Themes like abandonment, being a highly talented outsider and therefor being used and abused as well as the star-crossed lovers trope are interwoven in this heart-breaking story.
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This is the
second and (probably) last part or my essay “The Force Awakens and Fairytales”.
This time I wanted to describe the Norwegian folktale about Prince Lindworm
(which can you read HERE) which, in my opinion, is the most accurate summary of
Kylo/Ben & Rey relationship. First, I will discuss a theoretical framework
and concepts that I will need to conduct proper analysis of the parallels between
TFA and “Prince Lindworm”. But don’t get discouraged! Throughout this essay I will
continuously get back to the movie.
Wonderful meta about this very romantic folktale and the characters and themes of the sequel trilogy. Next to this all the Beauty and the Beast comparisons seem almost shallow.
Reylo vibe recommendation by @shutup-fuzzball who describes it like this: “…its obviously a Beauty and the Beast story but The princess doesn’t just sit and look pretty, she’s an active character like Rey and goes out to find Hans and make things right again between them. I love how Hans is the gentle beast; the scars from his youth much like Kylo/Bens experiences have made him who he is later, into an imposing and even frightening figure until the princess opens up to him and they connect.”
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I highly recommend this surprisingly sexy puppet enhanced story. To me there are also Prince Lindworm and East of the Sun, West of the Moon vibes.
It also reminded me of an interesting BatB version from a french fairy tale collection I read very long ago but still can remember. In this version the Beauty marries the literal devil. In their wedding night the devil asks Beauty if he should turn into an animal. Among two or three other suggestions he also proposes to turn into a hedgehog (!). Beauty declines all his offers and rather has him as a his devilish self. 🙄 The devil turns out to be a totally fine and considerate husband btw which is the reason Beauty’s sisters become jealous and start plotting against her. To my never-ending teenage frustration the sisters succeed and Beauty loses her devil husband.
ANYWAY, is there an ancient hedgehog symbolism I don’t know about?
Or does somebody by any chance know this version of the fairy tale? I’d absolutely love to read it again.
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THE NUTCRACKER (USSR 1977)
Animation movie with Tchaikovsky’s wonderful music instead of dialogue.
Reylo vibe recommendation by @ewa-jednak-chce-spac who points out that in this version the nutcracker is a prince who was cursed as a child and Klara is a poor servant girl.
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Dominic Alistair, Marquis of Vidal is a bad lot a rake and seducer, reckless, heedless, and possessed of a murderous temper. He is known by friend and foe alike as the “Devil’s Cub.” Yet as the handsome and wealthy heir to a Dukedom, he is considered a good prospect on the marriage market. Vidal currently has his eye on the young, lovely, and unintelligent Sophia Challoner, and Sophia’s greedy mother is more than happy to encourage his dubious attentions.
When lovely, saucy Mary Challoner had practiced her bold deception upon the hot-blooded, fiery-tempered young Marquis of Vidal–substituting herself for her young sister he had thought to carry off to France–she had little notion he would grimly hold her to her part of the bargain. Now he had left her, and she was alone, a stranger in a strange land, prey to the intrigues of glittering, heartless, 18th century Paris.
Only one person could rescue her–the Marquis himself. But how could she ever trust this man? How could she even hope to overcome the contempt in which he held her? And how could even the sudden flowering of her love ever bridge the terrible gap between them?
Emotionally unstable aristocrat abducts a strong willed, no-nonsense heroine….sounds familiar?
Probably my favourite from Georgette Heyer. Second in a series of three books. It’s not necessary to read the first one to understand the plot although I highly recommend it.
Monsters and Villains 