Storyteller: "Unfaithful Husband Punished" - a Better Solution

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So I was playing Storyteller a while ago, and like seemingly many others I got stuck on this one puzzle. The actual solution is here in case you clicked on this coming for real answers, but with all due respect, I feel like there is a configuration that makes more sense and I haven't been able to get over it...

 

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Storyteller Puzzle 'Unfaithful Husband Punished' as described below
So panel by panel, left-to-right and top-to-bottom:
  1. The Prince marries Snowy. I don't see anyone else around and Snowy doesn't seem to be any kind of royalty, so I take it it's an Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville kind of secret ceremony.
  2. The Prince and The Witch have a chance meeting in a forest. Signs of love all around.
  3. The Prince and The Witch kiss. Note that they are now on some body of water in a boat, so this wasn't some crime of passion - there was a degree of premeditation involved in this tryst.
  4. The Prince and The Witch meet at the altar. But the Prince (who truly ain't s***, in case you hadn't noticed) suddenly remembers he's a married man. Interpret this one as you will - he either can't let Snowy go or he's afraid to cross her (or to get in trouble more generally); regardless, The Witch is pissed. And why shouldn't she be? We have no indication she had any idea The Prince was married or even seeing anyone. This is the first she's even hearing of Snowy.
  5. The Witch transforms. Incidentally, I feel like the crone form is supposed to be her natural state, isn't it...? I guess Storyteller is just going by Snow White and the witch in that was also the queen...so she transformed into the crone to trick Snow White because people would have known what she looked like? But I don't think people generally knew what the monarch looked like in medieval times...anyway, when you think about it, it makes sense that a queen and a prince would get together like this - much more sense than the prince and a regular person or even lay nobility - so The Witch, or rather The QUEEN, has done nothing wrong in assuming The Prince was fair game. 
  6. The Queen hexes The Prince and turns him into a frog. Justified.
  7. Frog and Snowy are reunited and Snowy is disgusted. By his philandering.
  8. This assh*** frog drags her out onto the same love boat where he just made out with The Queen and tries to go in for a kiss anyway, and Snowy is like, "You CHEATED on me you piece of s***, what the f*** is wrong with you?!" Frog is shattered.

  

Alt: Simpsons GIF - Bart and Lisa at the TV, Bart pointing the remote and saying "Watch this, Lise. You can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half." (via GIPHY)

This is justice. Also I guess he's just permanently a frog now - a horny toad, if you will. So an ironic punishment as well...