I'm not dead!

[stillsostrange]

Still here, still alive. Still NaNoing, though I'm not posting updates. I'll wait till the end of the month.

I woke up this morning with my brain being eaten by fairy tales. In particular, fairy tales with cute girls and wolves. (Yes, I watched all three Ginger Snaps in a row and my brain will never be the same.)

Can anyone think of any werewolf tropes that I could dissect for use in fairy-tale land?

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[hangedwoman.livejournal.com]

Um, the only one I can think of at the moment I'm not telling you because it's mine. Mine, mine, mine!

[ultharkitty.livejournal.com]

The romantic sad werewolf who is in love with a human woman, so tragic and so very Hammer Horror.

I've not seen the third Ginger Snaps film, but the other two were good, I'll have to look out for it.

[deva-fagan.livejournal.com]

Is Ginger Snaps a Red Riding Hood retelling? I should look into them; I remember that I had a strange fascination for the movie The Company of Wolves back in HS.

I've always enjoyed fairy-tale retellings where the "heroine gets saved" version is recast with the girl saving herself. If you haven't already found it, you might enjoy poking around this site (http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/). They seem to have a lot of Red Riding Hood info.

Good luck with NaNoWriMo!

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

Is Ginger Snaps a Red Riding Hood retelling?

Not really. It hits me with shades of Snow White & Rose Red (sans bear), and that's the story my brain is trying to play with now.

The Company of Wolves is entertaining. I should watch it again.