I think now that weâre in 2017 we can stop villainizing the witch from Hänsel and Gretel. Some kids ate her house. She gets to eat them. It was a fair deal.
counterpoint: Hänsel and Gretel were led out into the woods to starve at the urging of their mother, so both parents donât have to ration any more food for them during hard times. Hänsel and Gretel were underfed and desperate, and when life gives you a gingerbread house in that state, you eat the windowsill and the front stoop and every gumdrop you can find.
conclusion: if the witch prompted the children to explain themselves sheâd realize it was ultimately parentsâ neglect that led them to this point.
solution: eat the parents. everyone wins!
Not the solution I was expecting, but honestly, yeah, it makes sense.
