*Is having an existential moment* ...They're just trying to be historically accurate. Even though they are fictional characters from fairy tales... They are just trying to be historically accurate to how things would have been in those times. Right?
That’s what I always believed. That and to try and make them more relatable to little girls. At least they get together with sweet boys within the same age bracket, and don’t get stuck in an arranged marriage with some 40 year old stranger.