The Original Version Of Every Fairy Tale Is Way, Way Darker Than You Think

Sleeping Beauty

fairy tales are dark
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In the oldest known versions of Sleeping Beauty no dashing prince comes along to wake up Princess Napsalot with a kiss. Instead a traveling king finds her sleeping body, rapes and impregnates her and then carries on his merry way. Kings will be kings, amiright? Princess Snoozebutton only wakes up when one of the twins she birthed IN HER SLEEP sucks a magical siesta inducing splinter out of her finger.

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