This story sounds hauntingly familiar. I've either read it at some point or this scenario is somewhat commonly used in fiction.
I recently watched Labyrinth for the first time and was both surprised and (at the same time) realized I (possibly had) should have known that Brian Froud was involved in that. Biting fairies tend to = Brian Froud.
The dichotomy of fairy tales interests me a lot. These were cautionary tales originally but modern media has transformed them almost completely. Still, there are hold-outs who keep insisting on doing away with the sugar-coating which somehow also make it into the mainstream - producing Grimm as a quite recent example. Obviously, this isn't even scraping the surface here...
jinn/djinn/genies seem just about ready for their own pop-culture make over. I Dream of Jeanie and Aladdin are things my generation grew up with and are bound to be sentimental about. That's my prediction for 'the next big thing'. Fairies out, Jinn in. This, of course, will be a mixed blessing on their house.
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Date: 2012-07-07 11:53 am (UTC)I recently watched Labyrinth for the first time and was both surprised and (at the same time) realized I (possibly had) should have known that Brian Froud was involved in that. Biting fairies tend to = Brian Froud.
The dichotomy of fairy tales interests me a lot. These were cautionary tales originally but modern media has transformed them almost completely. Still, there are hold-outs who keep insisting on doing away with the sugar-coating which somehow also make it into the mainstream - producing Grimm as a quite recent example. Obviously, this isn't even scraping the surface here...
jinn/djinn/genies seem just about ready for their own pop-culture make over. I Dream of Jeanie and Aladdin are things my generation grew up with and are bound to be sentimental about. That's my prediction for 'the next big thing'. Fairies out, Jinn in. This, of course, will be a mixed blessing on their house.