#am I the only one here who likes FPE or is it just me

[anchovi3z]

gif version

anddddddd non gif version

#regretevator #regretevator art #doodle #art #shitty doodle #my shitty art #regretevator fanart #roblox regretevator #regretevator roblox #roblox fanart #regretevator prototype #prototype #prototype regretevator #the hyperfixation never ends #you guys can give me suggestions if you'd like #bcuz I have nothing to do in my life #besides play roblox and skate somtimes #and scroll on tumblr #am I the only one here who likes FPE or is it just me #idk

[thepringlesofblood]

Dimension 20′s Neverafter FPE (Fairytales Per Episode)

im going out of my fuckin gourd on this neverafter shit, and i have decided to make a list of what and how many fairytales/nursery rhymes are introduced in each episode. will update as time goes on but i make no promises as to how frequently. theories are not included in totals. allusions/references are.

disclaimer: i am coming at this from a primarily american, english-speaking, culturally christian background, though I have studied a lot of ancient mediterranean myth and religion, a little bit of norse myth and religion, and a little bit of arthurian legend.

please let me know if there’s a reference to something I missed or if you know shit I don’t. i’ve decided that for our purposes, whether a reference/allusion is intentional or not doesn’t factor into our final count - unintentional/ambiguously intentional allusions/references count too, not just obvious ones.

(especially about mythical middle eastern spiders. I only know anansi & arachne, and have a passing familiarity with jorogumo & ye xian, and none of those are middle eastern or fit the situation.)

update: the show is finished! I won’t be taking my various theories off, i think it adds flavor. just remember as you’re going down that I was updating this weekly-ish. I’m going to do another post in the future that is Just The Numbers, but for now, enjoy my rambling! [updatier update: here’s the Just The Numbers post]

Ep. 1

The PCs (and their backstories)

 Mother Goose (+1)

Hubbard (old mother Hubbard who lived in a cupboard) (+1)

Jack

jumped over the Candlestick (+1)

(implied) and the Beanstalk (bc of the giants everywhere) (+1)

theory: Sprat? (the rhyme goes “Jack sprat could eat no fat his wife could eat no lean/and so between them both, you see they licked the platter clean.” not directly mentioned but that was my first thought upon the whole turning to bones thing that like all the fat was removed from his body or smthin)

Ylfa (Little Red Riding Hood) (+1)

there are 2 wolves inside you. you are 12.

the big bad wolf is mentioned in the context of 2 stories, the 3 little pigs and little red riding hood, so (+1) for the pigs

Pib (Puss in Boots) (+1)

Pinocchio (+1)

Cinderella (stepmother’s official art says “Cinderella...” at the bottom) (+1)

theory: “The second fairy you have met in your life” so also a character in smthin else probably since cindy’s stepmom isnt usually magical

update: maybe the whole cannibalism thing made her magical? who’s to say

updatier update (post ep 7): so it turns out that the evil fairy =/= the stepmother, but is the evil fairy from sleeping beauty. i was right about the stepmother being in multiple different stories but boy howdy do i wish I wasn’t. 

Rosamund (sleeping beauty/briar rose) (+1)

Gerard (the princess and the frog) (+1)

Snow queen (mentioned by Elody) (+1)

the rest of the episode

the little red hen (+1)

i fuckin love this one.

the story’s basic but good - she’s makin some bread and at every step asks for help from the other barnyard creatures and they’re all like hmm nahhhhh and then when it comes time to eat the bread they’re all like yes please lemme help w that and she’s like uh no, where was this energy when i was making the damn thing? and eats it ‘without any help at all’

so brennan doing her as like ‘u gotta help or you don’t eat’ is fantastic. 10/10

Ol king Cole (+1)

The little old lady who lived in a shoe (+1)

(alluded to) Alice n Wonderland (rabbit and teapot) (+1)

theory: “the chandling caravan” sounds like it should be something, but I don’t know what it is, and google has not been helpful. same w boffit, lord bandlebridge, and cressida lumley.

total tale count: 16

Ep. 2

The nutcracker (+1) (herr drosselmeyer is the weird uncle who gives clara the nutcracker. also in every ballet his drip is consistently immaculate)

Snow White (+1) (mirror mirror…..leaned up against the wall)

(alluded to) Beauty n the beast (furniture coming alive) (+1)

theory: Eidelgrin means something, but I don’t know what it is.

total tale count: 3

Ep. 3

.........nothing new to report

Ep 4

the fairy with the turquoise hair (aka the blue fairy) is actually not exclusive to Pinocchio - she has her own book n everything. (+1)

(alluded to) the little mermaid (+1)

“a dancing princess who either cannot or will not speak near a beach.”

the little mermaid trades her voice for legs and in the OG grimm story it feels like stepping on swords whenever she walks so she kind of “dances” (rip)

there’s. So many rabbit and fox tricksters. And other clever cats. I don’t think any were directly mentioned (except that Pinocchio has some in his many adventures, which isn’t a new tale) so I’m gonna say (+1) for rabbit and (+1) for fox.

Update: a reply to this post mentioned a character named Reynard the Fox from medieval French literature that might be the reason that the Fox speaks with a French accent. I found more support for this theory below!

“Isengrim”

this is the name of the daggers Pib gets. Rabbit mentions that it’s a name that Fox called the Wolf.

In fact, there’s a tale called Ysengrimus from 1152 CE where Reynard the Fox tricks the titular character, a wolf! So, there’s one Fox story confirmed. No additional points since Fox already had 1 point, this is more confirming the specific story he was inspired by.

theory: also, if we know the accents Mean Something, then Rabbit having a British accent might point to Peter Rabbit.

update: i have noticed several posts calling Rabbit’s accent Australian. it can be hard for me to tell the difference and idk if the general European bent of these tales means that brennan’s British just sounds kind of Australian or if it Means Something. I’m sure there’s Australian trickster rabbits too i just don’t know them

no fuckin clue where the ring came from tho :/

the golden goose (another Jack/Mother Goose tale not specifically mentioned before) (+1)

plus the beanstalk thing is talked about more (not new info though)

total tale count: 5

Ep. 5

hey diddle diddle (+1) (the dish ran away with the spoon + the cow jumping over the moon are from this same rhyme)

also anyone catch brennan mentioning fiddle music as tim was healing pib? ik it was king cole related music, but also...hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle.

itsy bitsy spider (+1)

(alluded to) little miss muffet (+1) (tuffeton)

(alluded to) goldilocks (+1) (”just enough” oats)

1001 nights (+1) (scheherazade is the author of these tales, as well as a myth in her own right. I have not read 1001 nights. please tell me things if you know them)

“spider queen” (+1) idk what it is but its fuckin something

identifying information: guardian of a cave/maze. supposedly has a throne. 1001 nights-adjacent.

theories:

“the spider and the wind” tale 909 of 1001, spider isn’t in this one that much actually

not all folktales in the neverafter are in mother goose’ book, so it stands to reason that not all folktales in the Endless Nights are in 1001 nights.

however, all the folktales in the neverafter are European in origin (mostly medieval), so it would make sense that the folktales in the endless nights would be middle eastern or adjacent

ye xian - chinese folktale where there’s a spider queen

“that’s east asia not arabia” fair but consider: in the older translations, aladdin is a chinese peasant. the world of 1001 nights is already bigger than arabia, and stories travel much more easily than the goods being traded across asia and the mediterranean on the silk road at the time the stories were written.

jorogumo - japanese yokai. a spider that turns into a woman. again, extremely far away from arabia, but girl i am looking.

cave of thawr - islamic oral tradition of muhammed hiding in a cave and a spider protects him. there’s a similar jewish tale w david hiding in a cave.

unlikely, but if there’s beautiful tapestries and the mother of all spiders i have to mention my girl Arachne (greek myth)

all time famous mythical spider anansi (west africa) still doesn’t really fit the bill, and is farther away from arabia than arachne (greece, which had colonies in the middle east (along the mediterranean shore but still. water = trade = exchange of goods = exchange of ideas/stories)) but still possible

yes i got a degree in ancient mediterranean studies and am using it to ruthlessly analyze a comedy show instead of sleeping, what about it?

sinbad (+1) “Sinbad the Sailor” (the roc is part of this as far as i can tell)

magical palace w the tapestries of starlight (+1) there’s a fuckload of magic palaces in 1001 nights. idk which one this refers to but it’s Something. am currently combing the stories more closely to specify at least one.

theories

the bartender with the icy wound is definitely someone. my gut says someone from the snow queen - people get icy mirrors in their eyes n shit in there and oftentimes straight up don’t get better

the peddler of wares in the corner has to be someone

the name of the tavern being “the cock and toad” has to mean something. i did some googling. there’s lots of fairytales w toads and lots of fairytales w cocks (lol) but none I could find where it’s just the two of them together. it’s weird, w a lot of fairytales/fables/nursery rhymes its like rolling 2d8 on a table of 8 animals and then just making the title out of the two animals you get. statistically its likely that there’s a story out there called that but I can’t find it.

the fucking spidersilk ring. i will solve this riddle one day.

they say the name “Aesop” as in “Aesop’s fables” (like the tortoise and the hare) but no tales mentioned yet. worth looking into if you’re the curious sort tho. Pib is going to fuck this guy up, his stories are very animal-centric and definitely have some trickster cats.

total tale count: 8

Ep. 6

No new tales - expands on ones already mentioned.

It’s just Muffet and whoever Scheherazade’s spider is

at least we find out that the “spider queen” referred to the monstrous form of muffet and Scheherazade’s spider combined, and not some new wholly separate myth.

Scheherazade’s spider seemed a little...riddly? for lack of a better term? like the whole “something that does not breathe” thing was weird, and if it’s supposed to be a guardian or guide of some sort, riddles make sense.

honorable mention: In the adventuring party episode, brennan tells the fable of the scorpion and the frog.

total tale count: 0

Ep 7

many theories with little knowledge.

In the adventuring party, brennan straight up says that the sword of truth is a general archetype, not from any specific tale. didn’t know that was an option! so no points for the sword of truth, dope as it is.

p.s. anyone else get flashbacks to fhsy with the whole truth mirror thing? it’s a good concept I’m glad brennan’s bringing it back

I am assuming each artifact found in the spider’s lair either comes from a separate tale, or is an archetype. I’m only counting it if I can pin down a specific tale that it is from.

the gillesuit/haystack cloak (+1)

update: As of Ep. 9, we now know that this is called “the cloak of rushes” and grants advantage on stealth checks. it is almost certainly from the English fairy tale “Cap-o’-Rushes” which, confusingly, features not just a cap but a whole outfit made of rushes!

my first thought was little boy blue, which does come from the tales of mother goose. this makes more sense tho lol

the golden bridle (+1)

some cursory googling indicates that this is from the celtic tale of Guleesh. one night, upon hearing the Fair Folk partying in some ruins (had to look up what a “rath” was lol) and saying “My horse, my bridle, my saddle!”, he repeats what they’re saying and is suddenly on a horse with a golden bridle. the story isn’t about the bridle itself, but the horses feature prominently, and can fly and stuff. When Guleesh kind of breaks the magic, the horse turns into a wooden beam, so maybe putting the bridle on a wooden beam summons a horse?

update: in ep 13 & 14 (& the adventuring parties) they mention that a. it does not summon a steed - you need to already have a steed there, and b. it would only work on a beast, not a monstrosity.

so.......maybe it’s not the one from the tale of Guleesh. I remain optimistic.

the golden chair (+1)

an obscure one, to be sure. from a grimm fairytale with a weirdly christian bent, where a tailor convinces st peter to let him into heaven but then sits in a big golden chair which as it turns out is the chair god sits in, and fucks up by throwing the footstool at some lady on earth washing veils (?) and gets kicked out again.

it is very possible that this was not an intentional allusion, but rather meant to evoke a fairytale-like atmosphere. either way, mission accomplished!

honorable mention: mayor harold hopps, while not a fairytale character himself, looks exactly like and was apparently inspired by the guy on the Pringles can, who is 100% a modern-day folkloric character.

theories:

the black velvet cloak with stars on it

idk where this is from. the only story I could find w a cursory google that had star clothing was Allerleirauh aka Thousandfurs, about a princess whose dad who wants to marry her (gross) so she asks for a bunch of impossible stuff to be made before the wedding can happen to try and stop it, including a dress made of stars (and one made of every kind of fur in the world hence the title). but it’s not a cloak so no points.

i s2g i have heard of something called ‘the cloak of stars’ before but I can’t fucking find it. pls lmk if you can think of something

update: ep 9 - they ALMOST told us what it was fuck, they mentioned wearing it to escape from the stepmother but we have no name. also the ‘cap-o’-rushes’ tale is extremely similar to thousandfurs minus the incest, so I don’t think it’s from that.

the stick skeletons w/ flesh on them were minions of the evil fairy from sleeping beauty - not a new tale

total tale count: 3

Ep 8

correction: brennan mentioned in the adventuring party for this one that aesop himself may also be fictional, and that many fables contain him telling the fable as part of it, so we’ll officially count him as his own fable like we did with Scheherazade (+1)

the lion and the mouse (+1)

the boy who cried wolf (+1)

they did finally mention the scorpion and the frog (+1)

alphonse is there but “the mule” isn’t actually referenced as being part of any of aesop’s fables in the show (like, there’s plenty of mules in aesop’s fables but no specific one was referenced in the show)

total tale count: 4

Ep 9

BABA YAGA BABA YAGA BABA YAGA BABAYAGABABAYAGA!!!!!! (+1)

i love her so much. i truly understood emily’s excitement this episode. 

(alluded to) the princess and the pea (+1)

first time around I didn’t hear siobhan ask if anyone sees any stacks of mattresses without peas under them to sleep on lol

(alluded to) this little piggy went to market (+1)

idk if that’s the name of the rhyme or not, or if it has a name

it’s not in the captions but emily axford saying ‘well there has to be a market, right? cause this little piggy went to market’ is iconic

some sources say this rhyme is from Mother Goose lol

total tale count: 3

Ep 10

(alluded to) peter and the wolf (+1)

the baron’s named peter and there’s a wolf. that cant be a coincidence, the 3 little pigs don’t have set names

mostly retreading 3 little pigs territory. awesome battle set!

theories:

the soup could be an allusion to something but i think its just playing into this season’s theme of consumption and the end of the 3 little pigs

the council of kings might be from something

total tale count: 1

Ep 11

we get 5 kings from 5 tales on the Council of Kings (which seems diegetic and not a reference to anything), 3 of which we already knew, 2 which are new.

the little mermaid (the mer-king)

the snow queen (the tsar of snowhold)

the nutcracker (the mouse king)

the emperor’s new clothes (the naked emperor) (+1)

rumpelstiltskin (FINALLY) (the king of apogee) (+1)

Koschei the deathless (+1)

i had no fucking clue who this guy was until emily axford recognized him, thank you emily

at first I was scared the sealskin would be a selkie thing. it may still be, but that doesn’t appear to be the case in this specific situation

(alluded to) the binding of Fenrir, the wolf at the end of the world (+1)

there’s a norse myth where tyr (a god) puts his hand in fenrir’s mouth to show good faith. the gods want to put this magical leash/collar on fenrir, and since he’s not an idiot he says that he’ll consent to it only if tyr puts a hand in his mouth while they do it, to show that what they’re doing will not hurt or bind him in any way. the gods agree, but oops they lied, the chains are very much to bind him, and tyr loses his hand but the wolf is still bound.

but ylfa and mother goose are telling the truth! happy ending (for once lol) ^v^

I didn’t catch this one at first - thank you to the many posts about it in the #neverafter tag!

honorable mention

sheldon from ‘garfield and friends’

theories

the tavern-keeper (Natalia) doesn’t stand out to me as anyone specific so far, though her daughter is the second “snow-touched” person we’ve met (the bartender at the cock and toad had an icy wound over one eye) so im thinkin snow queen

there’s dwarves in other stories than snow white I’m sure, but these ones specifically say “snow white” on their intro card.

also, their names, Mürrisch, Schläfrig, & Arzt, mean grumpy, sleepy, and doctor in German. Grumpy, Sleepy, and Doc are all disney snow white dwarf names. nice.

another infuriating mention of the cloak of stars without any indication of what it does. I’m going to spontaneously combust.

one thing i do appreciate is the amount of taverns they run into. this is the third and i am very pro

total tale count: 4

Ep. 12

so many princesses!!!!! most of them already counted but still!!!

Rapunzel!!!!! (+1)

The North Wind (+1)

my classics major ass immediately assumed they were talking about Boreas, the Greek god of the northern wind lol

from what I can tell, this is from "East of the Sun and West of the Moon"

i’m sure The North Wind is from other things too, everybody loves personifying the wind

honorable mentions

Beast!!!!! i already counted the tale early on as a reference but it’s here fr now!!!!

Finally meeting the little mermaid!!! Also counted early on but this is her first appearance!

“the beast beyond no name” that Mira mentions in combination w the taut string that Pinocchio feels that means part of his story is happening soon whether he likes it or not makes me think it’s Terrible Dogfish time. But. I also think that it could be the literal Kraken.

there’s so many monsters in folklore that are just “really big scary fish thing that lives at the bottom of the ocean yet somehow also wrecks ships on the surface” i just don’t know which one brennan’s going for. my money’s on either Pinocchio’s Dogfish or The Kraken

Candlewick! jesus fucking christ! every time a bit of Pinocchio lore shows up, it’s already horrifying just from the whole story of Pinocchio being horrifying, but then Brennan leans into it in just the right way for it to be so much worse!

in the adventuring party, they mention several other tales, including the tortoise and the hare and the little matchgirl. they also (rightfully) dunk on Hans Christian Andersen for writing ludicrously depressing children’s stories.

total tale count: 2

Ep. 13

no new tales, dogfish, mer-king, & sea witch are from existing tales, but

CLOAK OF STARS LORE CONFIRMED

WE NOW KNOW THE CLOAK OF STARS IS CAPABLE OF CASTING 5TH LEVEL MAGIC MISSILE

THIS DOES NOTHING TO NARROW THINGS DOWN! BUT IT’S SOMETHING!!!!

also MANY tantalizing mentions of the golden bridle with 0 hints as to its capabilities.

total tale count: 0

Ep. 14

the sea witch is named Alba Mac Lír

several allusions here!

thank you @twoeelsforsupper for this observation!

“there is a legend called "the children of Lír" where a witch/stepmother turns King Lír's children into swans but does not take their voices, which ends up getting her found out. like the threads about voices and witches and stepmothers and transformations???”

“Alba” can mean several things

it’s the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland (this is probably what was being referenced)

in Latin, it’s the feminine nominative singular of the adjective albus, meaning “white”

in Spanish and Italian, it means “sunrise”

In Scottish Gaelic, “Mac” means “son of” so we have “Scotland, son of Lír”

good for her

also, if she’s one of the children of Lír, does that mean she’s one of the ones that got turned into swans?? much to consider.

so, plus one for the legend of the children of Lír! (+1)

FINALLY (finally) we get full cloak of stars lore.

its a fucking dnd 5e item. all this time and it’s legit just a reskin of Robe of Stars

it can take them to the lines between and shoot magic missile

i don’t know why i’m mad

total: 1

Ep. 15

yikes

no new tales, unless you count Clara The Horse Princess (she is not from anything as far as I can tell but I love her. also like Clara is the name of the nutcracker main character but we already counted the nutcracker so it wouldn’t be anything either)

total: 0

Ep. 16

thumbelina! (+1)

tom thumb! (+1)

I thought they were from the same thing but it turns out they have different origins, though there was a 2002 movie that had them be in the same movie.

tom thumb - English folklore, there was a 1621 book called The History of Tom Thumb

thumbelina - hans christian anderson tale from 1835, in the second volume of his Fairy Tales Told For Children series.

turns out he was actually inspired by Tom Thumb a bit, so it’s not convergent evolution or anything.

ngl - I mostly know the story of thumbelina from hearing julia from drawfee rant about how shitty of a movie it is in various streams/videos lol

all the jack stuff is stuff we’ve seen before - golden goose, giantslayer, nimble

UPDATE: in ep 17 adventuring party, brennan talks a bit about the multiplicity of jacks, and clarifies that there are TWO separate giantslayer myths.

Jack the Giant Killer - a Welsh fairytale about a warrior named Jack who fights a bunch of giants with a huge club and wins

Jack and the Beanstalk - an English fairytale about a young boy who accidentally grows a beanstalk to the Giant World and only “kills” the giant at the end by cutting the beanstalk down, leaving the giant to fall to his (their?) death.

So, while we’ve already counted Jack and the Beanstalk, this episode does introduce a new variation on Jack - Jack the Giant Killer. (+1)

henry hubbard is BACK!!!!! yes!!!!!

and tomás!!! and A L P H O N S E

I am v psyched for what comes next.

honorable mentions:

these aren’t explicitly Liliputians, but they do talk about gulliver in the adventuring party. I don’t think they talk about him in the actual show though.

total: 3

Ep. 17

holy shit. so many right off the bat, with brennan and siobhan going through a list of c-list folktales!

Fear Not (+1)

another grimm fairytale - not their finest work i see why this guy would be c-list lol

the brave little tailor (+1)

aka “the guy who kills a bunch of flies with his belt”

this is a for-real grimm fairytale about a guy who kills 7 flies at once, is very proud of it, makes a belt that says “Seven at One Blow” on it, and then goes out into the world and has his shit wrecked from various people misinterpreting what “Seven at One Blow” means

it’s hilarious

another jack tale!! Jack and Jill! (+1)

three blind mice (+1)

honorable mentions:

Henry talks about reuniting a clockwork man with a man in an eyepatch

this is all consistent with the Herr Drosselmeyer lore from all the way back in the first episodes of the show! We already counted him, so no new points, but still very cool!

also cool how brennan combined shoeberg w giant-slaying bc i mean how did they get all those ludicrously big shoes?

the golden goose shows Timothy all the versions of his story where they are one and the same. I’m not counting this as her showing him a new, separate fairytale, since it just overlaps two tales that we already have counted. also, I cried, that was a really intense part of the episode.

in the adventuring party they talk a lot about Narnia and “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.”

ik those aren’t exactly ye olde english fairytales, since they came out in 1950, but if Aslan wandered into the neverafter I’d count him for sure

we learn what the harp does!

the harp’s power is consistent with the jack and the beanstalk myth, but it also reminded me of several other myths about lulling beasts to sleep

e.g. Hermes of Greek mythology fame (and supposedly the inventor of the lyre) also killed the giant Argus after lulling half of his eyes to sleep with the lyre and boring the other half to sleep with various tales of his exploits. (Argus’ big thing was having a bunch of eyes all over his body)

lulling a beast to sleep is a common theme across cultures, makes sense that it’s the kind of archetype useful for the gang.

it’s very possible that some aspect of how baba yaga’s cottage was described alludes to some other Slavic folklore that I didn’t pick up on

total: 4

Ep 18

“The Wishing Star” (+1)

fuck disney for making it impossible to find real fairytales about wishing stars on google

there are many tales/nursery rhymes about wishing on stars. “star light, star bright” is the first that comes to mind, but I’m sure there’s others. we’ll count this as a multi-tale figure and give it +1

honorable mentions

so. The Trials of Baba Yaga could refer to several things.

The Tale about Baba-Yaga is a 18th c. folk story where Baba Yaga has one normal human son (???) who marries a normal human woman, who then has to prove herself by doing seemingly normal chores (milk the cows, shear the sheep) that she then finds out from her husband are secretly meant to kill her (the cows are bears, the sheep are wolves).

(aka a fucked up slavic version of the tale of eros and psyche.)

(not that eros and psyche isn’t fucked up, just in a different way)

There is a 2017 book called “Winston and Baum and the Trials of the Baba Yaga” I do not think this is what was being referenced, and as it is modern and not a folk story, I’m not counting it.

other stuff I can find about Baba Yaga also includes stepdaughters having to do chores with secret meanings - it’s a part of her Thing

I’m including this under the general Baba Yaga mythos, not as its own thing, but still cool stuff to know about.

Prince Johnathan of Apogee (that’s how the subtitles spell it)

so. wayyyy back in episode 11 we find out that the kingdom of apogee is where Rumplestiltskin happened.

I think that’s all the Apogee info we have, and with a name as vague as Johnathan I don’t think we can call it a reference to anything.

We got Mother Goose’s OG rhyme!!!

not a new story but very cool!!!

there’s more but I think they stopped at a good place

fun fact: I found an extra verse that isn’t in the one linked above

“Then old Mother Goose/that instant came in/and turned her son Jack/into famed Harlequin/She then with her wand/touched the lady so fine/and turned her at once/into sweet Columbine”

and then they go on with the rest of the book like that bit never happened

other fun mother goose shit

i thought that littlefinger and “chaos is a ladder” were fairytale quotes but they’re from game of thrones it turns out. ._.

total: 1

Ep 19

no new tales (it’s the finale pt 1) but several honorable mentions

“As you wish”

cinderella girl you are KILLING ME

for those not in the know, this is an allusion to The Princess Bride

in the context of the book & movie, it means “I love you”

could be unintentional but i highly doubt it.

the book is too recent to count as fairytale for our purposes (1973) but it is very much in that genre. god damn.

la bête saying “be our guest” alludes to the disney beauty and the beast movie obvs

“Something wicked this way comes”

quote from Macbeth, by Shakespeare

I don’t think Shakespeare counts as fairytales. idk the vibes are just off. ik it’s an Old Story but it isn’t a fairytale.

total: 0

Ep 20

this is it gang!

The Fairies

so in the 1880s, Andrew Lang wrote a series of fairytale books named after fairies of various colors. I’m counting each fairy who has a book named after them as a new tale.

EXCEPT: the Blue Fairy

ok look i fucked up yall. The Fairy With Turquoise Hair is re-named “The Blue Fairy” in a lot of adaptations, so when I previously counted her separately from Pinocchio bc she had her own book, I was referring to “The Blue Fairy Book”

so we’re not counting it here bc that would be counting it twice. apologies to the actual Blue Fairy.

The Red Fairy Book (+1)

The Green Fairy Book (+1)

The Orange Fairy Book (+1)

The Yellow Fairy Book (+1)

this is by no means all of Lang’s color fairy books. he’s got crimson, violet, grey, pink, you name it.

honorable mentions

Calvin & Hobbes is modern day folklore

I looked up to see if there’s any actual Aesop fables with a shark in em, closest I could find was a dolphin. Rip.

Beaky’s stint in the TAA lines up with Pinocchio’s story, so not a new tale. thank you for your service beaky o7

total: 4

total series tale count: 62

alas, the only mystery remaining is Scheherazade’s spider. someday I may come back to this post with new information about her, but today is not that day. If you know any middle eastern myths/fairytales/folklore/nursery rhymes that prominently feature a spider that guards a maze or guides people through caves, please feel free to reply/reblog with your knowledge.

this show has been a fun and wild ride. Here’s a shortened version of this post with just the numbers

thank you for coming on this journey with me - see you in the stories!

#d20 spoilers #d20 #dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #neverafter spoilers #neverafter #original post #ongoing #dnd #folktales #folklore #myth #stories #fairytale

[thedevilskitsune]

Hii!! I'M SILLYSTUFZ!! I LIKE colors.

My interests! :

FPE

baki

Ddlc

Jojo's bizarre Adventure

Omori??

Blue eye samurai

Junji ito

Kny

sally face

MASA WORKS DESIGN

THE WALTEN FILES

PERFECT BLUE

CHAINSAW MAN

ENA

KINITO PET

OPM

Beastars! (I SWEAR I'M NOT A FURRY:( BUT FURRIES AND THERIANS ARE VALID HERE(Unless you're weird. Gtfo.)

Suzume

Coraline

Soddiken

Lacey's games

Analog horror

ATSV/ITSV

there's something about amy

Cuphead show

The boy 1(brahms is cool.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~############

ANYWAYS- I go by they-Them! Feel free to call me stufz cuz ye:3

DNI(YALL WEIRD) : Proshippers(comshippers technically), Zoophxles, pxdos, Creeps(CREEPER!AW MAN!), Genuinely weird people who are just there, Racists, People who think ocs are cringe, homophobes and transphobes, If any of you THINGS interact with me you get blocked also no idc if proshipping or comshitting is a comping mechanism 4 u,)

######################################

Reminder I do requests for writing sh/t but no one is gonna get:

incest, stepcest, abusive char, toxic char, valentino writing(Mf is a bald moth why yall simp 4 him?)(BUT I'LL WRITE HELLUVA BOSS OR HAZBIN.), Proshippers ocs, character x older/younger reader(romantically),older character x younger character (romance)

From me.

Also I'll only write older/younger char x younger/older read/char If it's platonic. Also nobody gives af is you're RCTA, You're still not Asian, White, black, or anything except your normal race your family was raised as.

Remember! I am VERY VERY traumatized so if I ever vent my feelings out you are allowed to vent aswell unless I say on the writing to not vent, Also don't even think of writing any mean comments like 'womp womp' or you're being blocked from this blog:3

#blog intro #im silly #sillyposting

[emometalhead]

Thanks for the tag, Jax, Alessia, Riley, Madison, Tori, and Penny!! @glambby @awrestlinggirlwholoves80sbands @mckagan @oxymarine @savage-sunshine @michael-sheen-love-of-my-life

1. Why did you choose your url?

My old one was for a fandom I've never posted about, so I decided to pick one that reflects who I am. I'm an emo metalhead! Simple as that!!

2. Any side blogs? If you have them, name them and why you have them.

I don't have any. It seems like too much work, and I don't mind just posting all of my interests on one blog. There's no theme here.

3. How long have you been on Tumblr?

I made this blog in 2019, but didn't regularly use it until like the end of that year or maybe early 2020.

4. Do you have a queue tag?

Nope!! I don't like the queue, and I never use it, so no need for a tag.

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

I saw a bunch of gay Tumblr post screenshots on Instagram and Pinterest. Tumblr seemed like a safe place to be open about my identity.

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

It combines two of the main interests of this blog!! Taylor and Nikki!! I'm a major Swiftie, so any icon I ever have here will 100% be her. This blog is dedicated to 80s bands in part, so having a pic of Nikki Sixx with Taylor just combines my interests so well!! Also I made the background pink because I love the color, and my prior icon was pink, so I wanted to stay consistent.

7. Why did you choose your header?

When I was still pretty new to the Guns N' Roses fandom, I fell in love with that picture!! I love their glam looks!! I edited the background pink to match my header. Like my icon, my header shows one of the main artists I post about!!

8. What's your post with the most notes?

I'm pretty sure it's my Twenty Øne Piløts post about what FPE has stood for in the last 3 eras. For sure that was my first post to break 300 notes, even if it's not currently my top note post. Seems on brand for me as a person, but definitely odd in terms of this blog lol.

9. How many mutuals do you have?

Almost everyone I follow is a mutual. I did go through and count, but since the number is so close to how many I'm following, I don't want to say.

10. How many followers do you have?

Last time I checked it was nunya.

11. How many people do you follow?

Yeah, definitely nunya business.

I don't really feel the need to disclose that. I really like that Tumblr hides that info. I will say that I only follow about 1/5 of the number of followers I have though.

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

Of course lol!! I think everything under #ashleyovershares and #ashleymakescontent counts lol

13. How often do you use Tumblr each day?

Probably too much lol

14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won?

I've never actually had an argument with anyone here!! I don't like getting involved in drama. There's definitely some people I've considered starting arguments with, but I didn't because it wouldn't be productive.

15. How do you feel about 'you need to reblog this' posts?

I HATE THEM!! Stop trying to guilt people!! Even if it's something I would want to reblog, I'll scroll out of spite.

16. Do you like tag games?

I love them!!!! Thank you to everyone who has ever tagged me in one!!!!!

17. Do you like ask games?

Yes!!! They're so much fun!!! I love getting to talk to people through ask games!!!

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is Tumblr famous?

@born-to-lose @glambby and @awrestlinggirlwholoves80sbands all posted their follower counts for this game, and those numbers are definitely high enough for me to consider them Tumblr famous. I'll also add @witchy-tombstone-smile to the list.

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Nope!!

20. Tags:

@losers-yurio @bad-seamstress-blues @no-fxn-club @witchy-tombstone-smile and anyone else that wants to!!

#tag games

[i-am-elita]

Education as an equalizer; my thoughts on the UNIMA selection list

Isn’t it ironic that in Malawi the most important equalizer when it comes to inequalities, also happens to be the sector that is facing some of the highest inequalities? Yes, I am talking about education!

Education has long been recognized as a human right necessary for the greater fulfillment of many others such as civic, political, economic and social rights. Although primary education is compulsory in Malawi, in my view I would argue that, equality and equity within the system is not. This is quite surprising given how research shows that education (particularly for girls) is one of the most effective and least expensive ways to reduce poverty and to catapult growth! Okay. Fine. But, what am I getting at with all this?

Well I recently caught sight of the newly released UNIMA selection list and one observation in particular struck a chord in me. But before I get into explaining all that, firstly let me start by congratulating all who have recently been selected to UNIMA to pursue studies in various programs! I am so excited for every one of you. Actually, I know how nervously expectant you might be feeling right now because 10 years ago (oh my days, it’s been a whole 10 years already??!) I too was selected for UNIMA and that set me on a whole trajectory (more than just academically) which quintessentially has contributed to the person that I am today.

Now back to the topic at hand, for those of you who have had the time to scan through that selection list, can you for a moment recollect with me what stood out to you. For me, what I noticed right off the bat was the schools where the successful applicants have been selected from – a majority of the selected students are from private high schools or mission secondary schools. Typically the selection list is often skewed in this manner every year, but this year you can observe with me that it is steeper skewed than most. Now, let me be forthright by applauding the selected schools for maintaining comparatively good standards for the benefit of whom they are educating. However, I cannot help but think that not everyone has an opportunity to go to one of those schools. In fact the substantial lot of adolescents in Malawi are currently enrolled in community day secondary schools (CDSS) where academic resources such as libraries and laboratories are in poor shape (if existent at all); where teachers are few and classrooms are overcrowded; where students are excluded from technologies such as computers and where school funding struggles to trickle from the top-down. If you read between the lines of the UNIMA selection list, you will see that it is telling a story – sadly it is a story of gaps and inequalities. 

Let’s not give a deaf ear to this story because education inequalities between, for example, a CDSS in rural Malawi and a high school in a peri-urban suburb, is a rough but informative indicator that inequalities will/do re-surface in many other areas of our country and not just here on a university selection list. Education inequalities have a tendency to re-surface in people’s access and attainment of a long list of things such as land, property, information, employment, financial assets, resources and opportunity, just to name a few, as well as active citizen participation (or lack thereof depending on which side of the divide one falls); If you look closely at these mentioned here, they are all catalysts for development. Therefore, strengthening our system so that Malawi’s education disparities are narrowed is so RELEVANT for sustainable development not only for change in the present but for the generations following behind us!

What would it look like for all youth in Malawi to have equal and QUALITY education (because by no means should equality mean compromising quality – that would just defeat the purpose)? I think its about time at national and community level that we need to start to demand and prepare for it (the weakness with the 1994 FPE policy was not the lack of demand but the lack of preparation to meet the demand). But more than just asking ourselves what would it look like, I think the more important question is what would it take?

#education #sustainabledevelopment #malawi #system #equality #quality

[just-an-emo-fsh]

Anathema: Rowan's Letter

Dear Mandi,

This night has been on my mind for so long. Tonight, in the light of the bonfire we join hands, forever. I wouldn't be surprised if it's been the same for you. I can only guess that you're waiting, looking the part of the most beautiful Bandito bride any could lay eyes on.

But though I must detain you for one more minute, I must save you the hours here to tell you of my time in Dema before it is too late.

As you know, I have taken residency in the city of Dema twice before. Around the time of the second capture there were rumors, many of which I have told you the truth of. But not everything of my times in city are known. Even my family knows little, as they believe forgetting it is the easiest way to move on. But those memories linger.

I fear that Nills will find me out and trace me back here, taking me away once again. If such happens, save me. Cover me.

The first time Nills dragged me away I was around seven or eight. I had just barely learned from my parents and brothers to keep away from any red-hooded figure that might enter the camp. That night I was feeling useless, unwanted because I was the youngest, unable to help my family with even basic things in camp. My only comfort was a wood flute Grandpa Bailey had carved for me.

Nills stood on the other side of the waning fire, near the trees. No one else was there. I could've called out when he approached me and smeared my neck, but I choked on fear. I felt a numbness, like walking for hours in a rainstorm or swimming in a cold mountain stream. He gripped my hand and we walked through the night to the grey city.

We entered through some sort of gate in the outer wall into the fields of neon. I told Nills I was tired, but he made me walk on as he gave me a tour of the city. He talked of the heirarchy that was pivotal for the city to work: the lowest were the FPEs and the highest position, under the Bishops, were the Committed, those who were trained by the Bishops to one day replace them and give their ability to smear. He said that if I worked hard, maybe I could rise to the position of Committed.

And as I settled in, I stopped remembering. I stopped remembering that there was Trench outside of Dema, that there were such things as Banditos, that I had a family. All I knew was my daily service to Nills. I didn't see myself by my age or even by the name of Rowan. I was a another number, a body in a grey uniform that was diligent in service. Nills expected that of all of us in his district.

But a month later a night run came in. The torches jogged my memory, and I left without hesitation. My mother and brothers helped me out of the city. I found out how much of a prison Dema is. I also saw a Committed for the for the first time that night, the sign of null on his right cheek and his fingertips blackened. I pitied him, in his mysterious sadness.

Of course, you know from your best friend Carla and the others who escaped about what happened on the initiating run when I was eighteen. I learned that night that any worried or anxious thought is amplified in Dema and is able to call forth the Bishops. For a year I served time in that Oblivion. I was branded as an FPE, and found hope among the other FPEs, as we helped each other remember about Trench.

So I split my loyalties: I was dilligent in my service to Nills, eventually moving from FPE to Resident, and undermined my Bishop by spreading the hope of Trench, even finding out when any other Bandito camp would do runs and helping others leave. But after seven moons, I doubted that my camp, my brothers, my friends, or even my parents would ever come to save me. I started to fall into despair, believing my greatest fear, that everyone I knew had forgotten me.

I fell out with the FPEs and rose higher in the tiers of Nills' district. He became proud of me saying that I the potential to become a Committed, and learn how to be a Bishop if I kept working diligently. He let my hardworking reputation spread throughout the city, saying I was a model citizen, worthy even of participation in the Annual Assemblage of the Glorified! I was only days away from being initiated into my Committed status.

But I was not forgotten. You and Carla, my brothers and my parents, reassured me, fought for me, remembered me! I became a Bandito once again.

Tonight, amongst all that is good, the thought of letting you down has been weighing on my mind. I am afraid for you, Mandi. Is it right for me to marry you tonight? Do you truly want me as your Bandito husband? I have no guarantee. All I know is that I have offered you my heart, and you accepted.

I don't know what tommorow will bring, but I know that you already wait for me, by the bonfire, in your nicest white and yellow. You are more than I could ask for. Tonight we celebrate. Tonight we are married.

I wish such doubts would not haunt me now. Cove me.

Your soon-to-be husband,

Rowan

#twenty one pilots #banditosona #Rowan's letter #Dema #goodness #this was so hard to write #intro to Grandpa Bailey #Mandi #Bandito Wedding #yes i cried wiriting this #trench

[catbtr0822]

Gøner (chapter) 2

~Štøp štøp tÿłër płëåšė đønt đø ït~ I hear as I start to wake up from my dream the voices are blurry after in my mind I keep thinking about it but I doesn’t mean anything its just a dream I guess so I wake up and get ready for my first day in my new school I’m very nervous and I wonder if Tyler goes to the same school

So I go to my closet and figure out what to wear im very picky about my clothes I decided to go with a black shirt with red letters I don’t really get since I got it as a anonymous present last year it says FPE with a slash through them I don’t know but I guess its fine I put on some random black jeans I found and my black boots with red little Skulls I never really liked them but I didn’t care how I looked I went to the mirror and put on some eyeliner because I looked ugly otherwise

As I go to the kitchen all ready I see my little sister with some pink leggings a purple skirt with black dots and a crop top im like all right its not that bad she

Jocelyn: make breakfast (as she uses her phone)

Me: yeah since mom ain’t here

Jocelyn: Ok but don’t make the eggs boiled again

Me: okay picky bitch

Jocelyn: fu anyways where were u last night

As I make the breakfast I start thinking should I say or keep it a secret I think but I know she wouldn’t say anything but tease

Me: oh I was just in the forest and met someone he was walking me out

Jocelyn: ohh its a he is he cute?

I really want to dibs him but he’s not mine

Me: yeah he is but back off I like him

Jocelyn: does he have a cute friend?

Me: yeah yeah whatever eat up

Jocelyn: damn ok

We start eating and realize that we’re late we hurry up and eat as the bell rings and I run out lock the door as fast as I can we cross the bridge to get to school its in the middle of the forest but If you walk straight you go to school if you go left that’s inside the forest if you go right there’s the little lake we go straight ahead and open the doors fastly she go the the junior side I go to the senior side

As I walk by the lockers I see some seniors staring I think they ditched but I don’t care I first stop at the restroom to see if I look okay and see some punk girls smoking one pushed me back and threatened me to see if I carried any money but good thing I took boxing and karate classes so I straight up punched her and kicked her she begged for me to stop her friend just stayed there staring I left running towards my new homeroom

Mr ruths class I went in every body stared I just standed there waiting he said oh another late one what’s your name young lady?

Me: c-carina sir I can explain its jus-

Mr ruth: no need to explain lies

Then this dick yelled out she was late because she sucked my dick in the morning Everyone laughed at me but I saw someone familiar it was Tyler he wasn’t laughing he was just staring at me

Mr ruth: SILENCE!

mr ruth: I guess you’ll have to sit next to Tyler since nobody wanted to sit there I can see why though now GO!

I thought to myself how can nobody want to sit with him I find him so interesting ahh

Tyler: hey

Me: oh hey Tyler right?

Me acting as if I didn’t remember him but really I thought of him last night so much

Tyler: yeah you look great haha

Me: oh really thanks you look good too?

Jenna the most popular girl stared at me talking to him

Jenna: hey new girl you shouldn’t hang with him he’s disgusting

Me: you’re disgusting now shut up

I can feel jennas jealousy

Tyler: thanks she tells that to everyone who tries to be my friend and they listen because of her looks

Me: I won’t because I don’t like listening to people

It was the end of homeroom and I went to rest of my classes until lunch I was very scared because in my old school I usually sat with my bestest friend and dumb boyfriend but now I’m alone my sister goes at a different time so I’ll have to face the lonely life when u look in the lunch room I think Tyler already faced the lonely life

I walk to sit down in a lonely table and Tyler waves at me to sit down I go sit down

Tyler: hey again

Me: hey

Tyler: I’m very sorry I just don’t like sitting alone

Me: me neither

Tyler: Want to sit with me from now and on only if u want?

I couldn’t believe this I had to say yes

Me: yeah I do

Tyler: sick will you meet me in the forest today in the treehouse?

Me: yeah

Tyler: sure u wont get lost?

Me: I think I will I only went once

Tyler: then I’ll knock you I know where u live so yeah?

Me: oh OK not to sound rude but am I the only person u talk to?

Tyler: well since Josh went on vacation to California Ive been lonely I need someone…

Me: you have me now ok?

Tyler: thanks

The bell rang and I we left after whas just boring classes and I go pick my sister up from her class she tells me how she was about to beat this girl up and stuff as we walk home when we’re walking I see Tyler and he waves at me and smiles I smile back

Jocelyn: u must like him alot

Me: no he’s just a friend

Jocelyn: I haven’t made none

Me: you will

We get close to the house and walk in my sister goes straight to her phone I go to my desk as start drawing with my earphones on

My sister comes in and says this Tyler is looking for u I reply with oh OK I grab my boots and run out I say will u be fine alone she says yes byeee leavvvvvee I go like ok

Tyler says exitingly lets go

Me: ok lets go

Tyler: want to go to my treehouse

I replied with yes for sure he starts running towards the bridge I go after he said hold my hand instead so u don’t get lost I run very fast I hold his warm hand and feel butterflies in my stomach he smiles back and we start running we run so fast we trip and Tyler to protect me he falls to the floor and me on top I look at his beautiful eyes he looks at mine

Tyler: I love your eyes

Me: I love yours too

We get up and start running again and see the tree house he climbs up first then me but I have a fear of heights so I keep going instead I go in and see a lot of pillows art and a bed it was cool for a treehouse he says you can sit or lay down whatever you want I sit akwardly and he lays and turns on the the radio to classic music he says want to dance I agree we dance and we’re very close he looks in my eyes since we slow dance and we kiss his lips are so warm after we kiss he says carina you’re the one for me

To be continued…