Fables #129: "Snow Falling on Glass"
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Some pages from FABLES #134, the fifth and final chapter of "Snow White"...
The negotiations for the Blue Fairy/Geppetto marriage continue on their course, with the Lady of the Lake and Beast serving as their respective representatives in the whole process:
While over in Fabletown... As we saw at the end of the previous issue, Snow's first (and evil) husband, Brandish, has turned Bigby into a glass statue.
I'm cutting out various chunks of the duel to keep this post within page limits.
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Date: 2013-06-21 07:49 pm (UTC)I pretty much gave up on Fables after the Mr. Dark arc which seemed to go on forever and lead to nothing. From what's been done to the cubs, to Bigby, to the destruction of Fabletown, to the throwing away the plot point of the Blue Boy cult which the animal fables adhered too (basically a waste of a good story). This has ceased to be a fun book. And the art is choppy too - Snow watched her husband smashed to pieces and kills her first husband in righteous anger/revenge and has zero expression on her face for both.
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Date: 2013-06-21 11:29 pm (UTC)I really liked Buffkin's rebellion in Oz it was a charming story which started off with art by Eric Shanower. Around that time Willingham specifically stated the only way he could get Eric and other major Oz fans in the industry to not be backseat driving was to create a version of Oz in which he is the only expert.
As for assasin Dorothy, I kinda liked that story but of course it wasn't done by Willingham itself it was in the spin-off Cinderella minis.
As for the lack of expression on Snows face? She says before she starts this duel when she already thought Bigby was dead, that she was putting her emotions aside for the duel and she would grieve Bigby AFTER the fight because if she let herself dwell on her sorrow she wouldn't survive.
I think the Great Fables Crossover was a low point for the series but it's clawed it's way back since then... Just my opinion, you're certainly entitled to yours.
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Date: 2013-06-22 09:31 pm (UTC)No doubt the Great Fables Crossover was horrible (let me rephrase the character of JACK was/is horrible and I didn't understand we had to be everywhere) but even in the past a story like the death of Boy Blue was balanced by the happy ending for Fly Catcher and Haven. But with the Mr. Dark storyline (which seemed to go on forever) it seems to be unremittingly dark (I think blowing up Fabletown was a mistake). Bigby dead, Dare (a child) dead, Therese all grown up (and a portion of her is dead in heart as well because of what happened to Dare), that whole Beauty origin retcon in the Fables spin-off (which almost ruined the character for me). There seems to be no more lightness to balance it out (unless we are expected to think the whole Zepetto/Blue Fairy marriage stuff is funny).
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Date: 2013-06-23 06:48 am (UTC)I get that your a big Oz fan, and I'd consider myself one too, but taking a step back, is what FABLES does to those characters really different from its typical MO? How is making Ozma a cold, calculating political player different from making Prince Charming a shallow lech, or Hansel a Puritan witch-hunter, or Geppetto a brutal dictator?
"but even in the past a story like the death of Boy Blue was balanced by the happy ending for Fly Catcher and Haven."
Well, those were two separate stories. And now as then, the series has its share of dark stories and light ones. The "Revolution in Oz" story, for example, ran concurrently with "Cubs in Toyland," and while "Revolution" had its moments of darkness, it was overall very lighthearted, and it gave Bufkin and Lily the ultimate happy ending, having them retire at a ripe old age after years of thrilling adventure. Totenkinder's also gone into blissful retirement. Over in FAIREST, we've had the redemption of the Snow Queen and a happy ending for her and Ali Baba, while Briar Rose has made her triumphant return and gotten a new lease on life. In the current arc of that book, we've found out that a certain character's been doing very well for themselves since we last saw them (I'm trying to avoid spoilers for those who haven't read it yet).
I'd say that overall there's still plenty of light.
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Date: 2013-06-21 11:35 pm (UTC)Snow on the other hand was trained by Prince Charming in swordsmanship, and she spends almost a whole issue fighting with the guy, during part of which any harm she delivers to him will be bounced back to her so she has to pull her punches for part of the fight.
Don't know if that qualifies as "easy"
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Date: 2013-06-22 02:56 am (UTC)That was a part of the Lady of the Lake's prophecy to Bigby (well, a random sorcerer she'd temporarily granted Bigby's fate). I suspect he'll be back alright.
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Date: 2013-06-22 03:15 am (UTC)That last line about stories
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Date: 2013-06-22 03:01 pm (UTC)I really enjoyed this story arc. It was a real return to form for the series (which has been so up and down for a while now).