/But we already have a trope/tradition for that in western storytelling: the anti-hero./ Oh, you're right. *nods* I was thinking more along the lines of fairy-tales, you know, taking a traditional villainous character and subverting the tale by telling his/her side of the story, I read a few awesome ficlets like that, like The Sea Witch Sets The Record Straight by ursulav and Unfortunates by ChokolatteJedi (with podfic read by Dunderklumpen) telling the story of Ursula from The Little Mermaid.
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Re: I have to rant I HAVE FEELINGS
Date: 2014-06-09 05:53 am (UTC)/But we already have a trope/tradition for that in western storytelling: the anti-hero./ Oh, you're right. *nods* I was thinking more along the lines of fairy-tales, you know, taking a traditional villainous character and subverting the tale by telling his/her side of the story, I read a few awesome ficlets like that, like The Sea Witch Sets The Record Straight by ursulav and Unfortunates by ChokolatteJedi (with podfic read by Dunderklumpen) telling the story of Ursula from The Little Mermaid.