Psyche,
the daughter of a king and queen is beautiful—so beautiful, in fact, lots of
people come to see just how stunning she is. Some say she’s even more beautiful
than Aphrodite, which is of course very upsetting for the goddess. She sends
Cupid to punish Psyche by forcing her to fall in love with an ugly man. Turns out, Cupid can’t do the deed because he has too much testosterone running
through him to pay attention to what he’s doing and ends up falling in love
with Psyche. Later when the king and queen talk to the oracle, he tells them
Psyche is destined to marry a monster and tells them to leave her on a
mountain. She ends up in this big castle, ya know regular fairytale stuff and
she ends up marrying Cupid. One night she decides to stand over him with a
knife. Logically, Cupid’s pissed so he leaves. The castle disappears and Psyche
is alone again. Then Psyche’s bitch sisters try to get to Cupid but they end up
just committing suicide on accident. Psyche wanders around moping for awhile
and eventually comes across Demeter and she instructs her to beg Aphrodite for
forgiveness. Shit goes down and Psyche completes many impossible tasks for her
with Cupid’s help. Psyche receives a box and then opens it, even though she’s
told not to, and collapses. Cupid wakes her up and after more drama Cupid and
Psyche are finally together forever. Yay.
One
of my favorite stories is The Little Prince. This prince from another planet
falls in love with a rose and nourishes and protects her. Even when they have a
disagreement, they reconcile and the rose urges him to continue on to his
journey. I love this story because this little prince is pretty mighty overall.
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