Once Upon A Time: the Dark Fairy Tales Challenge

[Vammatar]

I'm working on Boobarella, a different take on Cinderella.

 

[PennyThompson]

Just a gentle reminder that, while these ideas all sound like great fun, there are thousands of fairy tales untouched by Disney's hands. And millions of fairy tales still waiting to be written.

I got curious.

Literotica has 77 pages of search results for "Snow White".

-Annie

I'm working on Boobarella, a different take on Cinderella.

 

[Vammatar]

Awesome! My favourite Picard meme.

 

[Erozetta]

I keep jumping around on ideas for this.

Right now I'm leaning towards a Fitcher's Bird/Twelve Dancing Princesses blend with a demonic twist to it.

 

[VallesMarineris]

I'm working on Boobarella, a different take on Cinderella.

Didn't Jane Fonda already do that one? Oh, wait:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarella_(film)#Legacy_and_influence

 

[SinMadeManifest]

Why am I not surprised you're the one organising this? (I'm absolutely delighted)

I've had a dark story in my head for the absolute longest time... I'm just a bit worried it won't work for LE with some of the content guidelines?

 

[StillStunned]

Why am I not surprised you're the one organising this? (I'm absolutely delighted)

Who, me?

I've had a dark story in my head for the absolute longest time... I'm just a bit worried it won't work for LE with some of the content guidelines?

We'd need details before we can advise.

 

[TheArsonist]

Ooh! I had an idea for a horror story this week, and then realized it could be turned into a revisionist adaptation of a certain very old tale (the oldest, perhaps). This would be a good occasion to get it done!

 

[SinMadeManifest]

Who, me?

We'd need details before we can advise.

Is it okay if I DM you on Bsky? I'm a little nervous about mentioning it if I won't be able to go ahead with it anyway

 

[Bamagan]

Why am I not surprised you're the one organising this? (I'm absolutely delighted)

I've had a dark story in my head for the absolute longest time... I'm just a bit worried it won't work for LE with some of the content guidelines?

If it's anything to do with sex involving animalistic fantasy creatures, shape-changing, and the like, you can generally get such things to pass, as long as its clear from the text that the characters are mentally equivalent to adult humans (and not otherwise underage and so forth). Werewolves and elves and all manner of beasties bump uglies in the night around these parts. A gangbang with Goldilocks and three bears could possibly pass... or with Mama Bear and Papa Bear, at least.

 

[StillStunned]

Is it okay if I DM you on Bsky? I'm a little nervous about mentioning it if I won't be able to go ahead with it anyway

Sure, go ahead! I can't promise I'll reply immediately: I'm expecting to be away from the computer any minute now.

 

[SinMadeManifest]

Sure, go ahead! I can't promise I'll reply immediately: I'm expecting to be away from the computer any minute now.

No urgency!

 

[zig074]

I wrote a "Once Upon a Time" story back in 2011, it was called

"ONCE UPON A TIME AT A SWING PARTY"​

Hopefully people enjoyed it

 

[BryanRichardson]

If the tale hinges on the characters being children (being abandoned in the forest by their parents, etc.), don't age them up, just try and think of something else. Err on the side of "Let's not bother Laurel with this".

Hansel and Gretel is out.
Snow White and the seven Dwarves Gangbang is in. (That is too easy, I’ll do something else.)

 

[Sapphira_Vex]

Hi - possibly my first challenge I will take part in - can I confirm it is due in September? So can it be published before then or only between the dates?

 

[StillStunned]

Hi - possibly my first challenge I will take part in - can I confirm it is due in September? So can it be published before then or only between the dates?

Hey, great to have you on board! You can submit your story before September, but if you add "Dark Fairy Tales 2025" in the Notes to the Admin field, I believe Laurel will hold it back and only publish it during the event.

Of course if you can't wait that long you can always publish it now, outside the event. The world could use more fairy tales.

 

[Husky_Embrace]

Hansel and Gretel is out.
Snow White and the seven Dwarves Gangbang is in. (That is too easy, I’ll do something else.)

That is actually a good point. I saw this and decided "I'm already swamped and a slow writer. Why not add another story with a deadline to the list?"

The first thing I did was creating two 20 or so year old farm hands that are done with the harvest, fleshing them out as unambiguous adults. I imagined them as Hans and Greta, where only on a few occasions it'll have elements of the original story, like making a trail and possibly being locked up by a witch at one point. The true story being about finding the illustrious mythical woman called puss in boots, who can teach anything on sex the world has to offer. They embark on a long quest that is a lot darker than our current day fairy tales (and a lot lighter than the original ones).

However, now that you mention the aging thing I'll have to reconsider. I can probably use the plot regardless, but using a different fairy tale where theres an adult male-female duo to have a far flung base upon. Basically it's now just their names and a few story beats, but as it won't hurt the story it'll be easy to use other names.

As for the challenge itself, I've been trying to make a more rounded story instead of short story. Maybe this attempt will succeed. I like the idea.

 

[StillStunned]

That sounds intriguing! But yes, I'd avoid the Hansel and Gretel references.

 

[BryanRichardson]

Your story doesn’t have to be a retelling of a famous fairy tale, just one told in fairy tale style.

 

[StillStunned]

So, everyone, how are the fairy tales coming along? Better than my own, I hope: I have half a dozen that I've started, but none that I've finished.

My newest present from the Plot Bunny is "Hag-RIdden", a not terribly original idea about someone being visited at night by a hag. But instead of just sitting on their chest and suffocating them, she does unspeakable - unspeakable! but perhaps not unwritable - sex things to them.

I'm leaning towards the idea that a prince, or a princess, or perhaps both, have to break a curse by giving the hag an orgasm. Still working on the details, but hey, September is still months away!

 

[Husky_Embrace]

Hag-Ridden. Yes I'm a sucker for such dad puns. Do you 'solve' the rape aspect though? I can't remember if it's straight up not allowed on lit, or just the glorification of it. As I like consent in my stories I do not need to mind that rule. The original fairy tales sometimes feature it, as they were warning tales. I think the waking up kiss of Snow White was originally not a kiss...

My story is going okayish. I find it difficult to set up all the story pieces in a natural way for a bigger story. Shorter stories do not need so much exposition. Trying to pace out the bits of information in the dialogue or actions as it progresses.

At least I've found some plausible ways to get them into the Forbidden Forest, where they will meet their (animal) guide. They're about to go in, gathering supplies for their quick trip in the forest, thinking of the stories they know so they are well prepared. The guide will guide them through the dangerous forest from one plot point to another. Someone they can talk to, and aid them where it can.

So far just 3 happenings. A random person in the forest, a lake that in the mist seems to become an unending sea, deep with some unknown horror visible below. An island with a wizard that will keep them captive. Each with some part of interaction that could be interpreted as sexual growth, while they grow closer together. Might need a few more dangerous and dark obstacles to overcome before they find Puss in Boots, then all seems like a happy forever after.

... right?

 

[PennyThompson]

I've been noodling with an idea inspired by one of @Brandnewbuddy's Story Idea posts...

A sort of queer synthesis of "Animal as Bridegroom" and "Make-Believe Son" story types. Two women in a village love each other, but the customs of their community don't allow same-sex marriage, and don't allow unmarried women to run their own household.

So they make a "Pillow Husband" that one of them can marry, fulfilling the letter of the law. The elders of the village disapprove, but can't point to any specific rule being broken. So the women are allowed to start their own household without interference, their "husband" propped up and forgotten in a corner of the home.

But eventually the husband comes to life, having his own needs and desires and complicating things

Still thinking about the details and how to resolve the story, but there's plenty of time to procrastinate

 

[Bamagan]

I've been noodling with an idea inspired by one of @Brandnewbuddy's Story Idea posts...

A sort of queer synthesis of "Animal as Bridegroom" and "Make-Believe Son" story types. Two women in a village love each other, but the customs of their community don't allow same-sex marriage, and don't allow unmarried women to run their own household.

So they make a "Pillow Husband" that one of them can marry, fulfilling the letter of the law. The elders of the village disapprove, but can't point to any specific rule being broken. So the women are allowed to start their own household without interference, their "husband" propped up and forgotten in a corner of the home.

But eventually the husband comes to life, having his own needs and desires and complicating things

Still thinking about the details and how to resolve the story, but there's plenty of time to procrastinate

I'd kind of expect, from that set-up, that the women would find themselves transforming into rag-dolls or something similar, and only the 'affection' of their pillow-husband can delay their metamorphosis... but it turns out he's as gay as a maypole.

 

[PennyThompson]

I'd kind of expect, from that set-up, that the women would find themselves transforming into rag-dolls or something similar, and only the 'affection' of their pillow-husband can delay their metamorphosis... but it turns out he's as gay as a maypole.

It's not that they don't LIKE their pillow husband, he's kind and sweet, helpful around the house, if a bit empty-headed. And it's not his fault that he was brought to life. But he's constantly horny, and Helde and Inga just aren't into him like that.

But Ole and Sven down the lane, they've got a Pillow Wife... If Helde and Inga could just figure out how their husband came to life, maybe they could do it again...

 

[SimonDoom]

3 little pigs lived in 3 little houses, one of straw, one of sticks, and one of bricks.

A big, bad wolf, wanting to eat the pigs, stopped by their houses. I'm trying to keep this short and stick to the word limit, so I won't go through all of what he said and what happened. Suffice it to say, he blew down the first two pigs' houses and they escaped to the third pig's house, made of bricks.

The wolf huffed and puffed, but the brick house wouldn't blow over. The wolf cried, "I'll find another way in to eat you, pigs!"

The pigs heard the wolf climbing on the roof, and, figuring he'd try to come down the chimney, they put a pot of boiling water at the bottom.

"Plop!" Something splashed into the pot. But it was a sack full of rocks, not the wolf.

The wolf had obtained a master key to the brick house and let himself in the front door while the pigs were distracted. He quickly caught all three of them.

Upon getting home to Mrs. Wolf, he shouted with glee, "We're having pork for dinner, babe!"

Moral of the story: Cook the pork until there's just a hint of pink, so it's safe to eat but still juicy.