Instead of being a family man and a celebrity, what if Shrek grows getting tired of being feared and prejudiced despite the events of the three movies such as saving the Far Far Away? In the first movie, he hates being feared. He wants to be left alone, but the loneliness hurts. In the second movie, he's afraid of not being accepted by Fiona’s parents, mainly Harold. In the third movie, he struggles with responsibility and identity. Jump to Forever After. What the studio did was: Shrek is tired of domestic life, NOT tired of prejudice. That always felt weird because his biggest lifelong trauma was never domesticity, it was isolation, fear, and rejection. What do you think? Does it make more sense?