Why Everyone LOVES Corpse Bride

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  @AnotherHarley · 3 years ago

  Corpse bride is the first thing that taught me what loving someone selflessly was. The first time I'd ever seen unconditional love displayed

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  @92JazzQueen · 3 years ago

  One correction is Victor's family is rich but they are new money while Victoria's parents are old nobles but destitute.

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  @witchylizzy6024 · 3 years ago

  Emily is such a perfect example for want vs. need in characterization.

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  @happens1715 · 3 years ago

  My parents love to tell the story of how I, as a small child, would watch this movie religiously, and every single time cry so hard when Emily turned into butterflies. then again, I also cried when donkey turned back into a donkey after being a horse in the second Shrek movie, so I think I just cry when beautiful things go away.

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  @Joannefibracs9994 · 3 years ago

  I will, to this day, break down into tears when the little kid says “Grampa?” and hugs his passed grandfather.

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  @wowamber5107 · 3 years ago

  I cry every time,  when I was a kid I'd be so mad Emily didn't get Victor, but now I understand the beauty of her letting him go.

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  @msk-qp6fn · 3 years ago

  Emily was a beautiful case of of someone who broke the cycle of tragedy despite her trauma. She's fun and whimsical but she proved herself to be kind and selfless, which endeared her to us and made her memorable.

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  @RING0JUICE · 3 years ago

  I feel like it’s really subtle, but how I interpreted Victor’s decision to die like this:<br>It’s been implied throughout the movie that Victor is quiet and has low-self esteem (he can barely practice wedding vows for a person he just met, he’d rather draw or play piano then socialize, and he doesn’t have the same objections that Victoria has about the marriage.) He just goes along with what his parents want. This sort of implies he is used to not thinking or acting for himself. He is also very timid. So, when he learns Victoria is getting married to another man, his thought process may very well have been, “Well, I guess she doesn’t love me like I do her, we have only known each other for a few days, that person is probably better than me anyways,” etc etc. While also being pressured by the Underworld to be with Emily, and seeing her so distraught, he figures he can still at least make her happy and decides to die. (My point being, he has never lived his life for himself, and has made decisions solely based on what others want from him, and to please others.) He also values Emily as a friend, so he feels it is the right thing to do since his other role has been taken by someone else (ie Victoria will be fine and happy). It is only when he realizes that she does love him, and that Baccius is actually a scheming murderer, (added to that is the confidence Emily was building in him), that he sees his worth and decides to do what he wants (marry Victoria). He still fulfills his promise to Emily in the end by setting her free.

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• SA

  @sarahb8695 · 3 years ago

  Emily&apos;s &quot;death&quot; (technically not since she was already dead, but it feels like one) at the end always makes me tear up, without fail. just hearing you describe it made me cry. I&apos;m glad she&apos;s free but her life was so tragic. I wanna hug that woman, even though she&apos;d probably fall apart if squeezed too tightly. 😂

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• JU

  @justyouraverageblackstar3672 · 3 years ago (edited)

  A cute detail someone else mentioned about the wedding rehearsal is that Victor accidentally takes 4 steps forward and knocks into the table because he gets distracted looking at Victoria. That’s just so adorable I felt it was necessary to point out

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  @VEITCHTHEPEACH · 3 years ago

  The thing I love most about this movie is that with every dead person, you can see how they died just by looking at them

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  @Emily-nq1tz · 3 years ago

  It&apos;s been theorized that Victor from Frankenweenie is actually a descendant of Corpse Bride Victor and when you look into it does make a lot of sense. The Fangirl did a great video on this theory

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