Hey Hey, it’s Jilly Funnell Sugar on the Bee, photo prompt time here at Friday Fictioneers, you’ve picked a photo in Portsmouth I think, which will obviously give me home advantage as it’s in my country and I’ve never seen the tower aside from on the telly. Watch out flash fiction fans. I literally have no idea, this time so give me a few minutes.
Thanks to Mrs T, we have an idea, see what you think:
It’s a blend, an unrequited non love story.
Rapunzel had inherited an inordinate amount of money from Mother Gothel after she passed when the tower collapsed due to subsidence.
She tried adjusting to “Civvy Street” but grew increasingly anxious and developed trichotillomania, agoraphobia and a longing for her lofty “pied a terre” where she could gaze out to the horizon.
She employed Jack Spriggins architects, pioneers of a modular tubular construction based on the structural axes of a vascular plant, typically very tall and very contemporary.
She liked Jack but could not help feeling that with his sky scraping monolithic modernist structures he may be compensating for something.
And it’s 100 words!! On the nose again, not one wasted!
The Count Of North Clifton 
*snigger* Jack compensating for something. Very entertaining and funny 🙂
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Thanks Iain!
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I wonder what the giant says about Jacl’s issues?
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I think he fell to his death in the original story, I wanted him as a labourer but had no space!! As per!!
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Enjoyed the humor and it felt longer than 100 words, which I think is a nice aspect as we felt the experience she had and like how you mentioned ” Civvy Stree”
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Haw! Hard to trump the last sentence. Enjoyed this one.
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Thanks!!
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Ha, fun! I guess Rapunzel’s tower had to succumb to the ravages of time at some point. And now I’m feeling a bit sorry for Jack 🙂
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Teehee! Rude one, Minister! I shall ignore your innuendo and gaze at the horizon…
You’re pretty good at fairy tales!
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Thank you Penny! It is appreciated
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Funny! You had me giggling at subsidence,(lucky Rapunzel survived the fall!) and the last sentence brought a guffaw. Makes me wonder how the witch in Hansel and Gretel’s wood, would rebuild, if she were to come into some insurance proceeds?😊
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I’ll let you know next Friday!!!
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Jack knows that size does matter – if you want to be noticed and remembered.I liked the anxious Rapunzel – change is bad for these characters and they need their originality to survive.
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Thank you James, it’s much appreciated
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Poor Jack, without his shortcomings, perhaps he might have had a chance with Rapunzel. Nicely done.
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Ha!! Cheers
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Definitely a clever sting in the tail of this tale!
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Cheers Liz,
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Does Jack also suffer from trichotillomania and agoraphobia?
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No he’s ok thus far
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Lovely laugh out loud line at the end. Loved it!
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Thanks Jilly, enjoyed it too!!
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An enjoyable read. Who doesn’t like a fairytale revisited and retold?
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Thanks Priya, i certainly do, problem is these were such a long time ago for me now, i have to rack my brains for the inspiration!!
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Compensating…. I thought viagra would be cheaper though
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Tall things are in his blood and he does like a large erection, what can I say?!!
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Very entertaining.
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Cheers
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Dear Shrawley,
I love the way you turn the fairy tales on their heads.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle, I’m enjoying doing it
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Wow, both our Rapunzel’s had some renovations done! I loved this on-the-nose, take of fairytales. A more realistic take on happy-ever-afters.
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Loved the beautifully laid vivid descriptions, Jilly.
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Thank you!
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