Fantasy Fables
is a collection of poems written by gelefant.
Each one focuses on a different magical/mythical creature.
Tropes:
- Alliterative Title: Fantasy Fables.
- Breath Weapon: The line "They're awesome with their breath of fire" in "How awesome are dragons?"
- Cold Iron: The line "Iron is bane for you" in "Fairy, Fairy Quite Contrary."
- Dragons Versus Knights: The line "Despite protests from knights in shining armor" in "How awesome are dragons?"
- Flight: The line "Dragons are awesome when they take flight" in "How awesome are dragons?"
- Our Dragons Are Different: "How awesome are dragons?" is about...dragons.
- Our Fairies Are Different: "Fairy, Fairy Quite Contrary" is about...fairies.
- Our Mermaids Are Different: "Mermaid Rescue" is about...a mermaid rescuing a young man from drowning.
- Playing with Fire: The line "They're awesome with their breath of fire" in "How awesome are dragons?"
- Pubescent Braces: The eponymous mermaid in "Mermaid Rescue" is implied to be a teenager and wears braces.
- Shout-Out:
- The way "Mermaid Rescue" plays out is a reference to Princess Ariel saving Prince Eric from drowning in The Little Mermaid (1989).
- The way "Fairy, Fairy Quite Contrary" is named and written is a clear reference to the old nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary."
- Super-Speed: The line "faster than a racehorse" in "Unicorns."
- Super-Strength: The line "strong as an ox" in unicorns.
- Unicorn: "Unicorns" is about...unicorns.
- Winged Humanoid: The line "How do your wings grow?" in "Fairy, Fairy Quite Contrary."
