Halls of the Dark Muse

I belong to a group which is focused on discussing Victorian works and I brought up the subject of Fairy Tales, because I am quite found of them and it was around the Victorian period that people started to actually transcribe them into written word and turn them into moral lessons and pre-cautionary tales for both children and women, and they were very influential in Victorian literature,

So we were just talking back and forth about fairy tales and different aspects of fairy tales, and how they do have a lot in common with a lot of Victorian novels, and the whole idea of the appeal of the happy ending, and the "good" characters being rewarded and the "bad" getting what they deserve and I happened to mention the fact how often the so called villains appeal more to me than the heroes and how I tend to feel sympathetic towards the villains because it seems in a lot of stories the heroes and heroines really get themselves in their various predicaments by their own selfishness and their traits are not all that endearing.

In this I happened to mention that I always felt sympathetic toward the witch in Hanzel and Gretal, and considering we were discussing fairy tales, I did not expect anyone to take me too literally or to think anything much of what I said or take it at face value, and you have no idea how wrong I was.

This pair of women who were in the discussion seemed to take personal offence at my comment and they were acting as if the story actually happened and like I was in fact in the real world advocating the baking and eating of children (which I know considering how I feel about children probably is not that far off. ) Now I could have just ignored their remarks or laughed it off as a joke, but than I would not be me if I did that. I was not going to let them think they guilted me into recanting my position so if they were so hell bent on taking what I said so seriously I was going to defend my position.

Well I had to be offline for a period of time and when I was gone they were chatting back and forth and saying things like "You want to march in an Anti-Witch Parade that will put her in her place" or "Oh she must be hanging her head in shame" So when I got back I responded with "No I am still here, I just had to check on the child pie I have baking in the oven, it smells delicious by the way"

Needless to say they finally realized that they were not going to be able to intimidate me into agreeing with them and admitting the wrong in what I said, and that I was going to stand by my opinion whatever else anyone thought of it.