Okay, I know you said that you were blending some of the original story text in there but that really can't account for just how gorgeous the prose in this entire story is. So very pretty and so very spot-on for the original fairy tales I loved *feeling nostalgic*
Thanks so much! I read a huge number of fairytales when I was little (the Brothers Grimm, Andrew Lang's colored fairy books, etc.), so pastiching it isn't really as hard as it looks. The hard part is trying to keep some amount of canon characterization for Steve while still having everyone speak in fairytale speak and keep that kind of innocent air protagonists in fairy tales aimed at children tend to have.
Steve and Tony are just lovely and I loved how you worked Peter, Jan, and Hank in there. Totally squee moment there once the lightbulb went on for me. <3
*grins* Honestly, the Avengers cameos are my favorite part of the fic thus far.
Out of curiosity, since I don't have a copy of the fairytale at hand - how many parts are you expecting this to be?
Seven parts. The original story's divided into seven sections, each with a subtitle. There are four left from ths point: "The Prince & the Princess," "The Little Robber Girl," "The Lap Woman and the Finn Woman," and "Of the Snow Queen's Palace and What Happened After."
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Thanks so much! I read a huge number of fairytales when I was little (the Brothers Grimm, Andrew Lang's colored fairy books, etc.), so pastiching it isn't really as hard as it looks. The hard part is trying to keep some amount of canon characterization for Steve while still having everyone speak in fairytale speak and keep that kind of innocent air protagonists in fairy tales aimed at children tend to have.
Steve and Tony are just lovely and I loved how you worked Peter, Jan, and Hank in there. Totally squee moment there once the lightbulb went on for me. <3
*grins* Honestly, the Avengers cameos are my favorite part of the fic thus far.
Out of curiosity, since I don't have a copy of the fairytale at hand - how many parts are you expecting this to be?
Seven parts. The original story's divided into seven sections, each with a subtitle. There are four left from ths point: "The Prince & the Princess," "The Little Robber Girl," "The Lap Woman and the Finn Woman," and "Of the Snow Queen's Palace and What Happened After."