#queer retellings

[anniflamma]

"Prayers? You?" David asked, breathlessly as he kissed and embraced the very reason he'd found strength to survive his recent ordeal. "Have you found the Lord in my absence?"

"I think he was here all along."

#the prince's psalm #mlm books #art #fanart #digital art #fan comic #short comic #mini comic #gay #biblefandom #david/jonathan #david and jonathan #david x jonathan #queer retellings #suggestive content

[belpheg0r-luna]

Retelling of Pride and Prejudice with a transmasc main character Oliver Bennet.

Go read it! It's great fun <3

#most ardently #gabe cole novoa #a pride & prejudice remix #remixed classics #pride and prejudice #jane austen #oliver bennet #fitzwilliam darcy #mr darcy #mr bennet #queer retellings #queer stories #queer art #trans character #trans characters #transgender #trans representation #trans artwork #belphegor luna

[bensbooks]

ARC Review: Henry Henry

Henry Henry follows Hal Lancaster—22, gay, Catholic—as he spends his first years out of Oxford floating between internships, drinking with his actor friends, struggling through awkward hook-ups, and occasionally going to confession to be absolved of his sins. When a grouse shooting accident-—funny in retrospect—makes a romance out of Hal's rivalry with fumblingly leftist family friend Harry Percy, Hal finds that he wants, for the first time, to be himself. But his father Henry is an Englishman: he will not let his son escape tradition. To save himself, Hal must reckon not only with grief and shame but with the wounds of his family's past.

My review:

Henry Henry is an oft-times dark debut about a queer noble in the 21st century. Hal lost his mother as a child, and his Lord father Henry becomes overbearing towards his eldest son, but is now getting remarried 15 years after being widowed. To cope with many aspects of his life, Hal turns to vices such as sex, drugs, and overspending his father's wealth.

Hal finds himself spending more time with his from-birth rival Harry as their relationship changes from enemies to lovers, much to the displeasure of their noble fathers. Throughout the novel, Hal finds himself wanting to open up about the dark secrets regarding his father.

The writing feels very consistent to how I imagine Hal would speak, and there's sprinklings of humor without risking it becoming a humorous book. I highly enjoyed this book, there was themes within in that made me want to keep reading and find out what is going to happen next.

#books #booklr #bookblr #upcoming book #henry henry #allen bratton #queer books #queer retellings #Henriad

[apotheosphorus]

pride and prejudice but instead of mr darcy and elizabeth its ms bingley and elizabeth and its a lesbian slow burn enemies to lovers where theyre grappling with their unspoken gay feelings against all the odds while trying to deal with the marriage mart being foisted upon them

#queer pride and prejudice #bride and prejudice #brides with prejudices ? #LOL #brides with prejudices #elizabeth bennett #ms bingley #mr darcy #jane austen #queer retellings #absolutely terrible book ideas #idk is it that bad ? #lesbians #sapphics #and then they were roomates

[annetilney]

Scribbles Saturday #7 {2022}

Hello gentlepersons!

Every Saturday, I post an excerpt of one of my WIP (work in progress)

Below is an excerpt for Dare Not Confess (Draft#1)

Under observation? Whatever for? I am not mad. Perhaps a lunatic professed that. No!

I had not gone mad. Yet the doctor questioned my sanity. Yet he had no reason not to. If his reasoning could be discerned... The the doctor could be persuaded to let me go.

Taglist (please ask to be added or removed): @bardic-tales @houndmouthed @writinginslowmotion @diemohnblume

#my wip #dare not confess draft 1 #dare not confess #Dare Not Confess! Jonathan Harker #jonathan harker #A Psalm of Treason and Reason! Jonathan Harker #A Psalm of Treason and Reason #queer retelling #queer retellings #dracula #lgbt+ characters #lgbt+fiction #gothic horror #my work in progress #my novel #my writing #historical fantasy #writeblr #Scribbles Saturday

[lavender-mochaa]

Follow-up post from the collection of illustrations from one of my final uni projects!!

In these illustrations, Aurora is accompanied by Melinoe, the witch who cursed her and whom she brought back to life.

Melinoe is a powerful witch with the gift of seeing spirits and the dead. She gets tangled into the kingdom’s secrets once she starts working for the royal family when she is only 21. Her attempt to expose them is proven unsuccessful as the King switches the narrative and accuses her of being an evil mastermind with the goal to take the throne from him. This ultimately gets Melinoe killed, and in her last attempt to seek revenge, she curses his firstborn child to die when she turns 21, the same age she entered the kingdom.

When she is brought back to life and given a second chance, she decides to live for herself regardless of who seeks her. Aurora, or rather “Dhalia” being the sole exception, since she is the one who brought Melinoe back to life. Melinoe considers it fair to grant her wish in teaching her magic. Their deal ends when Aurora learns about curse breaking, leading to them parting ways.

Romance wasn’t in the plans.

As the bond between them strengthens, Aurora has to come to terms with the fact that Melinoe is nothing like the nightmares she was told of in the palace.

Will Aurora risk it all for love?

#sleeping beauty #queer retellings #wlw story #wlw #fantasy character #fantasy #illustration #digital art #sapphic stories #animation art #animation 2d #oc art #fantasy oc #original character #sleeping beauty retelling

[cmrosens]

The Dangers of Blue Beards (in Books)

Bluebeard Retellings and Reimaginings As I’m sure you all know I’m not a folklorist or anything like that, but I LOVE folktales and stories, and I think in worldbuilding one of the best and most fun ways to get to grips with a culture is by imagining what stories people tell about themselves and their world. In The Crows I made up local legends and sayings, and put out a little eBook collection…

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#bluebeard #bluebeard retelling #bluebeard stories #diverse books #fantasy #Gothic Fiction #gothic horror #Horror #horror books #mr fox #queer fairytales #queer gothic fiction #queer horror #queer retellings #robber bridegroom #sff #strange suitor

[rustchild]

desperately craving weird surrealist arthurania. Knights with no faces wandering through the mists. Seams between Christian and pre-Christian Britain gaping like open wounds. Beafts and visions. Maybe a monk. Maybe the monk is gay

#This post brought to you by remembering that The Green Knight exists #and longing to live in the alternate universe where it launched a whole genre of high quality queer indie arthurania retellings #craving themes of guilt honor repression wildness etc etc #bonus points if it includes critique of the whole divine right of kings English empire imaginary that can accompany Arthur retellings #I would write it myself but alas! I have no brain #Mine

[apsalmoftreasonandreason]

Scribbles Saturday

Hello gentlepersons!

Every Saturday, I post an excerpt from one of my WIP (Work In Progress)

Below is an excerpt from Dare Not Confess (Draft#1)

26th of May 1893

Jonathan Harker’s Journal

8 A.M.

Today is a devilish frenzy. To make sense of it all, I must jot everything down. Not to mention, it allows one to reflect. To think that it was not long ago that I was a solicitor’s clerk. Now a solicitor.

Imagine that. I am forever grateful for Mina’s and Father’s unwavering support. Speaking of Father, I wonder how he fares. No doubt the news concerning Mr. Renfield weigh heavily on his mind. I know that he tries not to let on.

Taglist (please ask to be added or removed):

#my wip #dare not confess #dare not confess draft 1 #Dare Not Confess! Jonathan Harker #jonathan harker #A Psalm of Treason and Reason #A Psalm of Treason and Reason! Jonathan Harker #queer retellings #dracula retelling #lgbt+ characters #lgbt+ fiction #gothic horror #historical fantasy #my work in progress #my novel #writeblr #my writing #dracula #Scribbles Saturday

[aoiveaeart]

… Look at me … |🌿✨| Medusa and the blind woman she loved

Lot’s of people loved Catradora as my Medusa AU so I decided to share this piece here today. Happy holidays!

#catradora #my art #fanart #illustration #shera #adora #catra #shera adora #shera and the princesses of power #spop #medusa au #medusa #greek myth retellings #greek posts #ancient greek #greek mythology #gorgon #queer #anyway enjoy the lesbians

[benevolenterrancy]

@nekosammsi Plague Doctor and Mermaid [|87 from The Salt Grows Heavy which is a seriously cool novella, would recommend

#the salt grows heavy #but like would only recommend if you're into Weird Shit and also Body Horror #it's a bit intense but very cool #queer horror retelling of the little mermaid / frankenstein it's exactly as wild as it sounds #plague doctor #mermaid #my art

[diamondsandtoads]

Do you love fairy tales? I want to hear from you!

EDIT: I will be closing the survey on November 9th! Thank you everyone who has participated!!!

My name is Ainjel Stephens and I am a PhD candidate in the Folklore department at Memorial University of Newfoundland. I am currently conducting a research project on fairy tales reception by queer-identifying individuals for my PhD dissertation under the supervision of Sarah Gordon. The purpose of this study is to learn how people who feel queer or identify as queer think about and respond to fairy tales.

Artist: Gustave Dore

If this sounds like a project you would be interested in participating in, then I invite you to take a short survey where you will be asked a few questions about who you are, as well as reflective questions about your thoughts and feelings on fairy tales, and if these tales are “queer.” It should only take about 10 minutes of your time to complete.

The survey asks if you would like to participate further with an interview with myself in order to discuss your thoughts and opinions on fairy tales. This interview will be a recorded hour-long interview through video conferencing platform Tauria or Webex. If you select yes, I will be in contact with you with further steps. If you select no, then that’s it! Thank you for participating.

To participate, you must be the age of majority and no younger than 19, have fairy tale knowledge in English, and identify with the term “queer.”

If you are interested, click the link below to participate in the anonymous survey.

If you have questions or want to chat further, you can contact me at [email protected] or through my inbox on my project blog, www.diamondsandtoads.tumblr.com/

If you know anyone who may be interested in participating in this study, please send this post along.

Thank you for reading!

The proposal for this research has been reviewed by the Interdisciplinary Committee on Ethics in Human Research and found to be in compliance with Memorial University’s ethics policy. If you have ethical concerns about the research, such as your rights as a participant, you may contact the Chairperson of the ICEHR at [email protected] or by telephone at 709-864-2861

#fairytales #fairy tale retelling #queer #lgbt #lgbtq community #beauty and the beast #cinderella #little red riding hood #charles perrault #grimms #grimm fairy tales #queer fairy tale #diamonds and toads #folklore #folktale #snow white #sleeping beauty #queer writers #queer community #lgbt community #the princesses #academia #queer fairytales

[decapod-appreciator]

hello princess tutu enjoyers please accept my offering

#this was a school assignment lol i mostly just wanted and excuse to draw Duck and Rue #artists on tumblr #princess tutu #princess tutu fanart #princess tutu duck #ahiru arima #princess tutu ahiru #ahiru #rue kuroha #princess tutu rue #jc leyendecker #leyendecker study #? maybe? #favorite subgenere of anime: vaugely or explicitly queer magical girls #one of whom is pink #stuck in a time loop and or retelling of the same story #my art

[annetilney]

Scribbles Saturday #9 {2022}

Hello gentlepersons!

Everything Saturday, I post an excerpt from one of my WIP (work in progress)

Below is an excerpt from chapter 2 of Dare Not Confess (Draft#1):

As for the dreams, no doubt came from my desire to make a good impression with the Count. At some point, I finally slept and was awakened by the continuous knocking on my door. Breakfast consisted of a porridge of maize flower called "mamaliga" and a dish of eggplant stuffed with meat called "impletata". Both dishes were delicious and got recipe for both. (Mem. Cook these dishes for Mina as well)

I had to hurry breakfast for the train started a little before eight. I just made it on time. All day we meandered through the country. Sometimes one saw quaint towns or castles perched in steep hills. Other times we passed rivers and streams.

Tag list (please ask to be added or removed: @bardic-tales @houndmouthed @writinginslowmotion @diemohnblume

#dare not confess draft 1 #dare not confess #A Psalm of Treason and Reason #A Psalm of Treason and Reason! Jonathan Harker #jonathan harker #my wip #my work in progress #my novel #my writing #gothic horror #queer retelling #queer retellings #dracula #dracula retelling #historical fantasy #Scribbles Saturday

[dekusleftsock]

Mha fandom when you say that Izuku’s biggest fic mischaracterization isn’t making him twinky:

WHEN DID BEING A TWINK BECOME A BAD THING CAN I JUST ASK THAT

Like yes, twinkifying one male character in a ship can be annoying—it can perpetuate heterosexual roles onto same sex relationships (“who’s the woman in the relationship/who wears the pants in the relationship?”), BUT LET US BE CLEAR:

TWINKS ARE A PART OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING A TWINK, MAKING A CHARACTER A TWINK, OR SEEING A CHARACTER AS A TWINK.

WHEN in the ever loving FUCK did that somehow translate into “the twink has to be the stereotypically aggressive one so it doesn’t abide by queer stereotypes”. HOW DID WE GET HERE.

#bkdk #possibly unpopular opinion BUT SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT #midoriya izuku #mha deku #bakudeku #bnha deku #this is not an apply all but in my experience reading fics the biggest mischaracterization is almost never how twinky Izuku is #like never #never ever #he’s just vaguely androgynous… like he is in canon #and I also see this in fanart/other fandom things #I do not see an epidemic of basically woman Izuku with oober masculine Katsuki like is always claimed #and I think the takes I see on that idea are worse and just make the absolute WORST misinterpretations of Izuku’s character #izuku is very much supposed to be read as a character that is unexpected to have some inner turmoil over masculinity because of his- #perceived femininity. that was purposeful. #it was also supposed to draw a more obvious difference between Izuku and the other boys of his class and more specifically ALLMIGHT. #the only boy shorter than Izuku in the UA class is mineta #who is short of comedic effect #horikoshi’s designs in their own right tell a story. Retelling that story so it more fits ‘non queer stereotypes’ in your ships is. in fact. #showing more queer stereotypes. #WOOOO AN ENDLESS CIRCLE THAT CONSISTENTLY LACKS NUANCE I LOVE YA FANDOM 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

[lavender-mochaa]

I’m done with my master’s degree and now I’m here to present you with a collection of illustrations I did for one of my final projects!

We had the creative freedom to choose the theme of our final project, and I chose to create a 3-minute animation queer retelling of The Sleeping Beauty. These are some of the illustrated stills from the animation, showcasing the protagonist who, of course, is Aurora.

In my retelling, Princess Aurora finds out she has been cursed before she was even born, but the witch who cursed her has been killed. Aurora takes her fate into her own hands and decides to bring the witch back from the dead, since no one else knew how to break the curse. Succeeding, she introduces herself as a poor village girl named Dhalia, and asks the witch, Melinoe, to teach her magic. Since Aurora brought her back to life, Melinoe grants her wish and takes her in as an apprentice not knowing she’s the child she cursed before dying.

#sleeping beauty #wlw story #queer retellings #fantasy #fantasy character #illustration #digital art #sapphic stories #animation art