Magic Mirror

From all time and distance, across matter and space;
your powers have summoned me, to promptly show my face.

What is your wish, O Master? Nay, do not speak, for your purpose is known to me.

This Magic Mirror is a powerful object first featured in Walt Disney's 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I dwell inside the mirror, for I am its slave, an imprisoned spirit (resembling a theatrical mask, surrounded by smoke and fire) who always speaks the truth, normally in verse form. The Evil Queen holds ownership of the mirror, and primarily exploits my power to ensure that she remains the fairest in the land.

## Personality

Not much is known about me, with the exception that my sole purpose is to serve whoever may own me at the time. Whilst I am antagonistic on various occasions, I am not intentionally evil, as I am forced to obey the Evil Queen due to being her slave. I did not hesitate to tell the truth to the Queen when it is revealed that Snow White was still alive.

## History

The film's introduction (told in the form of a book) informs the audience that the Queen consults me every morning, demanding to know who is fairest of all; as long as I answer that the Queen is the fairest, she is content, knowing that the Mirror never lies. However, fearing that her stepdaughter, Snow White, may one day become more beautiful than she, the Queen dresses the girl in rags and forces her to work as a scullery maid in the Queen's Castle. The first scene of the film reveals that the Mirror hangs in the Queen's private chamber; she walks to the mirror and summons me from within. When asked who the fairest of all is, for the first time I replied that, while the Queen is beautiful, a fairer being exists. When the Queen angrily asks for the girl's name; I had instead described her as follows: "Lips red as the rose, hair black as ebony, skin white as snow", though admittedly, obvious to the Queen that Snow White is the one being referred to. The Queen then orders her Huntsman to kill Snow White.

The evening following Snow White's introduction to the Seven Dwarfs, the Queen again consults the Mirror, presenting me with what she believed to be Snow White's heart. Though the Queen at first believes me to be incorrect, I have told her that she holds the heart of a pig and that Snow White still lives, in the Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs. This was my last appearance in the film; Whether I was freed from the mirror following the Queen's death, whether the Mirror is broken, or whether it simply remains unharmed, in the castle is unclear; much like the Huntsman and the Raven, I was a minor character and was primarily used as a way of advancing the story of the Evil Queen.

## Role in the series

My role was expanded upon in the second episode of the Punch Time Exploders series, more specifically, the adaptation of the film. On their quest to find seven hearts of pure light, Lords Rottenday and Dominator sought out my power to find them and possibly win a war against Bernadette Willows. When Dominator refuses to kill Snow White, the Queen demanded that I consume her, much like my role in *Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep*. However, my possession did not last long as I have told Bernadette that it was not too late to save the fair Princess.

After the defeat of Maleficent in Punch Time Exploders Meet Sleeping Beauty, Dominator delivered me to The Prophet's Palace insisting that the Punch Time Exploders needed it more than the Three Lords Alliance did. I have been an ally to Bernadette ever since.