I think fairy tales at their core were warnings or lessons, oral traditions of what not to do. Don't stray from the path. Don't trust strangers. Don't eat people's houses. After being churned through the Disney mill, these same stories became entertainment, easily consumable with happy endings that rarely existed in the originals. I think writers who choose to subvert fairy tales are offering a new way to warn, to teach, to entertain. In my instance, I wanted to entertain by subverting the stereotypical straight monogamous happy endings. I wanted to show that maybe our fairy tale characters might want a different kind of happy ending.