Fairytales

The Lady says:

I was chatting with my friend last week and we somehow ended up with me saying "Fairytales never include dating, only happy endings!" I felt that this somehow reflects how unrealistic fairytales can be. And then it hit me (after a weekend of doing nothing except going thru several movies). Fairytales do reflect life in a compressed way. Of course you just have to look very closely to see.

Take for example "Cinderella". Ofcourse Cinderalla is us, figuratively speaking. Many might object but come on, don't say you never once thought of yourself as maltreated by life at one point or another. And please don't even tell me that you ever preferred cleaning up other people's mess than go to a ball, well, for us it's called plain going out and having fun! Dating would be when Cinderella was dancing with prince while the pitfalls of dating or conlict is represented in so many scenes and characters on the book. There is the evil stepmother and stepsisters to represent conflict and ofcourse the curfew by the fairy godmother to represent restrictions telling us to go slow. If you've got nothing else to do (because you're low on dough) you could re-read and you'll find that there's more to Cinderella than you think!

No matter how frivolous you may think fairytales are, you'll find that life is more represented in them that you'd care to think. Get past the ball gown and the helpless female persona, you'll see that it's camouflage for the real thing. Remember, these authors are adults trying to make a living. They have to make their real life experiences fantastical, whimsical and children-friendly to earn their way. So when reading fairytales, just think of them as super sugar coated versions of our lives. Oh but where is our happy ending? Ahmmm... I did say fairytale is a compressed version of life so happy ending might come a little later and with a little more work.

The Witch says:

I think that every story is a real story somehow. Settings may change or the characters may be fictional but in the end, one sees it as a reality that one of the many souls was able to live in the countless alternate universe. Parables, fables, biographies, poems, news etc are but a different face of the this fairytale we so long to re-live.

Heck, the good thing about fairytales compared to others is that there's always a happy ending. And as I told the Lady, there's always the Prince, for anyone with a heart of a princess the thought that you'd always, always have your happy ending is worth all the brilliance of any novels across the ages. That's why we'd rather look at fairytales as is and not shred it into pieces as you dissect each part and nuisance. After all, you'd want to see it as is, unblemished and pure, not just as another story.

The Bitch Says:

I think i was that friend... hihihhi~

Its true though.. how come fairytales never include dating? they'd get a glimpse of one another and fall madly in love and the prince would do everything even die for the princess and they'd live happily ever after. How come theres never anything like that that happens in real life. granted thats why they're called fairytales but theres nothing for us to go on. nothing we can even remotely use to our advantage. Do you think that if we build a huge barrier of thorns around us, or lock ourselves in a tour, run away from prince charming, the princes in our drab little daily lives would run after us? come save us from the drudge that we are in? hmmm...

But then we all want to believe with all our hearts that we are the princess who the handsome prince would one day find and free from the clutches of the evil witch.. heck who wouldnt want to believe that right?

We all want our happy ending, dont we? have you ever wondered when YOUR happy ending will finally come? when your prince charming will finally defeat the dragon and rescue you from your prison tower? hmmm...