However, the ending ofNetflix’sSpellbounddidn’t quite go that way.
They had fallen out of love and lost the light they had once shared.
She believed that her parents' true forms would be restored and their family would be normal again.
This is precisely how Queen Ellesmere and King Solon were cursed to begin with.
As this began to happen to Ellian, her parents finally began to snap out of it.
Ellian gently told her younger self that things would never be as they had been.
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Ellian gently told her younger self that things would never be as they had been.
As they kept trying, Ellesmere and Solon saw a vision of themselves just before they were cursed.
They both immediately realized that they didn’t want to return to that.
Spellbound, directed by Vicky Jenson, follows Princess Ellian on her adventurous quest to rescue her family and kingdom. As a mysterious spell transforms her parents into monsters, Ellian must navigate this perilous journey to restore the King and Queen of Lumbria.
This subtly foreshadowed the “Lakeof Light” solution.
However, they couldn’t simply walk into a pool and magically regain their love for one another.
To break the curse,they had to build something new and redefine their relationship.
They attempted to walk away from Ellian and figure out a way to do this by themselves.
They continued to rule and parent together but lived in separate castles.
Their family was different but more full of love than ever before.
As these parents focused wholly on their anger at one another, the pressure fell entirely on Ellian.
It’s made immediately clear inSpellboundthatEllian was forced to grow up quicker than she should have.
In the end,Spellbounddemonstrates the evolution of divorce in a family.
Ellian feared that if her parents could stop loving one another, they would stop loving her.
If one thing could change about her family, surely everything could.
The lasting message ofSpellbound’s ending, however, is aimed at the children themselves.
