Since Shrek is a fairytale parody it makes complete sense to have a villain who is literally a fairy godmother and the choice to make her manipulative and blackmailing with every gift of magic she preforms adds a layer of maturity of the series.
Fairy Godmother made it incredibly evident that the perfect fairytale endings were performative suburban wetdreams meant to bind people into a perfect image that needed her constant help to maintain. A perfect foil to a protagonist like Shrek who’s identity is being the ugly creature who shouldn’t have found happiness but did.




















