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#ruined by kings and now ruiner of kings #honestly do you know how much potential this film would have had as a real examination of queenship/femininity in a patriarchal world? #the answer is a lot #it could have been utterly breathtaking and amazing and ridiculously on point #if they had used beauty as a repeated motif - because yes yes ravenna is right #because queens are figureheads who rarely get to rule; because women are judged on what they look like #and so in a world like that - to take power; to take true power #you have to use your weakness and fashion it into your strength #so yes yes beauty is power #cosmetics and physical appearance as an extension of the will #’as strong as an arm’ #and beauty is how ravenna conquers but faith is how snow conquers #it could have been amazing as an examination of the two different forms of queenship #ravenna who uses her very self as a weapon against the world and snow #who had been forged by the world and comes back in armour with no pretensions to feminine beauty or tradition #to take the throne #two methods of conquest and both succeed. and in time the throne will rest as heavily on snow as it did on ravenna #jesus christ you deserved a better script

People are saying SWATH was terrible but it wasn’t that bad. It was okay. But I’m mostly fascinated by gender roles (i know, i’m lame) and Ravenna and Snow White, separately, and their relationship (not as in slash, well maybe a little slash) in regards of what they mean to each other (“I’m everything you’re not!”, or does she say “you’re everything I’m not!). the fact that they’re both female is what really drives the movie; especially, because people never make films in a fantasy world with a female protagonist. (or one that focuses on HER [plus her power struggle with the queen] and not romance. And that’s what has Ravenna so upset because of the way she was perceived based of the fact that she is female. (kristen stewart should’ve spoken more tho because english accent.)

I mean, there could’ve been more STUFF. But it was okay and now I need fic to help with the lack of STUFF.

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