Hive! I summon thee! Come forth!

[Relique du Madde]

That my friend was evil! I have to use babelfish to "translate" it and it still wasn't totally understandable...

 

[Blackrat]

Running pancake. It's been some time since I last heard that. For our english-reading fellows it's a bit like the Gingerbread Man story but with a bit happier ending.

 

[Relique du Madde]

You mean that the pancake isn't tortured for hours before he is brutally murdered gangland style then devowered by the neighborhood childrend.

 

[Blackrat]

You mean that the pancake isn't tortured for hours before he is brutally murdered gangland style then devowered by the neighborhood childrend.

Nah. He is forced to run and run until he sacrifices himself to the hungry orphans for food.

 

[Relique du Madde]

I've always wondered why fairytales and nursery rhymes always had a dark side.

 

[Blackrat]

I've always wondered why fairytales and nursery rhymes always had a dark side.

Have you ever read the actual Grimm tales, instead of seen Disney versions? Those stories don't just have a darker side, they are actually cruel horror-stories mostly...

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

That my friend was evil! I have to use babelfish to "translate" it and it still wasn't totally understandable...

The nasty thing is that the "dialogue" in the text is not in German, but Lower-German. I guess Babelflish nor Google Translate will help you there.

Oh, and indeed, it is very similar to the Gingerbread Man story, but it has a more or less happy ending. Happy in a sad way. (The pancake gives himself to three kids that have lost their parents and haven't anything to eat, mirroring the 3 crones that baked him...)

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Have you ever read the actual Grimm tales, instead of seen Disney versions? Those stories don't just have a darker side, they are actually cruel horror-stories mostly...

Or Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales.

"Arielle, the little mermaid"? Pah! A tragic story if there ever was one...

And there was that story which name (and other details) I can't remember.. It was about a soldier and a special magic lighter that could summon some magical dogs or other magical aid. One of the first scenes has him cutting of a witches head, and later, dogs throw some nobles into the air so they splatter on impact... Brutal.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Wait.. there's two types of German? Which one is the one that sounds like every word is being yelled at you?

 

[Blackrat]

Wait.. there's two types of German? Which one is the one that sounds like every word is being yelled at you?

Both .