The Deadly Sins of Fairytales

Today, I realized how bad of an influence fairytales had on little children, while I was writing a Gakuen Alice fanfic about the sins of fairytales. I must say so myself, I’m feeling very accomplished about how stupid the point I’m trying to get across to the audience. If I was to have a debate on it right now, this is what I would most likely be saying and then be looked down upon because of my stupidity. (Can’t you feel the waves joy I’m expressing because of being belittled for having a stupid argument?)

“Have you ever noticed how every fairytale starts off with the exact same words; the exact same beginning as a different story? Why does it always have to be ‘once upon a time’? Then it ends the same way with the exact same phrase: Happily ever after? What are these authors trying to teach their younger audience about life? I’m no critique, but honestly those authors truly disappoint me.

Oh yes, Ruka Nogi does get disappointed at the small little facts in life that irks him. It’s hard to believe to some of you I guess… I mean I’m used to hearing a lot of adjectives that describe me about how even-tempered I am or sweet or how I’m not hard to please. Nothing much is thrown at me that’s negative or me acting in a negative way. So maybe being disappointed is a shock to some of you.

Returning to the topic above, the underlying message and usage of those phrases really don’t send a good message. They are telling little children to stick to being a square and not try for anything too original or freshly new. In life, you’re trying to stick out in attempts to attract attention and to get somewhere in life. Okay, if you were an employer, whom would you rather hire out of a bunch of people having average grades during college and a handful of straight A college students?

If earning a C is the average grade someone can receive, then the fairytales are basically saying to stick to being ‘average’ and try not to stick out. It’s like you go to class and the teacher asks you why you scored a C on your latest math quiz. You just shrug and reply, ‘Well, fairytales are fundamentally all the same. So if C is the average grade that people get, then I’m doing have fairytales are telling me to do and that’s to stay in the average crowd and not striving for my best.’

What kind of sick advertising is that? I thought every child were expected to strive to be the best person they can be, not attempting to be average and fitting in. If the fairytales are telling us to be like everyone else, isn’t that going to lead to the population acting like a herd of sheep? Sheep always follow the leader, no consequences. That brings us to the all so famous quote of our dear parents: If your friends jumped off of a bridge, would you?

The message is essentially: Hey! If everyone else is doing marijuana and drinking vodka, you should too!

Aren’t the stories just dandy messages to send to your kids? I blame fairytales for the underage sex, underage drinking alcohol, and etc.”

Do you see how dreadfully boring my life is? I’m mocking stories that date back to even before my parents were born… And that’s saying a lot. Just playing.

This ends my boring life.

Love & Luck,
ST Brooklyns