#parallel!cinderella

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"Do not take the crimes of those who have manipulated us and put them at the feet of the world. "

i feel like this quote rlly aptly demonstrates the difference between cinderella and the stepmother

the stepmother - who comes to realise that all she is is a prop for someone elses story. barely a villain, and barely even a character in her own right. and in her rage against a world so unjust, failing to recognise the abuse she has inflicted onto her children by her own hand. who fights back against cruelty with yet more cruelty to anyone and everyone in her path. like - she cannibalises the very daughters that she had supposedly "truly loved". she devours the evil queen, another 'villainous woman' archetype who would, more than anyone else, have empathy for and solidarity with the stepmothers motivations. the only person she showed caring and kindness to (briefly) was pinocchio - in order to trap, manipulate and control him. the only way out of an unfair system is the violent and spiteful accumulation of power to destroy that system

vs cinderella - also realising that she barely has agency within her own narrative. that her story is barely even hers. adopting the same rage against her unnecessary suffering and the same mission to defy the authors. which, from what we know of her so far, she does through kindness and solidarity. she allies with snow white, and offers support and guidance to rosamund. she is still looking for the other princesses who are struggling the same way in the times of shadow. her way out of an unfair world is to band together with the people who have been mistreated - because they have all been mistreated - and working together to build something better. (in a way, perhaps it could also be about breaking out of the cycles of abuse - rejecting the idea that the world must be pain, escaping the person someone was trying to mould you into, and carving a way out for other people too. supporting and being supported). but the way forward is with other people, and blame is not laid at the feet of the world but the forces who made the world the way it is.

anyway. its making me a bit crazy that both of them realised they were one-dimensional characters: and one of them buried herself deeper into that role into fullscale pure-evil villainy, and one broke out of her role to become a hero and an agent of change.

#dimension 20 #neverafter #d20 #the stepmother neverafter #cinderella neverafter #dimension 20 spoilers #neverafter spoilers #theres a laser at my forehead and if i dont talk about character parallels every fifteen minutes i explode #anyway this post is because #1) stepmother is one of my fav characters but also guys she ATE PEOPLE. mabye she is not.... the MOST sympathetic #(a joke u can enjoy stories and characters however u want) #and 2) MAD respect for cinderella FOREVER #ramble tag

[princesssarisa]

Non-English "Cinderella" adaptations that might have influenced Disney's 2015 live action remake

Rossini's La Cenerentola (Italian opera, 1817). In the opera, the king has died, and the prince's search for a bride is motivated by his pending coronation. (The 2010 German Märchenperlen version also makes this choice.) In the 2015 film, the king is mortally ill, and later dies after the ball. Thus the opera's Cinderella and her 2015 counterpart both ascend straight to the throne in the end. Also, the opera's "fairy godfather" Alidoro disguises himself as a beggar and rewards Cinderella for treating him kindly, just as the 2015 Fairy Godmother does. (Although the Fairy Godmother also does this in Prokofiev's famous ballet.) The opera's Prince Ramiro also has a constant male companion, his valet Dandini, much like 2015's Kit has the Captain of the Guard (although many versions of Cinderella's prince have similar companions). Last but not least, both princes disguise themselves as a servant at some point: Ramiro switches clothes with Dandini for the ball to observe the true characters of the ladies, while Kit disguises himself as a guard to secretly observe the slipper-fitting.

Three Nuts (or Three Wishes) for Cinderella (Czech/German, 1973). In both this version and the 2015 film, Cinderella steals a few moments of freedom by riding her horse into the forest, and there she meets the prince on a hunt and stops him from shooting a deer. (Although in the 1973 film she throws a snowball at him, he chases her, and they taunt each other, while in the 2015 version they share a philosophical discussion about kindness and tell each other a little about their lives.) Both of these versions also hark back to the Grimms' tale early on, with Cinderella's father figure (the manservant Vincek in 1973, her actual father in 2015) going on a journey, and Cinderella asking for the first branch that hits his nose (1973) or brushes his shoulder (2015) as a gift. (In 1973 the branch contains the three magic hazelnuts that take the place of the Fairy Godmother in this version, while in 2015 it doesn't serve the plot, but is poignantly brought to her by the messenger who breaks the news of her father's death.)

Sechs auf einen Strech ("Six at one Blow"): Aschenputtel ("Cinderella") (German, 2011). Cinderella repeats a mantra that she learned from her mother: "You must never lose courage." In the 2015 film, she has a similar mantra, also from her mother: "Have courage and be kind." She also first meets the prince while he's hunting in the woods in this version, and the end sees them about to become king and queen, though in this case the old king is still alive, he just chooses to retire.

Zolushka (Russian, 1947). Cinderella has blonde hair, which she wears in fluffy shoulder-length curls at the ball, while the prince has wavy chestnut brown hair. (These could be coincidences, though.) The Fairy Godmother first appears as a humbly dressed old woman (although not as a beggar in 1947), then reveals her true, magical and glamorous form. The prince is also portrayed with boyish vulnerability as well as with courtly charm, and he even cries in one scene. (The '47 prince in the woods when he thinks he's lost Cinderella forever, 2015's Kit at his father's deathbed.)

When I posted my review of the 2015 film, @ariel-seagull-wings noticed the parallels with the 1947 Russian version. She suggested that Kenneth Branagh might have been influenced by that version, since British viewers are more likely than Americans to see the adaptations from continental Europe. The more I think about it, the more I realize that Branagh and the 2015 screenwriter Chris Weitz might have been influenced by more than one European Cinderella.

#cinderella #fairy tale #adaptations #parallels #2015 #cinderella 2015 #disney #zolushka #1947 #tri orisky pro popelku #three wishes for cinderella #1973 #opera #la cenerentola #1817 #sechs auf einen streich #2011

[littlebitofdnd]

Gerard and Rosamund's relationship is so FUCKING interesting to me.

Like. They're cousins (probably). They're both royalty. She exhausts him. She thinks he's funny in the sad way. He scared the shit out of her in the carriage. She takes notes when he's talking about her failed marriage because she wants her happily ever after.

AND!!! Both of them want Ylfa to be happy SO BAD because she lives at the intersection of their stories and that brings them closer too.

If Siobhan and Murph don't expand on their friendship by the end of the season I will write a fanfiction, bc GOD they're cute. They give me like,, Grumpy Middle Aged Uncle & His Teenage Niece who's visiting him in the city for the first time vibes and I adore them.

Yes, the training bra bit made me this emotional, stfu.

#dimension 20 #dimension 20 neverafter #neverafter #dimension 20 spoilers #gerard neverafter #gerard of greenleigh #neverafter ylfa #d20 ylfa #neverafter rosamund #rosamund du prix #d20 rosamund #if rosamund ends up with cinderella that makes them parallels even MORE #so excited for The Little Mermaid to be at the intersection of their stories too

[babyjapril]

Cinderella//Grey’s Anatomy 10.13

#greysedit #japril #japriledit #cinderella #april kepner #jackson avery #grey's anatomy #userlolo #mine #these aren't even real parallels #this is just the definition of i am my own target audience

[tnbc-thoughtsandheadcanons]

Sally is just like Cinderella she has to overcome her abusive situation being trapped by the Dr overcome him telling her she is not good enough for anything or anyone. She is able to get the courage to leave and make a better life for herself. She then finds out that her King Charming feels the same love for her she Feels for him. ❤️‍🩹

#jack and sally #jack x sally #cinderella #parallels #ask #emmastraub3 #combined with my hc where sally reads fairy tales and daydreams about them... #<3

[blowingoffsteam2]

Drives me absolutely insane that Nameless Star reminds Sora of Riku, and then in khmom we get this:

Paralleling Riku not only to Cinderella, but also to a new character that is told by the Fairy Godmother that her dream will also come true....after she also told Riku that his dreams would help lead him to Sora I MEAN.

And now that I watch those scenes again, Nameless Star’s uncertainty there at the idea that her dream could come true really echoes Riku’s uncertainty that his own dreams could be important.

#soriku #this kills the mannnn #nameless star #Cinderella parallels #hashtag wish

[il-predestinato]

Further proof that Charles Leclerc is a Disney princess. 👑

#charles leclerc #and his glass slipper #at least he didn't show his ankles #that would be indecent #and he is a modest little mouse #(larys strong stay away!) #f1 #* #my edit #cinderella #cinematic parallels #he's actually every disney princess #disney princess charles

[recents]

“sacrificial lamb” HIS HAIR. HIS WHITE FUZZY CURLY HAIR. MAN I HAD THIS THOUGHT BEFORE I DID NOT REALIZE THE METAPHOR WOULD BE CANON SACRIFICIAL LAMB IM GONNA BE SEASICK IN THE CLUB. HEY WHERE THE FUCK IS THE POEM ABOUT THE SACRIFICAL LAMB COMING BACK AS THE EXECUTIONER AND KILLING YOU HANG ON HANG ON HANG ONNNN

#I CANT WHATS NEXT CINDERELLA? #WHAT CANON PARALLEL TO ASTARION CATERING TO ME IS NEXT FUCKING CONDERELLA??? IM GONNA PASS OUTTTTTT!!!!! #BG3 TAG

[iwasbored777]

Cinematic Parallels

(Cinderella 2015)

(Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse 2023)

#I'm gonna sound fake but I was hoping we'd get the moment similar to Cinderella and it's like they read my mind #cinderella 2015 #spider man across the spider verse #cinematic parallels #across the spiderverse

[nerdasaurus1200]

I just noticed this parallel

#tts #rta #tangled #tangled the series #rapunzel's tangled adventure #disney #nerd talks #cassandra #rapunzel #cinderella #parallel

[enchanted-keys]

Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov in ‘Cinderella’ (Royal Ballet 2023) - photo by Alastair Muir

#they're everything to me #also excuse me but look at how all of their limbs and hands allign and are parallel and just look SO good #backs and heads arched to the same degree matching perfectly #which is always the case with them but i'm always in awe of them #marianela nunez #vadim muntagirov #cinderella ballet #royal ballet

[taylortweets]

#Tweet #Taylor Swift #Travis Kelce #Superbowl #NFL #Parallels #A Cinderella Story

[terrie-unattented]

Has anybody made this post yet?

✨ Princesses go to Princeton ✨

We love a good parallel

(both pictures are from somewhere on Google - not mine)

#never have i ever #devi vishwakumar #a cinderella story #Sam #Devi #Parallel #Never have i ever season 4 #Spoiler #dad advice #Princeton

[fictionadventurer]

I can't decide which Austen + fairy tales parallels I'm more obsessed with: Persuasion and Cinderella, or Persuasion and Beauty and the Beast.

Cinderella

Anne is overlooked by her family and has two sisters who make her take care of most of the emotional and physical labor

Has a godmother figure who sees her true worth and offers support and advice

Has an idealized dead mother and a neglectful father who is in danger of giving her an unpleasant stepmother

Love interest is a wealthy man on the hunt for a wife among all the eligible maidens of the land

Love interest decides she is his true love and pursues her a long distance to her place of residence to propose marriage

Is raised to a position of high esteem by a husband who is finally able to see past the unassuming exterior to acknowledge her true worth

Beauty and the Beast

After rejecting a marriage proposal, Anne is trapped in a comfortable but crumbling manor and loses her good looks

Love interest comes into her life by staying at her house

Love interest resents her at first but comes to appreciate the kind heart underneath

Upon getting engaged, is restored to her former beauty

#random thought of the day #jane austen #persuasion #fairy tales #cinderella #beauty and the beast #trailer thoughts and fairy tale thoughts collided #i don't necessarily want to do anything with it but i like it #yes there are more cinderella parallels but i'm also fascinated by the idea of anne in the beast role #this does highlight that cinderella and the beast fill similar fairy tale positions #(though i always like cinderella more because at least she has to have a job which keeps her active while beast just mopes) #what really interests me is a batb with anne in the beauty role #because i'd love to see how her chill and quiet compassion would interact with the melodrama of this fairy tale #but there are too many parallels between her and the beast to ignore that possibility

[septembersghost]

the lovely @lookingforrainbows tagged me to describe myself in four characters, thank you!!! i am calling this #musicaltheatreedition ☺️🎶💖

#christine/johanna/into the woods cinderella/eliza #my girls #if you see the parallels here with some concerns no you didn't ❤ #and if anyone else wants to do this please steal it from me! #about me #tag games

[blowingoffsteam2]

Makes me go absolutely wild that kh is so clearly setting up a storyline for exploring what Riku’s dream/wish is and for that dream to come true and geeeee I wonder what his dream could possibly be....

#soriku #Nomura really said let’s have Riku make a blatant Cinderella reference and then have Fairy Godmother show up #and tell him that his dreams are the key #I MEAN #GOD AND THEN THE NAMELESS STAR CINDERELLA/RIKU PARALLEL #AND SORA SAYING SHE REMINDS HIM OF SOMEONE AND THAT SOMEONE IS RIKU