voice;

[whiteas]

A lot of people from Remnant have fairy tale counterparts, and it's been a hobby of mine to try to figure out who I think each person's counterpart is as I read more tales from other worlds.

For example, mine is easy given the meaning of my name- Snow White. Sun is Sun Wukong from the Journey to the West, Jaune is Joan of Arc, and I think Nora might be Thor, God of Thunder? [ Valkyrie brought her to the right culture and then absorbing lightning/god of thunder. She too a leap. ] Yang I.. still haven't figured out but I'm working on it. Mercury is the Messenger God of Trade and Profit. Ruby is Little Red Riding Hood, and Pyrrha... [ Well. She'll just trail off, let's not get into what Pyrrhic Victory is. Which isn't the right answer, but it's what she thinks Pyrrha refers to. ] Winter might be the Snow Queen. There are a lot I haven't figured out still, too.

[ But on topic to why this is even on her mind. ]

I... think my grandfather was Santa Claus. [ Her tone sounds like she's a little uncertain, but it's the only thing she can see fitting. It also makes sense why it came up now. ] His name was Nicholas Schnee, our whole family is from the northernmost continent and is always covered in snow, and he traveled the world to mine and bring Dust to people across the world-- which, Dust may not be presents, but it is one of the most important substances in our world that can mean the difference between a happy life and a dead city. Grandfather always went on expeditions himself, he was really reliable and people trusted him to always make sure that they were protected. He was a really good person, and he didn't price things to make a profit over peoples' safety. I remember him being pretty jolly when I was little, too, and he always wore a big red scarf. He cared about people more than about turning a profit, and he's one of the reasons I want to be a huntress.

[ She has many reasons-- her freedom, righting the wrongs that Jacques had done to their family name, but the fact that her grandfather was a good person helped her to know that the apple doesn't have to fall far from the tree. Jacques's fairy tale equivalent wasn't hard to figure out either- his real name was a dead giveaway for Jack Frost, but she doesn't want to talk about him. ]

The holiday season always makes me think of him.

But- [ People probably don't care to talk about her grandpa as much as she does. So she'll open the floor!! ]

What are some fairy tales from your worlds? Maybe we can figure more of them out. Obviously I haven't read every tale from every world.

Comments

[Voice]

[aurabble]

Wow. Your grandfather sounds like he was pretty cool. [It sounds like he's smiling. Weiss is safe now, and she sounds a bit better, and now she can focus on things important to her instead of worrying as much about Jacques.]

Did he also look like a bodybuilder?

[Voice]

[whiteas]

He was very cool. [ She nods, then remembers she was on voice. There's a brief awkward delay but hey, here we go. ]

He did. I mean, he went to school to learn to be a soldier. When Mantle-- pre-Atlas Mantle-- was low on Dust supplies, he dropped out of school to go search for Dust quarries to try to save the kingdom. I'm sure you can guess whether he found one or not.

[ Considering. You know. The SDC existing. ]

[Voice]

[aurabble]

He...diiiid? [That's the right answer right???]

And he did that after dropping out? [He sounds like he's in awe.] He did so much for Mantle, and pretty much the whole world. Now I know where Snow White gets her drive and desire to do good. Just like in the fairy tale!

[Voice]

[whiteas]

Yes, that's how Schnee Dust Company came to be.

[ She nods. Though, she does smile at the comment about where Snow White gets her drive. The fairy tale thing is funny to her. And it's still.. on topic of family. ]

I do even have my own version of the seven dwarves in our world. Though Klein is more compact and far superior.

[ Look she thought about it and she decided that Klein is part of her fairy tale, she's absolutely OK with this. ]

Though I love apples so that's different.

Re: [Voice]

[aurabble]

I can see why it's important to you.

No surprise, seeing as this Snow White is superior. I still think it would be cool to meet him.

Not everything is the same, which is good. I prefer our versions.

voice;

[innocent_royal]

[The young voice coming through sounds enthusiastic. Fairy tales usually mean fun times.]

Fairy tales... The only fairy tales from my world I know off the top of my head is the world creation myth and one about a man who built his daughter.

If you would like to hear them, I'd be happy to share.

voice;

[whiteas]

I did ask to hear fairy tales.

[ Share share ]

Re: voice;

[innocent_royal]

[Sharing~]

Okay, okay, um... I'll try to tell them the best I can. And so the first one, the creation myth...

It tells of a young God who planted a garden in the desolation, upon a chaotic soil or rock and fire. He first planted in the fire to keep it warm, but it was too hot, and his garden began to burn. The Prime, as we call him, wept at his own foolishness, and his tears created the oceans which cooled the flames.

The soil became soft, allowing the roots of his garden to spread and give shape to the world. The Prime then moved his garden away from Praetextatus, our parent star, to keep his garden from getting to hot, but ice began to form. He then moved it a little closer to warm it up just enough.

His garden began to grow, and gave shape to oceans, continents, mountains, forests... And even one tree that was bigger than all the rest. The Prime's sighs of content created the winds and the weather. But then he realised that one side of his garden was freezing, and the other side was burning. He began to gently spin his garden world so keep both sides at just the right temperature.

The Prime tended to his garden, and his prized tree which was taller than mountains, until he was unfathomably ancient. From each section of his garden, he created daughters to take after him, and he left the world.

His daughters loved the garden just as much, and created life to enjoy the fruits of their father's labor, the most beloved being mankind.

[A pause...]

I'm sorry, that was longer than intended. The second one is... I think a little on the dark side. It's from the dark ages of my world's history where the most prominent civilization of the time was going extinct.

A man and his wife dearly wanted a daughter, but they were unable to. The man, being a wise and brilliant man, toiled away for days and days in his workshop, until one day, he brought up a beautiful little girl he named "Alice."

Alice was the perfect child. She can cook, clean, dance. She was kind-hearted and helpful and can put a smile on anyone's face. But the years went by, people grew old and died, but Alice stayed the same. No one knew or understood why Alice never grew up or aged. The people began to fear her, seeing her as unnatural. In an twilight of a civilization, they feared a new lifeform taking over. They formed a mob and marched on Alice and her parents.

As the mob stormed their home, the inventor defended Alice, pleading for mercy. He only wanted a child just as they did. She was "Alice," an artificial lifeform of intelligence, charisma and elegance. The mob relented, but they did not accept them again.

Years later, the brilliant man and his wife passed away, and Alice lived on. She disappeared from the village she lived shortly and no one ever heard from her or seen her again. A myth goes with this, saying that Alice sometimes appears at a location that could be where her parents are buried.

[One final pause.]

They're probably better if told by an actual storyteller. But I hope you liked them, regardless.

[Voice]

[solar_flare]

No idea. Maybe I'm just the dragon!

[She hasn't bothered to read a lot of other people's fairy tales, honestly. They've got plenty of their own.]

[Voice]

[whiteas]

There are a lot of fairy tales with dragons. You're going to have to be more specific.

[Voice]

[solar_flare]

Come on, they're all the same. Hoard gold, threaten to eat princesses, give the princes something to fight. I'm protective of my hair, and that's kinda like gold, right?

[Voice]

[whiteas]

I've never seen you threaten to eat a princess or fight someone who was trying to save someone else. If anything I would've guessed Rapunzel considering the hair situation. Princess with beautiful blonde hair, wants nothing more than to get out and explore the world. [ And her mother gave her up in the fairy tail for something horrifyingly stupid, but let's not bring up the parental issues in public. ] It even has a prince who tries to save her, messes up and ends up being blinded by the witch until he gets saved by the princess when they find each other again.

voice;

[truesmiles]

I know a few stories. No fairy tales though.

voice;

[whiteas]

There aren't any or you just don't know them off the top of your head?

voice;

[truesmiles]

Can't remember off the top of my head since been to a good number of worlds. Ones I do think of were stories that were based on fact or believed fact.

voice

[corruptedsave]

I know two from my world, "The War of Humans and Monsters" and the second one doesn't really have a name.

voice

[whiteas]

The War of Humans and Monsters? That.. doesn't sound like a fairy tale so much as a history book from most worlds.

voice

[corruptedsave]

Well to humans it became a fairy tale, but not to the monsters. Since the version told to humans is pretty bare on the details.

[Actually both of the stories Chara mentioned are actually history! But they're not going to say that.]

Re: voice

[whiteas]

It usually is.

[ Look, fairy tales from her world are apparently more legit than she was told initially, so she's not doubting it. ]

Voice;

[heroes_never_die]

A lot of the fairy tales you listed are ones I have as well, but there's still a good amount of them around besides that.

It's nice that your world tends to give different meanings to names. I'm not exactly sure what Dust is myself, but that sounds a lot like Santa Claus in some ways. [At least, not in the way she assumes she means by Dust.] He seems like a great man.

Voice;

[whiteas]

He was.

[ She misses her grandfather. Her father isn't even a fraction of the man he was. ]

Dust is a form of crystallized energy, typically associated with specific elements.

Voice;

[heroes_never_die]

Ah, so it's a sort of energy source then. We don't really have that in particular, but science has gotten pretty advanced in our world. Nano technology has come a long way and it's really made a difference in the medical field.

But yes, fairy tales... From the ones you listed off, you more than likely know about the ones that I know of, but I can try to think of some that you might not know.

Voice/Video

[nrgsvr]

Nora as Thor makes sense. Especially with her hammer.

I'll tell you something from my culture. The tale of Urashima Taro.

[ Mayu tells the story in a dry, mostly unembellished, straight forward manner. He uses the video function to show his illustrations. There's some commentary on the really nonsensical parts, clichés, or pointing out cultural values. He does not agree with obedience being more important than love.]

Of course, time runs differently in a magical place.

A fairy tale protagonist usually does the one thing they're warned against.

So, making promises to sea princesses is a bad idea.

Re: Voice/Video

[whiteas]

[ She listens quietly, enjoying the story until the moral comes to the head. It's a good story, but 'don't disobey' was not the message she got out of that story until he said it. ]

I thought the moral of the story was if you act kindly, you'll be rewarded. If you act thoughtfully, you'll realize what's important in life over simple pleasures rather than acting immediately on desirous impulse. If anything, he ruined his life far before he died over a simple bout of curiosity. That seemed like the author didn't have a consistent theme and jsut gave up.

[ it was good until the moral made no sense!! ] If anything, the children at the beginning should've been punished. Not all kids are senselessly cruel to animals and refuse to listen otherwise, those kids were terrible.

Voice

[nrgsvr]

Maybe he just seemed exceptionally kind because he was in a village full of sadists?

Then escaping to Ryūgū-jō and marrying Otohime makes sense.

Lack of consistency tends to happen when oral tales get passed down for centuries. The original telling might have been more straightforward. Those kids also disobeyed someone older and wiser.