Got my hershey kisses and twinkies. Life is good. Happy valentine's day, lovelies. To celebrate, I give you Drew/Jason as requested by basically everyone. And air kisses, because let's be fabulous on valentine's. *mwah*
(Oh, I keep forgetting. References to Enchanted the movie and the book The Mysterious Benedict Society.)
xxix. wicked prince queen charming, valentine's special
.
once upon a time, there was a girl
she was kind and beautiful and ohsosweet
she was frail and brave and gorgeous
but she wasn't me.
.
once upon a time, there was a boy
who tried soso hard to be exactly who
they wanted him to be
but then he woke up one morning
and wondered what he was fighting for.
.
they spoonfed me sparkly little stories
of dazzling crowns and dramatic dragons and wickedwicked queens
they promised me pretty little lies, they said
that everyone would love me, love me, love me,
as long as I was perfect
and I believed them.
I did, I do.
.
he worked so hard, so much
he did all the right things, all the right words, all the right people
he tried tried tried sososo hard,
clutchingclawing at that elusive wonderland you promised him
but you're no angel, darling
and neither am I.
.
oh, but you were at first
pretty little princess, apple of his eye
poison apple, poison worms
you were perfect, fragile, beautiful
angelic little demon, weren't you?
he was blinded (in love), but he didn't know whether you were
rapunzel or gothel, whether you lured him into the tower
and pushed him into the thorns
but he was blinded (in pursuit of perfection)
and deafened as well, deaf to the sound of your cacklinglaughter
up in that ivory tower.
.
and me?
that wickedwicked evil queen, shielding her kingdom
from the sweet, perfect princess
I tried to feed you a poisoned apple,
poison apple, poison worms
but you were too smart, too smart for me, my darling little princess
and oh! just like that,
you toppled me off my throne.
.
what happens when the prince in shining armour falls off of his horse?
what happens when the evilwicked queen is thrown out of her empire?
.
maybe they'll meet again in a library, once foes, now tiredlittlescholars
maybe they'll bond over hurt and comfort and fairy tales
maybe I'll realize that I don't need to, want to, be little miss damselindistress
and maybe he'll realize that princecharming is sort of a loser, anyway
and maybe we'll leave the children's section
and split money for some popcorn and a conspiracy theory movie.
.
eventually you'll think that you've won
you'll live happily ever after because the wicked narcissistic queen has been vanquished
and let's face it, prince charming should have been better
but then we'll show up
tattered finery, tarnished armour
and is that? could that possibly be?
a pile of fairytale stories in our arms.
.
are you wondering what will happen next?
are you at the edge of your seat,
wondering whether the evil queen will renounce her ways?
whether prince-couldhavebeenmorecharming will come back,
shinier and better than ever?
sorry, darling
you'll have to make up your own ending.