I dream about movies

I've recently come to the conclusion that I dislike fairytales, Call me cynical or maybe I read too much Pratchett (though that's a contradictio in terminis if I ever saw one), but I really distrust them.

Look, you've only just seen the bint. Yeah yeah yeah, she looks as beautiful as the day is long, but there are very short days too. And a flaming crush does not necessarily mean a good relationship.

And most of them seem to revolve around people who wouldn't know honest work if it bit them in the arse. Why should royalty get all the perks: the kids, the money, the spouse of their dreams? Same goes for the good, sweet, kind and benevolent daughter of the poor but honest carpenter: what makes her so diferent from the thousands of other daughters of poor but honest carpenters?

Those are universal themes too. My parents have books with fairytales from around the world, and these come always turn up.