ani quinter: .........STORY TIME!!!! OK, so this story has been around since the age of time, sorta, this is my version of it, it is not a rip off of someone elses idea. That is my disclaimer, don't sue, I have no money anyway, or else I would professionally do this. Or not, this is more fun, and less pressure.

Once upon a time there was a princess, and she was a kick ass princess. She didn't take shit from anyone. The princess was in love with this prince. Unfortunately he was a wuss and a loser. Worse than that she didn't realize he was a loser. Either that or opposites really do attract. Her bad taste in men was her fatal flaw. OK, so of course the prince gets stuck in a tree. No wait. He gets stuck in a tower (more romantic that way, don't you think?), and the princess is supposed to rescue him. So of course she does, because she loves him.
As soon as the couple reach any sort of civilization, the prince says that he rescued her from the tower. Now because society is male oriented, everyone believes him. The Prince informs everyone that story the princess is telling everyone is due to the trauma of her horrible experience, and that it isn't the truth. For good measure the prince adds in a horrible witch, great trials that he had to overcome, and anything else that would boost his masculinity in societies eye. As a reward for his masculinity and bravery the princess' father allowed the prince to marry his daughter and have half the kings kingdom upon the death of the king.
So here we have it. The prince is the hero of the story, and the princess is the damsel in distress.
I did mention that she was a kick ass princess though, so she literally kicked his ass until he divorced her due to uncompromisable differences. The princess lived happily ever with the alimony she received, and he became steadily broke

The moral of this story is to do not mess with kick ass princesses.