Fables and Folktales: Prince Lindworm

[@tavianroberts4423]

my favorite part is that the lindworm actually agrees to taking off his own skin nine times instead of just... tearing off her dresses himself and then eating her. He may be a bloodthirsty dragon, but he's still a gentleman.

[@Starii_64]

If your man wont even do that for you he aint a keeper

[@yeager1957]

Turns out he was just a sub the whole time and didn’t know it

[@edim108]

Except for the part where he literally ate two women alive... Other than that, yeah.

[@reyonXIII]

Considering the kind of monster she herself turned out to be (she went from shepherdess to royal dom), that was a wise move on his part.

[@jellyrolls2765]

@@reyonXIII how is she a monster?

[@tame2409]

Shoutout to everyone involved in the weddings for being perfectly fine with partying with a dragon three times in a row

[@adamantbrandob7188]

Who wouldn’t want to party wiþ a fucking dragon þey also have great music taste

[@stretopovermind9680]

Parties with a dragon are the best parties. Also, that dragon is their future ruler. You would not want to upset you future ruler (who is also happens to be a *dragon* ) by any rudeness, would you?

[@yamibakura8597]

The King: "Now, listen, my son is a bit sensitive about his appearance. So I want you all to treat him as if he is normal. And if you don't, well, let's just say you'll find out what happens to his first bride."

[@jonathonellis5604]

i mean tecnicly it was four times, that boy still has white glowy hair, so i bet my but he has this whole arc about learing to controll his dragon powers

[@badlittlewolf2606]

from what I've heard, Norwegians are always down to party

[@colinwhitfill]

Gotta give props to the witch. She gives clear instructions, and then when she learns those instructions haven't been followed, she helps out the person most in danger from it. No evil laughter or karmic punishment, just honest help and advice.

[@jenneacubero1036]

Colin Whitfill To be fair, a "Don't eat two or else you'll get a dragon for a kid" would've helped a bit.

[@wppb50]

@@jenneacubero1036 I mean, yes, but also, if a witch gives you super explicit instructions about what NOT to do as part of whatever thing you kind of have to assume that Terrible Consequences are implied.

[@jenneacubero1036]

@@wppb50 True. At least in Greek Mythos, oracles are too vague to know what or what not to avoid. Fairy tale characters don't have much of an excuse.

[@OctagonalGolbat]

Yeah, can't have been easy to hold back snide remarks about goddamn royals who think they know better than her, a literal fairy tale witch.

[@philipblount2561]

That's the "....yup, figures. Alright-" approach

[@elijahblast7548]

Head Canon: The ghosts of the two other princesses now haunt the castle. They’re pretty nice to everyone, but they won’t stop giving the prince shit for eating them

[@josetapia9606]

Continuation Head Canon: On the other hand, the Ghost Princess are super nice to the Lindworm's giving them remarks like: *Oh you're so beautifull and charming, we wish we wre your mommies, but at last not all of us can be lucky enought to find a magical witch to save us and be married. Isn't that right, peasent girl?* *At least I'm alive and not a childless ghost hag* *At least we still look young!* *At least I didnt die virgin!* *Why are mommies figthing, dad?* *...I will tell you latter*

[@scarylion1roar]

code E221, we've got two ghosts haunting their alive husband and his new wife

[@taxinvasion260]

"You ate me." "I was a dragon."

[@obsidironpumicia4074]

"Hmm. Dear, what do you feel like having for dinner?" _"Princess, maybe-"_ "PORK, PORK SOUNDS LOVELY, DON'T YOU AGREE."

[@moxiehokutika911]

"I *said* I was *sorry!*"

[@Mastercrazybird]

Red overenthusiastically singing "Wake Me Up" is my favorite thing for today.

[@DAFLIDMAN]

I want... no I NEED a whole version of the song sung by red.

[@Avalanchea]

Red, please release an full cover.

[@Bluecho4]

^This.

[@dragonrune6800]

Red, PLEASE PLEASE release a full cover! The world needs it!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@thesquishedelf1301]

4:37 is best. “I can’t wake up!?!”

[@GoErikTheRed]

Red singing "wake me up" aggressively while also somehow whispering is best Red

[@alisaurus4224]

All Reds are Best Red

[@MadeleinFletcher]

It is absolutely amazing and hilarious.

[@TheSylwesterGames]

I couldn't stop laughing throughout. xD

[@diothekiid]

Agreed

[@Greg98648]

I know right the singing is alway great.

[@auzpayeur8229]

This is weird, because there’s *another* Norwegian fairy tale about a childless queen who eats two flowers and gets a beautiful child and an ugly child, only in that story the two kids really love each other and the ugly child winds up rescuing the beautiful child from trolls. I guess eating flowers is just A Thing in Norwegian fairy tales

[@PatrickCervantez]

Don't eat flowers in Norway. Got it.

[@mohammedyousef4005]

"sweet home norway"

[@timothymclean]

Wouldn't surprise me if the two fairy tales from the same region with the same plot point about flower-eating had some kind of shared history.

[@dcbanacek2]

There's a Hellboy comic that talks about that one.

[@erikrinard7908]

Hellboy adapted that story and I always found that version to be oddly sad and beautiful. I won't say why exactly for the sake of spoilers, but it definitely doesn't include much of a happy ending.

[@shaynatang8888]

I love how the queen flinches when the old witch appears while shepherd girl gets into a fighting stance.

[@MogofWar]

Queen grew up in comfort and safety. Shepherdess had seen some shit.

[@Percy_Jackson_enthusiast]

@@MogofWar tru dat

[@FatalHog]

i mean, magical worlds like these you could literally walk outside and get eaten by a goddamn dragon so like.......

[@-Commit-arson-]

I also like how the old woman straight up just appeared out of space, and time to provide advice like she teleported out of nowhere

[@parkerdixon-word6295]

Darkplace Kung Fu hands at the ready.

[@Hehe-po8sz]

I love how the queen just ate the other flower because *'iT wAs TaStY'* not because she wanted another kid...

[@arthurgomes5188]

Sometimes you just have a bad case of the munchies.

[@gamingdemigodxiii5630]

So much for birth control...

[@AnInsideJoke]

Supposedly pregnancy cravings can be a real bitch.

[@achintyanaithani889]

Yeah, that....may be Red's version. She tends to sanitize myths to keep her ratings safe. IRL, a queen being childless would be grounds for her to be divorced.

[@ZJ567]

EXACTLY like sex

[@Nurat170]

I was low key expecting the lindworm to go like "Prince, I am your sister!" And they go a journey to turn her back into a human.

[@danielprasek7879]

same

[@themushiest1550]

My next novel

[@slateoffate9812]

Roseborn Alchemist: Siblings Forever!

[@melonlord1414]

I was expecting the worm to pose as the daughter of some other king and eat the son

[@jascrandom9855]

And then they would get married.

[@Diego-zz1df]

I like that the witch is genuinely helpful and doesn't pull any weird/mischievous/evil shenanigans with anyone she meets.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

She is the nicest.

[@psychopompous489]

I mean she coulda warned the queen about the flavor or the princess about the new kinks.

[@Gauldame]

I mean, maybe she's genre savvy as well as being a witch, and just wants to see how weird they can make it even if she tells them exactly what to do.

[@camblycreeper7999]

Big difference between a Witch and a Hag, lot of people don't get that. If Tia Dalma is a witch, (albiet with a swamp voodoo schtick) then if they are more evil and less attractive, that is generally the tell tale sign of a hag

[@camblycreeper7999]

For those folks saying she could have warned people about the downsides. It could be a little tricksy not disclosing major effects. but a kind and wise old woman might have had the grimoir or teacher she learned the information about the stuff prior didn't disclose the information about the Lindworm but did have information about dealing with lindworms.

[@andyknightwarden9746]

"Well, f*CK me, then." "I think it's sweet." Love the characters, Red.

[@andyknightwarden9746]

@alida flus That would not have been a fairy tale in "hide your gays" medieval Europe.

[@festethephule7553]

@alida flus See that version makes more sense to me.

[@thatsroughbuddy8742]

@@andyknightwarden9746 Yeah, but it’s still fun.

[@CrownofMischief]

@@festethephule7553 yeah, in the way that you would think eating both flowers would result in a son and a daughter, even if the daughter starts out a lindworm

[@Prodigi50]

@@andyknightwarden9746 There’s a tale of lesbians in some Irish(?) tale. I forgot the name though.

[@Knick-Knack-9]

Witch: So you'll wear 10 dresses, whip him, dump the milk on him and then give him a hug. Peasant Girl: A hug? Witch: I said all that and you question the hug? Its not necessary but the lad probably needs it.

[@598019001]

Aftercare is a very important aspect of bedroom funtime ;D

[@octopassi2528]

​@Frostgiant According to a youtube video i watched showing how terrible of a dom is Christian from fifty shades, after care is necessary especially for the sub who might feel shitty about the whole s and m thing.

[@gus.smedstad]

I strongly suspect that’s a euphemism. A “very special hug.” Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more say no more.

[@floricel_112]

@@octopassi2528 ...link?

[@d73w80]

@@octopassi2528 Watching a video about a BDSM book from a guy named Dom

[@dominiklehn2866]

I love how when the queen is spooked she just flinches away, but the leasing girl immediately goes into a fighting stance.

[@keeganpenix9483]

Of course. The girl's a Shepherd. You don't know rage until you've made the unspeakably horrid mistake of angering a Shepherd.

[@rollingthunder1043]

@@keeganpenix9483 Or the Son of a Shepard!

[@alisaurus4224]

Probably seen some shit while alone on the hills with the sheeps

[@natesmodelsdoodles5403]

@@alisaurus4224 Most likely. She'd have probably needed to deal with all kinds of predators deciding that the flock looks tasty.

[@gormauslander]

Can confirm, shepherds are flinchy Source: 6 months of shepherding

[@DisneyFanatic2364]

You should hear the version with the onions instead of roses. The queen forgot to peel the first onion before eating it. Fits in with the layers theme.

[@ivanarcheous4731]

And that's how ogres are born...

[@vibevibevibemcommentedtoda5717]

thanks, i hate it alkzjsdkx

[@ragingmonkeycritic]

You could say that version had LAYERS lIkE oRgErS!!!!!

[@beccag2758]

Oh my gosh wait I’ve heard that version!! I thought it was ridiculous because an unpeeled raw onion is even grosser than a normal raw onion

[@rpgcraftsman520]

lol i just posted about this, i must've missed your comment :B

[@samanthawachter5764]

This was interesting to hear. The version of the story I've known was that the queen was told to eat two onions to conceive twins, but she had to ba sure to peel them first. The queen was so eager to have a child, that she forgot to peel the first onion, but took the time to peel the second. This in turn correlated to when the maiden requested the lindworm to strip layers of his skin, cause it was like peeling off those onion layers the queen neglected to take off herself

[@semaj_5022]

Yeah I was under the impression it was supposed to be two onions as well. Not sure where the roses came from. The story kind of loses its "poetic symmetry" or whatever without the onions. Still a very entertaining video nonetheless.

[@RainAngel111]

Oohh. That definitely gives it some kind of logic

[@ragingmonkeycritic]

"F*ck me I guess" "I think it's sweet" These static 2D characters have more personality than most movie protagonists

[@seemo5789]

Forget movie protagonists, they've got more personality than most *people.*

[@me0101001000]

@@seemo5789 I really want to say you're wrong. I really do. I just can't tho

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

@@seemo5789 I won't say more but the second one definitely seems like a very lovely and forgiving person. Those people are so nice to be around.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

O O F

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

@@seemo5789 there's a hypothesis in neuroscience called the "Cognitive Zombie Hypothesis" or something similar, that states that most people or a large percentage of humanity aren't actually sentient, and have just learned behaviour that makes them seem like people and who actively live out their lives not making a direct decision once, as mental zombies holding society aloft with effectively slave labor without knowing it. Do you know someone helplessly stuck in a stressful job with no hobbies except for t.v. watching and barely any personality? They might be one, and because they and their ancestors were able to live out their lives without evolving true sentience, only learning behaviour from others, they never needed to evolve sentience, and never did.

[@friendoftheoyster3906]

I find it hilarious that rather than the Queen eating both roses because she really wants two children, she just eats it because it tastes good

[@MeMe-nn8lm]

In one youtube video I saw. The queen just couldn't decide and just ate both disregarding what the old lady told her

[@shadenox8164]

@@MeMe-nn8lm And she got two sons in the end anyways.

[@muffinn1337]

@@shadenox8164 I really dont understand why the Lindwurm is a Male too

[@lucasking4739]

I mean roses are p tastey

[@edylai683]

@@lucasking4739 I agree with you there rose are pretty good

[@IFalled]

A prince, trying to explain why he hires a peasant women to whip him and douse him with milk to his concerned servents: "Have you ever heard of the Lindworm?"

[@TheK.E.]

wonder how many fairytales were born from servants trying to explain their masters' fetish gear

[@danjudex2475]

So your saying red riding hood is a furry?

[@silubr1]

@@danjudex2475 There’s a large group of fairy tales like _Peau d’âne_ (Doneyskin), The She-Bear, _Allerleirauh_ etc (Aarne-Thompson folktale classification type 510B) which would be rather more fitting.

[@sigridhorn2408]

@Soft Squishy Ducky little red riding hood was a warning for young girls not to stray and be vary often strange men. The wolf eating her was an allegory for sexual assault. The “stay on the path” is both literal about the woods and following the right path in life. So it could have the shadow of furry on it, but a very dark one

[@calamaria9624]

I like how the story mentions that: "Yay they have a beautiful son! Who goes out and finds a wife until some dragon 'says me first'" and then the second son is never mentioned again. Whether irrelevant or boring,I think the singular thing that started all this becoming overshadowed is hilarious.

[@trla6505]

He is probably defending the kingdom from the other 2

[@PartigradeCannon]

Technically, Red implies the second prince is the bait. King: I have a son that needs marrying. Princess: (sees handsome human prince) I'll take him! (shows up, sees Lindworm) King: Ah, I see you've met my son. Princess: wait, where's Prince Handsome? King: Oh, I didn't say he was the one you were going to marry.

[@calamaria9624]

@@PartigradeCannon That's Awesome oh my god

[@jamesharrison658]

second child syndrome

[@Parasolhyena]

That's because in the original story there was only the Lindworm son. Lang who's book became most popular took a fair amount of liberties.

[@kurokonatsuki3170]

It would have been a real twist if all he needed was just a hug, and the wipping was just the Old Lady's kink and thought it would be funny to tell the girl.

[@gabe5759]

Hehehe 1k

[@JimBob4233]

"This isn't actually part of the ceremony, I just had a spare bucket of lye."

[@MogofWar]

The lye was to dry out and crack the skin. Whip was to rip the skin. The milk was to exfoliate the final layer gently so that the removal prosses didn't kill him.

[@ilopominecrafter]

@@MogofWar i more laugh when the lindworm is asked to remove its skin as she removes the layers and he just says yes. Like not even questioning how to remove its skin or anythin

[@MogofWar]

@@ilopominecrafter Well, some folk misconceptions were that Snakes could shed and redon skin layers like clothing... And even thought it was actually known that molting was actually a one-way process, shedding skins like suits was a well established mythological motif by that point.

[@kacpikachu5951]

Red’s rendition of “Wake Me Up Inside” gave me life 😆

[@sticks4632]

I guess you can say it, breaths you to life.

[@kirankurusu5845]

Her cover of that song is such a mood

[@amaronith]

The SOUND I made when I heard it XD can we just. Get a whole album of Red's covers? Please?

[@AccidentalNinja]

It was awesome.

[@Eric-sy1xu]

It woke me up

[@DalithaMW]

i love how marrying a lindworm doesn't seem to have actually distressed them, until the being eaten part

[@AirKIng74]

Maybe they were just relieved they weren't being married off to one of their cousins.

[@CJCroen1393]

“I must warn you, though: I am a massive maneating dragon.” “...eh, no one’s perfect.”

[@jasonblalock4429]

Hey, some ladies like a bad dragon . . .

[@an8strengthkobold360]

How progressive

[@elijahpadilla5083]

@@jasonblalock4429 No. Bad. (proceeds to spray you with a water pistol)

[@hermeticbear]

I love the little word bubble of the now freed prince saying it was "true Love's kiss" because admitting as to how it went down really might raise some questions

[@Blaze-xe8cl]

Yeah saying you got dominatrixed into a human is hard to explain

[@sophiatalksmusic3588]

I love how she’s just chill with the fact that her husband literally ate two people

[@tytantin1442]

Love is blind

[@teteteteta2548]

@@tytantin1442 and very morally grey

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

I think the implication is that being the lindworm made him act like that so it's kind of like he's a different person

[@nematarot7728]

it was a different time

[@tychoinshadows]

She can change him! Literally!

[@perfectlyhopeless]

I absolutely cackled at "Son, this is becoming a problem"

[@team10leader1]

As though he were a sitcom father telling off his son for throwing wild parties

[@bradleyadams5252]

"But Daaaad, human flesh tastes delicious!"

[@coolgreenbug7551]

@@team10leader1 Son? *stock canned laughter* Dad? *stock canned laughter* Where's your bride? *stock canned laughter* What bride? *stock canned laughter*

[@gear6881]

"Did you get rounder?" "It was a big cake." Honestly mood.

[@conejitorosada2326]

"Look dude, If I'm gonna get eaten, I better be PACKING those cakes up as a final meal"

[@side-beeetaloniswolfwolfac4179]

"Happily ever after except those two previous princesses who are now dead." Oh, you forgot the newlyweds once they have to deal with two kingdoms who want the princes head. No biggy.

[@jackhacker5738]

I imagine having a were-dragon as the kingdom's prince is going to turn off the other kingdoms from invasion, since, you know... Dragon.

[@salmonandsoup]

Really, they're gonna want the CURRENT king and queen's heads, since this is all their fault, ESPECIALLY the queen's.

[@kaischreurs2488]

I mean depending on how close the other kingdoms are you could just say they died on the road or something, maybe even say you already caught and executed the bandits responsible for brownie points.

[@sonofjack6286]

The lyndworm prince may very well still retain his powers, apart from flight and breathing fire, if he's leading the army, all they have to do is just follow through the gap that is the carnage the prince leaves behind.

[@LAKnightAuthor]

@@kaischreurs2488 there's a book where that happens sort of, Princess of the Midnight Ball, retelling 12 Dancing Princesses, where a LOT of kingdoms are like "our sons went to your kingdom to answer the shoe question and died, time for war."

[@rzasian]

A variant to this story involves the queen eating 2 onions instead of roses, which makes the shedding skin scene make way more sense.

[@junjunjamore7735]

Does depetaling a rose count as metaphor?

[@tyrant-den884]

@@junjunjamore7735 I read that version too, I thought depetalling was going to be a stipulation.

[@martiqueheisler5959]

Like ogres, lindworms have layers lmao

[@Passions5555]

That is the version I read too. Also instead of whipping the lindworm after the shedding of the skins the shepherdess had to tackle the lump of flesh that was left of the lindworm and scrub it harshly with water and a bar of soap until the lump of flesh was completely gone and the prince's human body was revealed. This apparently took all night, and by morning the girl had scrubbed away all the lindworm flesh. The two brides before the shepherdess were not princesses but peasant girls from the kingdom.

[@WillowEpp]

But does it _really,_ though?

[@thomaswampler6209]

Honestly not surprised that this is Norway's response to marrying a dragon. "Remember child, when you marry your dragon husband, you have to whip the fear of Thor into him to turn him into a real man." "Sounds...strange, but okay strange lady in the woods." How much you want to bet that the old lady in the woods was Odin? Also, never apologize for that song choice, it gave me the best of amusement.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Odin probably would enjoy a joke with an 18-year payoff so long as it included some wedding night BDSM

[@juke9674]

@@williamchamberlain2263 facts, Munin recorded the whole thing!

[@johnbones3455]

Well all roads do lead to Odin, after all.

[@kevinsullivan3448]

Taking an arrow to the knee just seems so tame in comparison.

[@Freekymoho]

@@juke9674 this is going straight into Odin's epic prank compilation

[@simonbru1299]

I love how aftercare was part of what made the dragon into a human.

[@josephperez2004]

Putting it in that context, the hug makes so much more sense. First a strip tease to tantalize and presumably tucker out the partner, followed by some whipping and mild humiliation (I'm not sure how else to explain dumping milk on someone's face), followed by some gentle hugs. One Heck of a wedding night.

[@jinkiesjunko]

@@josephperez2004 does this imply that the way to make monsters human is teasing, femdom and aftercare???

[@josephperez2004]

@@jinkiesjunko I mean, maybe? Disney's Beauty and the Beast might be a really sanitized version of what really happened in the castle...

[@AA-vr8ve]

@@josephperez2004...

[@tnecniw]

@@jinkiesjunko ... Someone make me a parody NSFW comic of that story of beauty and the beast >:)

[@jy3n2]

"So is there a moral to any of this?" "Nah. I just like telling people about my kink." "Which one? BDSM? Transformation? Vore? Monsters?" "Yes."

[@redwitch12]

"I occupy a very specific location on quite a complicated Venn diagram." "...Venn diagrams are my fetish."

[@CrownofMischief]

Moral of the story: Aftercare is important in a BDSM relationship. Oh, and probably listen to ominous warnings

[@zooms7889]

this got me lol

[@guillermopena8412]

Bride: How do I deal with my dragon groom?! Witch: You know what a dominatrix is?

[@therandomcommenter7665]

Oh my god

[@dlyfofbenny]

I fucking lolled

[@lotus6992]

nooooo

[@seekertosecrets]

That line is hilarious!

[@princessnazario2597]

LMAO

[@scolkereybel]

It's a shame dragon brothers are never chill until they loose 7 layers of skin and get a bunch of milk splashed on their face. The things men will do to avoid therapy.

[@red5t653]

Didn't this guy need 10?

[@ryuudraco592]

Don't forget the whip. We got in this situation because the queen didn't fallow the old lady's directions

[@bizuko2307]

A man will eat 2 wives before going to therapy.

[@hunterkea203]

SAY IT FOR THE BOYS IN THE B A Q Q

[@Jason-re4dw]

Why would I consider therapy when I can just forget about my feelings and be an edge lord?

[@epsreborn9718]

The cadence of “I cAn’T wAkE uP!” kills me every time

[@thesquishedelf1301]

I cAn’T wAkE uP!?!

[@keyjerant7917]

Omg that ending was the best thing ever

[@bloodymarysperiodblood6667]

The second voices were an amazing experience tho, therapeutical as fuck

[@AnimeWolf5193]

So a lady helps a man discover his true self through the power of strip-teasing, BDSM and love? _Nice._

[@josetapia9606]

Aftercare is an important step for a healthy dominitrax relationship

[@TheMewtata]

Is milk play a thing already?

[@thebronzedragon1]

@@TheMewtata to paraphrase the castle staff 'don't ask questions you don't want the answers too'

[@willieoelkers5568]

@@TheMewtata If you can think of it, there's probably someone somewhere who's into it.

[@carboniml]

Don't think to hard about it.

[@Homebrewin]

Red being like, “f*** it”, and screwing around with the ending song was the best.

[@vioname]

It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard

[@vioname]

@@dopplereffect9246 yes it’s beautiful

[@Deysh3]

We need an OSP soundtrack album

[@Phrygid]

I was listening to this while walking my dog and it took everything I had not to burst into scream-laughter the second she started singing. Holy shit she sent me

[@kingjoey52a]

So metal!

[@Kio_Kurashi]

So basically the moral of this story is that if you have an angry prince it's just because they're a sexually frustrated sub.

[@Jikkuryuu]

"I thought eating them was how a dom was supposed to behave!? I didn't know what else to do!"

[@1224chrisng]

@@Jikkuryuu don't look up "vore", ever, I beg you

[@johnfraire6931]

So THAT'S how GoT should've played out

[@danamulter]

Best take.

[@user-kf9cd2di2x]

i hate this i actually fell off my chair reading this oh my god i just woke up this is too much

[@noelhann5262]

I cannot describe how funny I find red boldly announcing “I can’t wake up!” and all the other parts of the song. The tone is just hilarious.

[@Beryllahawk]

I died laughing.

[@ArchArturo]

I revived laughing.

[@SennaHawx]

I stayed the way I already was laughing.

[@shardulparthasarathy6661]

I laughed laughing

[@starfishcoffee2854]

1/10. Blue wasn't in the background yelling "save me!"

[@dwanpol-lovesdonuts]

The true name of this fairy tail is: "Four Weddings and a Few Funerals".

[@zachjaeger6401]

Four weddings, two funerals, and a crazy night in bed.

[@nateds7326]

I love how this king looked at the dragon after he ate his first bride and was like "well surely if we do the exact same thing something different will happen".

[@cloudieskay]

More of: "Oh you didn't like that one? Don't worry son we can get another"

[@egol3722]

Any scientist can tell you: "One experiment is no experiment."

[@tavianroberts4423]

"I thought he would be full after the first one."

[@MatthewSmith-sz1yq]

1 is a coinkidink, 2 is a pattern

[@timothymclean]

I mean it worked the third time.

[@bluelfsuma]

I feel like this myth came to be because a kid found a whip in their parents' bedroom and had questions.

[@josetapia9606]

You are unto something

[@krspaceT1]

I mean BDSM would probably not hurt some royal marriages

[@whafflete6721]

@@krspaceT1 The strength used is the key

[@albinlindh4000]

@@whafflete6721 and what shows more strength then some healthy BDSM?

[@jaeded2391]

"Dad, why is there a whip in a box under your bed?" "UUHHHH I UHHH I USED TO BE A DRAGON"

[@elgringo4923]

The best part is when the prince I definitely thought would be the main character immediately became completely irrevelant

[@86fifty]

Hopefully he gets his own fairytale somewhere else? After all, now that the dragon-prince is married, his brother can leave and find his own bride, right? That's what I'm going to tell myself anyway!

[@TheJas-vr2vr]

So that's where the non-descript wandering prince comes from

[@erinwitcraft9141]

Yeah, I love when that happens.

[@MrElionor]

What a twist

[@joemerl1145]

Since he can't get married until Big Bro Lindworm does, I want the version where he's trying to be his wingman.

[@ianoliano2057]

Staff: What happened?! Shepherdess: Uh...well- Prince: TRUE LOVE'S KISS

[@joshuabautch8936]

Im guessing this is innuendo for they had fucked?

[@junoormonde2744]

There's a lindworm in Hilda who lives on an island and attacks people who disturb her because she has social anxiety and just wants to be left alone to garden in peace and honestly that's just goals

[@gzer0x]

Oh mood

[@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933]

GET OFF MY LAWN!

[@faeriesin1424]

Hilda is..the best show. Kinda weird it took so long to get a second season but still.

[@AnInsideJoke]

"Girls don't want boys, girls want social anxiety dragons."

[@yumiendercat3685]

God I want to be that Lindworm

[@avelineventer2482]

I feel like that witch just runs a consulting business in the forest. "Specific instructions to solve your problems. Disobey at own risk."

[@kittycatkyla2344]

Wood Carver!!

[@roonosciroon8341]

@@kittycatkyla2344 Choose your fate!

[@rdewit889]

The version of this story that I read was slightly different: instead of two flowers, there would be two onions. The onions were exactly the same and did not decide the gender of the child, but the witch warned the queen to peel the onions before eating them. The first child was born a lindworm because the queen only remembered the advice after she'd already eaten one of the onions unpeeled. Another difference was that all of the brides were random peasant girls. The last one was actually volunteered for the marriage by her evil stepmom, who hoped she'd get eaten. A third little difference was that he wasn't whipped after shedding skins, but scrubbed with lye & brushes. It's fun to compare how fairytales evolved and how versions can vary!

[@bazooka2476]

I actually like this version more...

[@ckl9390]

That would explain the lindworm having to peel off it's skin several times to become human.

[@achanwahn]

This one is probably closest to the original form of the tale. Roses became more popular in much later fairy tales ...so ...many ...roses.

[@VirtuesOfSin]

I was actually about to say that I don't remember this story until you pointed out the differences. Lmao

[@decoral]

This one makes more sense in so many ways lol.

[@BeepBoopBee]

"Literally whipped into shape" The mental imagine of someone sculpting a person by whipping the material made me laugh way more than it should 😂

[@planetbirthday6859]

The lindworm was mad that his brother had a good childhood while he was out in the woods surviving hunting bears for food

[@thesquishedelf1301]

It’s kinda his fault though, it’s not like the queen exiled him or anything. He was born and promptly ran off while his mom was still processing “I birthed a dragon and then a normal kid, wat”

[@pRahvi0]

@@thesquishedelf1301 I suppose there might have been more to that. Obviously she wasn't giving birth alone (being the queen and all) and we don't know what the midwife thought about a serpent. Or the queen herself, for that matter. I could imagine at least someone's first reaction to be "OMG a lindworm, getitoffgetitoff!!!" and then the lindworm just flees all the hazzle (and possible beating)

[@stretopovermind9680]

- hunting bears for food Still beats being bored out of your mind within those castle walls.

[@marocat4749]

@Medium Grey Girl That explains the manners, but its still the queen not going after the lindworm

[@_paraluman]

3:40 i misheard "lye and milk" for "lion milk" and i spent an agonizing 5 minutes trying to figure out how the hell are they gonna milk a lion, let alone survive trying to.

[@sojoboscribe1342]

Ironically, there is an Italian Fairy Tale about getting milk from a lioness.

[@silverswitch1998]

I like how there's a fairy tale for everything

[@amiscellaneoushuman3516]

How to milk a lioness ... carefully

[@danilooliveira6580]

just find a very lonely lion and promise a good time

[@Nikolas_Davis]

Me too!

[@ArgoBargo]

I kind of love the fact that she fully whipped the evil out of him like that’s the most violent beauty and the beast story

[@reyonXIII]

Turns out the whole ordeal awakened in her a monster scarier than even him. Like, holy hell

[@garvinanders2355]

@@reyonXIII Hey now, let's not kink shame.

[@lunaluxray2564]

@@garvinanders2355 what if that’s one of their kinks?

[@reyonXIII]

@@garvinanders2355 on the contrary, I'm loving the hell out of it 😆 Besides, how can I hate it when he clearly looks like he got the hugz and affection he never knew he badly needed? As far as I've know about it, she's a true responsible dom.

[@kyawya312]

@@reyonXIII the ideal dom

[@lemeres2478]

I assume the first rose prepped the queen's oven for boy shaped buns. The second rose just failed and turned into a vague magical mass. I also assume that when a witch tells you not to do something, it because of highly complicated magical reasons that are similar to the install instructions on a skyrim mod. THIS IS HOW YOU GET FACES WITHOUT SKIN TEXTURES PEOPLE.

[@yetanother9127]

"Magic is like Skyrim modding" is a pretty apt metaphor for how these stories usually go, actually. Do it right, and it vastly improves everything. Do it wrong, and _freaky shit_ happens.

[@4wheal]

She actually had the male flower second and that's why the twins were boys I'm guessing the magic just messed up and made one a dragon/snake

[@mr.cobalt1668]

First rose set the "child" flag to 'daughter'. Second rose caused a value duplication error where the new variable got set to "son" but the existing "daughter" one got incremented past its allocated memory and wound up pointing to "lindwurm".

[@coolgreenbug7551]

@@yetanother9127 Try to game the system, unless your following a guide, your hubris will be your downfall

[@atlassolid5946]

except she ate the female rose first

[@velvaetalt]

i don’t know why red singing “wake me up inside” with a ukulele is so funny to me but it is

[@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347]

And I would love for her to make a full one!

[@ghostcraft9343]

@@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 that’s our thoughts on every song she sings

[@alexhodson6342]

I also thought it was hilarious. The chorus sounded great, but the main vocal sounded like a joke.

[@Dyneamaeus]

Yeah. I don't usually like covers of that song but the ukulele tone shift really tickled me.

[@DamienZshadow]

I dashed to the comments section specifically because of her rendition of the male vocalist.

[@abthedragon4921]

"...and anything Disney monetized" A list that keeps on growing.

[@rockyblacksmith]

with double entries, no less.

[@pmathewizard]

Disney: Casually washing away the context of those stories then turnin up a profit

[@bagfootbandit8745]

@Ivan Vozjakov the issue is that Disney makes those stories very difficult for anyone else to adapt into something new, even though they're public domain. Copyright law is a bitch.

[@abthedragon4921]

@Ivan Vozjakov I'm not saying what they make is necessarily bad, I mean for example, I like their movie Hercules despite the laundry list of historical and cultural inaccuracies in the movie including the freaking title. I'm just saying that if Disney sees a way to profit off a story, they will take action.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

@Ivan Vozjakov Well Disney has been making remakes of their golden years sooooo

[@emma7933]

Honestly, I love that there is a fairy tale where instead of being saved by true love's kiss the cursed prince gets saved with straight up BDSM.

[@MisterNicNacNoc]

in my country we have a saying coined specifically for such brilliant comments that goes : "ptdr"

[@7OwlsWithALaptop]

@@MisterNicNacNoc what does it stand for? I assume it's an abreviaton?

[@titemartiniquaise]

@@7OwlsWithALaptop pété de rire I guess. It means lmao

[@KitsuneRogue]

@@7OwlsWithALaptop it's a french slang term i believe. Carries a similar feeling of lmao or pmsl (pissing myself laughing)

[@alyssinclair8598]

tbf the best bdsm involves seven dresses, a whip and a boatload of milk

[@lavenderotaku2481]

“Totally kosher bedroom funtimes.” Is now officially my favorite Red quote. Aside from the “Banging 10k princesses” bit. THAT was hilarious.

[@mixis1931]

Wait, what video was the "Banging 10k princesses" from?

[@shadowldrago]

@@mixis1931 Krishna, I think.

[@noirtreize2713]

We just not gonna mention how the second prince just suddenly fade out of the story? Poor dude got to be main protagonist for like 30 seconds before the Lindworm slide in to the focus. Also, damn that was one kinky way to break the curse; strip tease + milk play + whipping.

[@Mellion555]

I was saved by the power of cuddles And some weirdly specific BDSM kinks.

[@fist-of-doom487]

I don’t want to know what milk play is although I can piece it together.

[@theraginginfernape9496]

@@fist-of-doom487 Ditto, man. Not even I'm into that shit

[@vicenteabalosdominguez5257]

I love how the king is smiling in all four weddings while everyone else's expressions change at least once depending on how many princesses the lindworm has eaten.

[@reedkellner6447]

And the lindworm is there, wearing a little tie, begrudgingly waiting through the ceremony with his tiny arms crossed.

[@reedkellner6447]

And the peasant maiden flailing into a karate pose upon being jump-scared by the old woman...

[@erinhollow773]

@@reedkellner6447 I do that all the time. People sometimes think I've been abused. No, I just took Karate and I have a sibling.

[@myStitch11]

The fact that the male rose was eaten second caused both babies to be male, makes me wonder if the red rose was eaten first and then the white one if the human child and lindworm would have been daughters, so "A groom for me before a groom for you"

[@HlootooThunderhammer]

Oooh I like that version!

[@eyjay1508]

That's because the story isn't actually about roses, its about onions. The prince had "layers" because the second onion was eaten unpeeled.

[@lordfriedrick7911]

@@eyjay1508 Shrek likes this comment

[@stormelemental13]

@@eyjay1508 Like many tales without a single originating author, there are multiple variations.

[@eyjay1508]

@@stormelemental13 Right, but one is from 400 years ago, and the other is from 10.

[@ObtuseSensitivity67]

That first “I can’t wake up” and “save me”. Gold.

[@generalalduin9548]

Red: “Under no circumstances is she to eat both roses.” Me: “she ate both roses didn’t she.” Red: “both roses were so delicious she ate both.” Me: “sounds about right.”

[@iceluvndiva21]

No joke? Some species of roses are actually edible if prepared the correct way

[@thehistoryandbooknerd8979]

@@iceluvndiva21 really? That’s cool!

[@lovelyrodriguez2190]

@@thehistoryandbooknerd8979 Yeah, rose jam exists, as well as other desserts that add roses.

[@CalicoCaracal]

@@thehistoryandbooknerd8979 Roses actually grow a type of fruit called a rose hip. Rose hips are used in all kinds of desserts and can be made into jam or marmalade. There is also such a thing as rose hip soup, which I am really curious about what that tastes like.

[@Blokewood3]

There is another version of the story where she has to eat magic onions, but she's so excited about having children that she eats the first one without even bothering to peel it! It tastes awful, so she carefully peels the second onion. Prince Lindorm has to shed his skin in the same way that you have to peel an onion before you eat it.

[@RedMagius]

'Take a two handled jug and put it upside down in the corner of her garden overnight' is just a fairytale speedrun strat for the pregnancy ending

[@kyubikitsunae3987]

unrelated note that your comment popped in my brain: The upside down jug with two hands kind of looks like all those womb diagrams. Obviously not exactly but..

[@positivelink6961]

@@kyubikitsunae3987 my god you’re right.

[@15oClock]

"Don't eat both roses." What's the worst that could happen? *Queen gives birth to twins* That went different than I thought it would. *One of them is a dragon* Yeah, I forgot this was a fairy tale.

[@dylantennant6594]

I just relize can you eat roses? If so I am curious how, and what they taste like?

[@Silver_Sonic_23]

Who knew that eating a flower would lead to giving birth to a fire-breathing lizard?

[@mirjanbouma]

@@dylantennant6594 there's a lot of flowers you can eat. Rose petals and violets are often used as edible decoration, but you can also eat dandelions (the whole plant even, IIRC) and many others. You can even get rose water and I've seen syrup for lemonade for it in an international market store once. Do your homework beforehand though, because some flowers are poisonous. Most won't kill you but you'll have a bad time.

[@zachbenson8361]

Yeah, the twin scenario is a different Norwegian fairytale. It’s called Tatterhood and it’s great. I highly recommend you look it up.

[@dylantennant6594]

Interesting, I will have to try it some time. That sounds quit pleasant in an natural way. And trust me I know. I live in a part of the world where fox glove grows naturally. I have scene people accidentally ingest some and it’s not a good sight.

[@noahliming6397]

I love how it’s kind of reversal of a common trope in that the young peasant girl saves the young prince from a curse

[@AMNG1994]

Two dead princesses aside, this actually went better than I thought. I was expecting the siblings to be conjoined or have multiple personalities or be conjoined with multiple personalities.

[@ecurewitz]

I was expecting a transgender kid

[@Kamina.D.Fierce]

Why wouldn't conjoined twins have their own personalities? Unless there's only 1 brain.

[@mafaldagraustein1842]

Why is no one talking about Red screaming I CANT WAKE UP in the rawest voice I have ever heard on a soft chill ukulele cover

[@weredog287]

it’s the most jarring shit and it’s so funny dhfhkdb she’s rlly good tho :)

[@grimmjowcutie13]

I love it so much, my guy, you don't understand!!!

[@galacticcat3660]

She sounds so surprised: I CAN'T WAKE UP?!

[@PlantaWho]

2003 called, it wants its meme back!

[@zeoxyman]

I was not expecting this

[@postman6553]

As weird as this story is, I can't help but feel how iconic it is. "A bride for me before a bride for you" being spoken by an evil monster to a prince encapsulates that fairy tale feel. I guess this really proves what red was saying about those roles in fairy tales.

[@danielramsey6141]

Words have power, and that in and of itself is what makes Fantasy tales or stories so strong (or just unique).

[@blueteller]

"A bride for me before a bride for you" does feel like a really epic quote. I wonder if it inspired the whole story in the first place?

[@JoshtheOverlander]

I'm stealing that line for my DnD campaign I'm running

[@blueteller]

@@JoshtheOverlander Go for it!

[@johnad101]

I’m just glad that the prince even listened without automatically going into the it’s a monster so it has to die phase

[@acehealer4212]

“Just as keikaku'd!” I’m dying! And I want read more stories about a peasant girl and her lindworm prince getting into BDSM shenanigans.

[@dancingwholeness]

In my opinion her hugging the Lindworm is more a kindness thing then anything. Like seeing a creature that malevolent being that low and, even though the Lindworm is dangerous, she still has the kindness to show him empathy. And thus red putting “true love’s kiss” as his dialogue in the video, at least to me makes a lot of sense.

[@taurhysarain]

Just saying but I think she put in the "true loves kiss" part because it would sound like she either tortured Him or there was some bdsm involved so he made up an excuse

[@iceluvndiva21]

I think both are true. She literally whipped him into ship but she's not heartless and is all, "I did this cuz I love you. I just want you to know that "

[@ooglemoogle4981]

more cursed suggestion, everyone needs aftercare after some wacky wild adult fun times

[@carrioncrow13]

Actually, in the fairy tale, that's one of the witch's instructions.

[@dancingwholeness]

@@carrioncrow13 wait seriously? Cool

[@joshuakusuma5953]

Queen: we don't have any kids even though we want to. Witch: Actually, super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

[@notmyhairyarmpits]

Queen after eating both roses : whoops Witch : whoopsies

[@babsbybend]

Wearing ten dresses is tight.

[@parkerking6410]

Then the peasant girl did a backflip, hugged the dragons neck, and saved the day.

[@octopassi2528]

I understood that reference

[@juanpauloarcillas7600]

Ha! Ryan George.

[@DarkBlueSkys]

I love that the Lindworm prince is says “true love’s kiss” frantically.

[@chrisrudolf9839]

Ironically, the true love's kiss is mostly a Disney thing, it is surprisingly uncommon in the traditional fairy tales (although love having something to do with breaking a curse is a common trope, but it is hardly ever a kiss that will do the trick). In the Grimm's Fairy Tales version of the frog king, the frog is not changed back into a human by a true love's kiss, but actually by her picking him up and throwing him against a wall when the princess finally can't take it anymore after reluctantly putting up with the deal having him as a companion in return for him getting her golden ball back from the bottom of the well. In Snowwhite and the seven dwarfs, the prince doesn't kiss the poisoned Snowwhite, but begs the dwarfs to let him take the glass coffin with Snowwhite with him so that he can at least look at her. When he transports her to his home castle, the coffin slips and falls of the horse, which knocks the bite of cursed poison apple out of her mouth and brings her back to life. Really the only traditional fairy tale that actually has the kiss trope is Dornröschen (Sleeping Beauty), and I'm not sure whether we can call this one a true loves kiss, since the curse has been lasting for 100 years and the prince who kisses her has just seen her for the first time.

[@MagnusThiHan]

@@chrisrudolf9839 and also, uh, there's... there's more than kissing happening there. There's... a lot more, actually.

[@bluerosevideos4164]

@@MagnusThiHan Depends on which version you're reading.

[@bebejolie8187]

Can we just appreciate how much fun Red seems to have had singing in the end there? I LOVED the story and yet, the amount of amusement vibes I got from the song was the best part of the video for me!

[@olenickel6013]

Fun fact: as the lindworm was firstborn, he's now first in line to the succession, meaning the poor peasant girl the King wanted to sacrifice to a monster? The future Queen of the entire kingdom. P.S.: Paradox, go make this an event chain for Crusader Kings!

[@314clipper314]

@Jack Newmark You could also have some fun with the "Hurrah! Princes have all the fun!" way that Corin in The Horse and His Boy takes this kind of news. "No ruling responsibilities AND a dragon sibling? Best twist ever." :)

[@iceluvndiva21]

XD karma in action.

[@timothymclean]

I might learn how CK3 modding works just to make it. Not that I'm sure how the lindworm part would work, since CK3 uses 3D models now...he'd need to not be a character before he turned human I guess? Maybe?

[@Sadpitchyy]

@@timothymclean You could also attempt ck2 but then again ck2 i feel like isnt as good as ck3

[@timothymclean]

@@Sadpitchyy And it's less popular/in the spotlight these days. Plus, I remember reading stuff in dev diaries about CK3 being easier to mod. Of course, I'd only need a 2D lindworm portrait if I went into CK2...

[@gamie99]

I was honestly expecting the lindworm to become a princess since the white rose would've been eaten for a daughter. Oh well

[@robynblind3031]

I wish that we all got a gay dragon girl

[@Tsukiakari-qb3tk]

@@robynblind3031 *lesbian lindworms*

[@jascrandom9855]

@@robynblind3031 Me too.

[@ahappyjackolantern]

Plot twist: the Lindworm prince is transgender and eventually decides they’re actually a girl.

[@IvoryTears17]

That's exactly what happens in a comic drawn by an artist! Unfortunately I don't remember the artist's name, so I'll have to search it up later. Edit: I found it! The comic is called Bride of the Rose Beast by mishacakes on Tumblr.

[@shirakoffman9390]

I love how all of us are like "BUT WHITE ROSE??" like fairy tales actually makes sense. None of us are questioning how shedding, whipping, milk, and human affection turned the lindworm human.

[@ANDELE3025]

The white rose also kinda makes sense since fairy magic and prophecy tend to work on the logic of "last one overwrites prior".

[@parkerdixon-word6295]

We only have any standards for fairy tales to make sense when they try to explain any form of logic to their shenanigans.

[@SilverHairedFreak25]

To be fair, the witch TOLD US how the roses are supposed to work. The whole whip thing is just magic nonsense.

[@catrielmarignaclionti4518]

the difference is that we know how the roses work, one is for a boy, the other for a girl, and so, we expect the rules to follow, but they dont.

[@taylor_green_9]

Human affection can turn anything human

[@AndrewTheZ]

Yeah, I was reading the original Brothers Grimm, and there's a LOT of "person does a lot of murders but then other stuff happens and the murderer lives happily ever after."

[@TheWildmanden]

"She hugs him" Well, aftercare is important in BDSM relationships

[@residentfacehead3465]

Yessss

[@wendychavez5348]

Spoken like someone who knows! Thank you for pointing that relevant fact out.

[@positivelink6961]

@@wendychavez5348 or has read Stjepan Sejic’s work Sunstone. Come for the kink, stay for the characters.

[@wendychavez5348]

@@positivelink6961, that works too!

[@TheWildmanden]

@@wendychavez5348 I've been staring at this comment for 5 minutes now, and I honestly can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not...

[@Secondary_Identifier]

And so children, the moral of the story is that sometimes... *Dons reading glasses, licks finger, turns the page, squints* You need to, 'strip that cutie bare and really break him in with that rough stuff, but don't forget the aftercare'?? Huh...

[@Tustin2121]

Underrated 🤣

[@fabulousslob3748]

Thassa good moral. XD

[@ALunarLight]

Yas🖐️👏🙌👏😂😂😂😂

[@qnteban]

fuckin solid man, had a good laugh😂😂👌👌

[@mewe1717]

Greatest moral of the story I've ever read

[@captainrandom7935]

Can we get some merch that says “A WILD MYSTERIOUS OLD WOMAN HAS APPEARED!” And just an image of the witch who says, “What’s wrong dear?”

[@JessTheReader]

I would buy the crap outta that! Edit: spelling mistake...

[@gh0s7-704]

N e e d

[@pRahvi0]

It most definitely needs to be in Pokémon text font.

[@edarddragon]

a wild witch appears!

[@arashink]

@@edarddragon Command?

[@Azerinth]

There is no way Red recorded that end song without enthusiastic gesticulation and exaggerated facial expressions.

[@hamishstewart5324]

Princes in other tales: You must kiss me and I shall turn back into a handsome prince. Lindworm Prince: Yeah, whip me harder!

[@samuelbattershell3413]

You mean: "Oh, harder Mommie, I've been a really bad boy."

[@vicenteabalosdominguez5257]

Lindworm Prince: Step on me! Shepherdess: ...What? LP: STEP ON ME!!

[@cloudieskay]

Hey at least the aftercare is sweet

[@mojaveko1917]

Imagine being the guard getting the whip.

[@arutka2000]

@@vicenteabalosdominguez5257 *~Oh myyyyyyy~*

[@alphaxtitania5597]

So she literally whips the Lindworm into shape, then hugs him, and then turns into a super cute boy who (and I'm blaming your art for this) looks like he's never been hugged before (and probably hasn't) and is currently trying to come to terms with the feelings of loneliness he didn't know he had repressed all his life. Huh. I never knew "emotionally vulnerable dragon boy" was something I needed in my life. Thank you, Red!

[@georgethompson1460]

I wonder if it's a metaphor for the civilising effect of the woman in the marriage, the lindworm is defeated through her asserting her dominance and disciplining him. Was this secretly marriage advice?

[@jmassagetherapist6773]

@@georgethompson1460 ah yes, the great advice of 'eat your bride until you find one to beat you'.

[@alphaxtitania5597]

@@georgethompson1460 Possibly. Though now that I think about it, "beat your husband and then show him affection afterwards to control him" might not be the best advice.

[@asamvav]

Have you watched On Drakon?

[@John_Weiss]

@@jmassagetherapist6773 I think it was more marriage advice _for the wife._ 😉

[@guillermorelobalopez7553]

"Sorry ladies, but someone has to pay the price for the rule of three." Wow. So savage and so true.

[@gothmogonslaught6851]

I like this story. The lindworm (aside from being a dragon; I love dragons!) is relatable having been abandoned and ultimately screwed over from birth. I like the relationship between the peasant girl, ultimately ending happily. Warms my heart.

[@reptile1687]

you think he just kept eating his brides so his brother could never marry?

[@artemiswolf4508]

*Lyndworm* : Hey baby take off some layers 😏 *Peasant girl* : You first 😉 *Lyndworm* : I-I’m naked *Peasant girl, taking out the whip* : Did I stutter? 🙂

[@CJCroen1393]

I mean to be fair, he’s also basically a snake.

[@balorthedreamer6792]

This comment is gold......or should I say silver. I apologize for posting this...

[@ironlynx9512]

For some reason, I'm now picturing this peasant girl dressed in what looks to be a massive dress that puts Marie Antoinette to shame, holding a whip, posing like a dominatrix, and gazing at us, the viewer, with the most Yandere face imaginable.

[@chanhailey7848]

@@ironlynx9512 yes

[@charlospop6583]

Nice

[@alienz8641]

Well, I should’ve known you would’ve gotten to lindworms soon enough! Edit: Okay, Red’s rendition of “Wake me up” is nothing short of hilarious.

[@silentspirit8923]

It's pretty good and hilarious.

[@thedoomofred5174]

Agreed on the last bit

[@Boss_Isaac]

Agreed. Its delightfully humorous!

[@tumach4796]

I think I found the appropriateness to the fairy tale funnier than her rendition of it, but whatever. It's still great. Think Red will ever make an album of these?

[@alienz8641]

I think it caught us all off guard

[@pairodox1255]

"Kiss from a rose" fits the story better than "Bring me to life", yet I'm grateful that Red sang the latter.

[@stillhere698]

I think its only because she already did kiss from a rose, if i recall. But how absolutely boppin was this effervescence cover!!

[@pairodox1255]

@@stillhere698 Yeah, probably. Also, Evanescence.

[@8unnylover]

It was glorious

[@RachelMWinship]

Or maybe Ghost of a Rose.

[@argspid]

"Africa" also fits. I mean, "I seek to cure what's deep inside Frightened of this thing that I've become"

[@mohibahmed1183]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how cute Red's singing is

[@cenobitecenobite7380]

“As the royal physician, it is my learned opinion that her womb is filled with sea serpents” Dr.Nick Riveria

[@sheerajzakir]

Warm regards !! Dr. Nick Riveria.

[@justas423]

Maybe all dragons are secretly just twinks underneath many layers of scales.

[@ranacroak9156]

You are no longer allowed to speak

[@quirkyqwerty2840]

No no, continue.

[@dusknightwings7821]

Shhhhhhh...!

[@Slavic_Cheems7]

Carry on

[@ejewart1450]

This is the greatest KZbin comment I have ever read

[@vicenzostella1390]

Would’ve been cool if the Lindworm and the prince became fiercely loyal to each other, going on badass adventures and just being great brothers.

[@Bluecho4]

I mean, a pair of brothers who are knight and dragon mount, fighting evil? The high fantasy novel practically writes itself. (Heck, knights being bonded to dragons from a young age as battle brothers is basically a Thing in a certain region of my DnD setting.)

[@camblycreeper7999]

Also would have been cool if the Lindworm became a girl and the ending was a lesbian story but, of course that's probablly too gay for the Christians

[@kylepessell1350]

@@camblycreeper7999 They could have pulled an Oedipus and had the Lindworm try to kidnap and marry the prince without either of them realizing they are siblings. It's actually a bit strange that the dragon knows about his royal lineage anyway considering he was just a baby when he ran away and the queen didn't tell anyone.

[@camblycreeper7999]

@@kylepessell1350 Dragons, man, some say they can speak their own native tongue the moment they hatch

[@proxy90909]

@@camblycreeper7999 Then they would have become "best friends" by historian standards

[@emmapauly275]

I rewatch this video every once in a while just to hear the “WAKE ME UP” at the end 😆

[@Nasser851000]

*Reads title* What a strange name for someone of royalty XD

[@AxxLAfriku]

GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! I want to cut my toe nails... NEVER! I am the feet KZbinr. Thanks for being a fan, dear dm

[@ronaldlennier86]

Of the great Royal house of Lindworm no doubt

[@hulorend7405]

The title got my attention, the dragon cinched it

[@Silver_Sonic_23]

Dragons make anything more interesting.

[@Drak_From_The_Healer_Tribe]

King: "Son, you are grounded, stop eating your brides!" Lindworm: "You dare speak to me in this tone mortal?" King: *Picks up the belt* Lindworm: "ᴳᵒᶦⁿᵍ ᵗᵒ ᵐʸ ʳᵒᵒᵐ, ˢᵉᵉ ʸᵃ ᵈᵃᵈ"

[@connermckay4012]

“Harder daddy” is probably more accurate

[@josetapia9606]

@@connermckay4012 Son?!

[@sarahdinoyt8514]

hahahhaha

[@sys839]

"Just as keikaku'd" is the exact sort of humor that appeals to my idiot brain. Thank you for that.

[@EssentialTomodachi]

You've killed me with "the new prince who was literally whipped into shape."

[@MacBunny6978]

I think it's kinda sweet that the last thing the maid has to do to break the curse is to give the lindworm a hug, because he probably never had one growing up.

[@georgethompson1460]

@Anna Midkiff Very common with faeries who'll turn into anything until either you or the person you're fighting over turns back into normal.

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

Aftercare is one of the most important parts of BDSM.

[@Someone-or8tp]

@@Hey-Its-Dingo HAHAHAHA I SCREAM LAUGHED edit: but you're right

[@joemerl1145]

Okay, I looked up this fairy tale after watching this, and according to Wikipedia at least, Prince Lindworm eats the first two princess _because they don't like being married to him._ So yeah, whipping aside, I guess this is a True Love sort of thing where he just needs someone to accept him, then he turns from Beast to Prince.

[@jmassagetherapist6773]

@@joemerl1145 ya know, aside from The marriage not being their decision, that's fair. They still get to be royalty.

[@turma8eac]

“I’m just saying I understand the whip but What’s the milk and lye for?” “Why do you ask questions you know you don’t actually want answered”

[@dynamicworlds1]

Not asking questions you don't actually want answered is a very important life lesson (and that goes tripple for asking google for image search results)

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

Wait, are you telling me that the Matrix would’ve had a cool dragon in it had Neo taken both the red and blue pills?

[@Sakurathefoxrox]

I realized something, The white rose *did* bring a daughter, the lindworm's wife, a daughter-in-law!