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Which Fairy Tale would you prefer to write about?

Cinderella
- 3 (8.6%)
Snow White
- 2 (5.7%)
Sleeping Beauty
- 3 (8.6%)
Peter Pan
- 4 (11.4%)
Hansel and Gretel
- 5 (14.3%)
Little Red Riding Hood
- 4 (11.4%)
Robin Hood
- 4 (11.4%)
Jack and the Beanstalk
- 3 (8.6%)
The Gingerbread Man
- 1 (2.9%)
Beauty and the Beast
- 6 (17.1%)
Aurura and Aimee
- 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 8

Voting closed: July 21, 2013, 07:22:15 AM


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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2013, 06:45:41 AM »
Yeah, that could be cool.  So really, whatever goes - no need to claim an idea; just go for it!  BSB version of a fairy tale that represents your writing.
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2013, 06:55:07 AM »
Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 06:40:18 AM
I'd say if we're choosing our own, let's let people choose whatever they want.  If it's one of the more obscure ones that everyone might not know, they could post a link to the original - I think most of them can be found online.

Are we going to allow duplicates, like more than one person tackling the same fairy take, or limit it to one person per tale?

That would be one of the advantages of everyone doing the same one.
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2013, 07:05:50 AM »
I think if we allow duplicates, then, like Rose said, we'll be able to see different takes on the same story, which would be interesting, but we wouldn't have to all agree on the same story.  While I wouldn't mind doing Hansel and Gretel, I'm not sure everyone would want to... although I did just get a vague idea for what I could do with Hansel and Gretel, so, hm... LOL
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2013, 07:19:23 AM »
Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 07:05:50 AM
I think if we allow duplicates, then, like Rose said, we'll be able to see different takes on the same story, which would be interesting, but we wouldn't have to all agree on the same story.  While I wouldn't mind doing Hansel and Gretel, I'm not sure everyone would want to... although I did just get a vague idea for what I could do with Hansel and Gretel, so, hm... LOL

It doesn't have to be Hansel and Gretel, it could be any of them. If people all did the same one, then we could guess who wrote which one as an added part of the challenge, but I like the other way too so it doesn't really matter to me. Like I said, I'm not sure if I'd even do it after all this anyway and then I'd end up being one of those annoying people I complain about who always come up with a ton of ideas for the challenges but then don't participate! LOL
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2013, 07:26:39 AM »
The guessing part would definitely be fun.  Maybe we should just start a poll and vote on it.

Edit:  Now there is a poll.  If the majority votes to all write the same story, then we can make another one to decide what story.
« Last Edit: July 14, 2013, 07:28:41 AM by RokofAges75 »
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2013, 07:29:47 AM »
yay polls! I love polls! LOL
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2013, 07:30:50 AM »
Question though, if we vote on everyone does the same one, does that mean we can't Backstreet-ize it? Because in my mind either way we would Backstreet-ize it.
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2013, 07:51:01 AM »
Quote from: mare on July 14, 2013, 07:30:50 AM
Question though, if we vote on everyone does the same one, does that mean we can't Backstreet-ize it? Because in my mind either way we would Backstreet-ize it.

Oh no, we can still Backstreet-ize it. :)  That would be another part of the challenge, to see the different ways everyone chose to do that.
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #23 on: July 15, 2013, 08:07:52 PM »
Looking at the poll results, it seems that the overwhelming majority would prefer we all pick the same fairy tale to write our own Backstreet versions of.  So... start throwing out some famous fairy tales that you think would work well for this challenge, and when we have enough suggestions, I'll start a new poll, and we can vote on it.  I think the only criteria for suggestions should be a fairy tale that everyone would be familiar with, not one of the obscure ones, and one that you could see being taken in a lot of different ways.
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #24 on: July 15, 2013, 08:23:01 PM »
Robin hood
Cinderella
Sleeping beauty
Peter pan
Beauty and the beast
Jack and the beanstock


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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #25 on: July 15, 2013, 08:28:19 PM »
Hansel and Gretel 

The old man and the three toed snorty blog

Hansel and Gretel

Mark the frog

Hansel and Gretel

Timmy and the talking tree

Hansel and Gretel
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #26 on: July 15, 2013, 08:28:43 PM »
Cinderella
The Gingerbread Man
little red riding hood
sleeping beauty
snow white
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #27 on: July 15, 2013, 08:29:50 PM »
Way to be.non chalant about it Mare lmfao!!
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #28 on: July 15, 2013, 08:38:10 PM »
LMAO Mare
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Re: Fairy Tale Challenge
« Reply #29 on: July 15, 2013, 08:43:26 PM »
Was I not subtle enough? LOL

I forgot Becky the buck-toothed beaver

oh and Hansel and Gretel!
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