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get in kids we are gay live tweeting the best non-musical cinderella adaptation of all time, EVER AFTER
a few notes before we begin:
- I haven’t seen this movie in YEARS so it’s gonna be a surprise!
- this came out when I was 11 and it was FORMATIVE
- it’s streaming on Disney+ if you want to follow along
- I haven’t seen this movie in YEARS so it’s gonna be a surprise!
- this came out when I was 11 and it was FORMATIVE
- it’s streaming on Disney+ if you want to follow along
i have always loved that this begins as a heavy-handed frame story with the brothers grimm being called to visit the grand dame, who corrects the narrative — the idea of a woman being the keeper of the memory of the now fictional tale, correcting the men who have commodified it
ANJELICA HUSTON, the perfect wicked stepmother
some femmes grew up falling asleep by the fire reading their favorite book and knew it was okay because cinderella did, too
so, henry is a rich sheltered fuckboi who routinely runs away from the palace because he feels oppressed by privilege, sure sure sure
a real line spoken by cinderella in 1997, can you believe
as if we did not already know that gustave was Gay Best Friend
the chaotic butch energy in this scene
sidebar: love how leonardo da vinci functions as both queer elder & fairy godmother, just
*chefs kiss*
*chefs kiss*
at the gay bar when you're like oh shit they're hot AND smart
at the gay bar after an hour of flirting when you're like oh shit
interrogating your friends about every flirt, DM, and text
one thing i appreciate about this movie is that they treat the stepmother's emotional abuse of jacqueline over her weight for the horrific abuse that it is
henry: a soft tender little romantic butch baby, probably a pisces
leonardo da vinci, resident queer elder & fairy godmother: a realist, actually legit an aries
leonardo da vinci, resident queer elder & fairy godmother: a realist, actually legit an aries
LIBRARY DATE, clutch move
leaving the library date in tears: check
the fact that the stepmother is selling off items from the manor and taking the "missing" things out of the servants' pay is criminal and disgusting
ICONIC
one of the least successful breakup scenes
WHO'S READY FOR THE MASQUERADE REVIVAL OF 2021
LISTEN TO YOUR QUEER ELDERS & FAIRY GODMOTHERS
honestly i still cannot watch that reveal scene all the way through it's too hard, i just want to wrap danielle in a big hug and tell her it's going to be okay
THE PUBLIC REJECTION
THE STUBBORN REFUSAL
MY EMOTIONS
THE STUBBORN REFUSAL
MY EMOTIONS
one of the most excruciating exchanges in any fairy tale adaptation
cut to henry's wedding, where the spanish princess he is betrothed to is having A TIME
honestly, could not have gone better
THIS is my cinderella
we love a heroine who's already rescued herself, but not mad about a cherry on top
the villains getting their just comeuppance is so delicious and i have always found it delicious that jacqueline gets a part in it
CHOSEN FAMILY ENDING 
"And while Cinderella and her prince did, in fact, live happily ever after, the point, gentlemen, is that they lived."
*sob*
*sob*
p.s. there is a whole commentary on the function of religion as upper class political/social performance in EVER AFTER (see: the stepmother's cross necklace, "was the prince at church") cf. w/the fact that servants cannot attend, the prince ducks out to hit up monasteries, etc.
