Bisexual (Summer) Solstice Beheading Games
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rynlingonce upon a bang
https://bsky.app/profile/fairytalebang.bsky.social/post/3lclbxs2cic2j
Introducing our first all-fandoms bang! Create brand-new works incorporating elements from fairytales & folklore.
I think I will, actually.
Late last year I reread TH White's The Once and Future King and Tolkien's translation of Gawain and The Green Knight, and I'm reading Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk (which is about TH White) right now. I've been thinking a lot about how the transformation of pagan myths coincides with the coagulation of "British" identity, and also what that might mean for the "magic fades from the world" trope.
What I'd like to do is write The Green Knight as Link/Zelda/Ganon shipfic, with the idea that the three of them disappear into the woods together as Hyrule loses its magic to medieval statehood. As part of the worldbuilding, I'd like to show the process of the old gods being subsumed into a Christian-themed religion. At the time the story is set, for example, the sky goddess Hylia will have become the great father Hylios.
This might be fun. I'm the world's slowest writer, but I can handle 7.5k words by the middle of May. Here's my pitch:
The Last Green Knight
At the end of an age of myths and monsters, King Daphnes has unified the domains of Hyrule into a great kingdom. The peace is shattered during the celebration of the longest night when a massive man encased in armor enters the castle and challenges the king’s court to a game – one of their number may strike him with whatever blow they wish, but he will return the attack when the sun sets on the longest day. Link, a young knight whose talents are wasted in an era blessed by light, gladly takes the sword the mysterious man offers and rises to the challenge. Months later, when he ventures forth into the verdant spring to fulfill his end of the bargain, Link begins to realize that he may never again return to Hyrule.
https://bsky.app/profile/fairytalebang.bsky.social/post/3lclbxs2cic2j
Introducing our first all-fandoms bang! Create brand-new works incorporating elements from fairytales & folklore.
I think I will, actually.
Late last year I reread TH White's The Once and Future King and Tolkien's translation of Gawain and The Green Knight, and I'm reading Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk (which is about TH White) right now. I've been thinking a lot about how the transformation of pagan myths coincides with the coagulation of "British" identity, and also what that might mean for the "magic fades from the world" trope.
What I'd like to do is write The Green Knight as Link/Zelda/Ganon shipfic, with the idea that the three of them disappear into the woods together as Hyrule loses its magic to medieval statehood. As part of the worldbuilding, I'd like to show the process of the old gods being subsumed into a Christian-themed religion. At the time the story is set, for example, the sky goddess Hylia will have become the great father Hylios.
This might be fun. I'm the world's slowest writer, but I can handle 7.5k words by the middle of May. Here's my pitch:
The Last Green Knight
At the end of an age of myths and monsters, King Daphnes has unified the domains of Hyrule into a great kingdom. The peace is shattered during the celebration of the longest night when a massive man encased in armor enters the castle and challenges the king’s court to a game – one of their number may strike him with whatever blow they wish, but he will return the attack when the sun sets on the longest day. Link, a young knight whose talents are wasted in an era blessed by light, gladly takes the sword the mysterious man offers and rises to the challenge. Months later, when he ventures forth into the verdant spring to fulfill his end of the bargain, Link begins to realize that he may never again return to Hyrule.
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Date: 2025-01-10 05:00 pm (UTC)I gasped and kicked my feet when I saw your intro in the discord server, then squealed and flailed when I came across this post. Holy shit, I'm so excited to read this!! I hope you have a blast writing it, too. What an outstanding bit of folklore to use for Legend of Zelda!!
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Date: 2025-01-13 02:06 pm (UTC)Bluesky isn't perfect, but I appreciate that it doesn't actively hide the activity of my friends. I think I might actually fuck around over the next few weeks and unfollow a lot of people just to make sure I don't lose sight of the posts of the two dozen people who I actually care about. As always, you specifically are a candle in the darkness.
Speaking of being overwhelmed by social media, I really need to set a schedule to check Discord every day. I'm looking forward to being a part of that writing community, but oh man. There's so much, all the time. I don't know how people handle it.
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Date: 2025-01-17 06:31 pm (UTC)OK BUT SAME THO. I've ended up muting a majority of the server so I don't get overwhelmed whenever I check it during breaks and stuff bc it IS so much all the time! Just filter it that way and checking in when I feel like it has been going well and I hope that or something similar goes well for you too! The community is really nice so far and DEFINITELY needed going into 2025 💖