I'd like to think that most of us grew up reading fairy tales. Come on, Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty? You don't even need Disney to know these classics.
Anyway, yesterday I was watching the latest episode of Gossip Girl and Blair said, "now I know why fairy tales end when they do". She's right; they end where they do for a reason. They all end with them married and they all live happily ever after, but what happened if it didn't end there?
Like think about it, Cinderella? Prince finds the girl that fits the glass slipper and marries her. So what if that didn't end there? What if the two would have gotten more time to get to know each other more share stuff about their lives? Cinderella would tell him her tragic life story, and the prince would talk about his quest for love. I'm pretty sure the two would get bored of each other pretty quickly.
Come onnnnnnn - this man found her at a ball and fell in love with her at first sight. I don't know about you, but I don't believe in that mumbo jumbo. Also, what makes you think that Cinderella loves this prince she's forced to marry? What if she's just using him to get out of her horrible state (being the slave to her stepmom and sisters) and once that's finalized, she'll just divorce the prince and take half his money? I'm pretty sure royalty fairy tales don't address prenups.
There should be a sequel to Cinderella, called ":Life After The Ball" and a sequel to that called "Cinderella: Divorce". And the last one will show a fat Cinderella (because she was finally fed real food) with, like, four children trying to gain half of the prince's money and custody of the four children and make him pay child support.. ALSO, if you think about it, Cinderella doesn't even know this guy's name. WHAT? See, this is why Cinderella ended where it did.
Now onto Snow White. So, prince kisses SW; she awakens from her sleep, they get married and live happily ever after. What if Snow White moved in with the prince in his mighty fine castle? He would have to build separate rooms for each dwarf to accommodate visits. Who needs children when you have 7 dwarfs? And come on, getting married right after he wakes her up? Like you don't want to know her? Sure, she's this princess and all, but really. COME ON, you only kissed her because you thought she was pretty. I don't get why SW didn't slap him in the face for pulling out the creeper moves. She probably did that when they wanted to consummate their marriage and here's how that one might have gone...
Prince: Hey baby, let's make this marriage legal by the courts
SW: uhh, no. I only married you to piss off my stepmother and now she's dead. I have no more use for you
Prince: But baby, you're fiiiiiiiine, you're my princess
SW: I was a princess before I met you, and you're lucky I'm not slapping you in the face for pulling a kiss on me while I was asleep. That's one step away from sexual molestation, bud.
Prince: WTF? I saved your life.
SW: I'm sure someone would have figured it out eventually, we're not consummating this one. I'm rescued from the forest, I'm back home and my bitch of a stepmother is gone. My life's perfect now. I'm getting an annulment. Bye!
Prince: ...But we all know Snow White was too much of a goody-goody for that scene to ever happen. But aren't we glad that that one ended where it ended?
How would you extend a fairy tale? What do you think other fairy tale characters were up to after "and they lived happily ever after"?
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The reason fairy tales are fairy tales because it let's to fantasize. When you dream, there are not negativity, no consequences, there is only perfection. Well...Cinderella and Snow White are not my favorite. I love Beauty and the Beast because it actually has a storyline, where the couple gets to know one another. A fairy tale love story that's unbelievably magical with morals such as "don't judge a book by its cover," and "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder."
Happily Ever After is an ending, where the person reading or watching decides what happens to the characters. In my case, I would say they get married, build deeper connections, have children and live until "death do them part." (I don't believe in love at first sight either)
I do love my fairytales, and would prefer to keep them as they are. :P
this is a great post.
someone is a bit bitter...
Did someone piss in your cereal this morning?
@journalofsparkles@xanga - Me too. <3
Well the actual story of Cinderella is a lot gorier than what Disney tells you. Apparently her foot and some other appendages get chopped off by her evil stepsisters and it goes on from there. Whenever I get sick of these fairy tales getting too sappily pathetic, I remember that and I somewhat grin. So, I don't have to create a after story on her; the Brothers Grimm did it for me.
They had a show like that.
@icecrepas@xanga - hahaha awesome.
well different people have diff opinions about this and i agree with both! like when we were lil kids we believed in fairy tales cuz our parents told us as bedtime stories but when we grow up we know that its just a lie.
great post. :)
maybe by "married" they meant fucked.
Haha, I find this really entertaining...I took a class in fairy tale literature last semester at school and ended up changing my perspective on all these stories so much...they definitely weren't at all intended to be read the way we see them now!
I think fairy tales are romantic and while they are unrealistic and may set the standard very high, allow little (and older) girls to fantasize about their own Prince Charming.
Hopefully after the "happily ever after" is that there will still be love and still be chemistry and still be happiness. There will be troubles and arguments, but talking it out will help.
that's why you should watch One Tree Hill (haley and nathan <3) lol
Hahah they're fairy tales for a reason. If they were called "real life tales" then I can see why you're so angry. But anyway, fairy tales were made to help us cope with the hardships of life and they give us a reason to stay positive. Of course it's impossible to have exactly what they have but many come close. Almost everything in entertainment is a fairy tale.. life is never like them movies!
Anyway, breathe, it's just a fairy tale lol
There's a book called "Just Ella", which is a sequel to the classic Cinderella story. She realizes the prince is a romantic idiot and runs off with someone else.
What about Enchanted?
But seriously, you found your revelation about false Disney happily ever afters from Gossip Girl...
oh so thats what she meant on gossip girls!
haven't yu seen ever after with drew barrymore?
now that is a fairytale that has real meaning!
Fairy tales are for kids hunny, just remember that.
fairy tales are unrealistic. what, are you going to teach your kids what to do before you are sweeped off your feet by a handsom prince? go on dates? ask his mother's maiden name before hitting home base? date a few years before making it official? i don't think they'd be interested in that. the action part happened, it's a happy ending, and the rest is up to the kids' imagination.
having said that, i agree with you. i do feel bitter thinking back about all these unrealistic stories we've grown up with, then reflect on our own happily-never-after lives. but then it would be pretty boring if i knew i would be happy for the rest of my life with no worries.
and who wouldn't want to marry a prince? i forgot that snow white used to be royalty. but it's almost like marrying for money or fame.. haha. maybe these heroines are also a bit shallow and gold diggers. but there's no point analyzing simple characters made for bed time stories. i actually love novels that stem from fairy tales because it gives depth and personality to the original characters. or the spinoff movies that were mentioned here. but anyways, the stories themselves are G-rated stories that are supposed to leave you feeling good.
fyi, there are cinderella sequels about life after the marriage. =)
@tahreesah@xanga - I love Ever After --- I want to go watch that right now, especially now that you mentioned it! :D
Do I believe in fairytales ---- yes. I believe in happily ever after, I believe that I've found my prince, I believe that they exist! I'm living mine right now.....yes, it's not ALWAYS perfect but, even through the trials we've remained completely in love and grow closer everyday.
There's a book about what happens to Cinderella after the ball... It's actually pretty good and she doesn't end up with the prince, if only I could remember what it was called....
just like titanic eh? hahaha.they supposedly love each other after knowing each other for so little time.
That's why they're fairy tales... we just assume everything stays happy. Unrealistic, but it makes you feel better.