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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
The whole concept of Sleeping Beauty is a mess, surely we want to teach kids that you fall in love with someone by getting to know them and liking their personality too, not that you just see a random inanimate person in a bed and think "Wow so hot"  .
... ... ... not to mention that in the original story that it's based on, she is actually raped in her sleep by the prince (king) and goes through a full pregnancy and childbirth whilst still unconscious, and wakes up when one of her children dislodges some magical thingumawotsit from her hand that's keeping her asleep.
The original stories are always really messed up  . |
Bloody hell, I hadn't heard that version, that's really disturbing. I remember having the Little Mermaid book when I was a kid and it was warped as well. The trade off for getting legs meant she was constantly in pain