{"id":860,"date":"2018-08-03T01:57:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T01:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayberthiaume.com\/?p=860"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T14:00:41","slug":"damsel-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewriteplacerighttime.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/03\/damsel-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"The Damsel Plus Other Roles and Ideas in the &#8216;Happily Ever After&#8217; Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve read this in a book. You&#8217;ll laugh. It&#8217;s the story of a damsel. You&#8217;ll know exactly this story as soon as I start simply by the way this story begins.<\/p>\n<h2>Once upon a time &#8230;<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-867\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/thewriteplacerighttime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/book-2929646_640-1-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"Damsel in a storybook\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There she goes &#8230; off into a strange land to hide from her horrible mother figure. Good luck! You haven&#8217;t got a thing on you to help! Not to worry. The animals will be along shortly to provide food and shelter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; in a land [insert some adjective that indicates <i>far<\/i>, followed by one that suggests <i>foreign<\/i> and a third that insinuates <i>strange<\/i>], there lived a [insert a synonym for <i>desperate<\/i>] damsel by the name of [fill in the blank: suggestions for names that are liken to weather; end in <i>uh <\/i>or <i>el<\/i>; or that objectifies the female protagonist such as <i>beauty<\/i>.]<\/p>\n<h4>(You get an A+ for effort if you caught on to each of those references. Check your answers below.)<\/h4>\n<p>[Blank] damsel was kept [insert synonyms for <i>enslaved<\/i>, <i>caged<\/i>, <i>captive<\/i>] by a [insert adjectives like <i>evil<\/i> or <i>horrific<\/i>] mothering figure. Her father was dead. (You can replace &#8216;dead&#8217; with <i>absent<\/i>, <i>neglectful<\/i>, or <i>gone to war<\/i>.)<\/p>\n<p>[Blank] damsel, with the help of trusty friends such as [fill in the blank: suggestions for friends can include woodland creatures, fairies, dwarfs, or godmothers] manages to [insert verb like <i>overcome<\/i>, <i>flee<\/i>, <i>escape<\/i>] the grasp of her wicked mothering figure and go into blissful hiding.<\/p>\n<h3>There the damsel [insert verb such as <i>longs for<\/i>, <i>awaits<\/i>, <i>dreams of<\/i>] her true and everlasting love &#8211; a complete and total stranger who is [insert an adjective for <i>rich<\/i>, one for <i>wealthy<\/i>, and another for<i> superficial<\/i>.] But also maybe a little dumb.<\/h3>\n<p>And she hopes he will save her from her blissful hiding from her deranged mother figure who is [circle the option you like best: stalking her, attempting to kill her, trying to rob her of her beauty and youth.]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-869\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/thewriteplacerighttime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/princess-983164_640-1-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Damsel's evil step mom\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This evil motherly figure has her hand on her hip and everything. She means business. And if looks could kill this would be a far easier approach to poisoned apples or turning oneself into a fire-breathing dragon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not only does the damsel wait [insert synonym for <i>helplessly <\/i>and one for <i>quietly<\/i>], she fills her time with only [fill in the blank, suggestions: domestic responsibilities, singing and dancing, taking long walks in the woods, or experiencing delusions such as that she can converse with animals].<\/p>\n<p>After a typical succession of three major attempts for the obsessive mother figure to recapture [Blank] damsel, said mother-figure usually [insert verb: dies, dies, dies].&nbsp; Usually this death is at the hand of [insert the trusty friends from above] and\/or the Prince himself.<\/p>\n<h3>The entire tale [insert verb like <i>finishes, culminates<\/i> or <i>closes<\/i>] with the damsel [insert synonym for <em>unconscious<\/em> or <em>asleep<\/em>] awakened by loves truest kiss and they all live happily ever after.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sorry I didn&#8217;t ask you to choose your own adverb, there&#8217;s only one ever used in this tale.<\/p>\n<p>Did you catch all of that?<\/p>\n<p>See, I told you, you would laugh. And I told you, you would know exactly the story I was telling. I bet now that I deconstructed a majority of the fairy tales you grew up with, and allowed you to play along Madlib-style, you&#8217;re realizing how seriously fucked up these tales are. (As well as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/10\/fashion\/weddings\/20-year-marriage-wedding-anniversary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unrealistic<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Essentially they say:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>mothers are evil, jealous, crazy people and<\/li>\n<li>fathers are absent pricks;<\/li>\n<li>be beautiful but not brilliant;<\/li>\n<li>sit still and be silent, help is on its way;<\/li>\n<li>your perfect partner is someone who saves you and has a lot of money and is ridiculously good looking.\n<figure id=\"attachment_870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-870\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/thewriteplacerighttime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/vintage-1653150_640-1-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Damsel's hero\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hello, handsome. Do you honestly think you&#8217;re going to beat that fire-breathing dragon with your bare hands and red tights? That owl has a better chance.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>And, the most important of all lessons: happily ever after is a damsel<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3>not having parents,<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>living in isolation<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>only having animal-friends and<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>not having a sense of self-worth or gumption, but<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>IS<\/b> winning the heart of a fine looking fellow with a shit load of money.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And yes, it&#8217;s always a man and the damsel is always a girl. Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?ei=NahjW9KcH4ee5gKygZ6gBw&amp;q=define+heteronormativity&amp;oq=DEFine+heterno&amp;gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0i10l4.1780.4311..6007...0.0...113.1049.11j2......0....1..gws-wiz.......0j0i67j0i131j35i39.J30T1StRS00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heteronormativity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No fucking wonder the divorce rate is 50% and we are all a bunch of miserable assholes. I mean what the hell are we teaching anyone about anything. Most importantly what are we teaching about love? I mean, love is pretty important. What are we teaching people, especially children, about love?<\/p>\n<h4><strong>(Fill in your own blank to this hypothetical question.)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The good news, I guess, is that most of the examples I was thinking of in writing this are old folklore and certainly a depiction of gender&nbsp; roles (and &#8220;normative&#8221; sexual orientations) of the time they were first circulating. Hence my repeated use of the word &#8216;damsel&#8217; which clearly demarcates the time period. And that time period is not now.<\/p>\n<p>(Side note: I also used damsel repeatedly because I picked &#8216;damsel&#8217; as my SEO keyword. Some of you geeky folks reading this totally understand what I&#8217;m talking about.)<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of better love stories now gracing the cinemas and being thrust in front of viewers who also happen to be children. Thank God for movies like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2294629\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frozen<\/a> which was about love between sisters and the romantic story line took a back seat.&nbsp; I mean the parents still died, but at least they died trying to protect their children not because they were sickos or poisoned or off to battle.<\/p>\n<p>But the animated tales turned out by Disney and Dreamworks and any other network aren&#8217;t the only part of the problem. Many other movies with live actors and romantic story lines have some part of this ridiculous and wrongful ideology weaved throughout the them.<\/p>\n<h3>You know the types:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>good girl changes bad boy;<\/li>\n<li>bad boy chooses good girl to win a bet but falls for her- either way her virginity is taken;<\/li>\n<li>good girl changes for bad boy because he won&#8217;t change, so she must (obviously);<\/li>\n<li>good girl is victim to abuse or poverty or illness or single parenting and boy swoops in to rescue;<\/li>\n<li>Etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We like them because they entertain and fill us with hope. We overlook what is clearly wrong with them because we are enamored with the love-at-first-sight, soulmate, and\/or rescuing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.good.is\/articles\/how-to-ditch-happily-ever-after-and-build-your-own-romantic-narrative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">narratives.<\/a> But what is hope if it&#8217;s presenting unrealistic expectations to begin with? It&#8217;s&nbsp; an empty and dirty magic trick. These tales are not set up for us to have &#8216;happily ever after&#8217; in real life.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-866\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/thewriteplacerighttime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/architecture-3095716_640-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Damsels living in castles\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I can&#8217;t believe that I forgot to mention that the damsel will eventually get swept away to live in a castle. Because castles are in abundant supply and very affordable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So, I guess really instead of the story ending with &#8220;and they all lived happily ever after&#8221; it should be:<\/p>\n\n<p>Someday, you&#8217;ll read at the end of a real book something like that or something shorter and sweet like this:<\/p>\n<h3><i>&#8216;Once upon a time&#8217; and &#8216;happily ever after&#8217; is a bunch of bullshit.<\/i><\/h3>\n<h4>That book will probably be mine.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>-Snow<\/p>\n<p>-Cinderella<\/p>\n<p>-Rapunzel<\/p>\n<p>-Sleeping Beauty (or just Beauty\/Belle)<\/p>\n<h5><i>In case you&#8217;re interested, this post came from a prompt that began &#8220;<\/i><i>I read this in a book.&#8221;<\/i><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"The Damsel Plus Other Roles and Ideas in the &#8216;Happily Ever After&#8217; Narrative\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thewriteplacerighttime.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/03\/damsel-narrative\/\" aria-label=\"More on The Damsel Plus Other Roles and Ideas in the &#8216;Happily Ever After&#8217; 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