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What is Downal Wyth Bluddy Clichés, you ask?

That... is a Most Excellent question!  (^__^)

Well... perhaps you've noticed that (in any fandom) certain aspects of a character or plot devices become "fanon" or staples.  Here, I challenge fans (myself included!) to go back to the movie, watch it upside down and under water and from back-to-front, all the while wearing your grandpa's reading glasses, and see what contrariwise ideas occur!

For instance: Do the Hatter or Thackery or Mally ever say they like drinking tea?
*thinks... thinks... thinks...*
Hmm... no.  I don't believe they do!  (And yet we often assume it's true!)

So, let's reconsider some of these fanon bits and see what sorts of crazy, mad, wonderful ideas result!

REMEMBER: The goal of Downal Wyth Bluddy Clichés is NOT to write Out-of-Character pieces.  The GOAL is to take a good, hard look at the canon and come up with something new, interesting, and thought-provoking!

You have questions or a particular cliché that you're interested in?  Leave a comment or send a private message to me, Manniness!  (^__^)


Previous Clichés
Mally is jealous of Alice because Mally is in love with the Hatter.  (Burton-verse)
The Hatter loves tea. (All Alice fandoms)
Alice wants to be a businesswoman / apprentice with the company / go to China.  (Burton-verse)
Lowell Manchester is an irredeemable and dastardly scoundrel.  (Burton-verse)


NOTE: Feel free to contribute to previous clichés!  If you leave a comment with your contribution on the corresponding entry, I'll get pinged by LJ and will add a note in the next week's discussion about it.

Date: 2011-05-05 11:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] manniness.livejournal.com
Thanks! I hope this livens things up a bit. Our fandom has been rather quiet as a mouse lately... or as sleepy as a dormouse. (^__~)