The Messed Up Origins of Princess and the Pea | Fables Explained - Jon Solo

[@nazik_adam]

Dont you just hate it when a flower petal touches your leg and breaks it, damn happens to everyone.

[@anemxia9393]

Nazik Adam Yeah, so annoying

[@NoOne-cf4ii]

Wait ur profile pic is the meme he used in the video

[@nazik_adam]

@@NoOne-cf4ii i too was surprised when my profile picture popped up

[@vibhatalwar6668]

Nazik Adam ikr 🙄

[@sm1purplmurderedme583]

Nazik Adam ur profile picture explains how i’m feeling rn lol

[@Genesisimage]

Queen: “how was your sleep!” Princess:“ fine” Queen: “she must leave at once”

[@roseoreilly762]

COCO. DANKK

[@PCLHH]

Yeah as a kid I thought the audacity to say to your host that you haven't slept well.

[@JonSolo]

lmao FOR REAL! like what if she was just polite instead of honest?! 😅

[@SilverGamingFI]

King: *B E G O N E T H O T*

[@annulizbeth]

@@SilverGamingFI fghjk ... this is a top teer comment

[@paulinawilder446]

Princess: flower petal lands on her *screams in pain and agony* Prince: That’s so hot

[@sophiavillanueva9602]

It makes me wonder what will happen to the princess when she and her prince went on their honey moon

[@crystaleunoia3974]

@@sophiavillanueva9602 Get that poor girl a wheelchair!

[@sinandcyanide7505]

Don't kink shame the prince.

[@imthicc69]

@@sinandcyanide7505 😂

[@SonodaSymphony]

must be some kind of sadistic fetish he has or something 😂

[@meow5050]

My mom told me this fairytale, and in her version princess wasn't princess. She was a poor girl and she couldn't fall asleep in so soft bed, because she used to sleep on very uncomfortable bed. So she was sleeping in a chair. And in the morning her back was hurting and prince decided that it was because of the pea under mattresses. He make a proposal to her and they lived together happily ever after.

[@fyedoravna7569]

Meow That’s better than original wtf?

[@DemonicAngle15]

This is similar to the version I first heard, she lied in the morning not wanting to insult them and said she had felt something under her mattress and the queen jumped up telling the prince to marry her since she must be a secret princess! And like all classic fairytales the girl says nothing they get married that day and live happily ever after

[@caseysommer5079]

my grandma was a little bit... intense. but she basically told me the swedish version minus the pet warning her. she was hanged by the queen for lying. The princess wasn’t spoiled and ungrateful so she didn’t want to complain or didn’t notice. Then the prince married a spoiled princess who passed the test and was unhappy all his life.

[@karenhough806]

Love it

[@vinny9868]

Happy ending? That sounds terrible. How is she supposed to sleep, now? Her bed as a queen will be way too soft!

[@tamaraeads3650]

“That’s no pea...” “What about that snow pea?” “Shut up, Derrick! Pay attention!”

[@octobergirl5525]

Beat me to it 😂

[@shadowrmidnight]

I'm done

[@supersimplesquad8784]

That was my favorite part

[@runnamil]

Love Derrick for that. 😂

[@thornyback]

I laughed.

[@runespoor8917]

I always feel like those "a flower petal touched her and broke her arm" was used to cover up domestic violence & make fun of them at the same time

[@abigailsmith6977]

Sadly, you’re probably right. 😞

[@Surya-kw8bi]

Yes... That king with 3 wifes sounds like a sadistic yerk, who gets off torturing them. But that wouldn‘t be royal. It was a flower pedal!

[@nastya_is_slay]

I haven't thought about it like that... That's so sad :(

[@tanvikhare9710]

Oh god,

[@Lana-ne8bd]

Oh crap you’re probably right

[@nuclearclarity3778]

“That’s right, she had bruises...from hearing something” Me

[@secretpookie8134]

Lol same! 😂🤣

[@littlemisslouis1856]

I don't get it can you please explain?

[@viviantran7063]

LittleMissLouis the sounds vibrations were so strong it gave her a bruise. They are saying that they’re sensitive and/or weak

[@vegab2543]

Haha I feel you.. *Soft breeze* GAWDAMMIT!

[@roflmaokb]

The story is about a woman who will not break her "womanship" no matter how badly beaten..

[@manager-nim2623]

They wanted sensitive women and expected them to give birth to their heirs like wtf

[@bethanyhanna9464]

That's why the flower petals were harder than the hair pulling. They were strong enough to survive childbirth, yet sensitive enough to feel something as soft as a rose petal. 🤔 It could happen. 🤣😂🤣

[@manager-nim2623]

@@bethanyhanna9464 I mean you can feel flower petals but thry don't break your leg😂😂😂

[@bethanyhanna9464]

@@manager-nim2623 metaphorically, I guess they do. 🤣😂 All fairy tales are symbolic. They're never as straightforward as they seem. Once you crack the "code", it's usually pretty easy to see the lessons hiding within. And they can be worth a few laughs as well.

[@roflmaokb]

The story is about a woman who will not break her "womanship" no matter how badly beaten..

[@wakeuphoez]

@@roflmaokb dumb skss whats womanship lol

[@godseyeinthecloset9625]

“How impressive was that sentence?” 2 seconds later “an Italian story written in Italy”

[@Fl0rales]

Lol

[@brianelson1481]

@@Fl0rales lol indeed

[@Fl0rales]

@@brianelson1481 pfft

[@brianelson1481]

@@Fl0rales lol

[@Fl0rales]

@@brianelson1481 are we just gonna reply lol to each other if so carry on ...... ...... LOL

[@NavaSDMB]

Imagine if a durian or a chestnut had fallen on Ms. Sensitive Skin. Closed casket funeral.

[@nothankyou7209]

CoraMendi BItCH SHES DEAD IN THE AFTER LIFE NoW

[@nothankyou7209]

CoraMendi SHES SHREDDED NOW

[@cherryvaleleatherock6900]

CoraMendi - That's hysterical ! ! !

[@parkchimmin7913]

Yo my grandpa used to grow jack fruit in his front yard. Every time I visited Cambodia, I’m always dying of heat. Even if I want to cool down in the shade, I can’t cause I don’t wanna get a concussion from one spiky boi.

[@nekomeli2568]

Lmfao

[@13gondolla37]

"Which is just low hanging fruit, so I'm not gonna touch it." *A literal second later "Boner McBonerface" I missed you.

[@nephco]

I don't want to touch those low hanging fruit either. 🙃

[@dianascott6955]

I knew someone was going to make a comment on that

[@gritsonamission]

I maybe laughed harder than I should have.

[@ashleybird3727]

😂

[@kayleighpayne1003]

What the hell happened to your spine?? Great vid btw

[@jamiem2444]

I have always wondered..... if she was THAT sensitive, wouldn't the rain falling on her skin make her completely bruised? 🤔

[@lalehiandeity1649]

🤔 Indeed.

[@isabelniki9789]

No, fibromyalgia is like this. Bed time and even sitting is uncomfortable because of the extra pressure.

[@Roberta_Trevino]

"A king who's tricked by a monk into carrying a dead body to the cemetery" What a legend, now that's a prank

[@FaultAndDakranon]

Roberta Trevino I’ve seen that as a play. “The king and the corpse”. It’s so good.

[@AM-zing]

The stories of Bikram (the king ) n Betal (the corpse).

[@AB-gt6iv]

Ahh. Love Vikram Betal

[@ShwetaGupta-hd6yk]

Ok, so let me give you some context to this. India has a very rich tradition of story telling. While in most story traditions of the world the telling of the story (and its moral) is one sided, that is the person telling the story also tells you what to learn from it (like a sermon), in Indian tradition the children were taught to argue the points of the story. Panchatantra, Jataka tales and Vikram Baital are good examples of such stories (later epics like Ramayan and Mahabharat continued this tradition with far more complex story telling involving politics, ethics etc.) Here's what happened in Vikram and Betal: King Vikram was a very righteous king who was loved by his people. Everyday he used to meet with his subjects and every day a monk would gift him a fruit. After a few days the king's servant realised that that each of those fruits had a priceless gem inside it and inform the king of this. The next day the king asks the monk why he was doing this. The monk said he had a favor to ask of him, not as a king but as a brave man. The task was for Vikram to bring back a corpse that hung upside down from a tree and was inhabited by a ghost. The only condition being that on his way back the king was not supposed to utter even a single word or the ghost/corpse would fly back to its tree. So Vikram goes to the tree and and after some struggle manages to subdue the ghost but on their way back the ghost starts to tell him a story to pass the time, at the end of the story he poses a question to Vikram and asks him to deliver a judgement along with reasoning. This happens for 22 nights straight so there are 22 stories in this series. Btw, every time the betal escapes he warns the king about the monk so there's that story too. I think the series is available on KZbin.

[@reythejediladyviajakku6078]

I’m glad you’re feeling better. As much as we missed you, we understand that you needed to take care of yourself

[@JonSolo]

thank you :)

[@maligno9744]

waittttt what happenedddd??????

[@autisticgaming2004]

@@maligno9744 did you not hear him in the beginning of the video ?

[@lillian7790]

JOE HENRY ORTEGA lmao

[@daddysnoodles8237]

@@maligno9744 did you figure it out yet? It has been 10 years.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

I liked rugrats when Lil said "I can feel it when Phil pees through a lot of blankets. Does that make me a princess?"

[@Analymous]

I was just going to say am I the only person who learned about this from that rugrats episode? Lol

[@MusicMushi]

"The woman with a cast on her foot because a flower petal fell on it" oh what a shame! I hear she was born with paper skin and tissue paper bones.

[@arleedennis791]

😂😂😂

[@moonlily1]

Why would you want to marry this chick? You could never fuck her, she'd die.

[@maxvillareal6996]

moonlily1 that was very fucked up, but very true.

[@melissacooper4482]

If you think that's messed up wait until you hear the version where this Queen was blistered by the moonlight! And Uncle Fester complained about moonburn!

[@roflmaokb]

The story is about a woman who will not break her "womanship" no matter how badly beaten..

[@theamericanscream2681]

If she’s crying over swans being gay wait till we tell her about humans... LOL

[@elaineb7065]

Dolphins

[@depressionshig2380]

lol that’s funny

[@anisam5495]

@@elaineb7065 don't talk about those terrible creatures

[@anisam5495]

She thought i was so great that they could be gay 😂😂

[@sepulchrums]

I’m fucking yodeling I caaant

[@SocialLocust]

When I was a kid, my parents used to joke about this and say that I was the princess in this story. Grew up and turns out I just have sensory issues.

[@kateaye3506]

I wonder if Anderson had Asperger's. I am sensitive to the smallest bit of fibreglass or metal shard in my sock. I literally have to stop and not go on until I have removed that tiny item. It near kills me to put up with it.

[@Rosa-gg6xl]

Omg me too! We just recently talked about my sensory issues/hypersensitivity to touch and my mom said that the story about the princess and the pea is about me. Actually kinda made me feel better!

[@MaiCohWolf]

All these princes are like: "I need me a princess that's just like me -- ULTRA high maintenance."

[@mykie6214]

me

[@dkf315]

Lol

[@jjba3571]

Hahahhahahahahaah

[@olivegardensrestroom688]

Woman: Wears cast cause a flower petal fell on her Prince: *AH YES THIS SHALL BE MY BRIDE*

[@sourcandykisses5661]

Lol

[@smallgay6000]

I'm just replying bc I'm in love with Ryan Ross hello

[@lilyreen5382]

@@smallgay6000 we don't care

[@shablabh]

AHH YES THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

[@sonyagriffy]

The cast weighs more than the petal I assume so her foot is being ripped off by that cast

[@ladyalibat6564]

A lot of doctors and therapists use the "Princess and the Pea" as a way of explaining what it feels like to live with a Chronic Pain Syndrome like Fibromyalgia.

[@sugandhadeva8375]

I believe that. Ive been diagnosed with it and life does seem that way. As a kid my father jokingly said I was a princess (like princess and the pea) coz I didn’t like wrinkles on my bed. I would have never imagined that this would the the aggravated real cause years later. I was just not able to immediately fall to sleep since I was a kid so felt something or the other was causing discomfort. Fibromyalgia is painful and it’s unknown and neglected in kids. Growing up it’s painful to live.

[@hotbxdkitty969]

I have both and often use this story to illustrate my point.

[@Annika1107]

I have a theory the Princess and the Pea is based on someone with ehlers-danlos syndrome. I have this condition, some of the symptoms are easy bruising, poor wound healing, hypersensitivity to sound, light, allergies, widespread chronic pain, sleep problems including painsomnia, hypermobility and a whole myriad of other symptoms. Thanks for this informative video!

[@Darjoli8]

I think you might be right. I have Ehlers-Danlos too. Sometimes my skin and joints are so painful/sensitive that my clothes hurt. Also, if my bed sheet has a wrinkle in it, it will wake me up or I'll just toss and turn all night because I can't sleep. In the morning I often find mysterious bruises that I have no idea how I got in the night - I don't sleep flower petals so that can't be the explanation, HaHa!

[@just1desi]

This sounds like fibromyalgia is it diff

[@Darjoli8]

@@just1desi Yes, it's different. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a genetic condition where the collagen in our bodies (which is in most of the human body) is defective and weak. It can cause all kinds of serious problems and affect the spinal cord, gastro issues, severe chronic pain, the inability to walk, even heart damage depending on the kind of EDS you have. Sometimes our ribs or knees, any bones really, can actually slip out of place. It's called subluxing. Which feels pretty horrible! Imagine what a pea could do, hah ha! :) Most of us are diagnosed by a geneticist but you can look online for a Beighton test. It can give you insight on Type III or hypermobility EDS which is the most common type.

[@BothHands1]

I always assumed the pain from a pea in bed was a metaphor for her virginity. She slept in the prince's castle, and if it didn't hurt, she wasn't a "pure maiden" Maybe I'm wrong, idk, but it seems plausible.

[@WhoAmI2YouNow]

Heyyy, nice to find another EDS-er here😊

[@speakZarathustra]

*Me to the prince I’m tryna marry:* I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs and every night I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep. *The prince:* 😍😍

[@tammystiletto]

Stephanie Leigh lmao good one

[@dragon2218]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@girl6girl6]

That's from Sponge Bob, right?

[@dandeleon2764]

Prince: "finally, someone who might actually feel my micro penis!"

[@sabrinamartinez85]

😂😂😂😂

[@sarahalessa78]

sounds like crescent, star and moon have found a graceful and royality approved way to say: "Not tonight, I have a headache" without hurting the kings ego.

[@alfreddaniel1994]

Man, I'd really love to hear the Messed up Origin of "The Little Red Hen".

[@carissa200]

Alfred Daniel yess I love that story my grandma red it when I was little

[@anthonyhayes1412]

He all ready did that you dum stupid head

[@judithgonzalez8944]

@@anthonyhayes1412 bet your a little kid and just saying that cuz you have nothing better to do

[@giorgiapayne5820]

@@anthonyhayes1412 already* dumb*

[@Marie45610]

When she makes that cake, does she use her own eggs?

[@miiyo77]

"And I was like: "SHUT UP DEREK"" 😭😭

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

That made me laugh super loud since it's my husband's name XD

[@memyseldandi162]

As a young girl in primary school, i identified so much with this story that I convinced myself i must be a princess and was stolen from a palace because no matter what i always felt uncomfortable and in pain and never got a good nights sleep as i was always aching.. skip ahead 50 years and i've been struggling with the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia which has steadily worsened over the years and which probably started in my childhood. :(

[@DrDolan2000]

That sucks. Did you still find yourself a prince(ss), though?

[@MrBlitzpunk]

Meanwhile we sat on our tv remote while accusing other of misplacing it

[@octobergirl5525]

Til they tell you to get up to look for it only to find it under your ass🤣

[@aliceputt3133]

Just found my glasses. I sat on them. 🤓

[@rhabdob3895]

Well I didn’t put it there.

[@sarasandrasmith]

🤣🤣

[@ladyboywonder9139]

That’s because we all have fat asses nowadays because of all the cheesecake and everything else we eat

[@grace5033]

LMFAOOOOO the part where he roasted Kim and Kanye straight up killed me! (:

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Same lol

[@Bakerygo]

I'm so allergic that a flower petal could make me break a rib from sneezing, in that sense I'm a mythical living legend from a fairy tail.

[@iamme6773]

You'd think if the whole reason for royal marriages was to beget an heir they'd want a nice sturdy princess.

[@69SalterStreet]

Not sure why, but "nice sturdy princess" is so charming

[@lola-oh7yb]

Me to a prince: yeah I had a heart attack a few days ago Prince: oh that’s horrible. Why? Me: I felt the *wind* Prince gets down on one knee: will you marry me

[@trinigemz1995]

I remember reading this story as a child. I wanted to find out if I was a princess too, so I took a pea from a frozen pack in the freezer and out it under my one mattress. I slept like a baby and even forgot about it until days later. Needless to say, I'm not a princess 😓

[@akio_kuro]

Same here 😭

[@DrDolan2000]

All good women are princesses/queens

[@lalehiandeity1649]

As a child, I thought eating Captain Crunch cereal would let me fly. 😅 We all have that reality check moment in our youths.

[@ann._.002]

Flower petal breaks her leg.. Me: Falls down to the bottom of the stairs, twists and pops knee and sprains ankle, continues walking...... how graceful

[@ivettegutierreztorres4272]

How very princess like of you

[@delatara21_61]

An overly sensitive Princess: Flower petal: I'm about to end this man's whole career

[@ariban]

Basically Princess Karen?

[@sarashepard7504]

MeAgain Markle

[@sarashepard7504]

@Cocoa Beanz You don’t know what ethnicity I am but your hatred for white people sure does betray you. Racist fool and a pure loser.

[@heydeanie]

@@ariban my ridiculously whiney awful cousin is named Karen... This being a saying now thrills me no end lol.. just felt like sharing..

[@cheers2023]

Sleeping on all of those mattresses is what made her feel bruised all over lol. Noone could sleep well with a setup like that. I think the queen got sick and tired of her son being so damn picky and saw an opportunity to make the girl so uncomfortable that it would prove she is a princess.

[@MissBlueEyeliner]

OH MY GOD YESSSSSSS!!!! I was just thinking how much I missed you this morning! I hope you’re feeling better! 💕

[@JonSolo]

thanks Bianca! I'm making progress but recovery is taking a little longer than the doc initially suggested. I've got a summer of rehab to get through which won't be easy, but it'll be worth it in the end!

[@MissBlueEyeliner]

Jon Solo if it helps I’m also stuck in bed for the summer. But things like your consistently quality content keep me happy. No pressure or anything 😛 and Biographics documentaries are also pretty good to occupy the time 🙂 And cannabis. For your pain 🤷‍♀️

[@AK-jt7kh]

@@JonSolo Stay strong! We've seen your face, heard your voice, and adore your witty tone and research abilities. If you die in physical therapy you will be disappointing 514,000 people. No pressure. Just saying.

[@samk1332]

No one: Still no one Literally no body: Jon: PrEtTy YoUnG tHaNg Edit: Wtf Jon just liked my comment and so many people liked it I’m beyond shook

[@Tatorot._.Chronicles]

Dream Queen rlly

[@samk1332]

@@Tatorot._.Chronicles he did.... ☹☹

[@kaykayv7650]

Yo Yo nah when you edit a comment then it no longer shows they liked the comment.

[@samk1332]

@@kaykayv7650 ooooo I didn't know that :D

[@godislove7410]

@@samk1332 when u edit your comment it gets un liked lol

[@YYAT]

"And to this day , that pea is on a musuem" 6 y/o me : man, i wanna see that someday

[@ydrawspw7135]

Honestly when I first heard this story, I thought, “She’s no princess. She’s just picky.”

[@lizanna6390]

I had an adaptation of the story in which the girl is no princess just a girl who is allergic to everything and constantly getting bruises. She wanders to the palace after her exhausted nanny abandons her while her father is travelling for work. She tells them that she is a princess whose father was put under a curse so he thought he was poor tailor (might have go4 that detailed one). The princess who were invited, and the poor girl, were put through many tests such as being given a bouquet of flowers that contains weeds and asked to wear a dress but the skirt is a slightly different shade of pink. Because the girl is so fussy she spots ever little mistake and the prince marries her and her confused father and she live happily ever after.

[@extrovertjellyfish6631]

No one: Not any person: Not one single human anywhere: Jon Solo: "That's no pea!"

[@ashr8140]

What about the snow pea?

[@rivermistfae]

@@ashr8140 shuddup, Derek, pay attention.

[@punon9990]

@@ashr8140 I'm was crying when he said that!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MadiiPlays]

@@ashr8140 "SHUT UP DEREK PAY ATTENTION!"

[@brookjones3495]

Jon solo: that’s no pea Derek: what about the snow pea Jon solo: shut up DEREK pay attention

[@CrxyLinda]

"Had the pea she slept in, placed in an art gallery" *Pause* I didn't make that up.. xD hahahaha that pause :3

[@Deathbycurves]

Haven't thought about the book, "The Princess and the Pea" for years. Thought about it earlier today. This video randomly pops up. Not subscribed. (Throws away entire internet) *GET OUT OF MY HEAD, YOU FIEND*

[@inannab7769]

synchronicity is crazy

[@rosiered3403]

Lol @ throws away the entire internet. It's happened to me too and I find it creepy.

[@choochoopicklepie]

That happens to me all of the time

[@Marisaest]

Dido noisy fawks

[@rebeccagreen7241]

It's a message to you from the Universe

[@evierickinson9301]

When I was a kid we had to write stories for a school book thing and this is what I wrote, (Ish) There was a girl who was lost and found a castle and was tested to see if she was a real princess, but she wasn’t and found a dog and went home

[@jenneacubero1036]

The 14 dislikes must be from Derrick.

[@CatholicK5357]

or from people who don't like click bait

[@maria-wj4tj]

@@CatholicK5357 wait how was it clickbait?

[@mikibird2199]

Oof 77 dericks have been added

[@jenneacubero1036]

​@@mikibird2199 Man! Derrick's out for blood!

[@mikibird2199]

@@jenneacubero1036 bro get the guns out 💀💀💀

[@camillehardy5529]

In memory of Cameron Boyce, Can you do a “messed up origins of 101 Dalmatians”?

[@oonooooooooo]

I don’t think it has a dark origin

[@camillehardy5529]

Sun :3 it was originally written by a children’s book author

[@xDMF_Lil_OGx]

Yes!

[@m.ivyluna4632]

Sun :3 It is from a children’s book - but aside from Corrella maybe being the daughter of a devil its not overly dark The movie honestly got the spirit of the book Only difference is that Perdida (mother Dalmatian) is a combination of the birth mother of the pups AND the wet-nurse the owners got to help raise the pups But as both are not given much speaking/thinking roles its not actually a big change

[@wintershock]

Sun :3 a women wants to kill puppies to make a fur coat. Tell me that’s not dark.

[@ambria1252]

Jon: shut up Derek Me : YA SHUT UP DEREK My dad: What the hell My grandma: Who's Derek

[@moonlily1]

A story about a woman so privileged that she can't bear even the smallest, most trivial discomfort that a normal person wouldn't even notice.

[@swaggerlevel90001]

There's tons of privleaged people who act like that nowadays

[@Slxttyvalery]

Just like the Kardashians

[@alicewilloughby4318]

What would sex be like for someone like that?

[@moonlily1]

@@alicewilloughby4318 Well, it probably wouldn't be possible without the perfect mattress, fluffy down pillows, and the silkiest sheets. She'd need a lot of lube and an inobtrusively sized penis, uncomplicated positions.

[@coppermoth6069]

Some people have theorized that she probably had hemophilia an incredibly painful disease that was most common amongst royalty due to the practice of inbreeding

[@LilyOfTheTower]

Whenever I get a bad night's sleep, i tell my husband I couldn't sleep because there was a pea under the mattress.

[@karanfield4229]

Better than having peed in the bed

[@kskess]

Me too!

[@annalisette5897]

Funny thing about all the prince/princess tales is, "They lived happily ever after." A princess' number one job was to breed, to fill the royal nursery, to be pregnant as many times as possible. Queen Victoria was not too happy about having nine children. Henry VIII discarded a couple wives for not producing enough living male heirs. Indeed, his second marriage to Anne Boleyn has some of the attributes of the fables except when Anne did not produce the needed baby prince, she was executed on trumped up charges. So much for happily ever after!

[@Bilztwing]

Oof

[@scientchahming5]

Yeah, the number one thing on monarchs minds, other than actually ruling and living in excess luxury, was ensuring their dynasties continued indefinitely.

[@scientchahming5]

Yeah, the number one thing on monarchs minds, other than actually ruling and living in excess luxury, was ensuring their dynasties continued indefinitely.

[@natashagoode501]

first time I've seen something from you. being a spinal patient myself who has to see a senior spinal surgeon urgently, I feel your pain. You're holding up really well and maintaining positivity - most important skill. Hope your road to recovery smoothly progresses. :)

[@JonSolo]

Sorry to hear about your pain! Thanks for the well wishes. Best of luck to you Natasha 💙

[@AbdulCrasse]

@@JonSolo yes

[@r.josephgrundy1706]

Dude! I was literally Wondering, this morning, how you were doing! Glad to see you're healing and seemingly doing well! Thanks a mill, for the post

[@JonSolo]

thanks so much for keeping me in your thoughts, mate! Recovery is a slow process but I'm getting better by the day. Thanks for coming back and watching after the hiatus :)

[@T_doodle_77]

I am almost 50 years old. The stories that you break down were told to me, as a child, by my grandmother who was born in 1913. Thank you. Not only for the time that you spend on research and for sharing such interesting points of the back story. But for your wonderful sense of humor, your carefully articulated explanations (LOVED THAT CRAZY SENTENCE!), your amazing brain, and your obvious warmth for people. Even if you don't know, all tens of thousands of us personally. You make me feel like a friend. Keep on keeping on, Jon Solo. And I'll make sure to remember, ' Jon shot first!'.

[@chavezsessoms7071]

“That’s just low hanging fruit, and I’m not gonna touch it.” 💀🤣🤣

[@nonaide]

Plot twist, the princess just had fibromyalgia

[@vikipowell4995]

Nonaide That’s what I have have, and I honestly do feel the slightest thing in or under my bed 😂

[@nonaide]

Yeah, same. I can't stand if there's a wrinkle in my bedding or anything like that.

[@Micahmancer]

What's fibromyalgia

[@ispoilers9535]

Aw, sad.

[@cheyennew6656]

@@Micahmancer Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh my gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

How were they expecting a princess this sensitive (in the physical sense) to be able to have kids? Seriously here if they break on a pea imagine their first night.

[@nooodle_bath]

no one: Literally no one in the world: Not a single soul: Jon: B O N E R M C B O N E R

[@elizabethgannet6375]

genetic haemophilia the cause of the easy bruising - royalty had SO MANY inbreeding problems.......

[@violetdusk1968]

This comment makes the most sense!

[@DrDolan2000]

This story is just so funny. It's one of the smallest objects in existence and yet, "oh! My slumber was so dreadful!" Anderson's writing is always a treat

[@it6068]

" She was covered in black and blue bruises..." sound like anemia to me

[@minakiel2930]

That is very likely. I think it could also have been hemophilia from royal inbreeding (Habsburg chin type stuff)

[@northstar2621]

@@minakiel2930 Only boys can have hemophilia, though women can act as carriers of that gene as well.

[@smoothlyamusing]

Domestic violence?

[@lagatita1623]

Leukemia

[@surreallane9730]

“Swans can be gay” *tears*

[@DejanOfRadic]

I always took the story to mean that a true princess cannot be fooled by the luxurious trappings of wealth, not to mention the attempted sabotage of the mother-in-law.

[@ABB14-11]

That's a good message!

[@ctluvr-lq9ws]

He protect He attack But most importantly 𝗝𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗰

[@RobertsAdra]

I was always told that the story's moral was class/nobility over money. That you marry a good bloodline even if they are penniless because you can't buy class.

[@MsJubjubbird]

yeah I took something like that away. That no matter how you dress or how much money you have, your real character will still shine through and is what matters

[@nataliebutler]

​​@@MsJubjubbirdThat's a nicer (and more modern) way of looking at it because good character doesn't require social status. It's possible to be classy without 'class'.

[@MsJubjubbird]

@@nataliebutler uh huh and money doesn't always buy class

[@hushposh5284]

If she could feel a pea under all of that just think about it if the queen put LEGO under her bed

[@christmastiger]

This was one of my favorite videos in terms of Jon being comical and on his game, much respect.

[@LizzyDidntDoIt]

Dang man, I just stumbled on this channel 2 minutes ago. How awesome. So sorry about your courage bones. Hope you are feeling better. Cool channel.

[@zazuzazz5419]

Jon, Scheherazade is pronounced: Sh - - Hera - as in the goddess Hera, - - - zod as in odd. I love watching your messed-up anything. ANYTHING! Especially appreciate your fearlessness in delving into archetypal characters and your passion for accuracy. You are a born story teller!!! Congratulations on your new move; hope your back is healing well.

[@coryskidgel3932]

Nobody: Not a single person: Absolutely no one: Jon: FloWEr POweR

[@timelordvictorious5508]

lol I loved it when you replaced the Death Star with the pea XD

[@freqathletics]

*gets hit by a flower petal* John: "the king and his servants take care of his brutally battered wife"

[@manager-nim2623]

Well damn! I mean people say I'm too sensitive but god, a cast because a petal fell on her foot?! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@florencepierce1864]

Giving birth would put her in traction & having her spontaneously explode … or implode … anyway - I believe there would have been much 'plodeing' going on!

[@Marisaest]

Every shade of petal

[@dakshayini8207]

How does she walk without hurting herself

[@oneeyedhim1]

this whole time I couldn’t stop thinking of that scene in The Bee Movie where Vanessa & Barry wear Princess and the Pea constumes

[@tanvikhare9710]

Oh no...

[@JudyWhat34]

I wonder if all these tales about royals being sensitive are related to the fact that royals married cousins often and so many of them ended up with hemophilia. Hence, bruising at the slightest touch becomes a sign of royalty.

[@amazinborkus6656]

Me who has iron deficiency: HUZZAH I'M A ROYAL

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Plot Twist:* The story originally ended with Professor Utonium chewing a pea for 10 hours.

[@SCP-PlagueDoctor-rx3hm]

I don't get it.

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

@@SCP-PlagueDoctor-rx3hm its a power puff girl reference

[@SCP-PlagueDoctor-rx3hm]

@@liquidsleepgames3661 I don't get it :(

[@nettoyagedelamaison9557]

SCP-049 Plague Doctor It’s a video look it uo

[@punkyreggaeparty8786]

Oh, Jon. I'll be rewinding "Mythical sensitivity of the aristocracy as their primary plot device" & "Flower Power" off and on all summer. Thank you for that. Very happy to see you up and at it again. 😀🌸

[@gtw4546]

The irony is that I'm watching this in the middle of the night because I can't get comfortable enough to sleep. How did KZbin KNOW?!!! 😳😳😳

[@dorothymarquis5738]

What an interesting person you are. You are young and have an interest in something real. Your ability and knowledge enabling you to have this idea, research it and present should be an example to all. I am hooked.

[@KICOKA82321]

Ok hear me out...they weren’t sensitive wives...they were actually abused and what better way to diminish a woman that is victim of abuse...but to call them sensitive & deprecate their truths

[@christmastiger]

But the 3rd wife got hurt when she wasn't even around the king. I appreciate the intent but you may have pulled a muscle reaching so far.

[@KICOKA82321]

christmastiger LMFAO 😂😂😂

[@SpinningSage]

christmastiger you obviously dont understand how abuse works. Doesnt have to be physical ;)

[@MimixLight]

SpinningSage the king wasn’t around her though when it happened

[@littleboots9800]

You lot will shoehorn your world view into literally anything won't you? Smfh

[@tohrurikku]

I know that there are often those who scoff or laugh at the idea of being sensitive, but as someone who has had a hard time sleeping in an uncomfortable bed or has been in a lot of pain the next day because of a wrinkle in the sheets, I can totally relate to this story. Also, through out history being rich is advertised by having qualities and products that are opposite to those who are poor. If people are thin because they can not eat then the rich has to be overweight. If the poor has a tan because they have to work in the fields all day the rich needs to be pale. At the time this story was written the poor had to make due with very uncomfortable beds and they had to bear with it without any complaints. Only the wealthy was allowed to complain back then.

[@athenaabehwy4084]

Huge hug Jon! Glad your doing well. My daughters nic-name is pea because she’s my perfect angel too perfect for any bed on earth. :)

[@LiinnCo]

Athena Abehwy awwwww 🙊🙊🙊

[@ThePinkDragon]

Aww! your Princess

[@athenaabehwy4084]

LeBoiCarl don’t worry cyber hugs can never hurt! If I ever met him in person though I’d be extreamly careful!!

[@audreyandremington5265]

What if people from a long time ago didn't know about OCD and they wrote these stories based off of their experience with people with OCD?

[@FLMan_79]

THISS omg

[@nicoledenel]

🤯

[@lauralivingston484]

I find it interesting he covered this topic after having spinal surgery. Having had rods screwed into my spine myself I think it’s pretty fitting. Almost every I know of who has had some spinal surgery is basically never completely comfortable lying/sitting/standing for long periods of time. I hope his recovery goes well

[@stephenmurphy2212]

Next Video: The Messed Up Origins of *The Greatest Showman!* 🎩😉

[@mommagidget]

Yessssssss

[@iguanadraws413]

Yassss gurl

[@yvesforbesfloresiii461]

Well, Jon Solo should do a video on that since the movie is based on a true story

[@qure9128]

No

[@victoriarobinson7712]

@@qure9128 yeah I agree no. It is a messed up story but meh

[@anymayonnaise1376]

My man jon back at it again with them videos. So glad you're back and get well soon 🤗

[@FELIZEVEE]

I've had 3 spine fusion surgeries in my life and I can totally relate to that experience ! had to learn to walk allover again, stay strong and continue to do what brings you peace and comfort. Our bodies heal in their own due time but please be patient and kind to yourself ! God speed to you.

[@Toastcat890]

I love how ridiculous this story is I remember as a kid thinking how on earth could she feel the pea through all that.

[@toriladybird511]

I often feel like the princess. I have Fibromyalga. Often the pain of lying on crease in my sheets is agony. And stepping on grit in bare feet.

[@theriddler6468]

ouch, if you were living my life you would probably be crying everyday from the pain

[@Clementine3107]

@@theriddler6468 Why, how is your life?

[@jennyrae2943]

I just didn’t expect that “flower power” move 🤣😂 i rewound it like 8 times

[@kennymccormick5585]

Can someone please make a gif of him doing Flower power😂. Hope your feeling better

[@MKSurvant]

That would be new favorite gif!!!!

[@danf.2158]

You know, I always wondered if the story was referencing the high sensitivity and bruising that came with hemophilia. I believe that that was a genetic trait that would pop up in many royal families. Having been passed down because of intermarriage.

[@VianneyCreates]

It took me a few days to finish watching this video, but you didn't disappoint! Thank you for such a detailed history. First video of yours I've ever seen, and I hope you are doing well!!

[@SweetPurebloodAngel]

I’m so glad your operation/surgery is over and was successful. I hope your recovery goes well. I loved your video, as usual. I clicked on the like button and I’m already subscribed.

[@memyselfandi7782]

Hello Solofam! Thank you for this new ep Jon I hope you feel even better. Take car. Lots of love

[@amyshew1151]

I’m so happy to have just discovered your channel ! I spent several years in my 20’s doing backyard shadow puppet plays , often based on old grime fairy tales : The original, not the American versions . Endless history embedded into the tales . It’s said that many of the Grimms tales were told by the servants to amuse the upper class after dinner.

[@reshabriella]

Yay! You're back! Great to see you again! I wish you a continued successful recovery!

[@shaymarie6621]

Welcome back Jon!!! Sooo happy to see you! Thanks for the dedication to us!!!!

[@charaznable6597]

just found your channel binging recovering from surgery. I have had 3 chunks removed from my spine so I understand your pain. Thanks for the enjoyable content helping take my mind off the pain. Hope Youve healed well!!!!!!

[@rie_peralta]

You should try foreign origin stories if ever you run out, we have lots of them. Hope you get better! Solofam from PH