Twisted Tales

I recently stumbled across a webpage showing images of fairy tale princesses in dark and twisted poses and expressions. This concept interested me, the changing of the normally pretty innocent into something dark and devious. I think this relates alot to the story of Bluebeard which we are working on currently. I think a lot of Bluebeard is not about what one can see on the outside but what is on the inside of someones soul. Which as I have mentioned before in discussions about the tale is something many people don't want to see. Most people just want the happy perky persona not the devious murderous personality beneath it, or the coniving and disobediant one in the case of the wife. Therefore, I find the concept that maybe there is a second layer to our traditional princesses an interesting one. Maybe their perfect personas are just a cover up for some deep and dark secrets just like those of Bluebeard and his wife. Maybe the princesses have dark thoughts too just like Bluebeard and his room full of dead bodies. Do even the picture perfect princesses like Cinderella have skeletons in their closet? Maybe Bluebeard is not an outrageous and brutal tale but in fact the only really honest tale where no one is cast in perfection and everyone lets their true colors show.

URL for all images: http://www.gunaxin.com/twisted-disney-princesses/16011