fancake | Entries tagged with fandom: fairytales

Fandom: Fairy Tale
Rating: PG
Length: drabble-ish + art
Creator Links: deluxeloy (on Tumblr)
Theme: trope inversion

Content Notes:

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Summary:

"Fey: I know, I know. Let’s hope the price wasn’t too much for you after all… Only time will tell."

Reccer's Notes:

Another lovely Tumblr subversion of a trope! This one is essentially "Making a Deal with the Devil" that has a clever twist. And the art is just as lovely.

Fanwork Links: Deal with the Fey (It didn't have a title, so that's my title for it!)

runpunkrun

Fandom: Fairytales, Rumpelstiltskin
Characters/Pairings: Original characters
Rating: Teen
Length: 2,059 words
Creator Link:

sallyislike
Theme: Folklore & Fairytales, Amnesty

Summary: This is the third day since you sent us out to search for a name.

Reccer's Notes: Wonderful rhythm and voice.

Fanwork Link: The Queen Sent Messengers

snickfic

Fandom: Fairy Tale - Red Riding Hood
Characters/Pairings: Wolf/Red Riding Hood/Huntsman
Rating: Mature
Length: 2152 words
Creator Links:

Trobadora
Theme: Shapeshifting, Polyamory, Threesomes

Summary: What does he remember? The huntsman's crossbow, aimed at him. The huntsman before him. Armed villagers behind, the red-cloaked charmswoman among them.

Reccer's Notes: This is really lovely, the story of a lone, lonely werewolf who finds a pack.

Fanwork Links: @ AO3

beatrice_otter

Fandom: Fairy Tale--Sleeping Beauty
Characters/Pairings: the fairy godmothers
Rating: teen
Length: 1088 words
Author Links:

betony
Theme: Small Fandoms, folklore and fairy tales, fairies,

Summary: You gave her to us. Accept the consequences.

Reccer's Notes: A really creepy (and yet, true to the original view of fairies and fairy tales) look at the whole story of Sleeping Beauty

Story Links: come away, o human child

jainas

Fandom: Fairytales: The Frog Prince ; The Six Swans
Characters/Pairings: The Frog Prince, The Younger Brother, the Princess, etc
Rating: PG-13
Length: 10 641
Creator Links: lady_ragnell
Theme: Folklore and fairy tales, families of choice, future fic

Summary: The curse on Jan's family has been broken for years, but he's left with a swan's wing and no clear direction for his life. When his sister tells him of Prince Leon, a prince from a nearby kingdom who has just returned from his own curse, he's more than willing to travel and meet him and his new bride, Ida. With Leon and Ida comes Henry, Leon's servant and friend, and together, the four of them muse on curses, the aftermath of them, and just what it takes to get through it all.

Reccer's Notes: No need to know the precises foktales this fic draw from, as the archetypes are often enough: the prince turned into a frog, his princess, the younger son cursed into taking the shape of a swan with all his brothers... The story is not about the fairytales, but what the everafter can looks like when you spent years trapped as an animal, and deals in very clever ways with the afterneath of trauma. I really enjoyed the wordbuilding and the way the author wrote her characters.

Fanwork Links: Not afraid of all the reasons why we shouldn't try

wendelah1

Fandom: Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Shakespeare (works)
Characters/Pairings: Apollo/Daphne, Mother & Daughter, Sycorax & Prospero, Daphne (Greek and Roman Mythology), Ἀπόλλων | Apollo (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), Mother (Fairy Tales), Sycorax (The Tempest), Prospero (The Tempest), Ariel (The Tempest)
Rating: Teen
Length: 1972 words
Creator Links:

silverr
Theme: spells and curses, mythical creatures: gods, unconventional format & style

Summary: A helpless maiden pursued by a lovesick god, a mother defeated by an envious witch, a helpful spirit imprisoned by a hateful crone—well, that's what the stories have always said happened, so it must be true. Mustn't it?

Reccer's Notes: Over the years, I have been incredibly lucky in the quality of gifts I've received, but

silverr just knocked it out of the park with "Wild of Branch and Root." Three stories retold in three separate but related poems, in response to what felt to me at the time as an impossible prompt to write. I wanted to know what it felt like for these characters to become a tree, or be incarcerated in a tree, in the case of Ariel. Now I do. These poems are excellent, moving, and transformative, giving each protagonist agency and voice. Every poem was given its own botanical illustration, too.

Fanwork Links:
Wild of Branch and Root

jerakeen

Fandom: Harry Potter (Beauty and the Beast Fusion)
Characters/Pairings: Harry/Draco
Rating: Explicit
Length: 30,180 words
Creator Links:

actualite
Theme: Book Fandoms, Old Fandoms, Crossovers/Fusions, Future Fic (previously recommended for Mythical Creatures (Werewolves) & Hurt/Comfort)

Summary: After his father casts a mysterious curse on Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy is forced to try to make things right.

Reccer's Notes: The plot is predictable, yes, but the angst in this is so good.

Fanwork Links: @ AO3

beatrice_otter

Fandom: Disney Princesses
Characters/Pairings: Mulan, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Belle, Snow White, Ariel, Tiana, Merida, Cinderella, Jasmine
Rating: G
Length: 4541
Creator Links:

naomik
Theme: female characters, college AU, female friendship (previously recced), humor

Summary: Mulan is a Resident Assistant on a dormitory floor at a college. Gosh, some of the students on her floor come from really screwed-up families.

Reccer's Notes: This author really knows how to make the best use of the princesses and the college AU. Everything fits, the details are perfectly updated to a modern/real life setting (Aurora has narcolepsy, Mulan is doing college on the GI Bill, etc.) It's funny and thought-provoking, and I love the way the girls all work together to help one another.

Fanwork Links: Four Things that Weren't Adequately Covered in Mulan's R.A. Training

dimestore_romeo

Fandom: Frozen, The Wild Swans (Hans Christian Andersen)
Characters/Pairings: Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Hans, Elsa/OFC, Anna/Kristoff
Rating: PG
Length: 26054
Creator Links: Aris Merquoni (ArisTGD)
Theme: Female Characters, Female Friendship, Worldbuilding, Crossovers/Fusions

Summary: Once upon a time there was a family with thirteen brothers who were put under a powerful curse. Once upon a time there was a tiny kingdom far to the north, ruled by a young and lovely queen who took in a traveler who did not speak. And once upon a time, inconvenient family history and a certain someone's bad decisions made solving everyone's problems far more difficult than it should have been.

Reccer's Notes: For me, this fic has everything that I want. It takes place some time after the film, and is a fusion with the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Wild Swans. It's all about Elsa finding love, and Hans working towards redemption. It has a great attitude towards its lesbian and trans characters and the meetings of cultures, and features a world in which the Aztec Empire continues on and trade is expansive and friendly. What I really love is that everything is an open possibility here, up to and including two women getting married, even if it's never been known of before.

Fanwork Links: Wings of Winter

beatrice_otter

Fandom: Disney Princesses
Characters/Pairings: Mulan, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Belle, Snow White, Ariel, Tiana, Merida, Cinderella, Jasmine
Rating: G
Length: 4541
Creator Links:

NaomiK
Theme: female characters, college AU, female friendship

Summary: Mulan is a Resident Assistant on a dormitory floor at a college. Gosh, some of the students on her floor come from really screwed-up families.

Reccer's Notes: This author really knows how to make the best use of the princesses and the college AU. Everything fits, the details are perfectly updated to a modern/real life setting (Aurora has narcolepsy, Mulan is doing college on the GI Bill, etc.) It's funny and thought-provoking, and I love the way the girls all work together to help one another.

Fanwork Links: Four Things that Weren't Adequately Covered in Mulan's R.A. Training

stardreamer

Fandom: The Little Mermaid
Characters/Pairings: Ursula, Ariel, the Prince
Rating: Gen
Length: short (at a guess, around 1,000 words)
Creator Links: UrsulaV
Theme: Trope inversion/subversion

Summary: The tide comes in, the tide goes out.

Reccer's Notes:
This counts as fanfic because it's a retelling of a fairy tale, but Ursula Vernon is a professionally-published writer and the winner of a Hugo Award and Mythopoeic Award for Digger. I adore this take on "The Little Mermaid" told from the sea witch's POV; she does a number on the whole "great romance" trope.

Note: the "Author Link" goes to her "writing" tag on LJ (because that's the only tag on the story), which covers not only the short works that she drops into her journal but also her writing about writing. And the summary is my best guess as to what she might have chosen on AO3 if it were over there.

Fanwork Links: The Sea Witch Sets the Record Straight

lightbird

Fandom: Fairy Tales and Related Fandoms
Characters/Pairings: Fairy Godmother (Cinderella), Lilac Fairy (Sleeping Beauty), Sugar Plum Fairy (Nutcracker)
Rating: G
Length: 11:41 minutes
Creator Links:

argentumlupine
Theme: gateway fic

Summary: Three fairy godmothers at tea, discussing sexism, stepmothers, and princesses they have known. Podfic of the story by

El_Staplador.

Reccer's Notes: Here is another shorter podfic that's a perfect intro for anyone who is new to the medium. The story is excellent (and the fic is well worth checking out too) -- a well-crafted, inventive and interesting fairy tale and backstory, and the fandom and characters will already be familiar to people.

argentumlupine does a beautiful reading, with wonderful, distinct character voices and emotion. Highly recommended.

Fanwork Links: [Podfic] The Theory and Practice of Fairy-Godmothering, Discussed in an Appropriate Environment, Namely, Over Tea

croissantkatie

Fanwork Type(s): Podfic
Fandoms: Bandom, Pacific Rim, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Fairy tales
Characters/Pairings: Ryan Ross/Brendan Urie, Frank Iero/Gerard Way, Mikey Way/Pete Wentz
Creator Links: here at AO3
Theme: Creator Recs

Reccer's Notes: the sheer amount of emotion

argentumlupine manages to convey is incredible, particularly multiple emotions at once She also does a wonderful array of voices which she uses so well and fit in seamlessly with the story telling and don’t distract from it.

Favorite Fanworks:

The Fall and Rise of the Black Parade Maybe Purgatory ends when you get yourself out of it.
This isn’t an easy listen because it is just so emotional. It’s an amazing listen and

argentumlupine conveys sadness and hopefulness so well in this. It truly made me feel the way the characters did.

On The Midtown Direct A love story, one train ride at a time.
This showcases

argentumlupine ’s range and ability with character voices. It’s an absolute delight to listen to.

magician113

Slipping in one more under the wire!

Fandom: Hansel and Gretel
Characters: Witch, Gretel, Hansel
Rating: Teen
Length: 3K words
Author Links: at AO3
Theme: small fandom, female characters, crossover

Summary: A total retelling of the Hansel and Gretel story. The only thing this has in common with the original, outside of the characters, is Gretel’s intelligence and street savvy. We learn that she got a lot of her know-how from her mother’s teachings and advice; and that she might have more in common with the Witch than expected. This definitely lives up to its title.

Reccer's Notes: Kitsuneasika gives us a surprise crossover with another fairy tale that helps to explain the characters’ pasts and may also hint at their futures. Written for Yuletide 2011 and is also part of a sub-collection that focuses on strong women in stories. Enjoy.

Story Link: lovely, dark and deep

magician113

Fandom: Beauty and the Beast
Characters: Beast, original characters
Rating: Gen
Length: 5K words
Author Links: at AO3

Theme: small fandoms, female character

Summary: The story begins at the Beast’s castle, where the curse has been going on for close to a hundred years. Over that time, a procession of women has graced the Beast’s table; though none have been able to break the spell. It doesn’t look hopeful for the latest candidate, Vivian. She hates everything about her situation: the loneliness, the invisible servants, and the Beast himself.

All of this is told through the eyes of Emma, one of those invisible servants. Not only do we learn the back story of the curse, but what has happened since. Sadly, she and the other servants were collateral damage; everyone in the castle was caught up in the magic and the sorrow that was directed at her master.

But Emma has learned to cope and to continue to hope that, one day, the right person will come along to break the spell. Because in the case of magic, anything is possible.

Reccer's Notes: This is chock-full of world-building and very atmospheric. The focus isn’t on the Beast, although he definitely plays his part. It’s about the fall-out from a piece of angry magic and the long, cruel situation that affects everyone who touched him; spreading out like ripples in a lake where a heavy rock has been dropped. Yet it’s also a story of humanity; how people, even those with incredible burdens, still live their lives. Written for Yuletide 2011, this revisionist look at the oft-told fairy tale is definitely worth a read. Enjoy.

Story Link: Invisible

magician113

Fandom: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Characters: The Pied Piper
Rating: Gen
Length: 1K words
Author Links: at AO3
Theme: small fandoms

Summary: Many years after the incident at Hamelin, we find out what the Piper has been doing with his life.

Reccer's Notes: This is a short but lovely piece about a powerful man who is reflecting on his life then and now. Written for Yuletide 2011. Enjoy.

Story Link: Lost Things and People Too

magician113

Fandom: Fairy Tale - Rapunzel
Characters/Pairing: Rapunzel, OFC, Mother Gothel (Enchantress), Rapunzel’s parents; Rapunzel/Original Female Character
Rating: Gen
Length: 2K words
Author Links: at AO3
Theme: small fandoms, female characters

Summary: Everyone knows that Rapunzel was taken from her parents because her dad stole rampion out of the enchantress’ garden to assuage his pregnant wife’s cravings. But what if Rapunzel wasn’t the only girl held prisoner? In this story we find that the enchantress happens to be a controlling, self-centered witch. Fortunately, her two victims aren’t the swooning type.

Reccer's Notes: This speaks to my inner gardener, with an enchanted garden that strengthens people as they eat from it, as well as my inner warrioress. Written for Yuletide 2011. Enjoy.

Story Link: Rapunzel Reimagined

magician113

Fandom: Fairy Tales: Cinderella, Rapunzel, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Princess and the Pea.
Characters/Pairing: Cendrillon (Cinderella), Rapunzel, Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty), Belle (Beauty and the Beast), Lina (Twelve Dancing Princesses), Ofelia (Princess and the Pea); canon pairings
Rating: Gen
Length: 1820 words
Author Links: at AO3
Theme: small fandoms, crossovers, female characters

Summary: With all of those kingdoms and princes searching for princesses to marry, don’t you think some of them might be related? This is a charming (snerk) tale of The Royals, told through the eyes of Cendrillon. As Rapunzel is hosting a midsummer ball, Cendrillon gives us the inside scoop of how the various “happily ever afters” are progressing. All except one takes place post-fairy-tale.

Reccer's Notes: This story isn’t long, but Morbane packed in a lot of backstory, as well as providing some lovely tongue-in-cheek insights into court life and intrigue. Written for Yuletide 2010.

Story Link: Real Princesses

magician113

Fandom: Fairy Tales
Characters: Snow White
Rating: Gen
Length: 1428 words
Author Links: at AO3
Theme: small fandoms, female character

Summary: What if behind that raven hair and porcelain skin existed a clever girl who knew what she wanted?

Reccer's Notes: This gem was written for Yuletide 2010. Enjoy.

Story Link: Pretty as a Doll

beatrice_otter

Fandom: Fairy Tale--Sleeping Beauty
Characters/Pairings: the fairy godmothers
Rating: teen
Length: 1088 words
Author Links:

betony
Theme: Small Fandoms

Summary: You gave her to us. Accept the consequences.

Reccer's Notes: A really creepy (and yet, true to the original view of fairies and fairy tales) look at the whole story of Sleeping Beauty

Story Links: come away, o human child

rubytuesday5681

Fandom: Bandom, MCR
Characters/Pairings: Frank/Gerard
Rating: Teen: PG-13
Length: 13,200 words
Author Links:

Bexless
Theme: Complete AU: Modern Cinderella AU

Summary: Gerard's fat fucking birds have fat fucking asses. Gerard has very talented mice and birds who take good care of him. He meets Frank at a club and forgets to exchange numbers before running off in a rush. Frank is left with only a glove and he's determined to find the owner!

Reccer's Notes: This story is absolutely hilarious! And heartwarming. And hilarious! It's a super fun read and always leaves me in a good mood. Gerard's mice and birds are totally adorable and I love reading about his office life. Everyone can relate to "hateful Dale" and Gerard's officemate, Paul is an awesome guy.

Story Links: AO3

jerakeen

Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Rating: Mature
Length: 30,000 words
Author Links:

jane_elliot //

janeelliot // website
Theme: AU: Fairytale (previously recced for crossovers/fusions)

Summary: An SGA version of Beauty and the Beast, full of the magic of science. McKay/Sheppard slash.

Reccer's Notes: I love Beauty and the Beast AUs, and this is a really awesome one that works great with the SGA canon.

Story Links: @ AuthorWebsite // @ AO3 // @ FF.net // @ Wraithbait // Podfic.

evanelric

Fandom: Teen Wolf
Characters/Pairings: Derek/Stiles
Rating: officially unrated, but prolly pg-13ish for language and nudity and talk of sexual things?
Length: 7,764 words
Author Links:

magneticwave
Theme: Complete AU (household objects)

Summary: Stiles has been a teapot for 3,308 days. // Scott skids into the door breathlessly and shouts, “THERE’S A GIRL IN THE CASTLE,” and promptly brains himself on one of the casserole dishes.

(Disney’s Beauty & the Beast AU, wherein Stiles is Mrs. Potts and the wheelbarrow that used to be the surly head gardener is secretly wooing him with magic roses. This is so far beyond crack that it’s basically meth.)

Reccer's Notes: Beauty and the Beast AU is misleading because Kanima!Jackson is the Beast and Lydia is Belle, but the story is really about teapot!Stiles and wheelbarrow!Derek, but roses are still kind of central!

Story Links: on AO3

gwynevere1

Fandom: Fairytales/Folklore (Beauty and the Beast)
Pairings: Beauty (Belle)/Beast
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 750 words
Author Links:

Aidara

Theme: Complete AU: Steampunk!AU; Female characters

Summary: If it weren't for the fact that she could see between the open spaces in the gleaming iron pieces of the Machine's chest cavity, she would swear there was a heart beating there.

Reccer's Notes: The Prince is transformed into a Machine instead of a Beast, and a fairy tale takes on a whole new modern meaning. A real sense of dread permeates this fic. I also like the double meaning of the Beast's words, which is always clear to the audience and never to Belle.

Story Link: Arabesque

kadytheredpanda

Fandom: Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Pairing: none
Length: Just over 2000
Author Links: [Bad username or unknown identity:  ]
Theme: Fork in the Road AUs

Summary: Things aren't always what they seem. Oneshot.

Reccer's Notes: The Beast's journey to have his curse broken begins when Belle's father, an old man, is captured. Belle goes to look for him, and the rest is Disney classic history. So what if the Beast encountered another old man instead of Maurice around the time the movie took place? This fanfic looks at that. Sucks to be you, Beast, but you kinda deserved it.

Story Links: Second Chance

Current Location: Kennesaw, GA

kiki_eng

Fandom: Disney-verse
Pairing: Jane/Mulan
Length: 4,216 words
Author Links:

cest_what //

cest_what
Theme: Rare Pairings
Summary: Jane Porter has big plans, but sometimes this office makes them seem a million miles away, or more.

Reccer's Notes: This is a charming AU. The office is populated with a cast of Disney characters who, along with their dynamics, have been really seamlessly transferred to that office environment. (I especially like the way Mulan is written in this; she's so much herself and so awesome.) It's cute and fun and often funny. Sweet.

Story Links: AO3 and LJ

snowynight

Fandom: Alice in the Wonderland
Pairing: Alice/Tarrant
Length: 1000
Author Links:

melanthios
Theme: genderfuck
Summary: Alice stays, and in so staying, finds the answer to some questions that there had never been time to ask.

Reccer's Notes: A nice coda to the movie

Story Links: Saganistute

snowynight

Fandom: Fairy Tales
Pairing: none
Length: 6294
Author Links:

kenaz
Theme: genderfuck
Summary: A 1980's re-imagining of Bluebeard on the Christopher Street Piers
Reccer's Notes: Dark yet wonderful.
Story Links:Blueblood

snowynight

Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: Aladdin/Jasmine
Length: 3400
Author Links:

elishabet
Theme: genderfuck
Summary: Aladdin's just trying to live his life, as best as he knows.

Reccer's Notes: A tender and wonderful coda to Aladdin's story.

Story Links: My Very Existence Is a Monument

jerakeen

Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis/Beauty and the Beast
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Length: 30,000 words
Author Links:

jane_elliot //

janeelliot // website
Theme: Crossovers/Fusions
Summary: An SGA version of Beauty and the Beast, full of the magic of science. McKay/Sheppard slash.

Reccer's Notes: This is one of my favorite Beauty and the Beast fusions - in any fandom.

Story Links:

Unconventional Beauty @ the author's website

The story can also be found at AO3, FF.net, and Wraithbait, and there's a podfic version available here.

jerakeen

Fandom: Bandom (MCR) / Cinderella
Pairing: Frank/Gerard
Length: 13,000 words
Author Links:

bexless // website
Theme: Crossovers/Fusions
Summary: Gerard is dreaming. He knows he’s dreaming, but that doesn’t mean he’s not enjoying himself. He’s not even really sure what’s going on, but he knows he’s in a band, a really fucking good band, and he knows there’s someone he’s really into, someone who’s really into him, and he knows he’s happy and he doesn’t hate anything, so he goes along with it. Just bumps softly from scene to scene, Mikey somewhere in the edge of it, drifting around in this life that doesn’t exist, and then someone pulls his fucking hair and ( he wakes up. )

Reccer's Notes: There are mice and birds. Seriously.

Story Links:

An Emergency of the Heart
An Emergency of the Heart (alternate link)

snowynight

Fandom: Harry Potter/Alice in the Wonderland
Pairing: none
Length: 749
Author Links: blythely
Theme: crossover/fusion
Summary: Hermione gets lost in a book.

Reccer's Notes: Hermione is just a sensitive character that it's lovely to see her interacting with the weirdness in Wonderland, and don't miss out the ending.

Story Links: curiouser and curiouser