the final riddle is "What is ice which gives you fire and which your fire freezes still more?" and the answer turns out to be turandot, the princess.
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If he leaves, she can have this potential relationship forever, a fantasy relationship in her mind, that will always have the crispness and excitement of the honeymoon period; something that demands nothing of her, and that she can suckle on the memory of for the rest of her life
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A great big “what if” to nurture herself when she’s 40 and independent and still drinking alone, trying to kill the envy and hatred the feels for her “friends” who are more succesfull and independant than her, with sedatives and depressants
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The prince promptly responds: “Calaf, son of Timur!”, earning his name. Of course in the lore he had it all the time, but in the narrative sense, this is his christening. This is also giving her the opportunity to fulfill the bargain and kill him if she wants
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she doesnt, because now she’s smitten; he overpowered her, but immediately then hands her his head on a plate – seduction 101 lads, if you didnt know already. You show your strength, then an act of symbolic submission, rinse repeat. They find it flattering
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anyways I think its a great description of a pretty universal situation, I am also struck with how it works on a societal level, what with the entire notion of sex and all established societal rules being up in the air and people being prudish about being sluts and all that
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and the “I’m not getting married because women in the past had it hard” is pretty much the most spot on satirical depiction of current year+ fammel ideology
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also, the plot takes place is china and she's a wicked chinese princess and what I'm REALLY getting at here is that opera is now technically anime QED
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Vanish, o night! Fade, you stars! Fade, you stars! At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will win!
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