The Aeneid: A Trojan prince is an idiot (despite being given a million and a half signs being told what to do), inadvertently kills Dido, and still ends up a hero. Ah patriarchies...
Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris? nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior. -Catullus, Carmen 85
Twilight: A clichéd character (Bella) is stalked by a handsome "vegetarian" vampire (Edward) which somehow leads to them falling in love and almost ends with Bella's death caused by the carelessness of Edward.
Long sentence! Sorry Twilight lovers. Don't hate me.
Mamillius: Merry or sad shall’t be? Hermione: As merry as you will. Mamillius: A sad tale’s best for winter. I have one Of sprites and goblins. The Winter's Tale
Wide Sargasso Sea: Tells the alternate story of Bertha/Antoinetta, Mr Rochester's first wife, and how personal tragedy, plus being forever told that she's mad, lead her to 'madness'.
The Entire Keys to the Kingdom Series: Boy called Arthur must defeat 7 powerful denizens to take his inherited place on the throne of the parallel dimension called the House.
“One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes” ~ The Little Prince~
The Great Gatsby: Nick comes to New York and meets a bunch of awful, rich people, and a mysterious, also rich, but mysteriously-so, stranger called Gatsby, who throws insanely tacky parties.
I read it, and couldn't help but wish that Daisy would be run over by a steamroller. Then the entire cast. But Daisy first.
This guy is so evil you could put him in between two slices of bread and call him an evil sandwich.
Just to clarify, this one is NOT MINE, taken almost directly from "A Very Potter Musical":
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Three 17-year-olds search for horcruxes hidden somewhere around the mundane British countryside; their search contains months of depressing camping, breaking into Gringotts and the Ministry of Magic and drinking boatloads of Polyjuice Potion.
Just wanted to post that because I think it's hilarious.
This one's mine:
Alice's adventures in wonderland: A curious girl falls down a rabbit hole and meets a variety of dreamlike crazy characters including the Mad Hatter, who is stuck in a neverending tea time, and the Queen of Hearts, who chops off the head of anyone who so much as sneezes at her.
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. -Jules de Gaultier Humans have not always been the superior race to walk this Earth... -The Sidhe prince Delbáeth
The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. — Samuel Butler
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