writing, fairy tales, wankage

So, on and off this year I've been trying my hand at rewriting fairy tales from Grimm.  How hard can this be?  I thought.  Tons of people do this, I thought.

I haven't even finished a rewrite of the first story in my Jack Zipes edition of Grimm.  The Frog Prince.  I think it's a creepy, detestable little story as an adult.  I don't recall ever liking it as a child.
Every time I try to rewrite it it turns into very odd, dreamlike slashfic between the prince's faithful servant and the princess's father.

Clearly, I do not have a fairy tale soul.