Esther and the Egg by sistermagpie (Gen)

[magician113.livejournal.com]

I often laugh reading TV Tropes at how often a plot device is re-used on television. Little did I know that there are folk story tropes as well. If this plot seems similar to Bluebeard, it is! But it's actually a reworking of "Fitcher's Bird", which is a fairy tale from those grim Grimm brothers.

Fandom: Fairy Tales: Fitcher's Bird
Characters: Fitcher, OCs
Length: 3K
Author Website: at AO3

Why this must be read: Sistermagpie has done a terrific job of updating the setting to New York City during the Roaring Twenties, the flavor coming through in the descriptions and dialogue. Esther is a smart cookie with great gams who works as a dancer in a jazz club. The Egg is a customer who comes in occasionally; long enough to blow some money on a girl who catches his eye, sweeping her off her feet and out of the club. Although no woman taken away by the Egg is ever seen again, no one seems too fussed about it. Except Esther.

When Egg's eye finally lights on our heroine, Esther realizes that she's in trouble. But she knows she's got to keep her head and keep the faith if she doesn't want to lose her life. Enjoy.

Esther and the Egg

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[lindenharp.livejournal.com]

FYI: it's more than just tropes. There's an entire detailed classification system for fairy/folk tales.
The Aarne–Thompson tale type index (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson_classification_system)

[magician113.livejournal.com]

I know, right? When I was looking up some of the more obscure canon tales via Wikipedia, they call out that classification system for each story. I was amazed. Thanks for sharing the link. It's so interesting and so much fun.

Love your icon, BTW.