Fariy Tales: Really all that nice?
In this post, we explore the semi-convoluted world of the original fairy tales. This is the stuff that got left out of the Disney movies.
Snow White-
Before the evil stepmother gives Snow White the apple, she gives her a new bodice/corset. The corset then magically cinches up, almost killing SW. If not for the dwarves who come and rescue her, she would have died there on the forest floor. This was considered too gruesome for the tender minds of 5-year-olds.
Cinderella-
When the stepmother (there really seem to be a lot of these, don't there?) realizes that there is no way that her daughters will fit Cinderella's slipper (not glass), she resorts to self-mutilation. She tells the first daughter to cut off her toes. She does, and the shoe fits. As she is riding to the castle with the Prince, little birds whisper into his ear "Your true love does not bleed" and sure enough, the sister's foot is bleeding. The prince takes her back to the house. The stepmother then tells the second sister to cut off a bit of her heel. She does, and the shoe fits. Again with the birds and whispering and bleeding. The prince returns to the house, and pickes up the real Cinderella.
Swan Lake-
Really, with all the young and beautiful girls being kept by the evil magician (who turns into this creepy owl), it kind of seems a little kinky-think BSDM.
If I find out about any more of this sort of thing, I'll let you know.
Snow White-
Before the evil stepmother gives Snow White the apple, she gives her a new bodice/corset. The corset then magically cinches up, almost killing SW. If not for the dwarves who come and rescue her, she would have died there on the forest floor. This was considered too gruesome for the tender minds of 5-year-olds.
Cinderella-
When the stepmother (there really seem to be a lot of these, don't there?) realizes that there is no way that her daughters will fit Cinderella's slipper (not glass), she resorts to self-mutilation. She tells the first daughter to cut off her toes. She does, and the shoe fits. As she is riding to the castle with the Prince, little birds whisper into his ear "Your true love does not bleed" and sure enough, the sister's foot is bleeding. The prince takes her back to the house. The stepmother then tells the second sister to cut off a bit of her heel. She does, and the shoe fits. Again with the birds and whispering and bleeding. The prince returns to the house, and pickes up the real Cinderella.
Swan Lake-
Really, with all the young and beautiful girls being kept by the evil magician (who turns into this creepy owl), it kind of seems a little kinky-think BSDM.
If I find out about any more of this sort of thing, I'll let you know.
posted by Ravens n' Robins at
6:30 PM
4 Comments:
deep meaning? I don't know about that, but thanks! I haop to get to know you better to!
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Ravens n' Robins, at 8:18 PM
Oh, and in the original Little Mermaid story, the mermaid girl has to feel like hot daggers are stabbing her feet with every step she takes as a human. And, of course, the story ends with her dying and the prince marrying another man. Waaahhh.
-the soul seer
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Ahaneen, at 7:28 AM
I meant the prince marrying another WOMAN. Not man. Oops. I'm going to have a furious blush attack.
-almaseer
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Ahaneen, at 1:24 PM
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Molly Merula, at 1:11 PM
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