#also in that format the dwarves can be the mascot equivalents with Snow White having her seven and rose red eventually getting one >

[a-pining-tree]

The thing I’ve come to understand about Snow White is that as a story (especially the Disney style of it) it is defined by Snow White’s interactions with others. So if you want to make a modern longer version, adding some more scenes between her and characters like the prince is fine, yes, but you would need to add more characters for her to interact with. And it can’t be in the style of some grand royalty plot or whatever, this is the story of a fair hearted girl and how she forms bonds with the larger world.

And the thing is, I can think of a way to add in quite a few characters easily: the fairy tale of Snow-White and Rose-Red. Yes it’s a completely seperate tale with even the spelling of snow whitw being different, but there is enough there that could bridge the gap, and it’s not like fusing fairy tales is unheard of. If the evil Queen is a Stepmother, let Rose Red be a step sister. That way there is reason for the two to interact, a tension besides the queen’s plot. Hell, it could be a means to reflect the flaws of the queens thinking, how obsessed she is with a certain form of beauty or ‘fairness’, and how in her attempts to kill Snow White she could also lash out at Rose Red, treat her as hideous for not being as ‘fair’. You can let the dwarf of the tale be separate, a glimpse into how dwarves other than the main 7 exist. And you can let the bear be his own thing. One can say their hospitality towards the bear was a point in the past, and something he hasn’t forgotten with time. And if you want to connect the idea of him being a transformed prince, then sure. Hell, you could make him the brother of Snow White’s prince if you really want the man Rose Red can get to be the brother.