Well, it's like a Shakespeare romanti-comedy except with Bad Ending where the misunderstandings are not resolved and Rocks Fall, etc. (seriously, it fills me with the same discomfort as Much Ado About Nothing). I mean, it is Odette's story - the whole thing is orchestrated so Odette can't break free of her curse - but no, she has no agency. The Prince tries to have a confrontation with Bad Wizard Guy but it doesn't work.
The whole thing is set up as a No Win scenario, though, one that confrontation can't resolve. Odette's fucked because the Prince swears eternal love to Odile (after swearing it to Odette), and thus even if Odette came storming in, the Prince wouldn't be able to save her, cuz he's verbally betrayed her, and now she has to be a swan forever (these are pretty, uh, powerful curses). But I guess the resolution is the Heavenly HEA, since the Prince commits suicide after her and they go to heaven. Guess suicide ain't sinning in this world.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2011-04-21 04:08 pm (UTC)The whole thing is set up as a No Win scenario, though, one that confrontation can't resolve. Odette's fucked because the Prince swears eternal love to Odile (after swearing it to Odette), and thus even if Odette came storming in, the Prince wouldn't be able to save her, cuz he's verbally betrayed her, and now she has to be a swan forever (these are pretty, uh, powerful curses). But I guess the resolution is the Heavenly HEA, since the Prince commits suicide after her and they go to heaven. Guess suicide ain't sinning in this world.