The first project that I looked at was Tragically Ever After. I
always love the idea of the twists that happen in or after the Disney fairy
tales that we were told growing up, so this storybook is perfect. In a way, it reminds me of Into the Woods, although I’ll admit that
I fast-forwarded through most of that movie. (I don’t really like musicals. I think it’s really annoying when people are
singing something that they could just say). I love the dark and dismal design
of the webpage itself, as it fits so well with the topics of the stories. I
think that it is great that the author didn’t just make the couples grow to
hate each other, but also made them lose their loves to sickness and disease,
which was very common in the time that the fairy tales were originally
set.
The next project that I found was Queen of the Underworld: Tales of Persephone. I am drawn to this storybook by my
fascination with Greek mythology. With
this storybook in particular, I love the idea of the myth being told in a
different light. Personally, I like the
variations where Persephone loves the Underworld and Hades and resents her
mother for forcing her away from her love for half the year. It’s what I thought this project would be about
based on by the introduction, but I was pleasantly surprised. I like the diary style of the first post, and
the way that it evolves from how she came to be in the Underworld to how she
became part of the Underworld in many ways, relishing in her power and
abilities.
The final project that I found was When Brothers Cross Paths. I
love Supernatural, so this idea is absolutely amazing. I love the idea of combining the Winchesters
with the Brothers Grimm. I like the way
the storybook is presented, with each post being a continuation of the story
that the author was creating. I also love
the idea that the Winchesters know even more about monsters than the Grimm
brothers, even though the Grimms are kind of the original hunters. Bringing the Grimms to the modern times so
that they could meet the Winchesters is brilliant, although I wish that more
background would have been given about them and how or why they are in modern
times. Beyond that, I think everything
about this storybook was brilliant, from the layout to the topic to the
design. Absolutely brilliant!
Each of these storybooks are uniquely fascinating, but they
all have a common idea: taking a past tale or myth and giving it a new
twist: the Grimms in modern times; Persephone not hating the Underworld; and the princes and princesses not living
happily ever after. I applaud the
authors for their ingenuity and artistic talent!!!
This picture from Tragically Ever After seems appropriate for all of the Storybooks, as they all have a bit of a dark theme to them. Even the tale of Persephone has a dark cast, due to her life in Hades.
Gloomy Forest (Wikimedia Commons)
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