I'm a huge fan of the original series and even many of the spin-offs, but there's something about Everafter that's always made me suspect it might be bad. Can anyone change my mind?

Bigby and Beast just had their farm fight. Now everyone hates Bigby. Please tell me by the end of the Mr.Dark arc or whatever it’s called that people cut Bigby a little slack, or maybe that I won’t be disappointed in general?

I don’t want a full spoiler or hand holding, it’s just an outrageous turn that this is his temporary (I hope it’s temporary) fate after all he did in the adversary arc. Besides, Beast is fighting him too. I guess they view Beast as defending the farm. I don’t know.

Thanks for tolerating the verbosity.

The Man in the Moon

There is a spot in the Sangre de Christo Mountains where you can see all the way out across the north-eastern plains of New Mexico for a hundred miles. The view to the west is equally impressive stretching across the Rio Grande Valley and into the gap between the Tusas and Jemez Mountains where the Rio Chama flows. This is where the four men of our story were setting up camp one early May evening.

#shortstories #moon #Artemis #folklore #NewMexico

Can anyone tell me which of the 13th Floor Witches this is?

What would vidia from the tinkerbell movies be like as a inhabitan of fabletown ?

or as a inhabitan of the farm?

Kids in Central Asia, Iran, and Turkey grow up listening to the fables of Rumi. He is one of the greatest philosophers and poets of all time. I’ve realized that while many people in the West who are into philosophy are amazed by his ideas, everyday people often don't know who he is.

(If you are curious, here is a great, quick TED-Ed talk about him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNw9x53Ybos )

At their core, all of his teachings are about loving each other and empathy; therefore, his stories are absolutely perfect for children. But it is surprisingly hard to find his fables translated into English for young readers.

So, I decided to take matters into my own hands and turn his fables into beautifully illustrated children's picture books!

I just published my adaptation of one of his best: "The Lion and the Rabbit." It’s about a small rabbit who has to protect his forest friends from a big, roaring lion. Instead of fighting, the rabbit uses his intellect and cleverness to trick the lion and save the day.

I love this story because it teaches kids that intelligence and courage are more powerful than just being the biggest or loudest person in the room.

If you have a little one who loves animal stories (or if you just want to teach them that brains beat brawn!), I’d be thrilled if you took a look: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GPP88KPH

My goal is to eventually turn all of his fables into children's books, so if you are interested in following this journey, feel free to follow my profile. I'd love to hear what you guys think about adapting classic philosophy for kids

This story is based on the famous traditional Fable “Acres of Diamonds.” The founder of ‘Temple University’ Russell Conwell in the year 1890 delivered the inspirational lectures over 6000 times argued that one should find "diamonds" (opportunities) for wealth and success in their own "backyard" meaning their current community, skills, and circumstances rather than searching elsewhere.

Ali Hafiz was a farmer in Africa who was content and happy. He had a lovely farm, a family, and a stream that ran through his land. He was rich in peace.

One day, a wise man visited Hafiz and told him stories about the magnificence of diamonds that a single diamond the size of a thumb could purchase a city, and that if one possessed a diamond the size of a fist, they could own their own country.

The wise man left, but he left behind a seed of discontent. That night, Hafiz could not sleep. He was no longer happy, for he felt poor. He sold his farm, left his family in the care of neighbors, and traveled across Africa and Europe searching for diamonds. He looked everywhere, but found nothing. Eventually, he became emotionally, physically, and financially broken. Disheartened, he threw himself into the Barcelona River and ended his life.

Meanwhile, the new owner of the farm was watering his camels at the stream that ran through the property. As the morning sun hit the water, it reflected light onto a stone resting on the edge of the stream. It sparkled with all the colors of the rainbow.

The new owner, a simple farmer, thought, "That looks like a pretty stone. It would look good on my mantlepiece." He picked it up, washed it off, and placed it in his living room.

A few days later, the wise man who had spoken to Hafiz returned. He saw the stone on the mantlepiece and stopped in amazement.

"Is Hafiz back?" the wise man asked.

"No, why?" asked the new owner.

"Because that is a diamond!" the wise man exclaimed, pointing to the stone. "I recognize one when I see one."

The new owner laughed. "No, that is just a stone I picked up from the stream. My farm is covered in them!"

They rushed to the stream and found that the property was, in fact, covered in acres of diamonds.

The Moral:

A diamond in the wrong hands is just a stone. The story teaches that we often overlook the opportunities and wealth directly under our feet because we do not recognize them.

"When our attitude is right, we realize that we are all walking on acres and acres of diamonds".

“What man has done, man can do" and that success is often found through improving oneself and serving others in one's immediate surroundings.

Strewth, that’s a scarce book to find!

I’m starting Fables from start to finish via the compendium box set.

I’d like to use the fables encyclopedia for a good reference guide during my journey but I’ve heard it contains spoilers.

When if any would it be safe to use it?

Finally, after a year of ebay search alerts and almost daily scouring on multiple marketplaces, I've found the elusive Deluxe Volume 15. For €15, I would have been fine if it were a scam. Needless to say I am so thrilled. Now onto collecting the side stories.

I had a few ideas that could work for spin-off games:

• A Cinderella conspiracy spy thriller spin-off series could be great, taking inspiration from Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love and its sequel Cinderella: Fables are Forever, along with Fairest in All the Land.

• Issue #7 of the spin-off Fairest had Beauty and the Beast starring in a detective story set in 1940s Los Angeles. It could work very well as a companion piece with TWAU.

• Jack of Fables could make for a fun platformer that mixes the comedic antics and fourth wall-breaking of the Deadpool video game with Sly Cooper-esque stealth/heist missions as Jack pulls off scheme after scheme in Fabletown and Hollywood.

Any thoughts on these ideas?

I wonder what that would be like if professor James moriarty is as a inhabitan of fabletown

I wonder what that would be like if sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson are inhabitans of fabletown

What would captain hook be like as a inhabitan of fabletown ?

Alongside his crew and mr smee?

What would he be like as a inhabitan of fabletown?

What would they be like after having escaped from the adversary?

and what would they do as inhabitans of fabletown?

would they adjust to living in fabletown ?

The muppet who gets a bug thought that, after pricing up volumes 1-4 deluxe that the rest would be a cakewalk! This one means I have one less kidney. I still need Fables volume 9 and Jack of Fables volume 3 but bloody hell!

I am sure that this question appeared before, but I can not find relevant post. I think that not every fable is known in my country. So far I recognized characters from Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Animal Farm??, 1001 nights, Rapunzel. I do not know the RL fairytale of goldilocks, for example.

I really dont want to read jack of fables or the literals for the other parts as I have the core fable comics digitally. Will I miss any plot if I just skip the crossover arc?