[Issue 44] Contest: time a upon Once

[Night-Sisters 2,139]

For all the aspiring writers out there, here's a chance to get creative with a very old and well-loved medium.

The fairytale. 

 

Hello and welcome tankers. Be it through Disney movies or the Brothers Grimm, most of us are familiarly acquainted with a plethora of colorful fairytale characters...along with the never-ending collection of villains, scoundrels, baddies, desperadoes, and rogues. For this contest, you can put that knowledge to good use.

 

 

The task is this:

Choose a scene(s) from a traditional fairytale or legend and re-write it from the perspective of the 'villain'. 

E.G. The ball scene in Cinderella, written from the POV of the stepmother or one of the stepsisters. 

 

If you'd like to change the course of events in the story (and give your villain a happy ending) do so, by all means. You have 750 words, your imagination, and a whole lot of poetic license for this one. Originality will be a large factor in the judging so take the time to choose your character and scene carefully.   

 

 

 

:excl: The Rules  :excl:

 

-Wordcount must be 750 or less.

-Reserving posts is prohibited. 

-One entry per individual.

-All entries must be placed within spoilers, no matter the wordcount.*

-The title of the original fairytale and a wordcount must be provided.

 

 

​Plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

 

 

Prizes

 

1st 35,000 crystals

2nd 25,000 crystals

3rd  15,000 crystals

 

 

 

 

**The deadline for this contest is midnight December 15th, UTC time. Good luck!

 

 

*How to make a spoiler

 

**Current UTC time

Edited December 4, 2015 by Night-Sisters

[HichigoShiiro 4,378]

Once upon a time...

 

I killed everyone and became the ruler of a kingdom full of dead people. 

[GreeneScale 13]

Greek myths?

[PWNER101 28]

Once upon a time...

 

I killed everyone and became the ruler of a kingdom full of dead people.

 

Very eloquent. Its short and um... sweet? You forgot to put the spoiler though,

[Penguin40 1,714]

Aww naw, I hate fairytales and don't know any :( What should I do now?

Edited December 5, 2015 by Penguin40

[Night-Sisters 2,139]

 

Can we write a poem ? IF we can, then here's then. Wrote this a while ago and even posted it on the forum :P

 

Original Fairytale : Snow white and the Seven Dwarfs

 

 

 

 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Told from the stepmother's point of view

 

T’was the middle of May

I had just finished my breakfast

I went to my room

And in front of the mirror I stood

Which lay shining in the sunlight.

 

I opened my mouth

“Mirror, mirror, on the wall”, said I,

“Who’s the fairest one of all ? “

“It is you, your majesty, it is you”, he replied,

And I couldn’t control myself from blushing.

 

This habit of mine continued

For days,

For weeks,

For months,

And for years.

 

Until one fateful day

When the mirror declared

That Snow White was the fairest of all.

Greed and envy overcame me

As I vowed to kill her.

 

I ordered my huntsman to kill her

No good he was. He went limping to the forest

To find Snow White.

He brought me her heart the next day,

And pleased, I gave him a reward.

 

I ordered my cook to fry her heart,

Which I ate with apple sauce.

And as usual I went to my beloved mirror

And asked him who was the fairest of them all.

“It is Snow White, your Majesty”, came the reply.

 

I had my huntsman beaten and sacked

And my friends, I’m writing this

While thinking of a way to end Snow white

For once and for all

So I can reclaim my position

As the fairest of them all. 

 

 

Word count : 222

 

A poem would be fine. :)

 

 

Greek myths?

 Choose a scene(s) from a traditional fairytale or legend

 

Go for it.

Edited December 5, 2015 by Night-Sisters

[MandolinMarc 874]

Sounds like a fun project, I'll enter it if I find the time, which I should be able to.

 

 

 

No I'm not reserving, you suspicious little tanker 

Edited December 5, 2015 by MandolinMarc

[BlueDragon_tamki 3,204]

i might try that

[asifmehmood 1,576]

I will try

[MessagerAngel 33]

One day I hit my bro and he hit me back and it is going on still ow ow ow!

[BlueDragon_tamki 3,204]

Original Story: 101 Dallations (how do you people write this correctly!?)

 

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

[KillerGnat 3,135]

Oh, I love fairy tales, I might enter. I want to point out a mistake, though, you say:

 

Word count must be 750 or less

 

Shouldn't it be 750 or fewer?

[BlueDragon_tamki 3,204]

Oh, I love fairy tales, I might enter. I want to point out a mistake, though, you say:

 

Word count must be 750 or less

 

Shouldn't it be 750 or fewer?

you can have 750 words or less than that in your story

[greyat 2,972]

Oh, I love fairy tales, I might enter. I want to point out a mistake, though, you say:

 

Word count must be 750 or less

 

Shouldn't it be 750 or fewer?

I believe that 'fewer' is the preferred term, yes. However, 'less' is being used in that context more and more often in recent times.

[Ambitious 2,084]

Oh, I love fairy tales, I might enter. I want to point out a mistake, though, you say:

 

Word count must be 750 or less

 

Shouldn't it be 750 or fewer?

nazis, grammar nazis everywhere

[zhaowenrui2002 0]

wait so a spoiler is basically a summary of the story?

[rsully11 1,115]

oh!, your first contest congratulation anyways, I'll try to submit a entry.

By the way this contest is really nice and totally original and new Idea well done sis.  ^_^​ 

Edited December 6, 2015 by rsully11

[NewbieCake 3,067]

Original Story: 101 Dallations (how do you people write this correctly!?)

 

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

101 Dalmatians... you know, you could just look it up on Google. Much easier than waiting for a reply.

[Bugs.meeny 1,013]

wait so a spoiler is basically a summary of the story?

This, is a spoiler

 

Entire story goes here

 

 

Get it? to make these, you press the icon next to the eraser, (Special BBCodes) then choose spoiler. write your story in between the [.spoiler] and the [/spoiler.]

 

Edited December 6, 2015 by Bugs.meeny

[KillerGnat 3,135]

nazis, grammar nazis everywhere

Ik, I even made an alt named The_Grammar_Nazi, but somebody reported it as an inappropriate nickname  <_<. Acting like a know-it-all can be fun, especially when you know that you really don't know much. 

 

I might add that you didn't capitalize or punctuate your post that well  :P.

[fordmustang12345 3,910]

Oh, I love fairy tales, I might enter. I want to point out a mistake, though, you say:

 

Word count must be 750 or less

 

Shouldn't it be 750 or fewer?

Grammar police iz here

[Supernatural 2,053]

It took me 2 minutes to realize I should read the title's words backwards. ._.

[Hex 11,520]

 

Be it through Disney movies or the Brothers Grimm

Brother Grimm? Their POV breaks forum rules...

[Hex 11,520]

Little Red Riding Hood

From the POV of the wolf

 

 

Fee fi fo fum,

Twist the tale to start the fun.

Be it 'time a upon Once' as a spoof,

My readers' laughs will be the proof!

 

 

So anyway, I'm hanging out in the woods and I see this girl. She is stunning. I mean a real 10. To top it off, she's wearing red - my favorite. The only problem is, I can't work up the courage to talk to her. So, instead, I follow her through the woods. Once I finally gather the nerve to approach her, I can tell immediately that she's a bit ‘weirded’ out.

 

No problem, I can turn this around, right? Wrong. She's on her way to visit her grandmother. So I suggested that she could pick some flowers for her. She loves the idea and I think I'm all set. But then my cleverness gets the best of me.

 

I think, while she's gathering flowers, I'll sneak ahead and get to know Grandma. If I can win over her dear Granny, I'll be in for sure! So, I run ahead and when I get there I notice Granny is asleep. I knock and she invites me in. Once I explain that I'm a friend of her granddaughter and tell her she's on the way, she jumps up to get out of her gown and get some better clothes on.

 

Here's where things get bad. I look out the window and who do I see? A little Red coming up the path. She's almost here and I realize I'm going to look like an...

 

OK now bad words here :3

 

...Anyone in their right mind might consider apologizing and calling the whole deal a wash, but not me...

 

My knee-jerk reaction was to shove granny in the closet, throw on her gown, and try to pass myself off as her until Red left. This was not a good idea.

 

She knew something was up right away. She started talking about my big eyes and such, so I play it off like they're just better for seeing her with or whatever. Then came the big sense of her- she comments on my teeth. Now all I'm thinking is that this chicken…

 

Damn, that KFC chicken I was eating yesterday…

 

… is just straight up cute. I mean, I'm thinking "Man, I could just eat her up." Aaaaand that's what I said. I told this girl I was going to eat her.

 

Remember that part about poor word choices?

 

As you can imagine, these words are not welcome from a wolf .

 

 

Which she quickly realized when I stood up in a hurry to explain myself.

 

So there I am, standing over a girl I just claimed I was going to eat after locking her grandmother in a closet - this couldn't look any worse.

 

Then, all of a sudden, a goddamn lumberjack...

 

No. No. No. No. NOT the damn paint that's worth 300k and looks like a, umm.. a 'thing' on Semyons' glasses my little, precious, darling. The yes-so-Red Riding Hood!
Wait! Shes' a hood? I don't think so, well maybe, you know... JUST GO ASK HER!

 

...bursts through the door. I've never seen this guy in my life, but he decides he knows exactly what's going on. He proceeds to kick my…

 

 :3

 

 …and get hailed as a hero all before I can explain myself.

 

I tried to get my foot in the door by sweetening up Granny, ended up getting ‘lumber-jacked'.

 

Do I have to tell this again and again?

 

 

-583 words. 2934 characters. . One more. . OK last. . . . :P

 

:excl: :excl:  Under 'penmanship' by my awesome hands. :excl: :excl:

Edited December 9, 2015 by Hexed

[zhaowenrui2002 0]

ok thx bugs meemy