hollyann:
I know it's such a dark fantasy, but I am so intrigued by the whole Hansel and Gretel narrative
johniav:
For many of us, that story embodies many of the elements that we enjoy in the world fantasy.
Agreed. There are so many enjoyable aspects:
— the initial temptation of the house and the inability to stop eating it.
— the being caught and shamed by the witch.
— the continued gluttony of h and g.
— the caging of h to be fattened and his inability to stop eating even as g warns him of what is happening.
— g’s unwilling participation in h’s fattening.
— the monitoring of his gain by checking his finger and the deception that he isn’t getting fat when he is.
— the witch’s own increasing hunger and her cannibalism,her desire to eat an entire fat boy.
Anything else?
