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minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]hexbear1·4 years agoAlladin, Hercules, Pinocchio, The Sword in the Stone...it's a pretty normal heroes journey trope. link
minus-squarezeal0telite [he/him,they/them]hexbear1·4 years agoI don't think they quite work the same way. All the heroes in those stories win by escaping the situation they were in. Shrek actually embraces his ogreness rather than rejecting it. link
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]hexbear1·4 years agoHe learns to accept help from other people and how to make friends and be less ogre-esque. He was still changed by the experience. If it were subversive the movie would end right before the Hallelujah montage except Shrek is totally content. link
Alladin, Hercules, Pinocchio, The Sword in the Stone...it's a pretty normal heroes journey trope.
I don't think they quite work the same way.
All the heroes in those stories win by escaping the situation they were in. Shrek actually embraces his ogreness rather than rejecting it.
He learns to accept help from other people and how to make friends and be less ogre-esque. He was still changed by the experience. If it were subversive the movie would end right before the Hallelujah montage except Shrek is totally content.