[ oh boy. well, he did ask, so he guesses this is just how this will go now. ]
I've never actually seen one before, so I'll have to take your word for it. I'm not too familiar with the story either. I think there was, like, a movie that was supposed to be based off of it but that's probably not right.
but he really got her on one of the few subjects she won't be indifferent or cold about. the contrast between swan lake and fight club is so funny. she is happy to tell this story. ]
Odette was a girl who was turned into a swan by a spell, and she could only turn back into a human at night by a certain lake. As a swan, she's hunted by a prince, but he chases her until he sees her transform back into a human. Enamored by her beauty, he asks how to break the spell.
For the curse to be broken, someone must swear undying love to her. Of course, the sorcerer who cursed her finds out and intervenes. When the prince holds a ball, the sorcerer makes his daughter look like Odette, and the prince is fooled by it.
He confesses his love to the wrong girl, and Odette witnesses it. Betrayed, intentional or not, she dies because of it.
[ i'm saying he has definitely heard of the swan princess because that's the only reason he'd recognize the name odette. anyway it's like. sort of cute? to watch her be excited to tell this story.
which is funny because this story is extremely not cute, but he keeps an elbow on an armrest and props his head up to listen to her explain. ]
...sort of feels like the whole thing could've been avoided if the prince actually talked to her more instead of just thinking about what she looked like, but maybe that's just me. [ that is a betrayal though, wow. ]
Why are there multiple stories about girls dying because some dude falls in love with the wrong girl? [ not the point. ] But it sounds kind of sad. Like...she was cursed for no reason and had to adjust to life with this curse and she was doing that just fine until someone came along and started doing stuff to terrorize her. And then decided to only help her when he saw something he wanted and she's still the one who paid the price when it wasn't even her idea.
Oh, Jonas, there's hope for you yet. It's not just you. I don't care for the prince in this story.
[ his takeaways are pretty on point. sometimes, a modern teenage boy can be good. is it love, if the person only hones in on appearances? beauty is important, but it's what beauty is to someone that makes a distinction. ]
He chose to die with her in the end, but it was his fault in the first place.
[ .... ]
If you think about what love could do for her, it's something that can apply to many.
[ there's a slight huff at that. sometimes a modern teenage boy has opinions on these things that just so happen to line up. ]
Doesn't sound like there's much likable about the guy, so I can't blame you. I'm sure it's supposed to be, like, noble or romantic that he chose to die with her but when you think about the part where she could have lived if he hadn't been involved...it was more inevitable. [ perhaps the prince should have died, period.
but he's quiet, watching the shadow audience fill into the theater as he mulls over that. ]
Love, if it was actually real, probably could've set her free. It could have been something to give her a better life and a better chance of doing something else. And instead, somebody else's idea of love took away everything. She really didn't even get a choice. I wouldn't say you're wrong about that though. It's something that can apply to...a lot of people.
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I've never actually seen one before, so I'll have to take your word for it. I'm not too familiar with the story either. I think there was, like, a movie that was supposed to be based off of it but that's probably not right.
[ so. he tilts his head. ]
What's Odette's story?
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[ makes jonas suffer the swan princess (no).
but he really got her on one of the few subjects she won't be indifferent or cold about. the contrast between swan lake and fight club is so funny. she is happy to tell this story. ]
Odette was a girl who was turned into a swan by a spell, and she could only turn back into a human at night by a certain lake. As a swan, she's hunted by a prince, but he chases her until he sees her transform back into a human. Enamored by her beauty, he asks how to break the spell.
For the curse to be broken, someone must swear undying love to her. Of course, the sorcerer who cursed her finds out and intervenes. When the prince holds a ball, the sorcerer makes his daughter look like Odette, and the prince is fooled by it.
He confesses his love to the wrong girl, and Odette witnesses it. Betrayed, intentional or not, she dies because of it.
[ yaaaaay. ]
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which is funny because this story is extremely not cute, but he keeps an elbow on an armrest and props his head up to listen to her explain. ]
...sort of feels like the whole thing could've been avoided if the prince actually talked to her more instead of just thinking about what she looked like, but maybe that's just me. [ that is a betrayal though, wow. ]
Why are there multiple stories about girls dying because some dude falls in love with the wrong girl? [ not the point. ] But it sounds kind of sad. Like...she was cursed for no reason and had to adjust to life with this curse and she was doing that just fine until someone came along and started doing stuff to terrorize her. And then decided to only help her when he saw something he wanted and she's still the one who paid the price when it wasn't even her idea.
[ ... ]
You said it resonates with you though?
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Oh, Jonas, there's hope for you yet. It's not just you. I don't care for the prince in this story.
[ his takeaways are pretty on point. sometimes, a modern teenage boy can be good. is it love, if the person only hones in on appearances? beauty is important, but it's what beauty is to someone that makes a distinction. ]
He chose to die with her in the end, but it was his fault in the first place.
[ .... ]
If you think about what love could do for her, it's something that can apply to many.
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Doesn't sound like there's much likable about the guy, so I can't blame you. I'm sure it's supposed to be, like, noble or romantic that he chose to die with her but when you think about the part where she could have lived if he hadn't been involved...it was more inevitable. [ perhaps the prince should have died, period.
but he's quiet, watching the shadow audience fill into the theater as he mulls over that. ]
Love, if it was actually real, probably could've set her free. It could have been something to give her a better life and a better chance of doing something else. And instead, somebody else's idea of love took away everything. She really didn't even get a choice. I wouldn't say you're wrong about that though. It's something that can apply to...a lot of people.