Princess Rosella of Daventry (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
primrosella) wrote2011-08-02 03:57 pm
primrosella) wrote2011-08-02 03:57 pm
Entry tags:
- a modern sort of princess,
- absence makes the heart go yonder,
- anniversary,
- chronicles of the city,
- daventry represent!,
- fairy tales,
- family,
- gotta love that optimism,
- happily ever after,
- he doesn't look a thing like jesus,
- home is where the heart is,
- i love my friends,
- i'm walking on sunshine,
- literary analysis,
- parting is such sweet sorrow,
- put the pen down already,
- score one for the good guys,
- stronger now than yesterday,
- the most wonderful time of the year,
- the perils of being rosella,
- there's no place like home,
- time to be a princess,
- twenty and loving it,
- your princess is in another castle
Quest 282
Once upon a time there lived a princess with six brothers, whose wicked stepmother turned them all into swans...
It's a little strange, I suppose. Every year on this day, I find myself telling that story, and every year I end up wondering on that little princess, and her bravery, and the long task she undertook in order to break the curse on her brothers. Six years of silence without ever once smiling or laughing or speaking a single word, and the task of sewing six little shirts from thistles in the meantime. It's one of my favorite fairy tales, really. I suppose that's why I have such a penchant for telling it again and again.
Well, that and because, as I say every year when I tell it, six years is a long time to wait. And every year I find myself appreciating more and more the magnitude of the undertaking she agreed to for the sake of her brothers.
I've waited three years, now, for mine. And still that's only half of what she endured.
It's supposed to be a magic number, three. Good things come in threes, and sometimes bad things do, too. And some of us often go around and around on whether or not this time here in the City is a good thing or a bad one, or if it's perhaps a little of both, or if it's really all just a matter of how one looks at it. When I fell into the Fountain three years ago today, I certainly never could've imagined that I'd be here three years later, looking back on it with so many things done and friends made and adventures experienced in that time. I certainly never thought that the young hero who came to my rescue that day would turn out to be the best friend I've ever known. And I never could've guessed at all the others I'd meet along the way, and how important they would all end up becoming to me.
I suppose that's a sort of magic in itself, isn't it?
Mm, and it seems there's a curse today, as there often is on my anniversary. Two years ago, I remember I forgave the City for bringing me here, because it let me meet all of you. Last year I spent it thinking about time, and how hard it would be to sum up everything I've done here into a tale like that of the princess with the swan brothers. So today, I'll say the truth is that I do miss my kingdom in Daventry, and I wish I were there with my family, but by now it'd really only mean leaving one home and family to return to another.
I've lasted three years already; I think I can dare to manage however many more are in store.
[OOC: Ohhh, snap, it's Rosella's Polyversary! Three years ago today I brought her in to Poly, and the joy and pleasure of playing her hasn't ceased since. (And as of tomorrow, she'll be my longest running character ever! o/) ♥ It's been an amazing three years, everyone, so THANK YOU yet again to everyone who's played with me in this time, and here's hoping there'll be many more excellent ones to come!]
It's a little strange, I suppose. Every year on this day, I find myself telling that story, and every year I end up wondering on that little princess, and her bravery, and the long task she undertook in order to break the curse on her brothers. Six years of silence without ever once smiling or laughing or speaking a single word, and the task of sewing six little shirts from thistles in the meantime. It's one of my favorite fairy tales, really. I suppose that's why I have such a penchant for telling it again and again.
Well, that and because, as I say every year when I tell it, six years is a long time to wait. And every year I find myself appreciating more and more the magnitude of the undertaking she agreed to for the sake of her brothers.
I've waited three years, now, for mine. And still that's only half of what she endured.
It's supposed to be a magic number, three. Good things come in threes, and sometimes bad things do, too. And some of us often go around and around on whether or not this time here in the City is a good thing or a bad one, or if it's perhaps a little of both, or if it's really all just a matter of how one looks at it. When I fell into the Fountain three years ago today, I certainly never could've imagined that I'd be here three years later, looking back on it with so many things done and friends made and adventures experienced in that time. I certainly never thought that the young hero who came to my rescue that day would turn out to be the best friend I've ever known. And I never could've guessed at all the others I'd meet along the way, and how important they would all end up becoming to me.
I suppose that's a sort of magic in itself, isn't it?
Mm, and it seems there's a curse today, as there often is on my anniversary. Two years ago, I remember I forgave the City for bringing me here, because it let me meet all of you. Last year I spent it thinking about time, and how hard it would be to sum up everything I've done here into a tale like that of the princess with the swan brothers. So today, I'll say the truth is that I do miss my kingdom in Daventry, and I wish I were there with my family, but by now it'd really only mean leaving one home and family to return to another.
I've lasted three years already; I think I can dare to manage however many more are in store.
[OOC: Ohhh, snap, it's Rosella's Polyversary! Three years ago today I brought her in to Poly, and the joy and pleasure of playing her hasn't ceased since. (And as of tomorrow, she'll be my longest running character ever! o/) ♥ It's been an amazing three years, everyone, so THANK YOU yet again to everyone who's played with me in this time, and here's hoping there'll be many more excellent ones to come!]