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Mine was buried even deeper, under Devices -> Typing -> How AI has helped you.

"it's just fiction it's not that serious" is harmless if we're talking about TADC fans sending the creator death threats for not validating their headcanons or media critics needing to learn the difference between subject matter that's inherently harmful and subject matter that's just making them mildly uncomfortable

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✧ Sleeping Beauty isn't cursed. She chose to sleep. She's waiting for something.

✧ "The mermaid didn't lose her voice. She gave it away on purpose."

✧ Rumpelstiltskin is the hero. The queen is the villain who broke a legally binding contract.

✧ The Big Bad Wolf is a detective. The Three Little Pigs are hiding something.

✧ Hansel and Gretel were sent into the forest deliberately. Their parents knew exactly what lived there.

✧ "You've been leaving breadcrumbs your whole life. Did you ever wonder who's been following them?"

✧ The Frog Prince has been a frog for so long, he no longer remembers what he's waiting for.

✧ Beauty didn't break the Beast's curse. She just learned to love the Beast. The curse is still very much active.

✧ "The fairy godmother isn't here to help you. She's here to collect on a very old debt."

✧ The seven dwarfs are cursed princes. Snow White is the only one who can free them, but it will cost her everything.

✧ "Don't follow the light. That's not a fairy. That's never been a fairy."

Fairy tales aren't about saving yourself.

These aren't epic myths or heroic legends about the great warriors who slay every monster in their path because they're so awesome. Fairy tales are almost always about ordinary, even incompetent, people who get thrown into strange situations where they only succeed because of the help of others.

It's not a gendered thing. The boy who goes off to seek his fortune is usually the dim-witted third son whose older brothers are the strong, smart ones. The third son succeeds because he is kind to the magical helpers who then complete the tasks for him--and the exact same thing happens when a girl is the main character.

The characters in a fairy tale rarely succeed because they embrace their own strength and take their own path. Much more often, they are told step-by-step what to do, and they succeed because they obey--respecting the wisdom of others.

The core virtue of a fairy tale is not pride, but humility. It's not a story about the strong, but those who are weak, small, helpless. The people who can't do it all on their own, but can recognize the worth and wisdom of others.