Morozko/Vasya [Fancast] - Once Upon A December
"Someone holds me safe and warm,
Horses prance through a silver storm,
Figures dancing gracefully across my memory."
Please watch in HD with a full screen. :DD
Basically the perfect excuse to finally use this song. The Winternight trilogy is basically everything any fan of russian fairy tales wants. :D
Basically, Vasya is a witch that gets thrown into the current conflicts in the country. Some of political nature and also of faith as the chyerti (spirits of the old faith) become weak after the humans forget about them when the catholic church replaces the believe (it plays around the 14th century, so history is involved with the change). It's not a war to blame any side - more of what happens when people abuse their power and this goes for both sides. There are good and bad examples throughout the books which make it quite entertaining and fair.
In fact, the chyerti simply need to be not forgotten at all - especially because only certain people can see them. So it is Morozko's plan to involve Vasya to assure that the chyerti won't fade away - as in, that she shall remember them and help him to banish his brother who basically just wants to bring chaos in everything.
Well, his scheming did not go as planned because he falls in love with her and the result is a quite entertaining romance to enjoy throughout the books. (And we have a beautiful "Death and the Maiden" motif. It's great. So, that is why I included the white horse a lot since horses play huge role in the books as well and Morozko's white one as personification of Death is just very striking there.)
Moreover, the book includes many references to russian tales and slavic mythology which I absolutely adore. As a child, I always wanted my family to read the slavic tales to me, instead of the normal ones. So the books are such a joy whenever a story was mentioned or I recognized one of the spirits. The fairy tales are a big part of the series and this is a trope I am absolutely weak for. Especially when done with twists (the third book actually included a trope I usually hate BUT it made it good - I just HAVE to say that).
Gotta admit that the second part of the last book was a bit dragging because there was only the political war to still be solved and it was a bit dry. However, I might be mistaken because I couldn't read them in German (we only got the first book translated until now) and so I read them in English. So maybe it was just very exhausting for me since it was not my mother tongue.
I basically just included this style of telling fairy tales and various elements that happen throughout the series. Actually, with a bit more drama towards the end than necessary but that manip was a last minute idea. :D
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Song: Once Upon A December
Artist: Liz Callaway
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Made purely for entertainment, not profit. No copyright infringement intended.
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I also have changed the pitch of the song!