Beauty Within
May. 4th, 2017 01:03 amTitle: Beauty Within
Author: Melissa Treglia
Fandom(s): Feminist Fairy Tales/Beauty and the Beast
Rating: G
Word Count: 1,932
Inspiration: Gehayi and Zelda Queen's sporking of Barbara Walker's "Ugly and the Beast." Walker's version of the tale is AWFUL, and fails on every conceivable level, all while ignoring the point of the B&TB tale in the first place. (And even if your only exposure is the Disney version, you still know what that point IS.) So, I took the one decent concept Walker's version had--a Beauty who's not outwardly attractive--and wrote my own version of the classic tale.
Warnings: None.
Summary: A retelling of the classic faerie tale, with a Beauty of a different kind, and a Beast of an uncommon backstory.
( ''Ours is an honorable family, and we always pay our debts.'' )
Author: Melissa Treglia
Fandom(s): Feminist Fairy Tales/Beauty and the Beast
Rating: G
Word Count: 1,932
Inspiration: Gehayi and Zelda Queen's sporking of Barbara Walker's "Ugly and the Beast." Walker's version of the tale is AWFUL, and fails on every conceivable level, all while ignoring the point of the B&TB tale in the first place. (And even if your only exposure is the Disney version, you still know what that point IS.) So, I took the one decent concept Walker's version had--a Beauty who's not outwardly attractive--and wrote my own version of the classic tale.
Warnings: None.
Summary: A retelling of the classic faerie tale, with a Beauty of a different kind, and a Beast of an uncommon backstory.
( ''Ours is an honorable family, and we always pay our debts.'' )