· A theme in the first riddle is the difference between the love of a father, the love of a son, and the love of a lover. That could be usable in some sort of modernization or something.
· Also, there’s the theme that “Great-minded people do not waver until they have kept their promises, even at the cost of life.” I like that.
· The three suitors thing happened again (both times based solely on her looks).
· In fact, everyone’s falling in love over looks.
· I love the sentence “She robbed the moon of its beauty and White of his heart.”
· Wow, I’m so annoyed at the husband and brother. It was almost going to be Romeo and Juliette-esque, but then it was just silly instead. Or at least it was stupid of the husband. The brother is slightly more understandable.
· The older brother is trying to push the unpleasant task onto his younger brothers.
· These seem like really arbitrary specialties. I could update it and just have some random skills that they have and are fighting over. I feel like these specialties are actually curses, not blessings.
· The king things the cotton guy is cleverest. That makes no sense! Having sensitive skin is not the same as being clever!
· Huh… Grace would be embarrassed to have to choose a suitor herself, rather than her father marrying her off. That’s interesting. I wonder if I could use it.
· These stories seem to value strength and bravery over other merits.
· I could also update the story of the three delicate wives (although I might change it from wives to daughters). How could they be super sensitive nowadays? And would that be ok, or just super inconvenient?
· Alternatively, I could choose one of the sensitive wives and tell a story from her perspective. Like “A Day in the Life of Someone Who Can’t Breathe Without being Injured.”
Bibliography: Twenty-Two Goblins, translated by Arthur Ryder
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