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Originally Posted by Chernabog
(Plus those old fairy tales are REALLY disgusting, actually)
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I'm pretty squeamish, but I thought that the inclusion of violence was pretty apt BECAUSE of those gorey old tales. Considering Cinderella, in which the stepsisters--in order to fit into the slipper--slice off a toe and a heel, respectively. Or Little Red Riding Hood, which involves first the eating of a human by a bear and then the slicing of a bear by a human. Or Bluebeard, for heaven's sake... which depicts the eighth wife of a rich man entering the one room she's been forbidden from entering-- and instead of a magical rose or something lovely, discovers the seven previous wives hanging on the walls and a floor soaked in blood.
In no terms is this a children's fairy tale, even if it revolves around a child. But I rather think that fairy tales weren't really for children in the first place.