marauders4evr posted this wonderful post in defense of Disney Princess Cinderella. Some people like to tear her down by saying she was weak and didn’t work hard. But she can still be inspirational and deserves her happily ever after too:
Source: marauders4evr
(via: I Waste So Much Time)
I love this take. Also, Snow White – the girl who was too weak to live and too pretty to die. She was a child, totally unprepared for the step-mother’s betrayal, who fled the woods win her supposed-to-be murderer had a moment of weakness. She fled, found hope, and felt safe. She was spelled into tasting an apple and “died.” She was so loved that her rescuers kept her in a glass coffin because they couldn’t bear to put her in the ground. The prince, who had “fallen in love at first sight” (corny, but is is a fairy tale, let’s go with a fated love scenario) accidentally scared her away, comes by and wants to kiss her goodbye (ok, creepy, but *shrug* love makes people do stupid things). So, yes, Snow White is the weakest princess, but she’s that’s ok.
Maybe Cinderella isn’t supposed to be the one people learn a lesson from. Next time someone bitches about how useless Cinderella is, ask them when they last acted like the Fairy Godmother and helped someone who needed it.
Frankly, I think Cinderella is one to learn a lesson from. Before I met her, my wife was a Cinderella. She was a hard worker. She was in an abusive relationship. I am eternally grateful to the fairy godmothers who helped her get out of it. And after 25 years of marriage, she’ll even tell you that there was a handsome prince in the end, even if she did settle for me. 😀
The lessons?
There are fairy godmothers out there. People want to help.
There are people out there who need your help. Give it.
Everybody deserves their happily ever after. Nobody gets it without help asking the way. Some just need more help than others.
Rereading your comment, I misunderstood your point – my apologies. In my defense, I haven’t had coffee yet. But I do think there are lessons to be learned from both Cinderella and the fairy godmother.