Fables series discussion (spoilers)

Grrrr, I went to the bookstore and they didn't have this in yet, and weren't sure when they would get it in. I guess I'll order it off Amazon once I get some money for my birthday.
 
I got the HC yesterday, and it is beautiful. That's all I can say about it. It's so shiny and beautiful.
 
I also just picked up 1,001 Nights of Snowfall. There wasn't a weak piece in the whole collection, although Reynard's story was probably my favorite. I love animal stories, and I love that little fox.... Although, I think making him human would be a bad decision. Bigby's story was pretty good, too.

The only problem I could possibly think of was that there weren't really any huge revelations. For the most part, the stories just clarified information that was mostly implied in the main title.
 
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Zombipanda said:
I also just picked up 1,001 Nights of Snowfall. There wasn't a weak piece in the whole collection, although Reynard's story was probably my favorite. I love animal stories, and I love that little fox.... Although, I think making him human would be a bad decision. Bigby's story was pretty good, too.

The only problem I could possibly think of was that there weren't really any huge revelations. For the most part, the stories just clarified information that was mostly implied in the main title.
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I agree with your last statment, but even so I was not disappointed by any of the stories. Snow White's story really surprised me and it showed PC in a sympathetic role. I also liked the varying artwork for each tale (particularly the one where Snow and Rose meet Frau). Worth every penny.
 
I read it this weekend, most likely going to give it a second read soon.

Frau seems to be the all purpose witch that's in every story. Much like the Cloak was the cloak from every story and Jack is the Jack that's in every story.

Snow White was raped by the Seven dwarfs. Repeatedly.

Ew.

Red and Snow helped Frau come back to life. Maybe that's why Frau is kinder now than before.

It really makes me wonder if Hansel is going to killl Frau
 
Okay, Houde, you big cry baby.

The new issue covers Pinnochio's response to Lumi's attack plan. He points out that the Fables would spell doom for the Empire. Shortly after the first plagues are unleashed, the Fables will realize what's up and tell the world leaders. Using mundy technology and Fables intelligence, they'll start invading territories from the Cloud Kingdoms. They'll be able to drop in directly on the Empire Homeland, and once the main world is subjugated, the whole bureaucracy will cave. From there, the mundies can pick off Fables lands at their leisure, and there's enough of them that random soldiers will end up with their own little duchies. All the land will get divided among the mundies for ownership. Geppetto seems to settle that an invasion isn't practical, but once the meeting's adjourned, he informms Lumi to continue preparations for an invasion. The plan is still to invade within three years, but now they have to move faster. They'll have to quietly destroy the Fables before they can invade.

Then there's a funny little back-up story about the three blind mice.
 
Perhaps this should really have been posted in the fanfic section, but whatever...

Does anybody else think a Planetary/Fables crossover would be interesting? Just a one shot, about 72 pages long, in prestige format, with several short stories in it.

I can envision several possible stories:

* Mowgli (in his role as a Tourist) visits Anna Hark in the 90s, after years of intelligence gathering (possibly he learned about what was going on in Science City Zero). He is convinced that she is legendary Chinese fable Hua Mulan, the lady who dressed as a warrior. He warns her about the possible dangers of opening the Snowflake universe, and navigating the Bleed, thinking she plans to use a Shiftship to launch a counter offensive against the Adversary in the Homelands. She dismisses Mowgli as misguided lunatic, but assisgns her private investigator (the one who ends up becoming the Captain Marvel style character, later on) to keep an eye on Mowgli's movements.

* In the Sixties, a depressed, vulnerable Snow White, frustrated with the ongiong abuse she endures from her position as assistant to Ichabod Crane, has a drunken fling with adventurer Elijah Snow. She tells him about Fabletown's secrets, in a moment of vulnerability, beleiving that he would just write it off as the ramblings of a depressed office girl. Instead, he documents it in that year's edition of the Planetary Guide. Snow White must then turn to Frau Totenkinder, requesting her to erase Snow's memory of their encounter, and remove the details about Fabletown from the Planetary Guide. However, the witch demands a boon, in return, one which (ironically) requires the two Snows to to team up, in order to recover.

* One story that teams up Bigby with Axel Brass, circa the early years of World War 2.

Any other possibilities you can think of?
 
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Those would be fun.

I can imagine The Drummer interacting with some kind of digital Fable, though I do not know of any.
 
If there were ever to be a live-action adaptation of Fables, I would obviously prefer it to be in TV series format, ideally on HBO, or another cable channel. However, I think a movie based on Legends in Exile would work, dealing with the apparent murder of Rose Red.

You know where this is going... DREAM CASTING suggestions, anyone?
 
I would like to see Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck, Fantastic Four) as Prince Charming, and isn't there a Jack on lost who is really similar to Jack of the Fables?
 
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I would like to see Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck, Fantastic Four) as Prince Charming, and isn't there a Jack on lost who is really similar to Jack of the Fables?
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I'd say Jack of the Tales would be more familiar with Sawyer than Jack, but I wouldn't pick either of them for the role...
 
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