365 day meme - day 24
Jan. 24th, 2019 04:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dimity_blue24 Why do you think the Fairy Godmother only gave Cinderella all the magic stuff until midnight?
In The Slipper and the Rose, the Fairy Godmother explains her powers are limited and she has to share them with others. She "borrows a bit" until midnight but the magic has to be returned at midnight.
In The Glass Slipper, the Fairy Godmother (and she is actually a Fairy Godmother) doesn't tell Cinderella she's a Fairy Godmother. All Cinderella knows is that she's a "fashionable lady who lived on the hill, but she took up reading and went from bad to worse". She tells Cinderella the coach belongs to someone else who's attending the ball. Cinderella has to leave at midnight so the coachman can get back in time to pick up his employers. Cinderella leaves late and is knocked unconscious when the coach tips over in all the haste. Cinderella never knew it was a pumpkin with several mice.
So, my headcanon is that the magic has to reset at midnight to avoid the Fairy Godmother being taken advantage of and the recipient keeping their magicked up items forever.
In The Slipper and the Rose, the Fairy Godmother explains her powers are limited and she has to share them with others. She "borrows a bit" until midnight but the magic has to be returned at midnight.
In The Glass Slipper, the Fairy Godmother (and she is actually a Fairy Godmother) doesn't tell Cinderella she's a Fairy Godmother. All Cinderella knows is that she's a "fashionable lady who lived on the hill, but she took up reading and went from bad to worse". She tells Cinderella the coach belongs to someone else who's attending the ball. Cinderella has to leave at midnight so the coachman can get back in time to pick up his employers. Cinderella leaves late and is knocked unconscious when the coach tips over in all the haste. Cinderella never knew it was a pumpkin with several mice.
So, my headcanon is that the magic has to reset at midnight to avoid the Fairy Godmother being taken advantage of and the recipient keeping their magicked up items forever.