#Someday My Prince Will Come
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artist-issues · 1 year ago
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Screentime For the Prince
You know how in the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, each character's true nature is revealed by what they choose to treasure?
You know, Grumpy treasures safety because his true nature is vulnerable, the Queen treasures beauty because her true nature is ugly, and Snow White is the only one who's treasure is as true as her nature: pure love?
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And how the Prince only gets around 5 minutes of screentime, and in those 5 minutes, proves that he A) treasures Snow White's true nature of pure love and B) keeps his promises?
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Well, I was thinking. In the new Live Action, they're basically writing in a different male character in place of the Prince and not focusing on any kind of love story. So it's not actually "Snow White." But what would a good, faithful, beautiful adaptation of Snow White look like? (You know, one that actually does adaptations correctly--like Cinderella 2015?)
What should they be doing with the Prince?
I have a general idea below.
I mean, they can't introduce him in the same way they did in the classic animation. Obviously modern people aren't used to so much nuance in their big-screen fairy tales anymore; 5 minutes of screentime isn't enough, we prefer Mr. Darcy & Lizzie Bennet-levels of couple-building interactions, at least. And that's okay.
But it means we have to fill in a lot of the blanks about where this Prince comes from and why he values Snow White's "pure love nature" so strongly.
So I figure, in my head, it might look something like:
The Prince (let's call him Walther, German for "Walt," since basically everybody who worked on the original movie agrees that it was Walt's big brain child, and the popularized "Ferdinand" is not only fan-made but makes me think of a kindhearted bull) is the heir to a neighboring kingdom's throne.
Prince Walther isn't King yet, not because his parents are still King and Queen (they're dead,) but because tradition states he can only take the throne once he's come of age. Prince Walther's like 17, turning 18. So instead, his kingdom is essentially run by this council of busybodies, with one Regent holding the throne until he's old enough to take it. Something like that.
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(the picture is of Dean Stockwell who's the son of the original voice actor for the Prince, I think someone who looks like him ought to be cast.) Prince Walther experienced pure love from his parents, who treated him like a normal boy and didn't place much emphasis on courtly manners or politics when raising him. But then they died tragically, leaving their honest and innocent son to be raised by a bunch of old people who put way TOO much emphasis on those things.
Because everyone in Prince Walther's court has had to handle being next-door neighbors to the Wicked Queen's country. They're all super political, and afraid of appearing weak, and therefore, very insincere. That's what I'm saying.
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Everyone he interacts with on a daily basis never comes out and says what they really want. Nobody is genuine. He lives a life of hearing words like, "good morning Your Majesty, I hope you slept well. The Grand Duke could certainly stand to sleep better; the poor fellow looked run down at breakfast." but learning that what they actually mean is, "The Duke is getting old and ineffective and when your birthday passes you should decree that he give his land and resources away to me."
And he misses the genuine love the court used to feel from his parents' kind, simple way of ruling. No political games, no complex feuds. Plus, he misses the personal love they shared as a family, genuine, uncomplicated. He missed the days when people just say what they really want, unafraid, so that their rulers can take care of their needs.
Then there's the problem of why Prince Walther's in the Wicked Queen's realm in the original movie--that's not his territory, if he has his own kingdom.
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So I think it would be neat and interesting if the Queen wants Walther's land. Maybe she invited his parents, way back when, to a kind of audience to negotiate an alliance. Then she got jealous of his mother's beauty, maybe even tried to seduce Prince Walther's father, and assassinated them both when he rebuffed her. Oo, maybe even the Huntsman (her FAITHFUL Huntsman) helped her do it all those years ago.
But she didn't realize they had a young son, so she couldn't just raise her hand and say, "Hey Neighboring Kingdom, it's too bad your monarchs both mysteriously died--don't worry, I'll be your new leader" because Prince Walther's council suspected foul play (they always do, they're suspicious people) and were preemptively like "NO NO WE HAVE A PRINCE, WE HAVE A PRINCE! We're fine, we don't need help, everything's fine."
So she sort of had to stew on that. Maybe she even tried a couple more halfhearted attempts to get their throne, and they just never worked out--then eventually her attention was occupied by how much older her stepdaughter was getting, and how much prettier.
Anyway, Prince Walther asks for an audience with the Wicked Queen; he's about to become King, and he knows that the council fears their neighbor, and he sort of wants to go over and size the next-door ruler up for himself. So he rides over with a little delegation of the members of the Court he can actually tolerate the best, and is visiting.
It's not fun. They're only there for a day, but the Wicked Queen is definitely scary. For one thing, she's unnaturally beautiful and everyone he brought with him is either stupefied in her presence or terrified. He himself is very confused by her; he's an open-hearted guy, with a touch of naïveté even though he was raised with good intuition and doesn't trust the Queen. All audiences with her are full of all the formal, double-and-triple meaning conversations that he hates back home; except worse, because she makes everything seem more sinister.
So after a particularly weird conversation with the Queen where he can't decide if she was flirting with him or threatening his kingdom, he goes for a ride around the courtyard to clear his head. And what should he hear, like a breath of the freshest air since his parents died?
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A pure, beautiful voice. A young girl singing--and not just singing about anything, but singing about what she really wants. Genuinely. Her heart's fondest desire--and it's not power, or land, or even freedom. Just love. She's singing loudly, like she doesn't care who might hear such a vulnerable longing.
And he climbs over the wall and sees this scullery maid. She's absolutely beautiful, even though she's dressed all in rags, and he loves the picture of her: sharing her heart with doves, who feel completely safe with her, and not having to worry about what anyone thinks of her.
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He sort of eavesdrops on her for a little bit, and in this part of the movie, maybe we learn how impulsive he is. He just jumps over and tries to join in. Maybe it's even a little funny. And we can stretch out the feelings behind the part where Snow White runs from him--that feeling of her being unsure of a stranger, not because she worries about what he thinks, but because it's so surprising that anyone is taking notice of her so abruptly at all. And she doesn't know him.
Maybe he asks to extend his stay at the Queen's palace and keep negotiating or whatever, but he really just wants to get to know the scullery maid better.
Then the romance is sort of still fast, but built in a way that the audience can sink their teeth into. The Prince and Snow White have a few more mutually-agreed-upon meetings, not necessarily hiding them, but just in breaks between courtly audiences with the wicked Queen. They're both enamored with each other: she's never been treated so kindly by anyone and his whole faith in pure, innocent love and uncomplicated, genuine people is being restored just by talking to her. They bond chiefly over missing their parents.
Eventually he learns that she is the Queen's daughter--maybe from the Huntsman, maybe from Snow herself in an innocent way. He's stunned that she's treated so poorly, but the second he learns it, he confesses that he loves her and he wants to take her away from there. Plus, this solves the whole "will my kingdom go to war with the Wicked Queen or be allies even though we can't trust her" diplomacy thing--Snow White is her heir, so it would be a beautiful twist of Providence that the girl he has fallen in love with can also be the alliance of peace for the kingdoms through marriage.
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Snow White accepts his proposal, but she's afraid for a moment that her stepmother won't allow it. The Prince urges her not to be afraid: he'll take her to his castle and they'll be happy no matter what: he promises it, he gives her his word, he encourages her not to worry because he won't let anything stop him. It's lovely. She finally has someone she can gift her superpower of pure love to, and someone who can treasure her like she deserves.
Problem is, the Queen overhears this last conversation, right after learning that Snow White is the new "Fairest of All" from her mirror, just like in the original film.
So while the Prince is convincing his council that he's proposed to Snow White, the Queen's largely-unknown secret stepdaughter, and is going to reveal the fact to the Queen tomorrow, the Huntsman and the Queen herself are plotting the assassination attempt that eventually leads to Snow running for her life and living with the Dwarfs before she ever gets the chance to see her betrothed again.
Then the movie unfolds largely the same way it did, but with more dialogue and nuance strengthening the original's main themes: Snow White is pure love in nature, and that's everything the Prince has been missing, and he fulfills his promise which she has total faith in. And along the way, the Dwarfs learn to care more about protecting an innocent girl than they care about protecting themselves, and treasuring a person over jewels. Grumpy in particular. And the Queen dies because she's a jealous witch who's self-love has twisted her into something ugly.
Basically, what I'm saying is, there's a way to make the Prince compelling for audiences who are now used to more fleshed-out interactions in movie couples. Just give him a background that is longing for pure, uncomplicated, innocent love. Then when he runs into Snow White, who's never been treasured and valued since her parents died, they give each other everything they've been longing for--and then they have faith in one another when circumstances, both funny and sinister, force them apart.
It's like the Notebook (just in story structure)--you build up romance in the first act through a few poignant scenes, but then the rest of the movie is about waiting for that romance to be fulfilled.
Anyway. I guess I could've said all this more succinctly, but I was kind of making it up as I went. 🤷‍♀️
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ghost-bison · 1 month ago
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i am rewatching doctor who series 1 with my sister (i'm on my 6th rewatch of eccleston lmao) and she noticed that the theme song in father's day sounded just like someday my prince will come from the sleeping beauty and that's pretty cool
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velvet4510 · 2 months ago
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stingrayextraordinaire · 2 years ago
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Aesthetic Moodboards // “Someday My Prince Will Come” from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Someday when spring is here, we’ll find our love anew.
(requested by anonymous)
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mr-craig · 3 months ago
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Someday My Prince Will Come, came.
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delightful-mirth · 1 year ago
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neoninky · 11 months ago
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Ok…
Y’all
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What is happening? I have never and I mean NEVER had this much luck with my card draws
EVER
Less than ten draws
BOOM the summoning worked
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Sweet beautiful boi welcome ;w;
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p1325 · 9 months ago
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Here's the list of the languages I used::
-English -German (Deutsch) -French (Français) -Italian (Italiano) -Spanish (Español) -Latin Spanish (español mexicano) -Brazilian Portuguese (português brasileiro) -European Portuguese (português) -Bulgarian (bŭlgarski/български) -Swedish (Svenska) -Norwegian (Norsk) -Danish (Dansk) -Icelandic (ìslenska) -Finnish (Suomi) -Ukrainian (укрaïнська) -Croatian (hrvatski) -Turkish (Türkiye) -Thai ( ภาษาไทย) -Dutch (Nederlands) -Telugu (తెలుగు) -Czech (čeština) -Cantonese (廣東話) -Taiwanese (臺灣話) -Chinese (现代标准汉语) -Tamil (தமிழ்) -Egyptian Arabic (MasrI, مَصرى) -Modern Standard Arabic (العربية الفصحى) -Greek (ελληνικά) -Hebrew ( עִבְרִית‎, ʿĪvrīt) -Hindi ( हिन्दी) -Hungarian (Magyar) -Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia) -Japanese (日本語, Nihongo) -Kazakh (قازاقشا ) -Korean (한국어, hangugeo) -Malaysian (Malay) -Polish (Polska) -Romanian (românește) -Slovak (slovenčina) -Russian (русский)
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elijones94 · 10 months ago
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🏰 Snow White in the castle courtyard 🏰
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currymanganese · 2 years ago
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Watch "Sakamichi no Apollon - Medley" on YouTube
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Don't mind me, just making up with my bro, my not love interest my beloved bestie after a fierce argument, by performing a sexy jazz duet in front of our awed classmates before running away together hand in hand 💕
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earthling-wolf · 2 years ago
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Sam Wesson: I finally figured out where I know you from
Dean Smith: Where.
Sam Wesson: My dreams
Dean Smith, shoving breadsticks into his purse, not that he’d eat them: I work on whatever floor this is now bye
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knight-in-sour-armor · 2 years ago
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topshelf2112-blog · 2 years ago
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music-in-my-veins14 · 21 days ago
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elijones94 · 1 year ago
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🍎 Because I don’t draw her as much, Snow White is one of the most challenging characters to draw. Today at my desk, I went through about three or four initial sketches before settling on a pose that satisfied me. Back when Disney was making “Snow White”, the princess’s two lead animators, Hamilton Luske and Grim Natwick were at odds as far how they approached animating Snow White. Marc Davis, then an in-between and and assistant animator underwent the task to ensure that the princess was to be what Walt Disney wanted audiences to be introduced to. Luske wanted a younger and sweet girl, while Natwick envisioned her as an older mature woman. Sounds somewhat similar to how Eric Larson and Marc Davis’s differing approaches to the character of Cinderella involved some creative compromising. 🍎🕊️
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