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witch steals the Mermaid princess voice for a pair of legs, ironically the prince marries a songstress. Mermaid princess dies mournfully which enchants the prince. Cinderella hears of the prince's ritual and pities him, the
witch offers her the opportunity to console him (which granted, she does). the prince marries Cinderella, is kept captive and abused by the prince, and the
witch accompanies now princess Cinderella as a magic mirror. she asks the mirror everyday if someone is more beautiful than herself, but upon learning that Snow white was more captivating than her, Cinderella disguised herself and poisoned Snow white in an act to 'preserve' her. the prince brings the unconscious Snow white back home after disposing of his previous princess in a last hurrah, and vocally wishes that she would wake up at any cost. the
witch grants this by taking the prince's ability to see and hear.
honestly, if the magic mirror brought the castle to ruination by covering it in thorns (Sleeping beauty) or turning the servants into household objects (Beauty & the Beast)- this story could have kept going. thinking on it... a lot of the classics have some shape/form of a witch.
- I pity the guard following his orders, he seems uncomfortable following the prince.
- I wonder why snow white has a crown on her head, and aside from the dwarves from the first page- they don't show up. I know that this story is barely cohesive as it is, but the dwarves could have propped up a delusional girl to believe that she was fair royalty to marry her off for the wealth that the dwarves have.
- Fun Fact about the red iron shoes, there's precedent of such a horrid crime in real life. granted it was an red hot iron mask but I don't think that bit was a nod to that. if I can recall, there's another folktale that is actually about dancing red shoes(?)