Basically, three old women are at fault for sending Princess Aurora into a deep sleep…and they get away with it.
For starters, Prince Phillip is introduced to his wife — Princess Aurora — when she is still in diapers.
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The fairies come to bestow their gifts upon the child and the first is...the gift of beauty.
Heaven forbid the kingdom get a just-okay-looking princess.
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The second is the gift of song.
Really, I can think of about 1,000 more useful things right now other than the gift of song. Sure, if Sleeping Beauty had to make a career for herself, maybe this talent would get her on The Voice or something, but maybe something like "the gift of good health" or "the gift of a charitable heart" would come in handy?
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Then this bitch shows up. If you watch this again, you notice that she's kind of oozing sex appeal.
And you kind of get the feeling that the grudge she holds has something to do with feelings she has for King Stefan, Sleeping Beauty's dad.
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