Comments on: 06/23/2008

By: iowabarbidoll

iowabarbidoll — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:05:16 +0000

Hi Kim, First thank you for the kind words on Xylia. I’m sorry the link didn’t work to the pic of Jonas and Claude that Sarah drew. Try this one: http://xyliatales.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2000576%3ATopic%3A5883

Thank you for reading!! ~B

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:54:08 +0000

I love this story. I find myself checking it over and over again. I wish I could donate. The best I can do is vote every time I’m on the site and visit all of the links. Plus I downloaded everything you had on Wowio since I know you get something for that too.

I especially loved the fan art where Claudius and Jonas (from phoenix requiem) were laying in the snow side by side and comparing wounds. I wish there was still a link to it in the gallery or something.

bug: http://xyliatales.com/06232008, when you hit the > arrow, it says page not found.

By: Jash

Jash — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:58:12 +0000

Glad Liv is finally back, haven’t commented on your awesome comic I just realized, but I’ve been keeping up on it for a while now, got introduced to it by Phoenix Requiem (a great comic, Inverloch was good too). Thanks for the much more regular updates then Directions of Destiny =P Though I don’t blame him, his poor laptop lol.

Fave Fairy Tale… Probably Robin Hood, I like his Bow and in the cartoons he was a fox and I like foxes lol.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:35:57 +0000

favorite Fairie Tale is the movie “Ever After” There was just something about Cinderella carrying Prince charming away from the people that wanted to do him in that was just an awesome twist of the damsel in distress thing. I like it when the “princess” figure can take care of herself better than Prince Charming can Still like the happy ending stuff, but I like it better when all of the characters are strong and more interdependant.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:52:11 +0000

Liv! yay! She is, thus far my favorite hands down. I have to admit I’m growing more impressed with the story as weeks pass. Bit confused, but its the interested-confused!
I love fairy tales. And childrens books, read them to this day.
A favorite is hard. Peter and the Wolf was up there. Baba Yaga always was thrilling! Cinderella does hold a special place for me as well (I also have several favorite retellings of it. Everyone should read Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine!)
Thanks for the comics! I do appreciate the work you put in.

By: Anri

Anri — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:52:02 +0000

While I don’t really like traditional fairy tales, I do like the retelling of them usually. Traditional fairy tales don’t let you connect with the charaters, so I don’t find them nearly as interesting. I like to know how they’re feeling and what they’re thinking.
In the form of retellings, I like them all. Beauty and the Beast, The Goose Girl, and Cinderella are some of my favorites though.

By: Brent

Brent — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:52:25 +0000

Marie — Yeah, you got it. They’re books that basically say

“Looking around, you see that the cave has two branches, one going up and to the left, and the other going straight ahead.”
To go up the left branch, turn to page 13
To go straight, turn to page 5

Oh and for modern fairy tales, I strongly recommend to all the comic book FABLES. It takes versions of all the classic characters and puts them in the mythical land of New York City. Course, it doesn’t operate like enchanted did. Here, Prince Charming has slept with Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty; Beast from BATB has to constantly drink some potion to keep his human form; Pinocchio is eternally stuck in the form of a twelve year old boy; and a bunch more variations. It’s great.

By: cara stardusst

cara stardusst — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:26:18 +0000

It’s a tie between Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. I’m pretty much in love with all the different versions of those fairy tales, but I have to say that Disney still amazes me with their take on the tales. *I know, I know… Disney Corp. is evil, Walt was a Nazi…* I’ve heard it all… but… well, art is art, and let’s face it… their version of the Beast is just sexy. meow.

By: Ryoukai

Ryoukai — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:52:50 +0000

I am a huge fan of Russian fairy tales. The Firebird is the earliest one I can recall liking. I also liked Vassilissa the Beautiful (rough translation of the title..XD), The Scarlet Flower (kind of a different version of Beauty and the Beast), and many Grimm fairy tales.

Btw, I came across this comic from The Phoenix Requiem’s ad for it…I’m ridiculously glad I did! I can’t wait to see how it turns out

By: Kymberly Killswitch

Kymberly Killswitch — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:56:08 +0000

My favorite fairy tales…hmmm…I honestly like all of the grimm fairy tales versions better, maybe im just a dark person. I like the disney happy endings but sometimes its nice to read how the princess doesnt get the guys in the end and has to suffer like the rest of us. ^^ im emo today I know!

Great page, yay liv!