History YMMV / TheTalesOfBeedleTheBard

* ValuesDissonance: In the context of Potterverse; Babbitty Rabbitty feels no compunction about threatening to use a curse later declared Unforgiveable and outlawed.
** Then again, she ''is'' threatening to use it on a muggle king who persecutes magic-users (and had just two minutes ago tried to kill her with an axe), [[AssholeVictim so there's at least a justification for it]].

** Then again, she ''is'' threatening to use it on a muggle king who persecutes magic-users (and had just two minutes ago tried to kill her with an axe), [[AssholeVictim so there's at least some possible justification]].

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The ending of ''The Fountain of Fair Fortune''. Asha's cured of her horrible disease, and Altheda, having discovered the curse, will be able to make plenty of money off of it. Amata, finally able to see what a scumbag her ex was, is just glad to be rid of him. So, the three witches all tell Sir Luckless to use the fountain, which he does... and promptly asks Amata to marry him, and she accepts. The four walk away, arm-in-arm, to live HappilyEverAfter, never once suspecting that the fountain isn't really enchanted. Cheesy, sure, but in the best way.

* NightmareFuel: The Warlock's Hairy Heart, full stop.

** One can either take the story of the Deathly Hallows at face value in regards to the third brother, as he was able to live with his family without worrying about Death coming for him the way it did for his brothers until he decided to pass his Hallow onto his son. The other view is that the third brother was just as screwed as the others and that each Hallow comes with their own type of "curse" fitting the nature of their request. This curse theory stems from how while demanding invincibility and the power to raise the dead are both pretty hubristic, his own demand to hide from Death can be seen as very arrogant of him as well while the story merely presents this as being clever. So the youngest could have spent his entire life hiding away from the world, unable to meaningfully interact with other people including ''his own children'' for fear of Death finding him should he remove the cloak for too long. And as for what happened to him in the end? He "welcomed Death as a friend", which could be seen as him either [[FaceDeathWithDignity being satisfied with the life he lived and deciding his time on earth should come to an end]] or [[DrivenToSuicide growing sick of the hollow life he was living]] depending on the preferred view. This particular case could be helped by how while parts of it are "true" it could still have been changed over time to help give it a clearer moral for younger audiences, much like how we know Ron's mother changed the time of day it took place to make it "spookier" when she'd tell it to him.

** One can either take the story of the Deathly Hallows at face value in regards to the third brother, as he was able to live with his family without worrying about Death coming for him the way it did for his brothers until he decided to pass his Hallow onto his son. The other view is that the third brother was just as screwed as the others and that each Hallow comes with their own type of "curse" fitting the nature of their request. This curse theory stems from how while demanding invincibility and the power to raise the dead are both pretty hubristic, his own demand to hide from Death can be seen as very arrogant of him as well while the story merely presents this as being clever. So the youngest could have spent his entire life hiding away from the world, unable to meaningfully interact with other people including ''his own children'' for fear of Death finding him should he remove the cloak for too long. And as for what happened to him in the end? He "welcomed Death as a friend", which could be seen as him either [[FaceDeathWithDignity being satisfied with the life he lived and deciding him time on earth should come to an end]] or [[DrivenToSuicide growing sick of the hollow life he was living]] depending on the preferred view. This particular case could be helped by how while parts of it are "true" it could still have been changed over time to help give it a clearer moral for younger audiences, much like how we know Ron's mother changed the time of day it took place to make it "spookier" when she'd tell it to him.

** One can either take the story of the Deathly Hallows at face value in regards to the third brother, as he was able to live with his family without worrying about Death coming for him the way it did for his brothers until he decided to pass his Hallow onto his son. The other view is that the third brother was just as screwed as the others and that each Hallow comes with their own type of "curse" fitting the nature of their request. This curse theory stems from how while demanding invincibility and the power to raise the dead are both pretty hubristic, his own demand to hide from Death can be seen as very arrogant of him as well while the story merely presents this as being clever. So the youngest could have spent his entire life hiding away from the world, unable to meaningfully interact with other people including ''his own children'' for fear of Death finding him should he remove the cloak for too long. And as for what happened to him in the end? He "welcomed Death as a friend", which could be seen as him either being satisfied with the life he lived and deciding him time on earth should come to an end or growing sick of the hallow life he was living depending on the preferred view. This particular case could be helped by how while parts of it are "true" it could still have been changed over time to help give it a clearer moral for younger audiences, much like how we know Ron's mother changed the time of day it took place to make it "spookier" when she'd tell it to him.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The third brother was just as screwed as the others. Demanding invincibility and the power to raise the dead are both pretty hubristic, but so is the demand to hide from Death. Brother Number Three spent his entire life hiding away from the world, unable to meaningfully interact with other people, unable to truly live. And what happened to him in the end? He welcomed Death as a friend, committing suicide just like the second brother, because his hollow life had become unbearable. The Cloak is just as much a curse as the other Hallows.
** If he never got to meaningfully interact with anyone, [[FridgeLogic then how did he have a son?]]
*** He may have already had a son before he got the cloak. The story does say he hid from Death for the rest of his life, after all.
** Unlikely given the literary theme. The middle brother is written in the cautionary, somber tone you would expect of a story of someone DrivenToSuicide. The younger brother, by contrast, is praised and respected.
*** Meh. Call it ValuesDissonance if you must. Just because it's written in one tone doesn't stop it from looking a hell of a lot like something else.
** He did not commit suicide, he died of old age, but content and fulfilled in his life, hence why he welcomed Death as an equal, not something he was running from anymore.
*** He was immortal as long as Death couldn't find him; taking off the Cloak was basically inviting Death to come and claim him. Suicide by old age is unusual, certainly, but in this story it's no different from taking yourself off life support.

* FreudWasRight: Dumbledore notes that all the claimant owners of the super-powerful Elder Wand have been men, adding "make of that what you will."

*** He may have already had a son before he got the cloak.

** Then again, she ''is'' threatening to use it on a muggle king who persecutes magic-users, so there's at least some possible justification.

** He may have already had a son before he got the cloak.

** If he never got to know anyone, [[FridgeLogic then how did he have a son?]]

* ValuesDissonance: In the context of Potterverse; Babbitty Rabbitty feels no compunction about threatening to use a curse later declared Unforgiveable and outlawed.

* ValuesDissonance: In the context of Potterverse; Babbitty Rabbitty feels no compunction about using Unforgivable Curses.

* FreudWasRight: Dumbledore notes that all the claimant owners of the super-powerful Elder Wand have been men, adding "make of that what you will."