Subject: That is amazing. xD
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Posted on: 2022-12-06 14:14:29 UTC

I love modernized fairytales, but that, uh... is an interesting take for sure. I wonder if in the planning stage no one took a step back and went "Wait a minute..." :D

My inspiration for my project came from various places, but one that really stuck with me was a quote I saw from Angela Carter where she talks about how a lot of fairytales of old were rooted in everyday experiences of the poor and the working class that were sometimes horrible (see Hansel and Gretel, although that story hits several Blacklist items so I won't go deeper into what she said). And then she goes into how those tales became sanitized and divorced from their roots once they started to spread and were adapted more widely. I already knew some of that, but it still was pretty eye-opening to see it put so concisely. I can count on one hand the genuinely good fairytale retellings I've read or seen, but I feel she's one of the authors who can do it right (although hers are borderline Gothic horror with some pretty twisted imagery, so check them out at your own discretion). And there's also the fact that the only queer fairytales I've managed to read were fairly awful, but that's a long and very salty story.

Also fun fact, I blame Sleeping Beauty for my obsession with Gothic stories. :P When I was a kid, I had an audiobook cassette of the tale with a cover where Sleeping Beauty was a dark-haired and very pale, scared-looking girl in a blue gown, being menaced by the evil fairy looming over her. Formative experience for itty-bitty Oculus, seeing imagery like that.

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