The Sleeper and the Spindle

I love the twist where the sleeper is in fact the witch, and the old woman was the princess she cursed. I also love how the queen is revealed to be Snow White living with the trauma of a previous sleep curse, and having learned how to resist magical emotional manipulation (magical gaslighting?) from suffering magic-tinged abuse from her stepmother. I also enjoyed the ambiguous ending wrt what the queen does—it's clear that she chooses not to marry her prince fiancé in her home kingdom, but not whether she chooses to form a relationship with the old woman.

It's unclear if the old woman's youth reverts upon destruction of the spindle, or even if the old woman survives it, since the blood on the wool was initially her own. Does she live? Does she get any of her youth back as she sleeps for the first time in decades? Will a kiss from the queen wake her?

All in all, this story is some excellent twists on Sleeping Beauty...and I'm here for Snow White with a sword, being heroic and kissing women ⚢❤️