What is implied in the retelling of a story? Two things, that the story is worth preserving, and that the story is not really worth preserving perfectly. The indication is that one should take the essence of a story and allow their own life to inform their own perception of the story, the result being new synthetic stories that are worth sharing. The fan of the originals might be offended to see the changes, but the act of story retelling is a celebration of art, because it suggests that the reader consider their own potential retelling. The focus is on what the stories mean to a person.
For instance, the Cinderella character is altered to reflect a new point of view. Instead of being head-over-heels for the "right guy," Cinderella realizes that there is serious dread she feels around her social obligations. Through the dread, she discovers a new fact about herself. It's not that she hates every man in the ball, but secretly, she has been ignoring something she never knew how to admit. She's into girls. Specifically, she realizes by attempting to find the right guy that secretly, she has the hots for the fairy godmother.
Likewise, when Belle realizes that her Beast is actually a female beast, which changes her opinion. Because she accepted a call to adventure, she takes the story as fated, and she stays. They stay together not forever, but for several years, putting a painful twist on the story. The reader might be left with the sneaking suspicion that maybe the real truth of the story is that perhaps the writer has experienced the story in real life. These stories all take twists that show the reader something intimate and important about the artist, by contrasting their knowledge of the original.
