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cinematicjourney · 1 year

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FairyTale: A True Story (1997) | dir. Charles Sturridge

#fairytale: a true story #charles sturridge #florence hoath #elizabeth earl #films #movies #cinematography #scenery #screencaps

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theloverstomb · 2 years

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FairyTale: A True Story, 1997, dir. Charles Sturridge

#fairytale: a true story #Charles Sturridge #cottingley fairies

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frmulcahy · 11 months

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Idk what kind of crack they were putting in 90s period dramas but it’s just Not The Same Anymore

#the warm haziness 🤌#stop making movies dark and cold and sharp I hate it here #little women 1994 #the secret of roan inish #the little princess 1995 #fairytale a true story #the secret garden 1993 #newsies 1992 #ever after: a cinderella story #wilde 1997 #the golden age of period dramas #for r e a l #period piece #films #movies

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sadsongsandwaltzes · 28 days

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I’m not saying I’ve never done it before, but the “pssshhhhttt that’s not very realistic” arguments in entertainment are so annoying.

No crap. I don’t want to watch a movie about you waking up and scratching your butt and going to sit in your cubicle and coming home and watching The Office reruns while you eat Mexican takeout.

I want stories that are funny, insane, grand. Compelling. It doesn’t have to be “realistic” it just has to make you believe by its own magic. That’s what I want. There’s a reason the oldest stories that have survived time are epics

#like shut up and watch titanic or twister or the mummy and enjoy it dammit #I mean cmon the princess bride is arguably one of the best movies ever made #and it doesn’t have to be all fairytales #when Harry met sally is top notch romance story telling #like bro. true intellectualism requires an appreciation for good storytelling #I cannot stand pseudointellectualism

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sir-adamus · 16 days

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one thing i haven't seen brought up yet re: the Crown is Jax and Gill's claim of being royalty is because of their father's story about how once a generation one person in their family has the crown shaped birthmark (them both having it at their father's insistence is later questioned when Coco notes Gill's looks like a brand, implying she wasn't born with it and her father put it there, or neither of them actually were born with it and it's complete crap) and that they're descended from Vacuo's royal bloodline

well now we have someone in Vacuo who actually knew the last Queen of Vacuo and could confirm/deny the veracity of that claim

#RWBY #the twins were raised on an 'all fairytales are true' mentality #and their father even has a copy of Fairytales of Remnant with Oz's notes #which means they'd be aware of the Infinite Man story (which is about Oz)#and of course as the last King of Vale he has an eye-witness account on how true their claim is

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cadaverette · 4 months

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looking back it's kinda crazy how i've always been the same person. i feel incredibly disconnected from myself as a child but that was still me, i was always the same girl just smaller, i've always consistently been me

#like i was obsessed w classic fairytales creepy stories & things animals fashion collecting things nature etc etc #and that still rings true today just in different ways

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elliart7 · 1 year

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*rabidly converts all of my favorite things into 19th century fairy tale novels*

(click to see book texture 😁)

#part of the delight of our flag means death is that in many aspects it really is the gay fairytale we all wanted growing up #think about it #the focus isn’t what would logically be able to happen in a given moment #but rather what’s needed to drive the story forward emotionally #you’re in a magic coma and all that can break the spell is true loves kiss?#good thing your prince is here right the fuck out of nowhere to wake you up and carry you off!#you finally understands himself and is ready to finally claim his own happiness?#good job! here’s your entire crew that you found with a row boat in the middle of the ocean #does it make sense?#abso-fucking-lutely not but who cares #art #ofmd #our flag means death #edward teach #fanart #stede bonnet #blackbeard #ofmd fanart #blackbonnet #elliartpost #mockup #storybook #old art #gentlebeard

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faelin-world · 2 years

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Green is for daydreamers?

So I am..

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rosesfox · 8 months

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it's curious to me that as soon as jacks kisses tella she starts showing signs of dying. jacks slows down her heartbeat so she doesn't die right away, but she is dying. she is literally dying until legend helps. and out of nowhere, she feels jacks heart beat and assumes she is his true love. for me this proves little because many things could have crossed his path until the moment his heart starts beating again, but tella just assumes that it's her (something of her kind character and not self-centered at all).

stephanie really wouldn't need to keep tella as jacks true love. she could use MANY ways to explain this, and one of the things that would make the least sense would be keeping tella as his true love

#i have the feeling that eva is not going to be his true love just to not be ''too obvious''#but it would be the most logical thing to do #mostly in a story that talks about fairytales #and has as its protagonist someone as romantic and hopeful as evangeline #it can even sound like a hole in the script if sg doesn't know how to develop it properly #evajacks #acftl #jacks prince of hearts #evangeline fox #legendary #finale

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innytoes · 8 months

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Dark fantasy AU?

-In hindsight, as he's being chased through the forest, hunted by mythical creatures is not where Reggie thought he'd end up when his folks told him they were moving to Los Angeles. Honestly, considering how he used to roam the woods and fields near his Meemaw's farm, the fact that he'd stumbled into a fairy circle near the beach was almost insulting.

-It's not even that he manages to outrun them. It's that one night (he thinks it's night, though time moves differently here and light and dark are all tangled up and is the purple haze of the sky supposed to be dusk or dawn or just a dark stop of the forest?) he'd decided to just... give up.

He couldn't remember how long he'd been running, running from the pounding of hooves and the yapping of dogs that did not look anything like what a dog should look like. He couldn't remember a time where he wasn't hungry, or thirsty, or tired, but something inside of him just kept making him run and run and run

-But he'd had enough. So he just sat down, with his back towards the noise, and hoped they'll kill him quickly. And to comfort himself, he sang the lullaby his Meemaw used to sing when he was scared of the thunder.

-That's what saved him. One of the fae, Caleb, was so charmed by the song that instead of doing whatever it is they did with their prey, he bundled Reggie up and took him to his... castle. Dwelling. Domain.

-He was dressed in finery and made to sing as Caleb and the other fae danced and ate and did things that Reggie very much had not wanted to see, thank you very much. But eventually, they slept, and Reggie met... the other humans who were trapped here.

-Luke, a young boy who had run away from home to become a musician in 1875. He was distraught to hear Reggie tell him it was the nineties now. Even more distraught when Reggie clarified it was the 1990s.

-There was Alex, who had been cast out of his village for reasons he did not want to share, but that Reggie figured out pretty quickly when he saw the way he looked at Willie. He'd fallen asleep near a fairy circle, and the promises he'd been made had been so tempting, he'd said yes before he fully understood the deal.

-And then there was Willie. The boy who had been stolen from his parents, a changeling left in his place. Who had grown up here, a part of this world yet not really. Who did not know what the other boys meant when they talked about years, or America, or really the whole concept of 'family'.

-Luke's the one who tells them of their escape plan. Alex is worried they can't trust Reggie not to rat him out to Caleb, and Reggie is like: um excuse me I was just hunted for sport for who knows how long you think I wanna help that guy?

-But before he can Willie just tilts his head and says: his heart is pure.

-Which is very sweet but also a little creepy.

-Anyway, they do manage to escape Caleb's clutches somehow, and end up back in the human world.

-Being yeeted out of a little ring of mushrooms in the soil of a plant Ray overwatered in the big plant wall of the Molina studio was not particularly pleasant, okay. Considering a real human should not be able to fit through that. But Willie explained that as soon as a fairy portal grew, it was only a manner of time that the fairies would notice it and stake it out to see what they could lure to their realm.

-Somehow, Luke and Alex get thrown clear across the room, Luke slamming against the door, Alex dropping onto the concrete floor.

-Reggie's not sure if him crashing against a pretty wooden piano is better or worse. The sound it made was definitely worse.

-Somehow, Willie ends up sitting crosslegged on the little piano bench, and he turns and quickly crushes up the mushrooms to destroy the portal.

-Julie, of course, is screaming, Alex and Luke and Reggie are screaming. Willie is trying to explain to Julie she over-watered her fern and pouts when she runs away.

-No they're not ghosts but they are changed and they all have weird powers. Luke nearly cries with joy that he can still summon his guitar. Alex is really not okay with this whole 'walking through walls' thing. Reggie is sad he cannot summon a puppy or a pizza.

-Willie can teleport short distances and is shocked to learn humans can't just do that? You have to walk everywhere? Or ride a horse. What's a car? What's roller skates? He needs to see one of these skateboad things immediately, let's summon the human girl back to ask for one. What can they trade for a skateboard?

-They're kind of freaked out at the whole 2020 thing, but hey, Reggie's like: at least it hasn't been a hundred years like when I told Luke about the 90s.

-Queue canon but it's even worse and more chaotic.

#julie and the phantoms #I wrote a thing #AUs are awesome #what do I even call this?#kidnapped by the fae au #I had such a hard time sorting out what was dark fantasy vs supernatural vs horror so... had a breakdown bon appetit #spent days going NO WE ARE NOT DOING A(NOTHER) CORALINE AU #I've only had creepy changeling willie who isn't entirely human anymore for 15 minutes #but if anything were to happen to him etc etc #alex does maybe like the whole 'being able to turn invisible' thing #except it doesn't work on Julie #for some reason #(*cough* Rose's great grandmother may have been a changeling)#Caleb of course is unseelie and rose's great great grandparents had trouble conceiving #they asked the fair folk for help and got a child... but then their child was swapped with a changeling after a few months #and they were all: um excuse we want our child back. No we're not giving this one back to you #tough shit a deal's a deal we gave you our magic music box for a kid and you gave us two no refunds because you screwed up #the story has been passed down for generations and Ray thinks it's a sweet fairytale #except there it's real and he's like: ... okay then. And then in true Molina tradition goes: *shrug* it's free children

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theloverstomb · 2 years

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FairyTale: A True Story, 1997, dir. Charles Sturridge

#I still love this film 🤍#fairytale: a true story #Charles Sturridge #cottingley fairies

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90s-2000s-barbie · 10 months

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A Fairy Tale A True Story CD-ROM (1997) 🧚‍♀️

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orions-garden · 1 year

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thinking of the campaign in terms of storytelling really re-contextualizes it for me. they are nothing more than characters made up for a fairytale. they are trapped by the narrative. they are trapped by their stories. the story has to end but it can’t it won’t it’s the never after

#many thoughts head full #especially with a lot of their backstories picking up after their fairytale ends #like it wasn’t supposed to be like this it was supposed to end #especially like gerard #his whole story about what happens if true love fades what happens after the story ends #brennan I see you 👁️👁️#dimension 20 #neverafter #dimension 20 neverafter #my posts

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frozenvepar · 11 months

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Oh look, more mermaids for the MerMay gods!

#mermay #mermay2023 #mermaid #fairytale #senhime #onmyoji #bubbles #fairy #merfairy #fairytale a true story #my art

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adorascake · 6 months

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just finished Notthingham: The True Story of Robyn Hood by Anna Burke and I cannot recommend it enough omg. I stopped reading as much as I used to once I started my undergrad, and one of my goals post-graduation was to get back into it. this book pulled me right back in after struggling to start book after book after book for months.

if you're into fairytale retellings, sapphic leads and more badass queer characters, a forbidden romance that will shake you to your core, archery/hunting, just enough action to make your heart race, and the found family trope, this book checks off those boxes and more. I fell in love with every protagonist, but especially Robyn and Marian and their heart-tugging romance.

Burke does an amazing job portraying their raw yearning for one another as well as the conflict between duty and heart they both struggle with. one thing that resonated with me was how the novel portrays queerness, as it takes place in (I'm guessing, based on the original story) 12th-13th century England during the Third Crusade.

Burke writes her queer characters as prideful and unapologetic for who they are, despite knowing how society would treat them if they were to be open about it. the presence of an unforgiving world always looms in the background, but it never overpowers the narrative. as I read, I began to recognize Sherwood Forest—where Robyn begins her outlaw journey—as a refuge for people that society wants gone. out there, they are free to be who they want to be because they aren't bound by societal constraints. To say the least, I found a little bit of myself in each of these characters, making this read all so much more enjoyable.

(if you want the specifics: there's a bursting handful of sapphic characters, a trans character, as well as mentioned gay men—all equally lovable)

Synopsis, for anyone interested:

"After a fateful hunting accident sends her on the run from the law, Robyn finds herself deep in the heart of Sherwood Forest. All she really wants to do is provide for her widowed sister-in-law and newborn nephew. But when the damnable Sheriff of Nottingham levies the largest tax in the history of England, she's forced to take matters into her own hands. Relying on the help of her merry band of misfits and the Sheriff's intriguing—and off-limits—daughter, Marian, Robyn must find a way to pull off the biggest heist Sherwood has ever seen. "With both heart and freedom at stake, just how much is she willing to risk to ensure the safety of the ones she loves?"

#Nottingham: the true story of Robyn hood #books #sapphic books #queer books #lesbian retellings #fairytale retelling #Anna Burke

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missanthropicprinciple · 2 years

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More movie faves: A Little Princess (1995), The Secret Garden (1993). Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), Jurassic Park (1993), FairyTale: A True Story (1997), Vampyr (1932), Maurice (1987), Sherlock Holmes (2009), and Pacific Rim (2013)

#movie recs #movies #films #my favorite films #my favourite films #my favourite movies #A Little Princess #The Secret Garden #Ghostbusters Afterlife #Jurassic Park #FairyTale A True Story #Vampyr #Maurice #Sherlock Holmes #Pacific Rim

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