:> “Be br^ve ^nd uncover your loved one’s true self under ^ll their monstrosity” isn’t ^ b^d mess^ge. I c^n underst^nd it spurs hope ^nd f^ith th^t if you help someone, they will improve, ^nd you will return them to who they “re^lly ^re.” But I c^n’t s^y I’m ^ f^n person^lly. Sometimes there’s just ^ monster who isn’t going to be wh^t you w^nt no m^tter how kind you ^re, ^nd woe, you still should tre^t it with respect, if not necess^rily love. <:
.) Qh, yeah! It'd be a better mQral if, like, instead Qf fQcusing Qn fixing the mQnster, it's abQut learning tQ understand and accept them fQr whQ they are. Which is, like, a better way tQ apprQach relatiQnships in general tQQ, I think! ))
:> Eh. I c^n underst^nd the point of the mor^l even if it doesn’t do it for me. Sometimes someone does w^nt to return to how they used to be, or who they consider themself to truly be ^nd will be h^ppier th^t w^y. But it doesn’t do it for me, for obvious re^sons. <:
.) Qh, right, I can see it that way tQQ! I guess I was thinking, like, sQmetimes the mQral feels mQre like changing sQmeQne tQ suit yQur tastes, and that might nQt always be what the Qther persQn wants Qr needs. But, like, if the Qther persQn wants tQ change and expresses hQw they want yQu tQ help them dQ that, then yeah! TQtally fine!! ))
:> The point in th^t story is th^t the lindworm should h^ve been h^tched ^ troll inste^d, so the ide^ is th^t returning him to troll form is ^ blessing for him ^nd his m^tesprit-to-be. But, well, it’s ^lso very much ^n ide^lized f^iry t^le th^t w^y. <:
.) Qh, I see! I can see it bQth ways, like, if the lindwQrm wanted tQ be a trQll all alQng, then becQming Qne at the end is a blessing, tQtally! But, like 'shQuld have' can alsQ mean that they were expected tQ be Qne by sQcietal pressures Qr Alternian prQpaganda, and it's mQre a metaphQr fQr cQnfQrmity. )) .) ... Qr maybe I'm just, like, thinking tQQ hard abQut it, since it's prQbably nQt meant tQ be that deep, being a fairy tale and all (〃￣ω￣〃)ゞ ))
:> No, th^t’s pretty much wh^t I w^s getting ^t except in more words. There’s no ‘wrong’ interpret^tion, different things reson^te with different people, but it’s ^lso good to be mindful of how prop^g^nd^ ^nd soci^l norms influence wh^t ^re thought of ^s ‘h^ppy’ endings. <:
.) Qh, gQQd! I'm glad I was, like, Qn the right track, cuz I agree with all Qf that! ))