The Reflection subverts the fairy tale genre because it actually gives the Queen advice, and carries out her evil demands for her. The traditional fairy tale genre says that the magic mirror only tells the evil Queen how fair she is, and does not possess any magical abilities that can be called upon at the whim of the Queen. In ‘Mirror, Mirror’ the Reflection is like the Queen’s most loyal servant, but with a mind of its own and a knack to predicting when things might not go as planned