The original story of the little mermaid is that she must kill the prince in order to be human, and in the end, she loves him too much and kills herself instead.
The artwork is too great not to reblog.
Ok, ok - important expansion: she only has to kill the Prince because the deal was if he fell in love with her she could be human forever, and he didn’t. By which I mean, he was a good person and genuinely nice to her, but he didn’t fall in love. He fell in love with someone else, also perfectly nice - not the seawitch in disguise, fu Disney. The Mermaid is told she can only return to the sea now if she kills the Prince. She goes into the room where he and his lover lie sleeping and they look so beautiful and happy together that she can’t do it.
That’s why she kills herself. And because it was a noble act she returns to sea as foam.
One moral of the story was that women shouldn’t fundamentally change who they are for love of a man, and in theory Han Christian Anderson wrote it for a ballerina with whom he fell in love. She was marrying someone else who wouldn’t let her dance.
(Source: xxdardarxx, via dreamsflyfree)
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khalheyokha:
Khal’s Maleficent’s Revenge Curse - for when you’ve been seriously insulted and it’s time for payback.
A forest of thorns shall be his tomb! Borne through the skies on a fog of doom! Now go with the curse, and serve me well! ‘Round Stefan’s Castle, cast my spell.
Shit You’ll Need:
a taper candle with your target’s name written on/carved into it
a box of pins. (one of each wrong you want avenged)
feathers
Step One: Carve your target’s name into your candle.
Step Two: Stick one pin through the candle for every wrong you want to right, reflecting on each one as you push the pins into the wax. Light the candle.
Step Three: Hold the feathers in your hand and focus your energy through them and into the room. As you do, visualize a bird or feathered creature of your creation next to you or on your shoulder. (If you prefer not to work with birds, you can use something else. If you have an animal companion already, you may want to use them instead.)
Step Four: Say:
Winged Servant of my creation and in my control,carry my curse to [TARGET’S NAME].
For every pin I’ve pressed in wax,bring them guilt and pain.Let them know the pain I felt,by making them feel it too.
An eye for an eye.A tear for a tear.From me to them.Never to return.
Step Five: Let the candle burn down completely, so that all of the pins have fallen out of the candle. (Don’t touch them, though, because they’re fucking hot.)
Step Six: Keep the feathers in a safe place until your curse is complete. When the work is done, release the feathers to the wind or burn them, saying, “Your work is complete, servant. You are free.”
Emma just makes it so easy to love her](http://24.media.tumblr.com/cb02609d21170895bbb440b716ae6827/tumblr_ml84k6Uifp1r95us6o1_1280.jpg)
