

Part one of this article will cover the first five, whilst Part Two covers the last six. With a twelfth A Twisted Tale book ( based on Tangled) arriving next month, now is a pretty good time to review the first eleven A Twisted Tale books. However, at their best, they can be full of creativity and bold ideas, reminding us why we love these heroes, villain and sidekicks whilst developing them in new and intriguing ways. On one hand, the prose can be a bit clunky, the tone inconsistent, and the stories can have too many plot points and characters for their own good. The genre of Fanfiction is associated with particular strengths and flaws, and both of these are abundant throughout the A Twisted Tale series. It’s no surprise that Elizabeth Lim – the most acclaimed and successful of the three A Twisted Tale authors – openly admits she began her writing career creating fanfics. In effect, the A Twisted Tale are professional fanfiction. Despite this, a lot of Disney’s upbeat fantasy charm remains intact, and fans will really enjoy seeing their favourite leads earn their happy endings.

There are plenty of updates for contemporary sensibilities, such as more developed romantic relationships and several new female characters to even out the gender gap. However, all of them maintain a more serious and mature approach, with a greater sense of danger and threat. The eleven books adapt Disney Animation hits old and new (from Snow White to Frozen) with tones ranging from psychological horror to romantic fantasy, from epic quest narratives to dystopian actioners. The A Twisted Tale series currently consists of eleven books - Six have been written by Liz Braswell, three by Jenn Calonita, and two by Elizabeth Lim. Each A Twisted Tale book is based on a Disney Animated Classic, with these stories changing elements at the beginning or end of the original story to create hundreds of pages of complications for our heroines and heroes to overcome.

In 2015, Disney created the A Twisted Tale series, which applies this AU formula to the Disney Animated Canon. What if Captain America’s British girlfriend got the Super-serum instead? What if the Avengers were killed off by a mysterious force before they could get together? This sort of reimagining plays very well with fans, as it allows them to take familiar characters and see how they are shaped by new and intriguing scenarios. So there you have it! The next book will revolve around the story’s iconic Blue Fairy.A couple of weeks ago, Disney+ premiered the new Marvel animated series What If?, an anthology which provides a set of “What if?” stories changing established parts of the Marvel mythos.

Will the sisters find a way back to one another? Or is this, like many matters of the heart, a gamble that comes with strings? They decide to settle things through a good old-fashioned bet, with Pinocchio and Geppetto’s fate hanging in the balance. But she’s discovered by the Scarlet Fairy, formerly Ilaria, who, amid a decades-long grudge, holds the transgression against her sister. While Ilaria would give anything to have a fairy grant her wish, Chiara didn’t believe in the lore for which their village was famous.įorty years later, Chiara, now the Blue Fairy, defies the rules of magic to help an old friend. The two were close, despite their differences. Her sister Ilaria always teased her for this, for she had big dreams to leave their sleepy village and become a world-renowned opera singer. Or maybe it’s the fact that long ago, before she was the Blue Fairy, she was a young woman named Chiara from this very village, one with a simple wish: to help others find happiness. Perhaps it’s the hope she senses beneath the old man’s loneliness. The Blue Fairy isn’t supposed to grant wishes in the small village of Pariva, but something about this one awakens some long-buried flicker within. ” so begins the wish that changes everything-for Geppetto, for the Blue Fairy, and for a little puppet named Pinocchio. “Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight.
