Fairy Tales

Today I worked on the fairy tale I've been writing. It keeps changing to suit the Aesop I'm trying to evoke in that particular instant, but at the end of the day it always comes back to the overall erosion of society's morality. It saddens me to think that people are more familiar with Millie Cyrus and Harry Potter (two entities in modern media that really ought to be erased from memory) than they are with anything the Grimm Brothers collected is a testimony to our own idiocracy. Yes, I did just make that reference.

What it comes down to is that everyone between the ages 13-33 wants to be the shining glamorous hero, but doesn't want to embrace any of the morality necessary to be that hero. They want to be strong and vibrant and beautiful, but they neglect kindness and understanding and empathy. Cynicism and cruelty have become more fashionable than ever before, and now when someone smiles at you, you've got to check twice for the forked tongue and fangs. Sweetness and innocence are only fashionable aesthetically.

I'm distracted... perhaps more thoughts on this later.