User blog comment:Rose Hunter/Help!!!/@comment-3991308-20160511202209

Dude, I love fractured fairytales, okay, they're brilliant.

I'm kinda on study break rn so I don't have time to type up anything too much, but some tips.

1) Happy endings are NOT overrated. Putting them in a fractured fairytale is totally okay. (Putting in a sad/angsty ending is great too. Just make sure you arrive at the ending realistically.)

2) Tone down the edgy. Blood, gore, violence... they're not what makes up a fractured fairytale. You can definitely write something horrible without over-doing in those elements.

3) As you know, most fairytale princesses have a sense of agency and (I know this word is overused but) empowerment. I've seen way too many adaptions of people giving princesses a sword and calling them "powerful" or "feminist" because of that. Being able to fight doesn't make something feminist, having women and girls who do things for themselves, who make their own decisions and choose their own paths in life does.

4) So, basically, making princesses "powerful" isn't fracturing a fairytale at all. (I'm looking at you, new EAH intro, as cute as you may be).

5) Good luck! Have fun! The three fairytales you picked sound like brilliant choices and do tell us how you go about with them!