"Whaddya think the evil queen was doing with Rapunzel up in that tower?"
OMG. I'm gonna have Rapunzel nightmares tonight!
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
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.
le nubian - Feb 17, 2012 6:40:16 pm PST #22645 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
JenP - Feb 17, 2012 6:41:32 pm PST #22646 of 30001
Right???
Dana - Feb 17, 2012 6:43:21 pm PST #22647 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Also, you know, Rapunzel's Prince is thrown out of the tower and has his eyes put out on thorn bushes, and Rapunzel is sent to wander alone in the desert and bears twins.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 17, 2012 6:58:29 pm PST #22648 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
An aunt told me, my mother, and my sister to forgive the cousin who threatened to have me deported and blackmailed my parents. Said it might cure my migraines.
In your shoes, my response to this would have been "Is the cold air from Hell freezing over supposed to soothe headache pain?"
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2012 7:01:12 pm PST #22649 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"Is the cold air from Hell freezing over supposed to soothe headache pain?"
Having her sit across from her sister and say that her sister's cancer would be cured by the same thing was "all" I needed in terms of talking back.
DavidS - Feb 17, 2012 7:01:25 pm PST #22650 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, you know, Rapunzel's Prince is thrown out of the tower and has his eyes put out on thorn bushes, and Rapunzel is sent to wander alone in the desert and bears twins.
Yeah, but she cries on his eyeballs and he's all better.
Asspull!
Strix - Feb 17, 2012 7:32:27 pm PST #22651 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
forgive the cousin who threatened to have me deported and blackmailed my parents.
WHAFUCK??!!
Re: ruining fairy tales -- um, illiterate much? Man, I had the unbowdlerized version of Grimm's from 8 on and I KNEW that fair tales were...well, fucking GRIM.
Also, in one of the original Sleeping Beauties, she is woken by the suckling at her breast of the child Prince Rapey got on her while she was in a magical freaking COMA.
le nubian - Feb 17, 2012 7:37:20 pm PST #22652 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
nightmares assured.
thank you buffistas!
JenP - Feb 17, 2012 7:39:16 pm PST #22653 of 30001
Look away, LeN, look away. But keep checking over your shoulder, just sayin'.
Atropa - Feb 17, 2012 7:45:47 pm PST #22654 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
No one remembers anymore that Disney didn't actually create these stories.
As much as I love Disney movies (while acknowledging the Disney versions are hugely flawed and problematic), I get frustrated with people who don't know about the roots of the stories. It's like the people who think faeries/fairies are all sweetness and light and magic helpful pixie dust. Ahahaha, no. Go read some folklore.