IO9 is trying to generate upset that fairy tales are being treated in a way that makes them gory and disturbing. Seriously? I didn't think that was how the cool kids thought anymore.
I happen to be very biteable, pal. I'm moist and delicious.
Xander ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2012 5:39:43 pm PST #22633 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
aurelia - Feb 17, 2012 5:44:19 pm PST #22634 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Didn't fairy tales start out that way?
msbelle - Feb 17, 2012 5:47:21 pm PST #22635 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
yes.
DavidS - Feb 17, 2012 5:51:13 pm PST #22636 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Have they never read Bruno Bettelheim?
Jesse - Feb 17, 2012 5:52:50 pm PST #22637 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Or fairy tales?
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2012 5:55:50 pm PST #22638 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Someone's pissing on their Disney childhood by killing Ariel by beaching her. Good, because the original ending was all hearts and puppies...on SPIKES, people.
Kat - Feb 17, 2012 5:57:10 pm PST #22639 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I am often in awe that the rest of you people venture off into other places of the internet AND read the comments. Such bravery.
sarameg - Feb 17, 2012 6:02:49 pm PST #22640 of 30001
Hey, Allyson! Tell Kristen that my friend's daughter (named Nikita) loves the show. I can't believe R lets her watch it (she's like, 7), but apparently so, it's their girltime. They both are fans.
Amy - Feb 17, 2012 6:06:35 pm PST #22641 of 30001
Because books.
The original versions of fairy tales were pretty gruesome. No one remembers anymore that Disney didn't actually create these stories.
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2012 6:15:26 pm PST #22642 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No one remembers anymore that Disney didn't actually create these stories.
Seriously. I'm weirdly disappointed in how much this article misses the point of fairy stories, and treats Walt like he has any ownership of the plots and characters in other than a transient and mercantile sense.
Meredith replied to me that it's his repetitious implication of them as sexual violations that bothers her, but that just makes the guy one note and unimaginative--Walt Disney is the one that fucked with the stories. This guy is not.