Halfway to Fairyland

I'm Jenny. I like reading and writing and fairy tales ( but mostly fairy tales). I rant a lot and get passionate about stupid things.

[konglindorm]

Bram doesn't want to be a man. As a Beast he's large and strong and frightening, all features which protect from the wandering hands that haunt his dreams. He doesn't want the spell to break. But he does, he learns, when he invites a young woman to hide in his palace, want to be loved.

Mira has left behind everything she's ever known, accepting an offer from a towering monster, running desperately from the bruising fingerprints of her intended. She wasn't sure she would survive an agreement with a Beast, and in the moment she made it, she didn't much care. But the Beast is kind, and so is his home, and she makes it her mission to chase the loneliness from its halls.

Only, what is she supposed to do when her Beast isn't a Beast anymore?

Join Bram and Mira in this cozy romantic fantasy, where broken curses are just one step on the road to recovery. Preorders open now at waxheartpress.com!

[criminalizegolf]

> read library book

> it's good

Thank you library

[fiercestpurpose]

> read library book

> it's bad

Thank you library for saving me from buying it :)

[official-library-posts]

official library post

[birdship]

being in your 30s is cool because you can buy yourself children's toys and then use your superior adult abilities and skills to play with them way better and more efficiently than any child

[merildae]

Sweater done

Pattern by Marit Noor Sæter

[dailyclassicart]

Ludwik Gędłek - "Twilight" (1874)

[fairytalemood]

“The Beauty and the Beast - Tribute to Jean Cocteau” by Alexandra Banti

[half-remembered-things]

Old French Fairy Tales

Sophie, Comtesse de Ségur illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett

[shawnfreki]

Artwork by Luciana Lupe Vasconcelos for "Manjaléu and Other Tales of World Folklore", by Rosana Rios. Published by Zit Publishing in 2019.

[mothermara]

remember to bury the dead with a phone, everyone. these days the ferry terminal at the river styx wants you to download a fucking app

[fairycosmos]

theres a big conspiracy theory going round that you can be horribly flawed and also genuinely loved. crazy if true

[fuckyeahbelleandrumpelstiltskin]

Does anyone have, or can anyone create a list, of all the Beauty and The Beast film interpretations?

I hope this helps and fits somewhat with what you were looking for:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_based_on_Beauty_and_the_Beast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Works_based_on_Beauty_and_the_Beast

http://www.imdb.com/search/keyword?keywords=beauty-and-the-beast

http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0182567/?ref_=tt_cl_t4

http://rumbellecinema.tumblr.com/post/88072192459/beauty-and-the-beast-animations

http://septemberwildflowers.tumblr.com/post/80548740126/if-youre-having-a-bad-night-or-are-fond-of-a-good

Feel free to add!

[pathofneedlespathofpins-deactiv]

Beauty and the Beast by H.M. Brock

[redlipstickresurrected]

Olivier Neuray (Belgian, b. 1962, Brussels, Belgium) - Pompon à la Fenêtre, Paintings: Oil on Canvas

[chimericalcynosure]

By Masway

[thefugitivesaint]

Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), 'Thyl Ulenspiegel and The Seven', ''The Allies Fairy Book'', 1916 Source

[musicalmoritz]

I will never understand how some ppl have such little imagination that they can’t even suspend their disbelief long enough to watch a musical without asking why the characters are singing

[mycroftrh]

Okay we’re all familiar with the “Prince Adam (the Beast) was a child when a scary creepy person came to his home while his parents were away, not letting her in is a perfectly reasonable stranger danger response actually” take. Which is solid for the most part tho it isn’t necessarily taking into account the, like, staff, he wasn’t actually home alone. But ANYWAY

I think it’s time for another “the witch’s curse was fucked up given that Adam was a child” take

The curse seems to be dependent on romantic love? Like, I’m not sure that’s ever explicitly stated, but it seems pretty clear. The people he, you know, lives with, has been raised by, who are clearly affectionate towards him despite him being blamed for the situation (and his temper), don’t count, for instance.

But also they don’t seem to be trying for finding him like… friends. Or parental figures. They’re specifically trying to get him a girlfriend. Making Maurice feel paternal isn’t an option, they have to have Belle. And when Belle calls the Beast her friend, that’s not enough to break the curse (debate to be had of course over whether Belle’s love was the problem at that point, or it was the Beast’s sacrifice proving his love for Belle that was the trigger for breaking the curse, but that’s largely beside the point because Beast definitely did also feel friendship for Belle earlier on)

THE PROBLEM IS

Unless the witch had some very dodgy ideas of where this was going, most of the duration of the curse was cheating! He’s 20/21 when the curse is scheduled to go permanent! He was around ten when the curse was cast! He only recently started being like legally ABLE to break the curse! The first several years of the curse were fuckin cheating bro! If you’re gonna cast a timed romantic love curse on a kid put it on a timeout until they turn 18, jeezus christ!

(Also a valid reading that the curse didn’t actually depend on romantic love but a) none of the people who raised him loved him AND b) the staff either b1) thought the curse required romantic love and therefore pushed romantic love on him as the only solution or b2) thought no one could possibly love this brat platonically, the curse-breaker would have to be looking through rose-colored glasses. And any of those options are fucked up.)