Board Thread:Fanon Discussion/@comment-4598697-20160208031138/@comment-27075534-20160209071035

I'm gonna hesistate to call Sun and Moon and Talia the original Sleeping Beauty. That was preceeded by an even earlier account in the Spain/Catalonia with POC characters, and I definitely remember Tatar mentioned the marital affair and the events surrounding the illegitimate children in SMT were additions  reflective of current concerns with adultery and the state.

Fairytales change with the times, but they always remain inherent social commentaries. The point I was trying to make with SMT was that as a writer you have to know what to pick and what to change - in order for it to have the most impact for our times. Flat out ignoring its porblematic elements perpetuates the problem. (i.e. it's not that girls don't want to sit in towers, it's that nobody mentions how by being unable to move they therefore become objectified into stationary treasures to be collected, etc.)