Ethryndal

@Ethryndal *pops in* *goggles at the plethora of responses* Yeah, I don’t think I can top any of this stuff. XD Looks like they’ve said it all. 😀

@Ethryndal They already said it all. 😛 Most of the stuff I think of are the fairy-things/kind old-wise-sage-wizard-godmother people that always help out, and the amazing wonderfulness that always happens to the poor abused heroine eventually, just because she’s so wonderful, not because she worked for it or anything, and talking animals and…[Read more]

@daughteroftheking “Anything with step in front of it is evil” — Okay, now I want a fairy tale with a) an evil set of stairs, or b) a set of stairs which grumbles about everyone assuming it’s evil (it’s not) because it’s made of steps.

@princessfoo I have a story-in-waiting where the princess goes ahead with the arranged marriage to the prince…[Read more]

@ethryndal Fairy tales!! I dearly love a good fairy tale retelling. So without farther ado, my rambling. 😉
First of all, ROMANCE. Probably really silly romance. Totally based off appearances, and probably nearly thwarted by an arranged marriage. *quietly fist-bumps @princessfoo* Let’s see, there’s also talking, or at least tame, animals.…[Read more]

@ethryndal tests are a big one. Also magical items, cruel stepmothers/wicked enchantresses. Also grusome endings. People being turned into animals. The kings third son being better than the rest. Plot points that make no sense and great coincidences. Those are some of the things I think of.

@Ethryndal I guess I automatically assume that the guy will get the girl (or the girl will get the guy, whatever) so it would be a sort of unique twist to make it that they didn’t end up together in the end.

Personally I love it when fairy tale retellings are done in completely different genres. Like a steampunk beauty and the beast or a sci fi…[Read more]

@ethryndal I love fairytale retelling. Generally, I would think that the protagonist is a princess, and either naive or rebelling so much against the general princess stereotypes it is almost annoying. Arranged marriages, and running away from them. Almost no damsel’s in distress anymore. And MAGIC, though generally the heroine can’t do any.…[Read more]

@ethryndal The things that came to my mind were…

Sparkles. Lots of sparkles.
Singing. Everybody singing.
A princess with a beautiful crown in a large, elegant castle.
Fairies taking care of the crops, the plants and the animals.
Color, optimism and joy all around.

Basically every little girl’s dreams come true

@ethryndal You have a great question. I’ve been wondering the same things lately. What I personally expect in a fairytale are knights and castles, princes and princesses, magical objects, enchanted places or things, and fantastical creatures. Probably someone in distress, and cruel stepfamily. Also objects or events occurring in threes, sevens,…[Read more]

@Ethryndal ………what she said…
Really though, @mariposa covered pretty much everything that comes to mind for me—castles, damsels in distress, princes…the usual. 🙂 Out of curiosity, why do you ask? Are you writing a fairytale??

@ethryndal Hmm…when I think of fairytales what comes to mind is apples, slippers, princesses, magic mirrors, stepmothers and stepsisters, castles, knights, dragons, fairies, elves, dwarfs, trolls, love’s first kiss, sleeping, roses, being betrothed to a guy you don’t want to marry due to the royal marriage customs, swans, frogs, talking f…[Read more]

@ethryndal Le hannon, mellon nin. 🙂 🙂
@daughteroftheking You’re so sweet…thanks!

Thanks @ethryndal!

@Allison-grace In the Legends of King Daeus, the Wiser *cough*Josiah DeGraaf*cough* has a frog on his head. Oo, and I forgot to mention, if you go to page 26 or so of that thread (which, by the way, morphed into a discussion of MBTI. Shocking, I know.), @ethryndal did an amazing portrait of the Wiser and his frog. Go, look upon it and die…[Read more]

@ethryndal Someone should start a thread titled “Why Drinking Coffee Can Ruin Your Writing” where all us coffee haters could unite, listing all the reasons why it is so utterly awful. 😉

@Ethryndal
¡Sí, mi amiga! Tú tienes razón. 🙂 Muchas gracias por muestras este a mí.

@feedingmygoldfish I must have missed this when you first posted! I’ve been learning Spanish for about 3-4 years so I’d be willing to try my hand at the poem if you still have it. 🙂 I’m not super fluent but I can try my best. 😀

@ethryndal On which one? Coffee, cocoa, or Diet Coke? 😜