#because she’s a great fairy

[baracyda]

cirno & daiyousei

ver w/o glasses

i keep forgetting to post on here ;;

#cirno doesn’t actually need glasses she just wants to look smart #i wanted to give daiyousei a tail to distinguish her from other fairies #because she’s a great fairy #touhou #my art #my touhou art #cirno #daiyousei #touhou project #touhou 6 #touhou redesigns #touhou fanart #touhou fairies #fairy art #touhou designs

[willowedhepatica]

watching the northern lights 💫 got this fantastic commission by @notenotenotenote3 for my fanfic death doesn't dream

#warrior nun #avatrice #sister beatrice #ava silva #i love it so much!! #thank you again for the amount of work you put into this #i love *the way* you've drawn the northern lights moving across the sky #and how it's covered with stars #fading into a distant purple #the colors are just soooo #and the little fairy lights compliment the piece so well #it's a great interpretation of the scene as a whole #there's warmth despite the grief #there's wonder despite her past #despite the heavy journey she had to make to get here #she finally finds herself not so alone #because she has beatrice and beatrice has ava #and they both have the sky #(aka diego aka the persistence of love) #and with that i will quit my rambling #🫠🫠🫠 #thank you.

[moon-mirage]

Once Upon a Dream

TLC // Sleeping Beauty AU

Princess Winter has been cursed the moment her father rejected the advances of the evil fairy Levana, destined to die on her seventeenth birthday when the third scar marks her face.

To protect her, Winter is raised away from court by three kind fairies, unaware of her royal lineage. Surrounded by her godmothers and her childhood companion Jacin, Winter grows up to be the fairest of them all.

But on her seventeenth birthday, the curse strikes and all seems lost. There’s only one hope: Armed and aided by the three fairies, Jacin sets out to defeat Levana and break the spell - but will courage and love be enough against the dark powers of Levana?

Winter // Aurora/Briar Rose

Levana // Maleficent

Cinder, Scarlet, Cress // Flora, Fauna, Merryweather

Jacin // Philip

#the lunar chronicles #tlc #winter #cinder #scarlet #cress #jacin clay #levana #sleeping beauty #second one in the (disney-based) fairytale series #i tried to pay homage to aurora's dress #speaking of which I'm sure her dress didn't change just because of the dawn symbolism #but because the artists couldn't pick one colour for the movie #I know I suddenly had a too many options - ice blue would have been great too #and I'm sure cinder scarlet and cress are way more capable fairies than the ones from the movie #cinder/selene is a moon fairy and the queen #she has no cyborg body parts but instead her left fairy wings are her cyborg parts #scarlet is a fire fairy #cress is a star fairy #but don't look at them too closely #after all the detail and time I put into winter I had so little patience for the other three #as for the curse #i liked the original spinning wheel spindle because if evret is king solstice would be the queen #and it plays into her seamstress role from canon #but i also like the idea that the fairies raise her in a land without winter #and she pricks her finger at an icicle to make the connection to her name #okay stopping now with the rambling

[batfamfucker]

Appreciation post for 'girly girl' characters and/or shows that celebrate traditionally feminine things that girls and women are shamed for.

Characters on this list that love makeup, fashion, hair, etc. Characters that are still written as strong, intelligent, brave, etc. That told young girls that these interests are valid, they are not lesser interests. Being feminine and liking traditionally feminine things does not make them weak.

#I'm so glad I got to grow up with these girls #I was originally gonna make a post of Barbie Daphne and Stella and be like. They remind me so much of each other #And how much I love characters like them #Because I do #But then I was like fuck it let's just make a post for all the girly girls because they're so good #So here we are. In a world of misogyny. We still have them. And I am so greatful #I'm sad I missed out on celebrating my femininity and stuff like this in my teen years because of just. Stuff I was going through #But I'm glad I'm doing it now. I've been getting into makeup for the past year. Mostly eye it's so fun #The Barbie movie. Dressing up for it. Being proud makeup and skirts and dressing up like I did as a girl. God it was so wonderful #I've not felt this connected to this part of myself in years. It has helped to much #It reminded me of my love for Barbie. The movies. The fairies and mairmaids. The bright colours and fashions #And my love for all of these shows. The outfits and designs I fell in love with. The friendships and sisterhoods in all of them. #Yes it's just Rarity. I know some of the others girls also fit. But some don't as much so I didn't wanna just put a group one #And I know Kim and some others aren't as girly as others. But she's still a good example. #Her and Monique's shopping trip and other stuff is engraved into my mind. I actually think about them a lot I love them #Daphne was also a masisve awakening for me. I had such a crush on her. And the Hex Girls. #If you're wondering why other shows aren't on here. Like Trollz or Powerpuff Girls or something. It's msotly based on what I watched #And I didn't really watch them I'm sorry but feel free to add more. #We're ignoring how I mispelled mermaids. I'm not going back to change that tag. #Anyway I love women basically. We're awesome. #Barbie #Scooby Doo #Bratz #Monster High #Kim Possible #My Little Pony #Winx #Mew Mew Power

[fictionadventurer]

In my mind, there's a platonic ideal of the traditional fairy tale retelling that takes the story seriously, follows the general outline of the fairy tale in a traditional fairy tale setting, and--most importantly--has well-rounded characters and a well-developed world that grounds us in the details of the setting. It often has romance in it, but the romance is part of the character's wider story instead of the focus.

The authors with books that fit this ideal include:

Gail Carson Levine (Ella Enchanted)

Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

Sarah McGuire (Valiant)

Amity Thompson (the first half of A Trial of Words and Worth)

#fairy tale retellings #these keep coming to mind as goals for my traditional retellings #especially the ones that go more in-depth #they're the vibe i'm aiming for with my tattercoats and goose girl and twelve huntsmen retellings #kate stradling would be on this list but she's a slightly different vibe #her setting is too lightly sketched to fit in this category #you're never really grounded in her stories until the second read because there's not much for detail #and she does twist the fairy tale just a bit too much to count for this category #it's still great and i love them but they're just not quite what i'm talking about with this list #though my thoughts on that might be different on another day

[nalu-gifs]

#fairy tail #natsu #lucy #nalu #ep 125 #the magic ball #natsu is just chill and/or trying to focus on learning #meanwhile lucy is hyper-focused and even blushing #bet her heart's racing too #she's probably like why is my heart pounding??! #girl it's because you're dancing with your future husband #oh and also before this started natsu was like ugh i have to learn to DANCE?? #but now he's like hmmm this isn't all that bad. lucy's pretty great.

[queen-susans-revenge]

Ever since finishing Journey I've been restless, without a creative focus, and without even many mundane demands since my kids are all in school now.

It's a real trip, by the way, going from a decade-plus spent as a 24/7 on call caregiver with barely the time to form a full coherent thought, to... a pampered housewife with few demands on her time.

I keep asking Sam if I should get a real job. Our "deal" -- which was only ever the deal that I proposed, and clung to, throughout those hard years when even being by myself in the shower felt like a snatched luxury...the deal was, that after the crunch was over, I'd get two years to write and market a novel.

Well. Journey took five years to write, and hasn't been sold yet. But it's still useful for me to be home and flexibly "on call" for childcare in case of illness or Sam having an out-of-town conference or whatever, and also I do still cook every night. I'm not entirely useless. Just...mostly.

One day not so long ago Sam came into the bathroom in the middle of the day, when I was having a luxurious candlelit bubble bath soak. "Should I...get a job?" I asked weakly.

"Nah," he said. "You're fine. You do plenty."

But I objectively do...not that much. I have SO MUCH time in the day now, I have hella time, and I'm not even writing. Journey is in the slush pile with Baen and I don't have a current project. I'm getting itchy and restless with it. It's like I'm retired at 47.

I don't have a conclusion for this. It's just where I am. It's not a bad place by any measure; no, I'm incredibly lucky. I've always been so fucking lucky.

#I don't even think it was ever my luck #I think it was Sol's #so I should not count on it going forward but I'm so glad he has it because he really needs it #and the thought that I'll be here for him so long as he needs me is very comforting so I'll continue to believe it #I know that I'm smart and I know that I'm a good writer but also I know that mostly I'm lucky #even back in college my bff called me a wild irish child with the luck of the fairies #it's obvious to anyone around me that I have poor judgment and worse impulse control and all the luck under heaven #I don't even believe in astrology or w/e but that one time I was in Seoul and a friend of my dad's paid for a star chart analysis #they were like 'well she's doing her best to kill herself but she won't succeed because the universe won't let her' #and I have to admit that has in fact been my experience #anyway yeah Sol is my fairy gift (conceived on Midsummer's Eve in a fertility ritual that was MEANT TO BE FOR MY GARDEN) #spill your seed on the fertile earth I said to Sam #no we won't use any other contraception bad for the magic I said #I don't think you get to call a child a surprise that's conceived in a midsummer fertility ritual in your backyard #but I MEANT IT FOR MY GARDEN #to be fair the tomatoes were great that year #and now I have a Strange son and I believe the luck was always for him

[freezingwhitefire]

This one is fighting me a little but here is a small blurb of my current project that I am focusing on.

“What have you brought me this time? Another Hero to save?” She asked, her tone almost scornful.

He knew she disliked him for how he survived after his time should have passed and he accepted it. This was not the time for her dislike of him to stop what needed to be done though. So he shifted forms again, this time pushing further to assume a ghostly form that only ones with high magic potential could see.

“He was poisoned, I can fix it but he will not survive until I do so without help.”

“Why should I help?”

“Because if you don’t, the hero that saved us and defeated your trial will never be born.”

#my writing #hero's shade #hero of time #TP Great Fairy #fic excerpt for my fic #because I want to share #this great fairy is not happy with the Shade #of course she knows him... sort of #he is the same but different #also hints at him surviving longer #and appearing in other times and places #as well as a certain farm girl being a goddess now #linked universe inspired #some day I will make progress on my own LM AU #some day...

[shaykai]

Not me crying over Baldur’s Gate 3, my Tav is slowly getting more and more morally dubious and it’s only a little bit their fault

#spoilers in the tags cause I’m rambling #I’m in act two and I made it to the little light village. absolutley delighted to see everyone again it’s great #and then of course everything goes side ways- and guys. #I don’t know. if you’re supposed to win that fight with Jenieha or whatever her name is alive #but everyone outside of my group (had astarion shadowheart and wyll with me) died #and it was heart wrenching #like it totally felt like that was supposed to be the safe place where we all get together and march out on the absolute and what not #and then it just fell apart so devastatingly and I’m not okay about it #and more importantly my tav (Zeilith) is not okay about it #anyways point is I think they a little bit broke down sobbing before deciding they’re going to kill everyone that they have to #instead of getting into a fight with the one spider guy down the road she lied to him to get the fairy light and sent him off into the #darkness with his group to die to the shadow demons djdjdjjdjdjd #she’s keeping the fairy in the lamp cause she needs it and she’s done taking chances #it’s w i l d #anyways I’m having a ball #Tav is going to commit manslaughter and also cry over Mol because that’s her kid now djdjjsjs

[winepresswrath]

I got extremely sick and watched all of love between fairy and devil in a miserable haze and I've gotta say 1) bodyswapping at its finest 2) with slight tweaks the idiot ball did not need to be passed around so much/at all 3) the fuckup little brother industrial complex still has me in its grasp but this time I've gotta give it up for the shifufucker. they really nailed the miserable oblivion of quasi-incestuous all consuming devotion & that's not even my thing. Good job team!

#press says love story between fairy and devil #spoilers #ok I'm not going to use that #shifufucking #will be the tag for now #main ship cute but tbh I'm mad they tried to tell me she was never into second male lead #she can have had genuine romantic feelings for him and then still chosen the other guy it's FINE I promise #also everyone was passing the idiot ball around for a bit there and it made me extra annoyed because it was mostly such a charming show and #I was very invested! #and why was no one trying to bring the shifu to the goddess to be healed!!! they know she's back! #why didn't the dad try that before he tried treason? #why did wargod 2 leave moon god alone with their triple cultivation seed that is also their girlfriend? #and then with the goddess? it's so out of character #but they really sold me on the shizunfucking! #idk if that should serve as a warning or enticement to habitual shizunfucking enjoyers #i was sitting there unsure if I was queasy because of the relationship or because I was about to throw up again but compelled regardless #the best friends who love each other sincerely but will ultimately always have other priorities also got me but good #and imo really enhanced the shifufucking ship by way of adding to the tragedy of it all #great supporting cast all around! very fun #cw: forced kissing #if that is something you like I am sensitive to #but like. overall a deeply watchable trope fest with some a+ romantic moments #and pretty solid ot3 potential if you #like me #enjoy causing yourself pain by wrongship ping in every possible way

[vaniliens]

I love luli but yeah i gotta admit out of the hundreds of ships i ship its definitely one of the more "crack" ones even if they ARE friends in universe. They barely talk to eachother, I can name like 3 scenes where they do in canon and its 1. When Lisanna tells Lucy to go after Natsu, 2. When they reunite during tartaros arc and were glad that the others fine, 3. The iconic snake / fox Lisanna vs Stardress Mix Lucy fight in 100yq. I can name a few more scenes where they do interact but idk if they're in the manga or not its been a while

#THE. THE LITTLE HIGH HIVE ON TENROU ARC awww #idk if they talked to eachother or not during that wedding segment in GMG arc. i dont think they did #if they did id have it hung up on my wall and worship it everyday because they'd both be wearing wedding dresses . IM FINE. #Theres also Lisanna. in the bg when Lucy starts sobbing & breaking down of happiness & relief once the guild is back #i think she was tryibg to hug her in that frame actually #and then theres Lucy and Lisanna talking together after Edolas arc back in the guild #that scene lives forever in my head even though they're literally just talking & then pausing to look at eachother #i know for Sure that scenes an anime only scene because i looked up the chapters that the episode adapted and i cannot find it #and i got really bummed #Slay #Mashima let them speak to eachother when Natsus around #nillas #lulivia is also great I love you Juvia i love you Luvia and Lisvia whatever their ship name is #That poly ship is less crack than luli because Juvias actually friends with them both & have more scenes together #luli #fairy tail

[magiccowboyhat]

Drew some fairies with my partner the other day 💙🧚‍♀️ @soupthatscreams

#my art uwu #fairies #character design #the fairy next to the monster fairy is the og toothfairy's great great granddaughter #she was pressured to become a toothfairy just like her mom and also she's a snooty tryhard because she seeks approval #but eventually she realizes that's not what she wants and quits to try and find her real passion(s) #and monster fairy takes her place and she is so happy to finally get the dream job she's been waiting on for generations 💙 #everyone is happy

[vaugarde]

 really gotta get around to drawing widow some more bc im getting ideas for her (sad)

#specifically abt sectonia's corruption bc like... oh what if she witnesses sectonia consuming someone else for their beauty #and shes HORRIFIED bc this is not the sectonia she knows and fell in love with.... #idk if taranza will know abt that bc tbh... idk him knowing abt that but only fighting against sectonia once she lashes out at him #feels kinda odd to me #but i dont wanna be like ''oh he was an innocent baby who never knew how bad it was'' either #my perception of him is like. he was very very deeply in denial for a lot of it and helped her out still #because like. hey shes the queen! the queen is always right! and shes my friend. my closest friend who i grew up with #she wouldnt act this way without a reason right? #i cant go against her; shes my friend; i love her; she wouldn't do that; if she did then she probably had a good reason #oh sure its not GREAT that she wants me to kidnap this guy but he was going to meddle with her! hes only here bc of those fairies! #and those fairies are just being disobedient and disrespectful to her! shes our queen! you cant go against her! #so they deserve to be locked up and this guy needs to be taken care of so she isnt disturbed!! we're right!! #basically hes a doormat and not good with his moral backbone when it comes to ppl he cares abt #echoed voice

[darlingflight-archived]

wendy should get to be friends with fae, monsters, & other mythological beings

#it's really sad she never made friends with any fairies because she was so excited to meet them. #and the mermaids! a tragedy! barrie writes that her great regret for neverland was that t she could never get the mermaids to speak #a kind word to her. #so yeah let wendy be friends with the supernatural pls and thanks. #▓ ▌▌ out of stories ( ooc. )

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for not complaining about my sex/love life?

A bit nsfw. I'll try to keep it vague.

So I (31FTM) came out and transitioned about 5 years ago. My husband (34, cis M) and I were married beforehand. He was extremely relieved, as he had realized he was gay and didn't know how to tell me. It's like a fairy tale if Disney thought we were marketable 💜 just a bit of context to what happened next.

I have a group of friends, straight cis women my age, who knew me pretransition. They were relatively supportive, minus a few confused questions and a couple of comments early on about how hard it was to remember my name.

I was out to brunch with 3 of them (K, S, L, all early 30s/late 20s). L is engaged, S recently got serious with a guy, and K is perpetually single.

We were all chatting and eventually got on the topic of romance. S was complaining that her boyfriend never did the dishes. L laughed and said she had to essentially train her fiance to do certain household chores. K piped up with some sort of "men are the worst" comment, which I just sort of ignored, until she turned to me and said "So what gets on your nerves about YOUR husband, OP?"

I shrugged and said that sometimes he leaves his socks on the floor, but that's about it. K rolled her eyes and said there had to be SOMETHING that pissed me off about him, like "he's bad in bed or doesn't listen to you." I snapped a little and told her that no, actually, I don't care what you say about your partners but mine is actually really great, and I love him. He's great in bed, he's very caring and passionate, he listens to me all the time, and I won't be convinced to shittalk him.

It got quiet and I just decided to leave cash for my part of the bill and leave. I went home to snuggle into my husband's arms on the couch and tell him what happened. He just laughed and said I could shittalk him if I wanted. I don't think he really got why I was so upset.

That afternoon, K texted me and said I really embarrassed her in front of everyone and wanted me to apologize for what I said. I refused and told her that I wasn't gonna apologize because she assumed I didn't like my husband and I corrected her. She called me a bitch and went radio silent. I texted S and L and asked them if they were okay, no response yet.

My husband thinks I should just apologize, but I don't want to say sorry for refusing to talk badly about someone who supported me during one of the hardest times of my life, even if he'd be fine with it. It just makes me feel wrong.

AITA?

#aita #am i the asshole

[fictionadventurer]

Prompt: fairy-tale heroine of your choice wakes up with amnesia. (Maybe her husband has to explain how they got married?)

Purity of Mind

Dora looked so innocent, asleep on her bed. The fresh white bandages binding her crown looked more like a mark of holiness than disaster. The doctor claimed she'd fallen from a balcony and hit her head upon a stair rail. Adam thought it seemed too suspicious an accident. A disaster on the one day he'd left the house? His sure-footed little wife wouldn't have stumbled like that--not unless she were nearly out of her wits. Perhaps fleeing from some great terror.

"She'll wake soon," the doctor assured him. "Her body's healed enough, but with a head injury like that, there's no telling what state her brain will be in."

The state itself, Adam thought, would be telling enough.

As if roused by the doctor's words, Dora's eyelids fluttered. She sat up, pale and trembling. Her gaze landed upon Adam, and she started to scream.

"Who are you?" she shrieked, gathering the bedclothes to cover herself. "What are you doing in my room?"

Adam had steeled himself for the usual accusations, but this left him off-balance.

Finally, he managed to say, "Dora, it's just me. Adam. Your husband."

"I have no husband!"

"We wed six months ago."

"Liar!" she shrieked. "I'd never marry a man with such an awful beard!"

Adam stroked his blue-black whiskers, neatly trimmed for his homecoming. A deep chuckle rumbled in his throat; after months of her tiptoeing around him, her frankness was amusing. "I paid your parents richly for the privilege."

Dora paused at that. The mercenary child of mercenary parents--the tale would ring true, no matter her objections to his facial hair. Yet the bewilderment didn't fade from her face. "I've never seen this house before."

"You've been mistress here six months."

"I don't believe you."

"Whether you believe me or not, it's true. You fell from a staircase and hit your head."

Her eyes were fire. "I'll bet you pushed me!"

"I was away from home. I only just returned." He would never have opted for such an impersonal death. It was much more satisfying to feel the life draining away beneath his fingers.

The thought brought him back to reality. No need to wrestle with her delusions; only one truth mattered.

"Dora," Adam asked. "Where are the keys?"

"What keys?"

"I left the keys of the house in your keeping. I'll need them returned."

"I never had any keys!"

Adam looked to the doctor, who said, "We've found no keys on her person."

Missing? Impossible. Adam stormed from the room and set the servants searching for the keys. Nothing in her wardrobe. Nothing in the rooms. Nothing in the gardens.

The door on the third floor was locked, with no signs of entry.

Adam returned to the sickroom as the sun was setting. Dora sat quietly on her bed, having been calmly convinced of her new reality, completely unaware of the turmoil she'd thrown his life into.

He could have torn her limb from limb right there, but he had no proof yet she was deserving of it. For the moment, his strategy was gentleness.

He sat on the bed beside her. "Dora, my dove, think. Can you remember where the keys might be?"

"I can't even remember you."

Adam examined her in every detail--the tips of her fingers, the whites of her eyes, the curl of her lips. No signs of deception.

"You truly can't remember anything?"

Tears glittered in her eyes as she shook her head.

She looked as innocent as a newborn babe. The timid little fool he'd married couldn't fake such total ignorance. If she'd peered behind the door, she'd lost the memory of what she'd seen. If she'd disobeyed, he had no way of knowing.

A new twist to the game--a second chance.

Adam left the room in a state of contentment. He could get new keys made. His secret was safe--locked away either behind the door or in his wife's blank mind.

And if her memory returned? If she had memories of that bloody chamber?

He could always kill her later.

#answered asks #adventures in writing #fairy tale retellings #bluebeard #incomingalbatross #i could have taken this in much more pleasant directions #but when i tried to match fairy tales to the scenario most of them just became summaries of the original tale #picking one where the couple gets married before the end held more promise #i did consider 'east of the sun west of the moon' #but when this one came to mind and suggested a very different type of story i couldn't resist #i considered hinting that she's faking her amnesia #giving her a better chance to gather evidence and alert her family #but there's no great way to show that from his pov #just know that there's still a happy ending to this version of the tale #(i had wanted to pick a fairy tale where the amnesia could be magically induced) #(because i usually hate the 'bump on the head erases memory' trope) #(brain damage doesn't work like that!) #(but the drama potential outweighed medical accuracy) #(and it does further suggest she could be faking it)