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okay so I asked fuckyeahfairytales why they have problems with snow white in armor and this is what they said:

There are several fairy tales where the heroines sort their problems by being resourceful and witty, on their own. There are others, like Snow White, that they rely on men to solve their predicaments. There is nothing wrong with either. They both resonate with children and adults for different reasons and both have their points.

I wouldn’t have a problem with Snow White fighting back her stepmother, at all. But when you put a character like that, that is traditionally helpless, in armor, you are saying that she has to resort to masculine features to solve her problems, like war and brute force. She either is helpless or she has to become masculine - there is no middle ground at all. And there should be.

I think it’s too much of a stretch for a character like Snow White. Once I took a psychology class where the instructor explained how Snow White was a story that showed metaphorically the maturing of a girl into womanhood. If you change that and put so many masculine features into such a feminine character, what are you telling young girls? That there is no place to be a woman and find your space in the world — in order to do that, you have to be more like a man. 

Finally, I think the scriptwriters did that just because it supposedly “worked” in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, and they’re aiming for the same audience, and also trying to reach Twilight fans at the same time. It seems to be laziness more than anything else. But it does bother me.

I’m willing to watch the film and see how that develops. Maybe I’m wrong and the plot will work out somehow. But every time I see Kristen Stewart in armor, it just gives me the shivers. 

I

do not know how I feel

someone help

(paging harlan and isabel)

lmao nevermind the actual content, this argument is SO BADLY CONSTRUCTED. lemme break this down?

“There are several fairy tales where the heroines sort their problems by being resourceful and witty, on their own. There are others, like Snow White, that they rely on men to solve their predicaments. There is nothing wrong with either. They both resonate with children and adults for different reasons and both have their points.”

so to summarize: its ok for women to be witty and fulfill traditionally feminine roles, or its okay for women to be passive and fulfill traditionally feminine roles (in letting men solve their problems)

but then this psn goes on to say “I think it’s too much of a stretch for a character like Snow White. Once I took a psychology class where the instructor explained how Snow White was a story that showed metaphorically the maturing of a girl into womanhood. If you change that and put so many masculine features into such a feminine character, what are you telling young girls?”

ok so: first of all, there are lots of different ways to mature into womanhood! second of all, no one gives a fuck about your ~psychology class~ that gave you such unique insight into fairy tales — almost all fairy tales with female protagonists are about their maturation into womanhood! third of all, BEING A FIGHTER, BEING ASSERTIVE, AND BEING A WARRIOR: THOSE ARE NOT MASCULINE TRAITS. they’re traits traditionally coded as masculine! most characters with those traits are male! and because of that, young boys get constant reassurance that it’s okay to be aggressive and assertive and fight to protect yourself - but girls? girls see that they should be clever and cunning, or that they should wait and let the boys figure it out.

there is nothing wrong with a girl’s maturity - her personal arc, her way of handling her problems - being direct and violent. it’s cool when ladies fit into and subvert traditional feminine molds - ask me or chloe about little red riding hood sometime. that’s a fairytale that would be injured by handing red a gun - precisely BECAUSE it’s so contingent on her cleverness. THAT’S HER STRENGTH! but in fairy tales where the heroine’s supposed strength is passivity? i see ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with overhauling the original story and giving the princess a sword. 

lastly, it’s not like a sword and armor are going to AUTOMATICALLY SOLVE ALL OF HER PROBLEMS! the queen always has magic, and wiles, and skills of her own - all this is doing is evening the playing field :)

harlan i love you