Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Introduction

There was once a time-period where people were encouraged to use their imaginations. In this time-period, people would make up fantastic stories, which they would tell to people. The stories were very interesting, and they would be passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years.

As the stories were passed down, they evolved, and more details were implemented into them. Sometimes people would take the familier stories, and make new stories out of them.

Then, one day, someone decided to try to write the stories down. And so he did. And when that happened, more people decided to try writing down the stories being told in their countries as well. Soon, many books had been written that contained these fantastic stories, which contained marvelous creatures like dwarfs and fairies. And these stories were enjoyed for many generations.

But alas, like most wonderful things in the world, these stories were soon taken over by more popular items.

The motion picture was invented, and it allowed people to watch stories play out on screen. Of course, these marvelous stories were prime choices for these new inventions, and we're soon put to screen. Unfortunately, many things that happened in these stories didn't play out very well on screen, and had to be changed. Many of the important parts of these stories lost their meaning in adaptation, and the factor that children would be watching the films increased the need to change the stories.

And, sadly, over the next hundred or so years, the people realized that they didn't need to read anymore, because they could just watch the stories play out on screen. So they got rid of most of their books, and watched these films almost every day. Little did they know that the stories they thought they knew were much different. But few people even cared anymore, and the versions of the stories on screen became the ones that people thought about when the stories were mentioned, and not the ones that had been written so long ago.

But there was still hope. For there was a collective group called the Nerds. The Nerds wrote many books about these stories, trying to release them to the public once again. They kept trying, over and over, for many years.

And soon, there came the arrival of an amazing invention, which allowed people to communicate with each other worldwide. It was called the Internet. The Nerds wasted no time in putting their thoughts on the Internet, and the results were fantastic. Many more people became Nerds as a result of this worldwide sensation, and many of the Nerds met each other as a result.

But still, the public at large didn't know about these stories. But did this stop the Nerds from trying? No.

In fact, more Nerds more born as the years went by, and more thoughts were contributed to the Internet.

One Nerd was born in the nineties. His name was Ozfan95, who was raised a Nerd from childbirth. He read many stories from these great time periods many, many times. He loved them so much. In sixth grade, he discovered many more of these stories at the Public Library, and decide to study them even more than he ever had. And he did, for many years afterwards.

And then, one day, he decided to share his thoughts about the stories on the Internet, just as many other Nerds had done for about twenty years. This is his blog.



I'm Ozfan95, and I'm not just some random person. I'm a Nerd, and I'm proud to be one. This blog will explain all about fairy tales, including those of the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Joseph Jacobs, among others. While many others have written blogs on fairy tales in the past, every person's opinion matters. And so I'm here. And I dedicate this blog to everybody who loves these stories, and wants to hear more about them.

Enjoy!

3 comments:

  1. Proud to be a fellow Nerd, helping to promote fairy tales!

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  2. Somehow I couldn't reply to your comment on Kristin's blog, s I'll do it here: Watch "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" its way better than it has any right to be (but expect some cheesiness nontheless)

    As for Red Riding Hood: There are different versions of that tale too. In some she escapes, in some she gets eaten (so the ones where she gets rescued after being eaten are the ones influenced by the "artificial" Grimm version). Back when fairy tales were stilltold orally a story teller could spontaneously decide whether the audience would be ok with the protagonist(s) being eaten or whether there were kids who might be too scared by that ending, and adapted his/her story accordingly. In a print medium you don't have direct contact with your audience anymore, so I can unerstand that people would rather go with a safe version. Just one reason why fairytales should be "*told* instad of *read*

    Anyway glad to find another fairy tale blog. Looking forward to reading from you!

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  3. I see what you mean about the print form of stories. And I actually was aware that there are early versions where Red Riding Hood escapes from the Wolf herself (which is yet another example of the female being the character that solves the problem). And yeah, telling the stories actually is a lot more fun than reading them, because you can actually make up stuff as you go along!

    By the way, I have a second post on this blog already. Just posted it a few hours ago.

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