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[Events]
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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s something very… modular about fairy \Ntales. The individual building blocks are
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.84,0:00:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,firmly established and don’t tend to change - \Nit’s just the way they’re arranged that makes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.52,0:00:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a story unique. You got dashing princes, \Nbeautiful princesses, questing knights,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.68,0:00:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,benevolent kings and queens, evil magic \Npeople, good magic people, heroic peasants,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.32,0:00:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cruel step-parents, clever tricksters, talking \Nanimals, dragons, trolls, the works. Spin a
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.28,0:00:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,few wheels and out pops a fairy tale. The Frog \NPrince? A [dashing prince] is [cursed] by an [evil
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.80,0:00:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,witch] to become a [friendly talking animal] \Nuntil he is saved by a [beautiful princess].
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.88,0:00:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s pretty telling that most of these \Nstories don’t even bother to name any of the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.24,0:00:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,characters - the role they fill matters a lot \Nmore than their actual individual character.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.32,0:00:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But despite how basic these archetypes are, \Nthe stories they slot into can still be really
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.24,0:00:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interesting - and while most of us have a passing \Nknowledge of the big names like Red Riding Hood,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.00,0:00:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hansel and Gretel, and anything Disney ever \Nmonetized, there’s a lot of really neat stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.44,0:00:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out there that doesn’t get the same kind of \Npress. So today let’s talk about a bite-sized
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.72,0:00:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Norwegian fairy tale with dashing princes, \Nheroic peasants, and at least one dragon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.56,0:01:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our story begins with a [benevolent king and \Nqueen] who are regrettably also pulling duty as a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.56,0:01:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[tragically childless couple]. The Queen is pretty \Nbummed about that whole situation, and is out for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.24,0:01:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a walk sublimating her feelings about it when she \Nstumbles on a [mysterious old woman] who happens
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.84,0:01:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a [witch]. The lady asks her what’s wrong \Nand when the queen fills her in on the No Kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.52,0:01:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cradle Empty situation, she gives her some cryptic \Nadvice, telling the queen to take a two-handled
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.36,0:01:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jug and put it upside down in the corner of \Nher garden overnight. The next morning, two
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.72,0:01:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roses will have grown under it, one red and one \Nwhite - the queen should choose one rose to eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.20,0:01:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,red if she wants a son, white for a daughter, \Nbut under no circumstances should she eat both.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.52,0:01:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The queen heads home and takes her advice, not \Nreally expecting all that much, but the next day
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.20,0:01:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she finds that, surprisingly, the witch was right \Non the money and the roses have really grown!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.48,0:01:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She agonizes for a bit over which one to \Neat, reasoning that a son might eventually
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.84,0:01:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to go off to war but a daughter will \Nhave to marry some foreign lord and either
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.68,0:01:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way she’ll lose the kid someday. Jeez, way to \Nbe a downer about this Magical Baby situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.68,0:01:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, after a few minutes of dithering she \Nsettles on the white one, but the rose turns
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.96,0:01:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out to be super delicious and nutritious so \Nshe ignores the warning and eats the other
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.32,0:01:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one too. Denying the explicit orders of a witch \Nin a fairy tale? What could possibly go wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.64,0:02:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nine months pass, and while the king is out \Nwarring, the queen gives birth to twins - one
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.24,0:02:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healthy baby boy and one lindworm, aka a dragon. \NAh, those magical pre-ultrasound days where every
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.84,0:02:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pregnancy was a surprise. Anyway, the lindworm \Nskedaddles outta there real quick and the queen’s
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.44,0:02:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like “Welp. Hope that was a hallucination.” \Nand just… doesn’t bring it up ever. Neato.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.48,0:02:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So years pass and the [dashing prince] grows to \Nbe a very fine young man, and eventually he’s sent
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.48,0:02:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,off to find a suitably [beautiful princess] to be \Nhis bride. But when he tries to leave the kingdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.32,0:02:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the road is blocked by a massive lindworm that \Ntells him “A bride for me before a bride for you!”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.28,0:02:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The prince heads back, thoroughly confused, \Nand the queen confesses that the lindworm is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.72,0:02:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually right on the money - technically he \Nwas born first, making him the older brother,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.12,0:02:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he kind of has to get married first.\NSo the king starts contacting far-off
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.56,0:02:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kingdoms to ask for a bride for his son - though \Nhe doesn’t say which son - and when the requisite
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.64,0:02:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[beautiful princess] arrives, a lavish wedding \Nis held and she’s married off to the Lindworm,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.24,0:02:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who promptly eats her. The Lindworm still demands \Na bride, since evidently devouring the bride
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.24,0:02:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the wedding night means the wedding doesn’t \Ncount, so the king writes to a different kingdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.44,0:02:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gets a second [beautiful princess] shipped \Nover, and the exact same thing happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.56,0:02:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now never let it be said that these [benevolent \Nroyals] can’t learn from their mistakes. The
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.84,0:03:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,king’s not too eager to make an enemy of a third \Nkingdom, so instead he goes to his royal shepherd
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.68,0:03:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tells him his beloved and conveniently \Nexpendable daughter is going to marry the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.96,0:03:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lindworm whether she wants to or not. It’s always \Nso lovely to see a ruler who really goes the extra
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.12,0:03:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mile to connect to his people like that.\NNow the [heroic peasant girl] obviously
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.64,0:03:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn’t want to get eaten, so she does what \Nany self-respecting protagonist would - she
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.60,0:03:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes for a walk in the spooky woods lamenting her \Ndoom until a [mysterious old woman] who happens
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.20,0:03:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a [witch] pops out of the woodwork \Nto ask her what’s wrong. The shepherdess
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.92,0:03:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fills her in on the situation and the witch \Ngives her some very specific instructions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.12,0:03:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how she can survive her wedding night.\NThe wedding day arrives, lavish party, beautiful
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.64,0:03:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bride, commendably scaly groom, etcetera etcetera \N- but that night, following the witch’s advice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.72,0:03:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the shepherdess has the castle staff bring \Nher a few things. She layers on ten dresses,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.64,0:03:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preps two basins of lye and milk, and gets \Nready for some fairy tale shenanigans.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.72,0:03:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Lindworm tells her to ditch the dress, \Nshe tells him to lose a skin. He’s a bit thrown by
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.96,0:03:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this request, but agrees - but after he sheds the \Nskin, surprise, she’s got another dress on! Guess
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.28,0:03:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’d better lose another skin if you want a piece \Nof this! They repeat the process several times,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.88,0:03:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by the time the shepherdess is down to her \Nlast dress, the lindworm is in pretty rough
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.24,0:04:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shape. This is when the plan enters phase two. \NFollowing the witch’s instructions to the letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.08,0:04:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the shepherdess grabs a whip, which I \Nguess the castle staff just assumed was
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.44,0:04:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for totally kosher bedroom fun times, dips \Nit in the lye and whacks the lindworm with
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.44,0:04:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it. Then she dumps the milk over him, and then \N- possibly most surprisingly - she hugs him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.08,0:04:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next day the staff are shocked to discover \Nthat the shepherdess is not only alive, but
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.68,0:04:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cuddling up to a very handsome [dashing prince]. \NWith the lindworm officially freed from his cursed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.68,0:04:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,existence by being quite literally whipped into \Nshape, the kingdom is overjoyed and the wedding is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.52,0:04:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,held all over again, this time with feeling. The \Nprince and the shepherdess are happily married for
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.36,0:04:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,real this time and everyone lives happily ever \Nafter except for those two princesses who got
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.96,0:04:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totally murdered. Sorry ladies, but someone’s \Ngotta pay the price for the rule of three!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.85,0:05:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bring Me To Life - Evanescence]