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belle-keys · 1 year
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this is the worst book description I’ve ever read like I’m actually having a stroke
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I’m very serious when I say that never in the past centuries of Beauty and The Beast getting retold and rebranded over and over and OVER again, has so much originality and GUTS and depth as Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth as a romance arc. And I fear it will take years for me to find a much better version(s) than them.
I’m a longtime BaTB enjoyer. And this argument includes my favorite classic Jane Eyre and Hades and Persephone myth, Howls’ moving Castle (and Goblin!)
Like really, WHOSE doing like Jaime and Brienne?! Who has the guts making both of the leads of the arc simultaneously the beauty AND the beast? And instead of them ‘trapped’ in a cursed castle or them ‘break’ the curse by ‘true love’, they’re trapped in the societal norm and GENDER norms and oath AND Knighthood and trapped by people they love deeply because they always been someone who loves MORE. The curse will be broken when they let themselves free from it by THEMSELVES after inspired EACHOTHER!!!
And having the woman canonically the ugly one with beautiful interior and the man is beautiful but ugly inside?! And both of them very complex individuals with so much depth and nuance…
and Brienne’s past with roses and Jaime getting called the Lion of Lannister… I love literature EXACTLY.
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haveamagicalday · 26 days
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This has nothing to do with Battle of the Barbies but I've gained over 100 hundred followers from it so I wanted to let everyone know that my older sister is a published author! A paperback version of her first Adult Fantasy novel comes out on March 19th! Of course, you could always snag a hardcover copy if you can't wait ;)
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In this haunting, evocative fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds herself torn between her dreams and her desires when she’s pursued by a secretive patron who may be more than he seems. “An utterly unique, lyrical play on the Persephone and Hades myth for fans of Neil Gaiman or Madeline Miller.”—Booklist (starred review)
Her second Adult Fantasy is called We Shall Be Monsters and comes out Oct. 2024! Cover reveal happening soon. And if Adult isn't your thing, her debut novel was a YA Fantasy called The Waking Forest! You can follow my sister on instagram: @alyssa_wees. She also has a tumblr but idk if she wants me to give that out lol
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Look how beautiful this is!!!
My characters, Grace and the Master, from my adult fantasy novel, NOCTURNE (2/21, Del Rey Books) painted by @winterofherdiscontent <3 <3
I seriously can't stop staring at this. It's such a wonderful feeling to see my characters outside of my own head! Like, that's them! Right there! In front of my face! They've lived for so long in my imagination and now they're real! I love it so much.
If you are interested in preordering the book (less than a month until the release date!), you can purchase it anywhere books are sold in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Spanish translation coming soon! And for my American friends, it is on sale at Barnes & Noble. NOCTURNE is a B&N Bookseller Favorite. :) Here is their bookseller note:
Nocturne is a rich, lush fairy-tale reimagining that brings together elements of Beauty & the Beast, Phantom of the Opera and Persephone against the backdrop of the ballet world in Depression-era Chicago. With lyrical prose, romance, mystery and magic, this atmospheric fantasy is an enchanting read that will keep you in suspense till the very end.
I hope you'll consider adding it to your TBR :)
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rosecoloredboyxox · 2 years
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Bathtime
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imperiuswrecked · 1 year
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“It wasn’t really Namor’s fault that Ramonda died” IT WAS. IT WAS. WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO TAKE THIS AWAY? I’M SORRY IF YOU CAN’T STOMACH NAMOR NOT BEING PERFECT BUT PLEASE STOP. For fucks sake, it was by HIS HAND the queen died! Yeah there were outside factors pushing Wakanda and Talokan towards conflict but stop trying to erase the fact he has and would kill people!
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authormikamathews · 3 months
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What should I write next?
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muraae · 2 years
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↳ hellcheer moodboard(s): dracula
i have crossed oceans of time to find you…
the lady christine cunningham is set to marry the most eligible and richest man in the village of hawkins: her family and friends all say her life will be beautiful and perfect, everything any young girl could dream of- but all chrissy can feel is trapped.
but soon chrissy catches the attention of a mysterious young prince from a foreign land. eddie has been cursed as a vampire for many centuries, never expecting to find his reincarnated lost love in an english village.
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josephinekhawaja · 1 year
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So in my mind, the MCU has been in 2023 the entirety of the pandemic. With some spilling over into 2024, as in the case of Wakanda Forever, but nothing past that. So all storylines of Phase 4, with the exception of the 2016 prequel that is the Black Widow film, are just overlapping in those 20 months from Avengers 4. Was made to realise only recently that Cassandra Lang is in fact no longer 15, but closer in age to her future best friend Kate Bishop. She still look 15 though so I should probably pump my brakes on this. (...I say as if I did not already go ahead to Google the age difference between Jonathan Majors and Kathryn Newton for Phases 5 and 6 long term⌛⏳🌀💫.)
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svankmajerbaby · 1 year
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ive said this before, but i still dont know how to make it clear enough: I Want Less Death & The Maiden. And More Death As A Maiden
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Beauty and the Beast / Hades and Persephone dancing
Generated in Midjourney V4
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noctilionoidea · 1 year
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you know some hades and Persephone retelling would work significantly better as Beauty and the beast type ones
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cursed-herbalist · 1 year
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HPMA | Jupiter Durand as Aphrodite/Venus or Persephone
Persephone to Hades You are the kindest thing that ever happened to me, even if that is not how our story is told. When everyone told me I was destined to be a forgotten nymph that nurtured flowers and turned meadows gold, you saw that the ichor that resides in me demanded its own throne. You showed me How love like ours can turn even the darkest, coldest realm into the happiest of homes.
➔ poem by Nikita Gill
Aphrodite is the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. As myth has it, she was born from sea foam.
Persephone was the goddess queen of the underworld and wife of the god Hades. Once upon a time when she played in a flowery meadow with her Nymph companions, Persephone was seized by Hades and carried off to the underworld as his bride. Her mother Demeter despaired at her disappearance and searched for her the throughout the world accompanied by the goddess Hekate bearing torches. When she learned that Zeus had conspired in her daughter's abduction she was furious and refused to let the earth fruit until Persephone was returned. Zeus consented, but because the girl had tasted the food of Hades (a handful of pomegranate seeds) she was forced to forever spend a part of the year with her husband in the underworld. Her annual return to the earth in spring was marked by the meadows' flowering and the new grain's sudden growth. Conversely, her return to the underworld in winter saw the dying down of plants and the halting of growth.
(very much inspired by @gaygryffindorgal's edits)
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bitletsanddrabbles · 1 year
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New album to enjoy!
Not my favorite version of the title track, admittedly, but I think this is the first time I’ve heard Alec do Neverland and it’s wonderful, thrilled to finally have a hard copy of Little Red Hood and Izboushka, Izboushka!, and loving most of the new pieces. Heck, I was never really a Pinocchio person, but I like Real Boy.
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My adult fantasy novel, NOCTURNE, is available now from Penguin Random House. I would love it if you’d check it out 😊
US: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nocturne-alyssa-wees/1141501991?ean=9780593357477#
Canada: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/products/nocturne?_pos=1&_psq=Nocturne&_ss=e&_v=1.0
UK: https://www.waterstones.com/book/nocturne/alyssa-wees/9781529900965
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Growing up in Chicago’s Little Sicily in the years following the Great War, Grace Dragotta has always wanted to be a ballerina, ever since she first peered through the windows of the Near North Ballet company. So when Grace is orphaned, she chooses the ballet as her home, imagining herself forever ensconced in a transcendent world of light and beauty so different from her poor, immigrant upbringing.
Years later, with the Great Depression in full swing, Grace has become the company’s new prima ballerina—though achieving her long-held dream is not the triumph she once envisioned. Time and familiarity have tarnished that shining vision, and her new position means the loss of her best friend in the world. Then she attracts the attention of the enigmatic Master La Rosa as her personal patron and realizes the world is not as small or constricted as she had come to fear.
Who is her mysterious patron, and what does he want from her? As Grace begins to unlock the Master’s secrets, she discovers that there is beauty in darkness as well as light, finds that true friendship cannot be broken by time or distance, and realizes there may be another way entirely to achieve the transcendence she has always sought.
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I like to imagine Persephone is like a Disney Princess type who is willing married to one of the big name Disney villains. She fits more of a Disney Princess type than even Meg since she is supposed to be someone who became jaded with finding a prince charming and finally found it. In my opinion, Persephone is the Beauty and the Beast type with Hades.
Yes! Persephone really is Disney princess material lmao! Honestly, if she were canon she’d probably be seen more with the villains than the princesses (since I guess technically she’s not a princess, she’s a goddess/queen, but she also married a villain, so I guess that technically makes her part of the club lol). I mean, she’d probably be friends with the other Disney princesses, but since she married into villainy she’s mostly seen with her hubby’s friends despite not being very villainous or evil lmao. I guess maybe she slightly is? She low key supports Hades whenever he has an evil plan, but if he ends up going too far or if she senses something will go wrong she’ll intervene or say something, but for the most part she’s really not that evil and is more of a “good guy” lol
But yeah, Meg was definitely more of a reformed anti-heroine than a princess lol, I mean she did end up with the main character who is somewhat of a prince of the gods, but Disney never made her an official Disney princess which is unfortunate because Meg and the Hercules movie in general deserves more rep. I’m glad the movie has made a comeback and has gained a cult following in recent years though!
Oh, but I’m so glad you saw the similarities with Hades and Persephone’s relationship and Beauty and the beast lol!! Honestly, that’s basically their love story, the beautiful spring goddess falling for the big mean god of the underworld lmao. And yes, their story is somewhat based off of Beauty and the Beast in a way, but we actually get to see Persephone and Hades get to know each other and slowly fall in love than just
“here’s a library because you like books”
“Omg thanks…I think I love you”
Lol, don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Beauty and the Beast and it’s definitely in my top 10 favorite Disney movies, but I feel like the pacing for their love story was a little too quick. I feel like there should’ve been more of them getting to know each other and spending time with each other on screen than just the little song montage of them getting used to each other and dancing in the ballroom. So, that’s what I’m trying to do for my Hades and Persephone story lol, I mean yeah, their relationship will be a tad rushed because of the plot, but we’ll actually get to see them fall in love and make a deep connection instead of just a brief montage of them spending time together lol.
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