Fairy tales... the backbone of every little girl's dreams

There’s a reason fairy tales have been bestsellers for years. Like the Bible, it gives hope to those who read them. Little girls are led to believe that no matter what happens, she will meet her prince and after one kiss they’ll live happily ever after. Don’t get me wrong, I was a huge fan of these stories when I was little, more for the gorgeous dresses they wore than the story, but they do make an impression on you and set a standard for what you should expect.
 
There are a few series going around at the moment based on fairy tales as well and although they try and add some sinister scary twist to the traditional story, it eventually ends happily ever after, to an extent.

As an example, let’s look at the following tales and see how might would work out in the real world.

Cinderella

Cinderella was a slave to her step mother and sisters. She worked hard all day and then had to cook for them and got nothing in return. She also spent long hours talking to the pet cat.

One night, they all went off to a ball the prince was hosting, leaving Cinderella at home., where she sneakily watched ENews and Fashion Police. Magically, her fairy godmother appeared, cleaned her up and sent her off to the ball. She was given a curfew of midnight before her real life got in the way again.

She met the prince, they danced, they fell in love. At the stroke of midnight she dashed off and left a shoe behind. He then sent his people out to all the houses to look for her and find the lady who fitted the shoe. They found Cinderella, she moved into the castle and lived happily ever after.

The real story would go like this… she worked really hard all day and then came home to her cat. She ate whatever she could find at home, had a glass of wine and repeated the same thing week in and week out.

One night she decided to go to party, even though she wasn’t strictly invited. She got all dressed up with input from her gay best friend. Off she drove to the party. She made a decision to leave before midnight so that she could avoid road blocks.

She met a ‘prince’, they had some drinks, danced a bit and he spun her a story that included everything she wanted to hear… he was looking to settle down, there was something special about her (“can’t you feel the connection???”), he’d like to see her again, to woo her and to get serious and commit to each other. She thought, "WOW! I can’t believe my luck! I never thought I would meet the man of my dreams!"

At midnight, she quickly checked Twitter and according to PigSpotter, a big road block was being set up. She dashed out of the party [and there are 2 different endings…] (Ending 1)with the prince in tow. They went back to her place and had a night of passion and talking and cuddling. He had to go in the morning, but promised to contact her later to arrange a real date and start their lives together. She never heard from him again.

At midnight, she quickly checked Twitter and according to PigSpotter, a big road block was being set up. She dashed out of the party, (Ending 2) having given the ‘prince’ her contact details, including her cell number, BBM, email address, Facebook name and Twitter handle. She never heard from him again.