Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7441324-20130325035146/@comment-7443211-20130325060510

Tygrgirly wrote: So, for those of you that don't remember, the difference between a folk tale and a fairy tale is that the folk tale is based on historical events and people. Much like the story of Johnny Appleseed or Davy Crockett, Robin Hood and King Arthur are based on real people that actually exsisted on Earth. So I find it distracing when Sir Lancelot and Robin Hood turn up in Fairy Tale Land on the show, since they don't belong there. They already lived their lives on Earth. Does this bother anyone else? Or is it just me? Thoughts? In technicality, Robin Hood and King Arthur were historical legends, as was Mulan. But I can see where your argument coming from. It does seems somewhat unfair that some characters, as immortal as they may be through storytelling, get "another life" if you will, in one way of looking at it, it'd be like having a legend written about Abraham Lincoln and have him in another world. (Bad example, but you get my drift.) However, the beauty of being immortalized in a legend is that some of the stories that are told about you may or may not be true, as there's no one around to call their historical accuracy into question, so I don't see any reason why they shouldn't have their own worlds. Besides, as the spy above me has noted, the pilot did say "storybook characters" after all. Its not much of a bother to me though.