February 4, 2009

Fairy tales & wrist porn, or: I do it for the kids

Danz was curious when I texted him to say that this other, other thing I'm working on now includes "wrist porn".


“Naturally child!” Zephrya’s face was its usual charming loveliness, which now made Annabelle more uncomfortable than her sudden mood swing. “You’ll sup with me, and sleep—in one of the guest rooms upstairs! Or anywhere you like! Oh…but you’re hurt!”

“Ah?” Annabelle looked down and remembered her wrist. It still ached and had swollen to where her arm resembled a log fit for the fireplace. She winced at the pain, but inwardly shivered at the intensity of Zephrya’s gaze upon it. “It’s…it’s just a little sprain,” she said, folding the hem of her jumper around the wound. Before she could say anything else, however, Zephyra was kneeling before her, taking the wounded wrist and latching her lips onto it and gently sucking. Annabelle felt her whole body twitch, her face heated, and she squealed at the pain. But also something else, spreading over her like a warm blanket, traveling lower into pubic region, that sacred space. She wet her lips and unconsciously began hastily jerking her arm back and forth in the mouth of this lady below her. Abruptly the warm mouth vanished and next Annabelle heard a tearing sound. She gaped in shock when she realized Zephyra had torn off a piece of her long, flowing hair. The lady wrapped the strands around Annabelle’s wrist and patted it, grinning again.

“There now, that will help it heal.”

“So would a bandage,” Annabelle muttered under her breath. In the interest of not offending her gracious host, she kept her thoughts to herself.


Yeah, there is a point to that randomness...

Speaking of fairy tale bastardization, I'm trying to do a book for the Kids I Tutor. As I mentioned I've got my new watercolor set and plenty of cheap cold-press (well, 11 pages and an excess of sketchbook paper)...but since I'm doing this in my own time, it's taking a lot longer than I want.



For one thing, I have to find a fairy tale/folk story. How is that hard? Well, in a way it's too easy. There's innumerable stories out there for me to tell & illustrate. I'm looking at specific ones though because I want them to be constructive. Not necessarily moralistic but something we can talk about and pull from later. I also want it to be something at least sort of familiar.

So! I look to Andrew Lang's fairy tale books. I tried my collection of Grimm fairy tales but a lot of those just didn't meet the criteria, other than being familiar.

The other problem is format. What do I want to do? Do I want to draw pictures and put together stories for the kids? Or write something up and read it aloud. I'd let them draw their own damn pictures but I don't think their teachers would much like that...I think they're jealous because I'm awesome.

Anyway, I may be over-thinking it too much, I should probably just do it. I mean, for whatever reasons, as I've stated before fairy tales & folk lore are just kinda my thing...plus, I really do have an image of awesomeness to uphold. I ain't relinquishin' my title for shit!

2 comments:

  1. Personally I have always loved Hans Christian Andersen more than the Grimms' Stuff. I think they're much more rich in detail, much better writing style and I think the morality is much more in keeping with my own. My fav is def The Emperor's new Clothes.

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  2. It's true...I could think of a few authors I like better than the Grimm bros, it's just that their stuff is probably more familiar to kids (well, he and Hans Christian together). Andersen is much richer in the "helpful lesson" department though.

    Welcome to my space Papa...I see you *shifty eyes*

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