Fairy tales: the original horror movies.
Indeed.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
Spike ,'Potential'
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Consuela - May 22, 2012 8:59:14 am PDT #20515 of 30000
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tommyrot - May 22, 2012 9:14:52 am PDT #20516 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Polter-Cow - May 22, 2012 9:25:41 am PDT #20517 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Fairy tales: the original horror movies.
That reminds me of Seanan's blog post about the intersection of horror, fantasy, and urban fantasy.
Frankenbuddha - May 22, 2012 9:55:51 am PDT #20518 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The Queen is invited to the wedding of the prince and his new bride, not realizing that the new bride is Snow White. At the wedding, a pair of heated iron shoes are brought out with tongs, and the Queen is forced to wear them and dance until she dies.
That's like something right out of Game of Thrones.
EpicTangent - May 22, 2012 10:05:06 am PDT #20519 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
The Queen is invited to the wedding of the prince and his new bride, not realizing that the new bride is Snow White. At the wedding, a pair of heated iron shoes are brought out with tongs, and the Queen is forced to wear them and dance until she dies.
And the queen & wicked stepsister in Ever After thought they had it rough becoming servants...
Atropa - May 22, 2012 10:08:59 am PDT #20520 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
This is one of my favorite collections of the Grimm's stories: [link]
In fact, I should dig it out and re-read it soon.
Consuela - May 22, 2012 10:09:26 am PDT #20521 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And the queen & wicked stepsister in Ever After thought they had it rough becoming servants
In the original version of Cinderella, they all had their eyes pecked out by birds. And the two girls basically maimed themselves trying to get their feet to fit into the glass slipper.
-t - May 22, 2012 10:15:31 am PDT #20522 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Chopped off their heels and toes, as my mom would remind me often when we were shoe shopping.
EpicTangent - May 22, 2012 10:17:14 am PDT #20523 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Oh, yeah, big fan of Into the Woods, so we could even sing about the blood in the shoes...if we wanted to.
Just sayin'...made to work in the laundry and being dyed purple...those ladies got off WAAAY easy.
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 10:28:15 am PDT #20524 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have that same collection, Jilli.