Type 923 Would Play Differently These Days, Huh

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The
Fairy Tale Tale Type
Meme



Today, we ignore the thorny questions about the inherent colonialism of type classification and instead, we follow these steps...

Step One

Comment with your character, including preferences or your own starter if you'd like.

Step Two
Roll or choose a tale type:

1. Animal Brides, tales of ATU type 402
2. Beauty and the Beast, tales of ATU type 425c
3. Brothers Turned into Birds, tales of ATU type 451
4. Cinderella, tales of ATU type 510a
5. Fitcher's Bird, tales of ATU type 311
6. Fairy Gifts, tales of ATU type 503
7. Hansel and Gretel, tales of ATU type 327
8. Selkie Wife, tales of Christiansen type 4080
9. Rumplestiltskin, tales of ATU type 500
10. Open Sesame, tales of ATU type 676
11. Puss in Boots, tales of ATU type 545b
12. Rapunzel, tales of ATU type 310
13. The Robber Bridegroom, tales of ATU type 955
14. The Twelve Dancing Princesses, tales of ATU type 306
15. Pick Your Own, tales of getting lost in folktexts

Step Three

Play out a scenario based on the tale! AU your characters into the fairy tale, create your own modern retelling, have your characters put on a school play of the story, remember that folklore is inherently dynamic and transformative.

Comments

gently riffs off of The Golden Bird

[aphrodissonance]

[ it's the roses that end up getting her. she's always loved flowers—or has as far back as she can remember, which is close enough by her thinking—and though the meticulously cultivated greenery has nothing in common with the wildly overgrown gardens belonging to the woman who changed her and then so kindly took her in, she still finds herself turning back in her flight over the castle grounds.

... it's impolite, she's aware; she still remembers the rules of higher society, even if the details of how she picked them up are fuzzy. still, so long as she's careful not to disturb anything and leaves before there's anyone awake to spot her, it's probably fine...? ]