It's a fairy tale. It also has magical poisonous apples, and, y'know, magic talking mirrors. AND fucking witches... Nothing in it is, or is supposed to be, *actually real...
Like, dwarves were not invented to stereotype midgets. "Dwarf", as used for "midget", is a fucking euphemism anyway!!
Actually, both dwarf and midget are legit terms, and NOT interchangeable. One is proportional to the normals of the species (any species, mind), the other is not (the ones with the shortie arms and legs.)
As in, there were dwarf elephants and hippos living where the Mediterranean is now, when it was bone dry about 5 million years ago or so.
Sidenote: may I just say that it is frankly insane that we are discussing the merits or otherwise of the portrayal of mythical creatures in old European fairytales...
That is insane. Our ancestors, the ones who weren't fucking English majors, I suppose, would have frankly been laughing their heads off... :-/
Why? Should vampires be gay homos in all disney movies becuz made up?
Should spiderman have a fetish for trannies? hes a fantasy character
Why isnt the hulk a male gigolo?
we were founded upon the defense of internet harpies taking over gaming, it would be more strange if we were to stop defending unnecessary rewrites of established lore, even if from fairytale publications.
It's a fairy tale. It also has magical poisonous apples, and, y'know, magic talking mirrors. AND fucking witches... Nothing in it is, or is supposed to be, *actually real...
Like, dwarves were not invented to stereotype midgets. "Dwarf", as used for "midget", is a fucking euphemism anyway!!
Fucking christ... This is next level demented.
Actually, both dwarf and midget are legit terms, and NOT interchangeable. One is proportional to the normals of the species (any species, mind), the other is not (the ones with the shortie arms and legs.)
As in, there were dwarf elephants and hippos living where the Mediterranean is now, when it was bone dry about 5 million years ago or so.
Sidenote: may I just say that it is frankly insane that we are discussing the merits or otherwise of the portrayal of mythical creatures in old European fairytales...
That is insane. Our ancestors, the ones who weren't fucking English majors, I suppose, would have frankly been laughing their heads off... :-/
Why? Should vampires be gay homos in all disney movies becuz made up?
Should spiderman have a fetish for trannies? hes a fantasy character
Why isnt the hulk a male gigolo?
we were founded upon the defense of internet harpies taking over gaming, it would be more strange if we were to stop defending unnecessary rewrites of established lore, even if from fairytale publications.