middle, coming up with a logical explanation for the ending.

So, while still in the planning stages: Can anyone on my flist recommend some good dark fairy-tales/traditional story type things to read up on? Especially of the "Be careful what you wish for" sort. I've been reading The Monkey's Paw and Blue Beard for inspiration, and some thematic analysis of Red Riding Hood (which makes in sound quite impressively filthy, really)

THERE'S A SPIDER ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN! ADH.gsga/GHHFLKSDHS!

Comments

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

Where's the analysis of Red Riding Hood? I love reading things that make me realize my childhood was weirder than I thought.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I've been reading things all over the place, but some of the links from the wiki page are interesting.

I like the darker takes to fairy tales. Possibly one reason I'm a Pratchett fan.

[dibsy.livejournal.com]

Perhaps the horse guy should move to the Sudan. Apprently such things aren't so much of a problem there.

For dark fairy tales I tend to recommend "The Bloody Chamber", by Angela Carter. It's updated adult versions of classic fairy tales, with a feminist perspective.

[kniblet.livejournal.com]

You don't know what you've done. He can't stop reading it. He's read all the comments on the otf_wank post. Now he's working his way through the original post.

It's getting to the point that I'm seriously considering getting a nice, compliant horse to distract him.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

The Sudanese thing is hilarious.

I'll keep an eye out.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Dear, dear dear. I think I've created a monster.

[dibsy.livejournal.com]

You introduced him to the horse?

[narm00.livejournal.com]

You could try the Endicott Studio anthologies (http://www.endicott-studio.com/Anthologies.html). Most of them focus on modern fairy tales, whether they're new stories or modern retellings of old ones. A good number of those stories are pretty dark, it seems to me.

Plus, the Endicott site (http://www.endicott-studio.com/) itself has a number of articles which take an in-depth look at fairy tales you might find interesting.

[msgenevieve.livejournal.com]

That wank stole an hour of my life last night, and I can't thank you enough. *g* Crazy doesn't quite cover it.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that, random person whom I don't know. The Endicott site is actually pretty much what I was looking for.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Just when you think you've seen it all, something as mind-boggling as this comes along.

[narm00.livejournal.com]

No problem. I'm a frequent reader and occasional commenter. Discovered your blog sometime last year through who_daily and stuck around 'cause it looked interesting.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm somewhat less interesting at the moment, what with nothing new really in my fandoms, and Uni on a break right now. But cheers for that.

[thedorkygirl.livejournal.com]

I was going to recommend Blue Beard, but you already beat me to the suggestion. Not fairy tales, but have you tried reading up on lives of saints? They have a sort of ... fairy tale quality to them that's quite interesting. Though mostly they're tragic & sad.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I know surprisingly little about the lives of saints for someone who went to a Catholic school.