Cinderella (a bit of a rant)

[Sinabelle]

I keep seeing people make this claim that Disney ruined the "original" Grimm's version of Cinderella by making it too nice. This bothers me because:

1. The Grimm's version isn't even the original. Charles Perrault wrote a version that predates theirs, published in 1697. The Grimm's fairy tales weren't published until 1812.

2. Disney's Cinderella is based on the Perrault tale. If you don't believe me, perhaps wikipedia can convince you, or you can read the tale yourself. The Perrault version is very child-friendly to start with. It includes a fairy godmother who gives Cinderella a dress and transforms a pumpkin into a coach and mice into horses. It does not include anyone mutilating their feet to fit in the shoe.

Disney didn't alter the tale to make it nice, and I'm sick of hearing people say so. The original version was that way to start with.

Rant over.

Possibilities for discussion: Cinderella, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Disney, various versions of fairy tales.

[pearness]

i love you.

i do however prefer the Grimm's version.

[FrostedFairyDust]

Rumpelstiltskin: I want your firstborn child.
Me: Deal. But you'll have to make it first. wink

[Fireweed_honey]

Actually, the Perrault version wasn't even the original. There was one before that with a magical tree and no fairy godmother. I believe that one is the version with the stepsisters cutting off parts of their feet and getting their eyes pecked out.

[Poisonivyism]

The Cinderella story has been around for so long that I doubt you could really peg which is the original story.

Perrault's stories do pre-date the entire Grimm library, and I generally prefer his versions.

[Deandriea]

Fireweed_honey

Actually, the Perrault version wasn't even the original. There was one before that with a magical tree and no fairy godmother. I believe that one is the version with the stepsisters cutting off parts of their feet and getting their eyes pecked out.

The heroines mother was buried underneath it, IIRC, and she watered it with her tears.

[Fireweed_honey]

Deandriea

Fireweed_honey

Actually, the Perrault version wasn't even the original. There was one before that with a magical tree and no fairy godmother. I believe that one is the version with the stepsisters cutting off parts of their feet and getting their eyes pecked out.

The heroines mother was buried underneath it, IIRC, and she watered it with her tears.

Yeah! That's the version that came before Perrault.

[Jakes Forever]

xp YEEEEEE fairys! heart

[Jakes Forever]

Sinabelle

I keep seeing people make this claim that Disney ruined the "original" Grimm's version of Cinderella by making it too nice. This bothers me because:

1. The Grimm's version isn't even the original. Charles Perrault wrote a version that predates theirs, published in 1697. The Grimm's fairy tales weren't published until 1812.

2. Disney's Cinderella is based on the Perrault tale. If you don't believe me, perhaps wikipedia can convince you, or you can read the tale yourself. The Perrault version is very child-friendly to start with. It includes a fairy godmother who gives Cinderella a dress and transforms a pumpkin into a coach and mice into horses. It does not include anyone mutilating their feet to fit in the shoe.

Disney didn't alter the tale to make it nice, and I'm sick of hearing people say so. The original version was that way to start with.

Rant over.

Possibilities for discussion: Cinderella, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Disney, various versions of fairy tales.

[Jakes Forever]

blaugh blaugh blaugh blaugh blaugh blaugh blaugh fairy are so cool.

[Jakes Forever]

heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart heart i thought cinderela was a ugly whor o_o

[Deandriea]

Fireweed_honey

Deandriea

Fireweed_honey

Actually, the Perrault version wasn't even the original. There was one before that with a magical tree and no fairy godmother. I believe that one is the version with the stepsisters cutting off parts of their feet and getting their eyes pecked out.

The heroines mother was buried underneath it, IIRC, and she watered it with her tears.

Yeah! That's the version that came before Perrault.

Yeah, no fairy godmother, just her mothers spirit that gave her the gifts.

[x-Fck it Yolo]

Cinderellaaa(:

[fairy-phoenix]

Fireweed_honey

Actually, the Perrault version wasn't even the original. There was one before that with a magical tree and no fairy godmother. I believe that one is the version with the stepsisters cutting off parts of their feet and getting their eyes pecked out.

That's my favorite version of Cinderella... I hope that they make a movie about that version one day.