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snowynight ([personal profile] snowynight) wrote2023-01-26 12:47 am

Fannish 50 & Snowflake Challenge #13

Challenge #13

In your own space, rec three fanworks that you did not create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

All fics are either based on fairytales or a retelling. I really love how the writers engage with the classical tales and come up with something creative and intriguing.

Rumpelstiltskin

The Queen Sent Messengers by sallyislike,

Summary: This is the third day since you sent us out to search for a name.

This is melancholic retelling from a different perspective. I really like the feeling left unsaid.

Ugly Duckling

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Duckling by innocentsmith

Summary: It's her life story, and she has some issues with it.

A modern retelling that reflects on the uncomfortable implication of the story. The language is beautiful.

Red Riding Hood

Red Wolves by ScarabDynasty

Summary:
For centuries, children have entered the forest in red cloaks, to follow the legend of a girl who killed the first wolf and began civilisation as they know it. These children are the Reds, and it is through this ritual that they become adults in the eyes of the villagers, and the Matriarchs who rule them. But the newest of the Reds holds a secret, and the last of the wolves wishes to know more. A yuletide 2009 fanfiction for Lina, based on the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. Happy christmas.

Very interesting world building. Red's conversation and Wolf are thoughtful and challenge a lot of assumptions. 
muccamukk: Wanda walking away, surrounded by towering black trees, her red cloak bright. (Marvel: Big Woods)

[personal profile] muccamukk 2023-01-25 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
These look really cool. I love how fairytales are a yuletide constant.
spikedluv: (winter: mittens by raynedanser)

[personal profile] spikedluv 2023-01-25 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
The LRRH one sounds very cool so I've bookmarked it for later, thank you!
autobotscoutriella: two cheetahs, one licking the other (Cheetah)

[personal profile] autobotscoutriella 2023-01-30 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, these look lovely! I like fairytale fic, and I don't read nearly enough of it.