"It's surprisingly nicer to the villains than most fairytales I've read. Actually, it's surprisingly kinder all around. It's like someone put a little bit of you into the script."

She's only teasing, of course, as her little grin makes clear, but it is true. Some of the tales Twilight's encountered... well, "grim" is one way to describe them. "Tale-sticking-straight-up-scary" is another.