I think it might be cool if the stepsisters helped Cinderella. Like, as they grow up they start to realize that the way their mom treats her isn't right, and so because they're allowed more freedom she enlists their help to get her the tools she needs. So she doesn't do it all for herself, but the people who help her do it either because she's asked them to, or because they know her well enough to have some idea of the kind of accommodation she needs.
Beauty and the Beast... what if the Beast was bullied for being different in some way and developed a really gruff/hostile persona in self-defense? Maybe he internalized that being different makes him lesser, and then Beauty shows up and she's confident and nice and clearly thinks she deserves respect, disability or no, and the more time he spends with her the more he starts to think he does too. And maybe she doesn't tolerate being treated badly, but she doesn't mind his oddness because she's always been odd too, so she just sets clear, reasonable boundaries and expectations, which coincidentally makes him feel safer and more comfortable? So he doesn't really get nicer or transform, he just starts to trust her and be more open about who he really is.
(Aside: it strikes me that Deaf!Beauty and autistic!Beast could be neat if he has difficulty being verbal sometimes and sign language is better.)
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Date: 2020-12-27 05:22 pm (UTC)I think it might be cool if the stepsisters helped Cinderella. Like, as they grow up they start to realize that the way their mom treats her isn't right, and so because they're allowed more freedom she enlists their help to get her the tools she needs. So she doesn't do it all for herself, but the people who help her do it either because she's asked them to, or because they know her well enough to have some idea of the kind of accommodation she needs.
Beauty and the Beast... what if the Beast was bullied for being different in some way and developed a really gruff/hostile persona in self-defense? Maybe he internalized that being different makes him lesser, and then Beauty shows up and she's confident and nice and clearly thinks she deserves respect, disability or no, and the more time he spends with her the more he starts to think he does too. And maybe she doesn't tolerate being treated badly, but she doesn't mind his oddness because she's always been odd too, so she just sets clear, reasonable boundaries and expectations, which coincidentally makes him feel safer and more comfortable? So he doesn't really get nicer or transform, he just starts to trust her and be more open about who he really is.
(Aside: it strikes me that Deaf!Beauty and autistic!Beast could be neat if he has difficulty being verbal sometimes and sign language is better.)