The Achilles Seal

[@RareEarthSeries]

Thanks to everyone who asked about our Patreon. I'll put out a full video when I get the time, but for those who want to jump the gun and get on board from the start, here's the link: www.patreon.com/rareearth It means a huge deal that so many have asked us to start an account. I never thought anyone would watch these videos, let alone support them.

[@demonwolf8024]

Rare Earth I found this video about a fairly similar incident which you might find interesting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHjSXoeep7-Lodk

[@vilstef6988]

I saw a KZbin video recently about some royal in Europe who also had a poop assassin. Can't remember who.

[@jurgschupbach3059]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXiqpWCOr6qAZqc

[@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog]

Possibly the most elaborate butt joke ever.

[@macrux152__8]

butt joke with a moral. I swear society is changing in ways I can't help but marvel and be disgusted at the same time. So why not both eh?

[@IllBeaAround]

If you think thats elaborate check of scholaglatorias vidoe on bayonet combat

[@AMSinc301]

"Elephants are blissfully unaware of human rectal physiology" is a life lesson I may never forget.

[@pokeroro]

“In the end, we all have an anus.” I want this on my tombstone

[@wierdalien1]

Popokopo we all start as anuses. Arses to arses.

[@Xiphcreature]

I now have an irrational fear of poop assassins.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Xiphcreature Totally rational. They're always when you least expect them.

[@rivengle]

1000 years of pain

[@KillerLettuce]

Thats when you start pooping where they least expect you to.

[@colinrickatson6320]

just like the Spanish Inquisition :D

[@veo_]

"The anus was very much in play..." Haha! I enjoy the humor injected into this somber message about humanity being its own worst enemy.

[@DominicMcCool]

the URL for this video starts with "pOO"

[@ShihammeDarc]

holy shit

[@GrimmDelightsDice]

"What's your weakness" Evan asks me on my 9th Rare Earth video since this morning, all of which taking up time I'm meant to be working on a novel or commissions lmao,,,

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

I remember reading this story as a young kid. It was most likely in grade school, (or it could have been in a book I read, because my father had a lot of history books from other countries in his little library.) but I remember reading about this legend distinctly.

[@CynBH]

End card: "Don't ever take his word for it." Then he presents us with a story where he specifically states he couldn't find any information online. Thanks, Evan. ;) hehe!

[@RareEarthSeries]

ccandsea I found info, but it is very complicated to find in English and thus required me using another language (French) to search it out. Even then it was incredibly basic.

[@CynBH]

Chris Hadfield's Rare Earth Thank you for the polite reply. I love your series. I was just teasing a bit. :)

[@RareEarthSeries]

I know. I just like to answer. :)

[@marcusmcgowan844]

The king hired an ASS-ASS-IN. Heh.

[@NishanthMoolam]

This channel has single handedly rekindled my interest in history

[@XiaosuRCT]

"Quem tem cu tem medo" or "If you've got an anus you've got fear" is an actual saying in Brazil

[@josephgroves3176]

"Ultimately we all have an anus" Don't worry the internet can still make this a partisan issue

[@BothHands1]

Joseph Groves only conservatives have anuses, and it makes them gross!

[@Tuberuser187]

Nah, its us "liberal" men that have the anus and know how to use it unlike closeted conservatives!

[@celinak5062]

Only because they haven't had the wife stitch

[@philipstuder4506]

"and as we all know, dirty sticks are magical". LOL! the best line of the whole episode! Keep up the good work Evan, I am so glad I found this series. I love the range of stories you share.

[@SeraphimKnight]

The japanese knew of the immortal lao heroes and so they instituted the tradition of kanchou, making sure no kid grew up to overtake royal dynasties.

[@reececrump8483]

"like every post coital man I've ever known" how many post coital men HAVE you known?

[@StaticImage]

The tie in at the end... that was just poetic.

[@ben_hewitson_AU]

We've come a long way since Japan. Geographically and stylistically. Keep it coming Evan & co. Love it.

[@grammy1620]

Even in Lao, this story was pretty hard to track down, but I managed to find out that ທ້າວຊຽງສີ is in fact a real story. If you can read Lao, the story can be read here: laoupdatenews.blogspot.com/2017/11/NP1051.html

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

That link was posted just nine days after this video was published, though. I'm sure it's probably real. Oral tradition from a small Asian nation with a still-growing economy is understandably hard to find on the English Internet. But a link from before this video publicized the story more would be more reliable IMO.

[@chuckbrotton2449]

Sounds a lot like the story of Samson and Delilah in the Old Testament

[@MutilatedMetalhead]

Best story of the entire series.

[@laughingdaffodils5450]

Thanks for the video, that's one heck of a story. It's eerily similar to one of the Jack Tales (the one where Jack defeats the monsters to claim the Princess, I forget the title of it) but it gets even weirder at the end. Thanks for sharing.

[@ganjafi59]

Lol changed the title :p Most stories in Norway end up with the guy getting the princess and half the kingdom

[@jimmywayne983]

H.C, Andersen i pressume ;)

[@TykusBalrog]

jimmy wayne He was Danish

[@andreamceneaney4024]

The story was good, but the Liverpool fan at the end is the best part. YNWA, my friend.

[@Punch_Brother]

Greatest intro of all time.

[@andrew_cunningham]

Shoutout to the one other person in existence who will watch this and be reminded of Boatmurdered above all else.

[@00Linares00]

Videos are getting weirder

[@RareEarthSeries]

Andre Vieira Can't be super serious all the time. Especially when you come across a story like this one. :)

[@StaticImage]

And by weirder, you of course mean cooler, so I am happy for this.

[@noanoxan]

It's a good thing.

[@RandomTomatoSoup]

@@noanoxan why do you take it as a negative comment

[@subasnnp33]

fascinating story, with awesome narration, thats rare earth.

[@AshutoshKumar-xf7ko]

Your t-shirt collection is great

[@kaizerkoala]

There is a Thai version of this tale. In Thai version, Xian Si (We called them Phaya Kothabong) is supposed to be ousted former king of Nong Sno - the land that later become Ayutthaya. In Thai version, Xian Si flee from Lan Xiang back to the Nong Sno and die there. So there is another temple that is linked to this tale in Ayutthaya.

[@thvnktank4102]

The beans were spilled, *His ass was grass.*

[@EstMCLover]

This is now my favourite story :D

[@usrine]

You got me with this one. SUBSCRIBED, like a mug.

[@Babababababe]

I will never sit down on a toilet again. Thanks Evan!!!

[@capaneus184]

That comedic delivery ... the punchline caught me totally off guard. :)

[@jasongenova1741]

My weakness is being able to workout and diet for extended periods of time and still look like shit

[@lst1nwndrlnd]

I like your interpretation of the story

[@BothHands1]

My weakness? How about all of the above lol. Except gambling, i guess

[@hobojesus9817]

Danielle Spargo my kinda girl haha

[@mistermorgana1445]

Funny, i already knew that story but from the assassins perspective.

[@peabody1976]

Once you revealed that quip in Japan about being 30 and having "issues", I knew you were an incarnated Lao hero too. :)

[@Anirossa]

It sounds an entire lot like the history from one of my favorite fiction books called the Bible. That has this story about a man that never cut his hair and killed a lion with his bare hands, and that got tricked into telling a beautiful woman he slept with his secret to his power, being his long hair. She cut his hair in his sleep, he was taken to a temple chained up for show, he prayed to God for the strength to make the temple collapse and he got it, even if his hear no longer was fabulous. Great story.

[@exaltedleopard]

How did you not or of laughter during this 1

[@stcrussman]

Watch this is 1440p, or 4k if you're super cool, you'll thank me later.

[@dlbstl]

Very interesting.

[@richarddeese1991]

"...elephants are blissfully unaware of human rectal physiology." Very nice. That king was an a-hole! tavi.

[@Knight_Astolfo]

Mechanical Toilet Lance. Sounds like something out of a Kojima game.

[@dojokonojo]

Maybe some 5th century Lao comedic storyteller decided to invent this story to some laughs out of his fellow villagers, or that's what I like to think. People love to invent folk legends to tell their friends all the time. Storytelling is a fun activity.

[@storyls]

“His ass was grass.” I needed to pause the video after thid

[@Bloodreign137]

The story of a man who asked his wife to tickle his prostrate but she wasn’t into that and had him murdered. I think my parents used to read me this story growing up

[@grandsome1]

My two most annoying weaknesses are being lazy and arrogant, this is why I curse my past self pretty often.

[@britishcig5462]

That Sick, Hot Bong!

[@civishamburgum1234]

Thus Story ist strikingly Singular to the German Niebelungen-Legend, exept that the Hero becomes invincible after her slains the monster.

[@davrulesdawurld]

Why was this renamed?

[@hperantunes]

Badass hero...

[@UnPuntoCircular]

Not sure what's the meaning of what I just watched.

[@Soldier4USA2005]

That's kind of the point discussed at the end of the video.

[@confusedwhale]

I'd say it means, "always watch your back."

[@YaoiMastah]

I'd say: "never stick your stick in crazy"

[@TheLazyKey]

So the concept of radiation giving people super powers is merely a modern adaption, haha

[@dubsy1026]

why the title change?

[@LuckeWent]

So sort of like a laotian emu war?

[@tyrstone3539]

Strength is my weakness!

[@TrygveOtharsson]

Reminds me of one of the tales about the death of a King of England, Edmund Ironside.

[@eamonstandring4187]

"and like every post coital man ive ever known". Thought you were happily married mate

[@kobathor]

Great humor in this video. "The Achilles Seal" is a really funny working title. Love all of these videos!!!

[@mahaphoublue7644]

Hey this is Cambodia temple has been built during the Angkor empire.

[@aerussoriaga5563]

Is that chris hadfield? This video is amazing.... I loved it....

[@champa8079]

Screaming Tae no it’s his son

[@aerussoriaga5563]

Wheres chris hadfield.....?

[@SimonDoer]

Screaming Tae i think he might be the camera man?

[@aerussoriaga5563]

Simon D. ......thanks... Chris hadfield can you show your face in the camera? 😂😂

[@diarmuidmarsden7752]

Screaming Tae He's the producer

[@admiralpercy]

How do you spell "shung zee"?

[@admiralpercy]

Shung Tzi?

[@RareEarthSeries]

Xiang Si, I believe. But it is a romanization regardless.

[@moistrophile9663]

Which Sikhotabong? That Sikhotabong

[@donegaldan102]

would the army of elephants not be a refrance to the Thai( Siam) kingdom?

[@RareEarthSeries]

Daniel Barclay No, elephants are the symbol of Lan Xang. Siam wasn't a major player, nor branded/unified in the way they are now, when this story was made.

[@donegaldan102]

Rare Earth my mistake just reminded of story's I heard when I was in Thailand :)

[@cooperbeggs]

2:30 haha lol I bet they were just bro slapping everyone's asses!

[@paul3003mathew]

That Sick hot bong

[@falco2911]

Holy cow

[@Hostilenemy]

More of a foot guy myself, I prefer Achilles heels instead.

[@Aeyekay0]

Well that’s was eventful

[@Hyenabro]

Hey,where's chris

[@alexandremedeiros9133]

Whats up Chris !

[@lamhkak47]

At least Uranus is here. I'll see myself out

[@philipwong6437]

MOS: Protectum yo rectum

[@risasb]

Wherever Dubya went in the world while Prez, the Secret Service always bagged his poo and it came home on Air Force One. So ...

[@Arenuphis]

TOILETS ARE FOR DEAD MEN

[@AKAincorperated]

these videos deserve way more views

[@Nguyennguyen-ok2sc]

Angkor mean temple and wat means pagoda

[@RareEarthSeries]

xuwei zhou Angkor means city and Wat means temple.

[@Nguyennguyen-ok2sc]

I think you confuse guys in Cambodia Thailand loas Myanmar Angkor mean temple and wat means pagoda Angkor refer to Hindu religion and wat refer for Buddha religion. I'm from asean.

[@RareEarthSeries]

You're not correct. At least, not in the nations we filmed in.

[@catsinheat]

I was just watching a Wendover youtube vid and I noticed that the narrators' voice sounds eerily like yours. It that just me or?

[@jessicahildebrand9712]

James Madden jr?

[@jessicahildebrand9712]

James Madden lol weird wouldn’t figure this nerd shit would be your Shit

[@catsinheat]

WHo are you and the horse you rode in on (you know how this ends!). No, I'm not a jr.

[@Schmidtelpunkt]

Weird. The same idea (invincible hero with one weakness) is coming from the north with Siegfried. I wonder if one can find such legends in the middle of the rainforrest told by tribes who would never have the chance to have learned the story through cultural exchange.

[@pIacehoIders]

😂😂😂 you got me good. Have 1st of April

[@thebambi5817]

The moral is simple if you are poor no matter how strong you are the rich will inevitably flip you over and bury you face down.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

He's the butt of all jokes!

[@xixueyang]

How would you know what post-coital men would behave???

[@grandsome1]

Xueyang Xi He may be the only post-coital man he knows. Or it gets pretty freaky in his bedroom.

[@ravensharpless]

This story is like a Myiazaki parody done by Southpark

[@blackcatg.9592]

best one yet.

[@vertoletnaya9951]

Haha, so true and the funny coincidental thing is my weakness is watching football and the guy at the end of the video is wearing a jersey of the team I spend tens of hours in a week supporting, watching and following up. #YNWA PS. Love and enjoy your videos can't wait for you to go to places in Russia and later on Africa.

[@solankijimmy]

Liverpool fan of course ahaha :3

[@xPorkchops007x]

Whats with the title change

[@budbackeast]

Please try to visit the awesome nation of Bhutan and especially focus on the great Buddhist hero, Drukpa Kunley. Sostudy him at 'Badassofthe week.com" to see why Bhutan is covered in phallic art. He was so awesome, he even created a new species, the Takin! Wikipedia confirms this fact.... Greatest guy ever lived. Bhutan is a paradise in oh so many ways. KZbin vids show much. But their stories need a telling in your magical style.

[@ordinaryextraordinarybrotha]

Moral of the story is to make sure to cover your ass at all cost and never trust anybody

[@bluesquare23]

Ernest Becker famously said “We are gods with anuses.”

[@Braeden123698745]

Which Sikhottabong? OH THAT Sikhottabong

[@IRosamelia]

My weakness is sugar 🍦🍧🍨🍩🍮🍭🍬🍫🍰🎂🍯🍥

[@holymacarony_8784]

Great ending quote, im gonna have to use it one day ^^

[@TylerMWeather9102]

“Ultimately we all have an anus” preach brother

[@GeraltofRivia22]

An English king was killed by an assassin who stuck a dagger in his ass when he sat on a latrine

[@maxcap60]

ha seal i get it

[@davidb007..]

Anyone else thinks this sounds an awful lot like the story of Samson and Delilah ?