virovac:

wafflesrdabomb:

thepeacockangel:

Also in the original Rudolph story (the 1939 book put out by Montgomery Ward) Rudolph isn’t born among Santa’s reindeer, Rudolph is born among a normal reindeer herd who exclude him because he’s different, but Santa comes and sees that he’s special and that his being different is good and I just feel like that’s a much more appropriate characterization of Santa, than a Santa who’s a shit to people who are different.

Y’all are fully aware it was the fuckin’ reindeer who laughed at Rudolph, and NOT Santa, right??? Like damn do your fuckin’ research.

In the movie Santa says his nose disqualifies him from the sleigh team.
Admirably the main problem in there seems to be the sound that happens when his nose glows.

Also even beyond that, in the film Santa allows his reindeer to exclude and torment Rudolph, which is something Santa would clearly not allow. He also allows the Elves to be mean to the aspiring dentist Elf

Me: Can’t handle the stress of academic environments
Also me: Offers to write a three thousand word research paper on why I find a dom distracting with academic citations. (it’s because he’s pretty but I’ve managed to work in Greek Mythology, Early Modern Witch Hunts, the 18th Century Moral Panic about novels, and am moving steadily towards 19th century romanticism and glam rock… also Satan, like a lot of Satan)

lets-talk-story:

   A long time ago, the king of Rock Fort lived across the street from two miserable old sisters. The cruelty of time had taken everything away from the women. Age had deformed their limbs, wrinkles covered every inch of skin, and the hair they had lost from their head regrew everywhere else on their ancient bodies. The sister did not dare go outside for fear of being seen.
   The king had no interest in his reclusive neighbors, until he happened to hear the eldest one singing. By some chance, time had forgotten to steal away this youthful voice. The king was enchanted by the sound and demanded to be told about woman living next to his castle. His servant knew of the hags and was snide in his response. 
“The woman is so fragile, a flake of dust could break her bones.”
The sarcasm was lost on the king, who now believed a delicate flower of a woman lived next to him and he began to pine for her.
   Alas, pining from a tower did not fit this bold noble. He walked straight to the rambled down home of the sisters and spewed forth words of longing. The eldest sister refused to come out and speak with the king- but that only made him want her more.
  The king demanded to see some part of her to assuage his longing. The hag was so wrinkled that there was no bit of her that wouldn’t offend him. But it seemed there was little choice in the matter. So in the smallest voice she could manage, the eldest sister explained, “In a week’s time, I will show you one finger.”

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This is a delightfully weird folktale

meckamecha:

thepeacockangel:

daisenseiben:

thepeacockangel:

Also in the original Rudolph story (the 1939 book put out by Montgomery Ward) Rudolph isn’t born among Santa’s reindeer, Rudolph is born among a normal reindeer herd who exclude him because he’s different, but Santa comes and sees that he’s special and that his being different is good and I just feel like that’s a much more appropriate characterization of Santa, than a Santa who’s a shit to people who are different.

Moral of the Book: Some people are assholes, but some will see how special you are.

Moral of the Song: People are assholes until you prove useful to them.

Actually the song doesn’t specify

IN the song he allows it to happen

In the song, it doesn’t say where Santa is or what he’s doing while the other reindeer are being shits, again in the book, on which the song is based, specifies Rudolph is born among a herd of normal reindeer that have no association with Santa.

Santa sees him on a foggy Christmas eve (having been previously unacquainted with Rudolph) and in the song it nowhere suggests Santa had any awareness of what was going on with Rudolph, and like considering how he has to monitor the behavior of all the human children on earth, it’s entirely likely he doesn’t know what random reindeer herds are up to.

The movie, which came after both book AND song, is where Santa is a dick.

daisenseiben:

thepeacockangel:

Also in the original Rudolph story (the 1939 book put out by Montgomery Ward) Rudolph isn’t born among Santa’s reindeer, Rudolph is born among a normal reindeer herd who exclude him because he’s different, but Santa comes and sees that he’s special and that his being different is good and I just feel like that’s a much more appropriate characterization of Santa, than a Santa who’s a shit to people who are different.

Moral of the Book: Some people are assholes, but some will see how special you are.

Moral of the Song: People are assholes until you prove useful to them.

Actually the song doesn’t specify