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[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Fun fact! In the original Disney film she never says 'mirror mirror...', she says 'magic mirror...'

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 129 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Another fun fact: in Grimms fairy tales, the original story, she says mirror mirror. Also snow white was 7 when the mirror took a liking to her.

The prince also liked her corpse so much he just wanted to carry it around in it's glass coffin, but didn't want to kiss it. They drop her corpse while carrying it around and make her spit out the poisoned apple, so she revives.

"Wassup?"

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Which is extra creepy when you read Neil Gaiman's (adult) version of Snow White (Snow, Glass, Apples).

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

So many things make sense now that we know he's a sex pervert.

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Wassup

Nothing much, I've had fun with your corpse for a while though so that was nice 😐

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The story that Sleeping Beauty is based on, Sun, Moon, and Talia, contains blatant rape and she's awakened by her twins sucking the poisoned crap out of her finger. The brothers Grimm already changed it to a kiss.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

TFW the Grimm's fairy tales are the sanitized ones.

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

I told the magic mirror a thousand times, I never wanted to meet a girl in person! I just wanted a corpse. You can't disappoint a corpse! I hate you magic mirror!

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 20 points 3 days ago (3 children)

And she says"who's the fairest of them all" not the hottest.

[–] excral@feddit.org 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The original German wording is "Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand: wer ist die schönste Frau in dem ganzen Land?". Literally translated that would be "Mirror, mirror on the wall: who is the most beautiful woman in all the land." I would let "hottest" slide as a more contemporary translation.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

"yo shiny shit, who's the baddest hoe around? aw yeah"

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Being able to rhyme wall(wand) with land sounds nice. "Beautifulist of them all" to perseve the rhyme doesn't sound right so hottest is about the closest you're gonna get. That or prettiest, but I prefer hottest.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

*"Who is the fairest one of all"

🤓☝️

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I always thought it was a combination of both looks and personality. Maybe I was wrong.

While it's been a while since I've seen the original anything, I thought it said the queen was beautiful (and so "fair") visually, but she had a cold heart as she got older and more vain (and so was no longer "fair" in personality).