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TBH we defo needed a long movie so the focus could be on many things. Like this is a major, major thing for the series. The STORYBOOK OF LEGENDS, the book that generations signed and have lived based upon, the book that caused the main conflict of the show. And Raven gives the pages of destiny to people and know they get to choose but also some people who afraid of their destiny must've so scared. Like the villians of some stories and they must be like 'this be nice and all but we aren't as strong to overcome this'. Also i wanna see headmaster grimm lose his ish kinda. Snow and the fairytale kingdoms having a meeting bout this. Apple and Raven were like let's shelf this book and like did the little kids of some fairytales also get their tales from the getgo, that would shape their life a lot. Plus Rae should've been rewarded for saving wonderland twice.
I think the thing with Way to Wonderland was that they tried to fit in a major plot development that just seemed wayy to rushed in the end. The Story Book of Legends is what caused the main overlaying plot in EAH because Raven refused to sign it leading to the whole "Royals vs Rebels" but then in the last like 20 minutes of the movie not only does Raven sign it but she also destroys the book and it just felt so.... underwhelming 🥴
I'm simultaneously mad at the authors of Ever After High for saying there are no fairytales that go against the norm of damsel in distress and prince that saves her because it's possible they might not have done their research OR it could be a world building choice and for that i applaud them.
im reading Semi-Charming Kind of Life for a project im working on and im getting so angry by them saying there are no fairy tales where the princess saves the day or rescues herself or goes on an adventure but there are!!!! My personal favorite fairytale is exactly that, she literally carves a hole in the stone wall of her tower with a goddamn bread knife to escape when she realizes no one is coming to save her. There's so much more to that story but that's the start of it.
But it makes so much sense that a story like that, one where the details aren't simple and expected that someone like Headmaster Grimm would cut it from the lineup of stories told in the modern day. To make everyone believe that there is only one way of doing things and nothing has ever veered from that ever. That's part of his whole goal to begin with, isn't it? so to what extent would he be willing to go to confirm that? We already know he's willing to lie and deceive literally the whole world to fit his narrative, so what else would he do?