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[dothelokimotion]

What kind of stories did you grow up with?

What kind of myths and fairy tales were you told?

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text; @angela

[hevenly]

I grew up hearing tales about the horrors of Asgard. The worst were the stories of Odin's rampages, but the ones that truly kept me up at night were the stories about the cannibal Volstagg.

[dothelokimotion]

Having seen Volstagg at work, this is a very reasonable fear.

[ Still it's . . . jarring. Asgard was the Eternal Realm. Adored by all. ]

Did you ever visit Asgard?

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[ikols]

text; ilikehorses

[shoplifter]

I know Pinocchio. He was a puppet who wanted to be a real boy.

[dothelokimotion]

I am not familiar with the tale. How does a puppet become real?

[hevenly]

Only later. After the Tenth Realm was returned to the World Tree.

After I learned the truth of my parentage.

someone teach Angela how to reaction gif

[hevenly]

What is this. Who is that man?

[ikols]

He thinks your stories of Volstagg are excellent, that's all. :)

[shoplifter]

Someone makes it real, just like anything else. The Blue Fairy promised to let him become a real child if he proved he was honest, brave, and not selfish.

[hevenly]

Why would he think them excellent. Volstagg eats children.

[dothelokimotion]

You are braver than me in this.

[dothelokimotion]

[ A sour feeling curdles his stomach. ]

How very convenient. I imagine it took him a few days to manage such a feat.

[ Like Thor. ]

[hevenly]

[ She's braver than him in a lot of things. ]

I had nowhere else to go.

I did not stay long, and when I was brought back the second time, I was promptly declared níð and exiled.

[dothelokimotion]

[ It's true. ]

Asgard does like decreeing that. Though I suppose it's kind of them not to leave any room for error.

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[potentialed]

[ This seems like a random thing to ask but he'll bite. ]

Myths varied from country to country and I didn't really get into those until a little later. As a kid, the fairytales were more common.

Ever heard of Rapunzel?

[shoplifter]

Yes. He made some mistakes, but he protected his father and friend from the angry whale they were trapped in. He almost died because of it.

[Totally Thor.]

[ikols]

Fandral often frys them after Hogun has broken their bones, then Sif tenderises the meat before turning it into baby-brother, just as Volstagg likes it.

[hevenly]

To be fair, I had kidnapped the heir to the throne and thrown her into a furnace.

[ Probably the most selfless Angela has ever been, admitting that someone might have seen her actions as wrong. ]

[dothelokimotion]

No. It sounds Germanic in origin though.

[hevenly]

Are you being purposefully cruel?

[not commenting but-]

[shoplifter]

[What the fuck guys.]

[dothelokimotion]

I suppose one life or death situation is enough to overturn a lifetime of terribleness.

[ The most bitter. ]

[dothelokimotion]

Dare I ask?

[hevenly]

She's fine now.

[potentialed]

That it is. Rose to popularity thanks to the Grimm Brothers.

The basic gist is that a girl named Rapunzel is locked in a tower and no one can get to her save climbing her long, golden hair.

The longer version involves a candlemaker stealing turnips for his pregnant wife and getting caught because he was in a witch's garden for the turnips. She makes him agree to give them the child when it is born. Of course, the parents don't want that so the witch ends up taking the child by force and locks her away in a tower where no one can get to her.