Any story claiming to be a deconstruction of fairy tales but has nothing to offer except new types of violence, more explicit sex, and a general attitude of “lol happy endings aren’t real” is like. such a cultural waste of time tbh
know what actually is a good deconstruction of a fairy tale? Shrek. It fucks up just about everything in a normal fairy tale and still manages to have a happy ending with a good message and never once has to be ‘gritty’ or ‘dark’. It’s actually really well done.
“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.”
– Ursula LeGuin, ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’
Other synesthetes: “Crossed wires in my brain cause me to see symphonies as ripples of color or taste blueberries every time I feel the texture of smooth wood. Sometimes it’s inconvenient or upsetting, but I’ve integrated it into my life and it enriches my experience of the world!”
Me: “This unknown number makes me uncomfortable because its digits are unwisely combined, causing tension. Nine is such an asshole.”
