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Dark Towers: A Gothic Fairy-Tale (Mycenaean Queen)
« Thread Started on Nov 30, 2007, 9:18pm »

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Well, I'm going to start the ball rolling with this, even though you know I like this story.

First off, I like the setting! Mediaeval - yay! Also the idea of Nigel as a Prince is too cute and I love the fact that the first image we get of him is him reading - so perfect. Also, Derek as Captain of the Guard is utter win. I like how we get his thought processes as he slowly walks towards poor Nigel's doom...

I like the fact that Nigel's at the top of a very tall tower. Like Rapunzel.

Looking forward to more!

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« Reply #1 on Nov 30, 2007, 9:23pm »

Thanks. I know I'm pushing the limits of the fandom here, but this story sort of demanded to be written. I love medieval and gothic and I love fairy-tales too - and I mean the real, gory, tragic
ones!!! Not those sanitised panto versions

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« Reply #2 on Nov 30, 2007, 9:45pm »

Haha, yeah, I love fairy tales too, as you know.

LOVING the second chapter! I'm really pleased Nigel didn't go down without a fight, though I giggled aloud with glee when Derek's well-trained horsie reared up at just a whistle! Oh, I really loved all the description in the paragraphs "Derek, however, found himself glancing out of the arrow....the stain of death." That bit was really, really well written - it really conveys the sense of defilement and destruction going on.

Ah, poor conflicted Derek. I felt sorry for Nigel, too, when he found out the library was gone. Ah, well, now he's all alone in the world!

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« Reply #3 on Nov 30, 2007, 9:50pm »

Thanks - I wanted Nigel to show a bit of spirit, and I figured he would try something. And, yes, I lashed on the cruelty with the destruction of the library. Bad me!
Glad you liked the descriptions. One of the reasons I wrote this is that i felt my prose was going stale in my usual fic. I needed something different, to wake up what i was originally doing, if that makes sense

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