Steve- I really enjoyed this one. Especially when you said: "Social and economic structures in the forest are uncertain, time is plastic. So is space. Our location is vague and never actually fixed. We’re just deep in the forest - and this forest is a slightly out-of-focus backdrop to an approximately mediaeval story." There's definitely something about Snow White that struck a strange chord in the time-space continuum. The glass box, the poisonous apple, the woodland creatures, not to mention the sleep-to-kiss arc ... It really made me wonder what exactly about this tale that made the story so popular at the time of its inception. Escapism, maybe. But perhaps the better explanation is, to your point: is that it is not normal at all. And maybe that's the draw. I appreciate this. Hope you're well this week? Cheers, -Thalia
Steve- I really enjoyed this one. Especially when you said: "Social and economic structures in the forest are uncertain, time is plastic. So is space. Our location is vague and never actually fixed. We’re just deep in the forest - and this forest is a slightly out-of-focus backdrop to an approximately mediaeval story." There's definitely something about Snow White that struck a strange chord in the time-space continuum. The glass box, the poisonous apple, the woodland creatures, not to mention the sleep-to-kiss arc ... It really made me wonder what exactly about this tale that made the story so popular at the time of its inception. Escapism, maybe. But perhaps the better explanation is, to your point: is that it is not normal at all. And maybe that's the draw. I appreciate this. Hope you're well this week? Cheers, -Thalia