#aurora's commentary

[auroracalisto]

did anyone else have a massive crush on robin from the secret of moonacre or was it just me

[nightrae13]

Aurora/Rose x Prince Philip: An underrated Disney couple

Okay... here me out. Aurora was never a favorite princess to me. The fairies and Philip always have been the main protagonists (esp the fairies) to me since I was a child.

HOWEVER, as I was re-examining Disney couples when mourning what could have been in Wish, I remembered how much I liked Philip and admit it or not, before Cinderella III, he was the most active out of all the 3 princes, even being the first to be given an official name. Also, his love for Aurora is just- wow.

Let's break it down:

Despite having it known to him for years he was betrothed to a princess, he was willing to risk it all for what he then knew was only a peasant girl. He disobeyed his father for someone he may have just met, but has already loved once upon a dream. Someone pointed it out that Sleeping Beauty 1959 is a soulmate story and it was set up from the beginning from Merrywhether's gift to help them find each other. NO WAY I'M NOT HERE FOR THAT! Like, they're both destined by the law and fate lmaoo, it's like Miraculous before Miraculous lol. Either way, whether it'd turn out to be Aurora or Rose, he loved her and fought for her.

In relation, I mean like, part of why Rose was so miserable after the reveal was because girl literally had an identity crisis here. She just realized her whole life was a lie, and had to take in a revelation so big on a day that was supposed to be special for her. Also, imagine finding your soulmate, and thinking you're actually forced to marry someone else whom you haven't met lol.

Bottom line, she also felt the same for him. No matter who they are, they knew what they felt was true, and they'd fight for that!

Speaking of, Philip literally fought the Mistress of all evil, and arguably the most terrifying Disney villain for the girl he loved.

I mean... Brenton Twaites already played a character who risked hell just to save their soulmate too lmaoo (if you know, you know😏)

Anyway, that's just my take for the day lol. They're not my favorite couple (Tiana and Naveen are definitely unbeatable in my heart), but I really think they deserve so much appreciation and attention. We get it that Florian may be controversial (he's 18, not 31 tho), and Charming's one of my favorites too, but yeah, Philip deserves love for being the first prince to actually have a name, have a personality and fought literal hell for his gal.

[wrathofrats]

Swiss and Aurora are fucking NASTY and if you don’t like it you can leave idk

[goomy-where-they-shouldnt-be]

THIS IS A HORRIBLE TIME TO BE SILLY NEVERMIND.

[prosebushpatch]

In my humble opinion, the successful retellings of Snow White take the relationship between Snow and the Wicked Queen and really dig into why the queen is so desperate to be beautiful and why Snow is still the fairest because of her kindness.

My favorite examples of this are Gail Carson Levine's Fairest, and the movie Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarves. In both of these retellings, Snow White is conventionally unattractive. And how society views Snow White in these stories is drastically different from how they view the Wicked Queen. There is a privilege to being beautiful. Both Snow White and the Wicked Queen know this. But the Wicked Queen will do anything to have that privilege--that power--over her subjects. Whether it's to use her beauty to manipulate people or because she's desperate for love is what makes her such an interesting character. Snow White, on the other hand, gets a taste of how people would treat her if she was conventionally attractive, at least in these stories. And when she realizes that people are finally able to appreciate her or praise her or HELP HER because of her looks, she's forced to ask herself the question whether she'll choose to keep being "beautiful" or if she'll go back to being herself because society's definition of beauty isn't worth the cost.

Snow White and the Wicked Queen are foils. They represent how conventional beauty standards can pressure woman and pit them against each other. They represent how a mother, related by blood or not, can become jealous because the simple act of growing older makes her less attractive than her daughter in society's eyes and that means she's going to be treated differently as a result.

All this to say, if you turn Snow White's story into Snow White becomes a "Strong Independent Female Who Doesn't Need Any Prince And Is Growing Into the Leader She was Born to Be" then you lose that commentary about what true beauty is. You lose the chance to ask what makes someone the fairest and why. If you aren't asking why the Wicked Queen wants to be the fairest to the point of having a huntsman cut out a child's heart, then you're missing out on the entire point of the fairy tale.

[chiropteracupola]

I LOVE WHEN MAGIC SYSTEMS RECALL HUMORIC MEDICINE!!!!

[liroyalty]

"Do not eat anything in the underworld."

"Do not drink anything in the underworld."

"And do not have sex with anything in the underworld."

"OR YOU WILL BE STUCK DOWN THERE."

[dsaf-confessions]

jack's big naturals, dave's big naturals, blah, blah blah. spice it up a little. peter's big naturals.

-aurora borealis anon (who pops up once in a red moon soz)

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[mama-grimm]

"Adults are being extra weird today..."

[wayward-sword]

"Hee hee... Lucie's gonna be mine at this rate!"

"You haven't even tried to make a pass at her yet."

"Well sor-ry! Excuse the heck outta me! Maybe I oughta just get all gross and kissy-faced with her like you do with mom all the time."

"...We don't talk about that. You hush your mouth."

[auroracalisto]

fanfic w/ rooster being an asshole and divorcing the reader for unforeseen reasons that only come out the longer the fic gets? and it's completely his fault but the reader only gets angry the first time they see him after years of being divorced? and the entire fic is based off of the song good enough by maisie peters and i've been mulling on the fic idea the entire day?

it's definitely coming at you within the next couple of days (and it's already over 4.9k words WITHOUT editing and revising and adding it bits of description here and there). i'm dying over here

UPDATE: i did it

[redemptioninchaos]

Aurora nodded, covering her blushing face. "Guilty..."

[eternalstretchofmuses]

"Gensokyo... Gensokyo is lucky that I left my bikini at home... I'd win so easily~!"

Someone, please, keep the fox in check...

[lunxrecho]

"I remember that war as if it were yesterday... truly, I'm am glad my dealings with... that individual were so minimal. Then again, I suppose my oji-san-tachi were quite keen on never letting me come into direct contact with him, and for that, I am thankful. The plane of existence is far better without him, good riddance."

[movedto-mastcrmarksman]

he's being smug because no has dated @biitchcakes more than he has. that's four times baby! on again off again ON AGAIN.

[mithidria]

oh my g od i was right i was not prepared for the finale