And another thing that occurred to me was that in its own twisted way, I reckon Andy's fic could be classed as a fairytale of sorts, and everyone loves a fairytale, right? In fact, if anything it's fairytale mythology revamped and improved, cos one of the faults of a lot of fairytales if you consider them as wish-fulfilment is that the heroine winds up having to abandon one desire in order to fulfil the other. The Princess can't marry the Prince and hang out with the dragon, can she?
But what Andy's done is to get rid of the dichotomy by making her actual villains completely disposable and instead using the Beast (in whatever sense you will ;) ) for her hero. The heroine (and therefore the reader) doesn't have to choose between the noble protector and the terrifying-but-fascinating monster, because in this instance they're the same guy. Perfect fantasy, basically. *grins*
...and all of this is why we love our Eddie. And why we bow before Andy. *gets back to the bowing* :)
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And another thing that occurred to me was that in its own twisted way, I reckon Andy's fic could be classed as a fairytale of sorts, and everyone loves a fairytale, right? In fact, if anything it's fairytale mythology revamped and improved, cos one of the faults of a lot of fairytales if you consider them as wish-fulfilment is that the heroine winds up having to abandon one desire in order to fulfil the other. The Princess can't marry the Prince and hang out with the dragon, can she?
But what Andy's done is to get rid of the dichotomy by making her actual villains completely disposable and instead using the Beast (in whatever sense you will ;) ) for her hero. The heroine (and therefore the reader) doesn't have to choose between the noble protector and the terrifying-but-fascinating monster, because in this instance they're the same guy. Perfect fantasy, basically. *grins*
...and all of this is why we love our Eddie. And why we bow before Andy. *gets back to the bowing* :)