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book quest of the fair unknown author gerald morris blonde esmeree the cursed beauty]]> http://www.shadowlordinc.com/forum/posts/preList/61/194.page http://www.shadowlordinc.com/forum/posts/preList/61/194.page GMT http://www.shadowlordinc.com/forum/posts/preList/61/198.page http://www.shadowlordinc.com/forum/posts/preList/61/198.page GMT both centuries old and months/years old

The archtype plot goes something like this

King Dad has a loving family with a hero son/boyfriend and his beautiful
meek/bratty princess daughter

Mom dies and King Dad marries the Bad Queen.Who ticked off
over beauty/reproductive issues hauls her step-daughter to the
cave or over the cliff,a process that transforms the step-daughter into
a dragon/serpent/worm/white snake

Hero son/boyfriend hears that theres trouble in the land he
left and comes sailing back and disenchants his sister/love

Then everyone gangs up on the Bad Queen and burn/transform her
into a toad/wormthing

Modern commercial authors seem to have a hands off policy towards
a detailed transformation scene.However they still stick to the spirit
of the thing by retaining the various motifs found in the traditional tales


eg
Borchardts "The Dragon Queen" 2003
The Dragons desperate for a human ally,back Guinivere in her attempt to
become the next Queen of the Picts.Guinivere dances over the cliff edge and
dances in the air before returning to solid ground again.
common elements with the old tales
dragons
a potential plunge off a cliff
her name is similar to that of a oldtimer-Blonde Esmeree
King Arthurs mom fits the bill of a Bad Queen
shes raised by a family of wolvish shapeshifters and her step brother
is the one doing the tf'g in the novel

Bad in Bad Queen means ineffective/broken,rather then evil

Hence though Guinevere doesn't tf into a dragon,the novel
shares enough of the plot elements from the traditional
snake-maiden medievel literature that one can call
"The Dragon Queen" a modern snake-maiden transformation narrative]]> http://www.shadowlordinc.com/forum/posts/preList/61/233.page http://www.shadowlordinc.com/forum/posts/preList/61/233.page GMT