Saturday, May 14, 2011

WHICH WITCH

Stories abound that depict the modern sorceress as anything but the withered old hags of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Here's a classic exerpt from the play. Scene - the three witches enter a dark cave and sit about a centered cauldron with contents boiling:


                      Toad, that under cold stone, 
                      Days and nights has thirty-one; 
                      Swelter'd venom sleeping got, 
                      Boil thou first i' the charmed pot!" 
          ALL. -  "Double, double toil and trouble; 
                      Fire burn, and caldron bubble." 
     2 WITCH.  "Fillet of a fenny snake, 
                      In the caldron boil and bake; 
                      Eye of newt, and toe of frog, 
                      Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, 
                      Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, 
                      Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,— 
                      For a charm of powerful trouble, 
                      Like a hell-broth boil and bubble." 
            ALL.  "Double, double toil and trouble; 
                      Fire burn, and caldron bubble."

The modern 'witch' is sexy, seductive, and saucy ergo - the triplet from the hit tv show Charmed:

These gals don't just pack a punch, vanquish demons,
and other evil forces, they sizzle on screen, own a business
or hold down glam jobs like photographer, and have relationship issues just like 'normal' gals. 

The question is, what type of witch / sorceress do you prefer?
Do you like to read a book or see a movie or watch a TV show that
paints these paranormal princesses as every-day girls with a penchant 
for potions, or do you want them to frighten you, taunt you with their
powers, toy with mere mortals and use them as their playthings like
the girls in The Craft:







Friday, May 13, 2011

Dare to be different...

We all know the stereotypical origins and descriptors of our furry
friends - Werewolves.

To become one, one must be bitten by one, cursed by a Romanian
gypsy woman with three teeth and a penchant for revenge like no other, mix DNA either by blood, kissing, sharing a drink, or other intimate moments with one.

To kill one, you shoot them with a silver bullet, decapitate them, or tear out their hearts...if you can get close enough without yourself becoming injured thus falling under the spell of the werewolf curse and becoming one of them!

They don't like - Vampires, Wolfsbane, or other Werewolves. They're very territorial and protective of their stomping ground.

They kill indiscriminately, and don't much care whom they bite, tear up, or eat for that matter.

Now then......that's the stereotypical Werewolf.

Let's have some fresh ideas! List down your take on Werewolves. What you love about them, what you don't, some twists on the ideas above - have some fun!