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Bluebeard's Not-Wives

by Tabitha / alyshkalia profile

2024
Ink

(based on 2 ratings)
2 reviews5 members have played this game. It's on 1 wishlist.

About the Story

Of course he has a blue beard and pronouns.

A purely kinetic (i.e., no choices), 500-word trans Bluebeard story with a happy ending. Thanks to manonamora for the conversation that inspired the idea, and to Autumn Chen for making the joke that inspired the tagline! Further inspiration came from reading up on the Bluebeard story and finding no explanation as to why the guy's beard is blue OR why that was considered so ugly.

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Kinetic fiction with a twist on Bluebeard, July 31, 2024
by MathBrush
Related reviews: less than 15 minutes

One of my favorite operas, if not my very favorite, is the Hungarian opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, a short two-singer psychological opera that turns the tale of Bluebeard and his wives into a story of almost pure metaphor.

So it’s always nice to see some allegorical Bluebeard content.

Alas, this wondrous tale is both a bit short and not interactive outside of actions. But hey, my favorite opera is short too.

On this you don’t feel a connection to traditional womanhood, but your parents arrange your marriage to Bluebeard anyway. But Bluebeard is certainly not what he seems.

This story has some layers to it; there was one implication I only just now realized besides the more clear ones. Overall, very interesting.

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What if..., June 25, 2024
by manonamora
Related reviews: neotwinyjam

Bluebeard’s Not-Wives is a kinetic retelling of the Bluebeard story, in which you play one of the wives of Bluebeard ahead of the marriage. Except, the prose breaks the original mould about Bluebeard and his wife. Bluebeard is not some tyrannical blood-thirsty husband, but a misunderstood soul dealing with prejudice. And though the wives are never to be seen, you are not fearful of this terminal fate, for living as society demands of you actually feels like death.

The entry does a wonderful job at building the story, bringing the pieces together in such a lovely way, leading to a very touching end. It was very sweet, and though I would read a whole book of this, perfect the way it just is.

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