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The story doesn’t start at the cottage. It starts in poverty. Their own mother (or stepmother) convinces their father to lead the children into the forest to die. Think about that: The two people responsible for their survival—their parents—choose hunger over their children.

But if you sit with the subtext for more than five minutes, you realize the story of is one of the darkest psychological horror stories ever told—and it’s happening on repeat in the real world, right now. candygrettel

We think we know the story of Hansel & Gretel. Two kids lost in the woods. A house made of sugar. A witch who wants to eat them. They shove her in the oven and walk home with pockets full of jewels. The end. The story doesn’t start at the cottage

If you are a "Gretel" in your life, you know what this feels like. You are the one who had to grow up too fast. You are the one who had to push your abuser into the flame because the "adults" in the room (the father) were too weak to act. Think about that: The two people responsible for

Let’s rename them for a moment: Because the sweetness of the house was never a gift. It was a trap. And the candy? It was the bait of abandonment.