The Darkest Fairytale Ever Written
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Hans Christian Anderson wrote a great many pleasant, adorable, child-oriented fairy stories. He also wrote some less-pleasant stories. The one I want to share with you here is among the least pleasant of them all. Not just because of the story’s contents, but because of what they mean.
According to Andersen, your own shadow is just about the scariest monster there is.
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I’m very confused into why the other shadow didn’t intervene you know the one he grew?
Growing a big channel already!?
I think the shadow could be a fake persona that becomes more real than the original person, until the original person ceases to be.
I do agree, or my persona agrees i should say
Reminds me about that one episode on Doraemon where Nobita almost become a shadow and his own shadow more and more real...
Thats uh, literally me.
@@thereallovelyfriendz2314 What do you mean?
@@izan61978 then they used the shadow of his mom to trap Nobita's evil shadow. Not going to lie, that episode was _dark_
Him: "It's not fictional, it's real" me realising that he's talking about my shadow: "oh hello" *waves at his shadow*
My shadow waved back…
@@heehoohehehe1267 wow, that's awesome! :0
@@good-sofa mine didn't and it concerns me
@@TheScarletSlayer 😱/s
@@good-sofa believe it it not I actual wrote a very similar concept up back in the seventh grade with someone existing only to find another part of himself becoming more real than him over time
"This is very annoying" seems like the perfect response to losing the ability to block light
honestly, I think the protagonist is pretty relatable. if I made a joke and my shadow Fully Walked Away From Me, I'd probably also be like "aw, beans" and go to bed
I know you wrote this a year ago but I needed this chuckle. Thank you. I also relate.
I read “aw beans” completely out loud very instrumentaly
😝
@@MateoC812 AWH BEENZ
There's something interesting about the composition here. There is a certain dream logic to these tales that exists even in the oldest folk tales we have. And until the modern age, this is never called out, its just accepted, much like the dream logic in the story is just accepted. Modern eyes see it with a sort of confused bemusement, but I think it functions as a powerful tonal tool. It's funny, it makes the *listener* laugh, so that the moral lessons can be more easily digested, and beyond that, it conjurs strong images that stay with us. It makes these tales memorable and identifiable.
An excellent observation. In presenting the known world with only a wisp of fantasy (describing the shadow as shrinking away, foreshadowing that sounds normal) and then simply cold opening into the mechanics of the world, a far deeper impression is left using the juxtaposition. I think it is a technique that should be used more often honestly. It is the grandest expression of show dont tell.
I think with dream logic you just have to accept that there is none. Or on the more fun side if you can realize your in a dream while in that dream you can unlock god mode.
@@TheScarletSlayer
For as long as the dream remains stable anyway. My lucid dreams tend to destabilize the moment I "awaken", and it falls apart around me. One time it stayed together thiugh, and that was FUN.
@@clayxros576 I've only managed to do it twice. First time was when I was very young so naturally I lost control of my abilities and was overthrown by a clone of me. Second time wasn't as fun I was about to battle a Tigger but then realized it was a dream so I summoned a machine gun. Although the weird thing was earlier in the dream it was a copy of reality right down to me asking my best friend if this was a dream and him being like " eh probably not" then later as I was walking down a hallway I could hear my own voice telling me " this is a dream wake up" repeatedly
@@TheScarletSlayer
Interesting. Despite all my OCs and characters, none ever appear in my dreams. Not even the ones I somewhat have alive in my head (at the time at least). The dream pretty much surrenders to me whole cloth. The fact yours seems to conflicts with you is incredibly interesting...have you ever gone Lucid beyond those 2 times? If I can ask, I can understand if some dreams are too personal.
this is a literal meaning to the phrase: "he is just the shadow of the man he once was"
I know this is not the exact phrase, but the fact that it can change a word and have the same meaning speaks for itself :^)
"Shadow of his former self" is that it?
Very well said.
But in this context, "shadow" refers to remnant
The whole thing is centered around worldly and itellectual wealth and the facade one puts up to impress the other.
I had this same thought randomly like a year after I watched this video
this story reminds me of a line i read a long time ago;
"one who fights too long against dragons, becomes a dragon himself"
Well dragons have to fight from extinction somehow
“Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”
- Nietzsche
Argue with a fool and they'll beat you with experience.
The Real Venom adaptation that we needed. If the Venom movies were even loosely based on this tale, we could've had a gold in our hands.
No?
Venom is based on the Spider-Man villian who was created by Todd McFarlane...
@@Ronin2124 And? This could still be an amazing story about how Venom TRULY falls into his villainy! Not the Spiderman Venom, but the Eddie Brock Venom. I think the Spectacular Spiderman series did a really good job of the storyline, but it could be better.
@JCArules13 the thing is the Venom symbiote was evil because it fed off the hosts emotions. Thats why in the current series and right around issue ASM 375, he became more of an anti hero. After King in Black when Venom and Eddie defeat Knull (king of symbiotes) his powers were increased dramatically and he awakend powers he forgot he had being so close to the hive mind. Now that his son Dylan took over the Venom symbiote things have changed. Eddie became the new King in Black and became a literal God.
@JCArules13 and plus, the Spiderman Venom is Eddie Brock. So not sure what you're tryin to say...
An interesting interpretation but I have to disagree. Anderson doesn't normally use his characters symbolically but rather representatively. In this case, I believe, the shadow represents the fake friend. He follows you around copying everything you do until he sees the chance to take something that you don't have but want. He lives off of other peoples successes, incapable of thinking creatively. He digs up secrets about people that he can use to manipulate them. I see the warning that, if you wait too long to call them out, he will have convinced everyone that you are a jealous copy cat and no one will believe you.
That's an interesting take! I like your angle. Maybe he did mean that, I've seen suggestions that this story was modeled after an acquaintance of his
But I also think the individual interpretations of readers are as valuable as the author's intended message. I'm not terribly concerned with what Andersen meant with the story-I'm interested in what the story means to me. It is not our sole task as readers to divine the author's intent. We should be engaging our own creative and interpretive abilities as well
-Benji
@@TheTaleFoundry, Benji who? When I searched the name, I only found pictures of a dog.
I agree with both your takes tbh, while hearing the story I had the very uncomfortable feeling that the shadow was the personification of a narcissist and the learned man a representation of his victims. I unfortunately have my own trauma of a narcissist in my own family, and I felt when the learned man started to be complicit in the shadow's abuse of him, he represented that part of me who lost myself in that childhood trauma and, instead of confronting and overcoming it, grew paralyzed and complicit in sinking deeper into despair until eventually, I didn't even need to be in contact with my narcissist anymore to continue to be stuck in thi cycle. So, in that way, the video's interpretation is very accurate. Definitely an eye-opening video and story.
Benji the creator of the channel :)
-Benji
@@TheTaleFoundry, that makes so much sense. (°ロ°) !
I love where this story takes the idea of shadow. In a world not needing to be saved; heroes are foolish, kindness is bland, and integrity is not admirable. Truly, the world's darkness highlights what we consider to be good and beautiful.
When has the world ever not needed saving?
I tell you any place full untrustworthy asshole cowards is a place that will need saving before long but they also won't deserve it.
"Oh happy fault to have earned us so great a Savior"
@@robdeskrd I don't think the real world has ever not needed saving. Maybe in Eden, but even then, I'm not quite sure. But the hypothetical fantasy world, in some parts of the story Talebot told, has locations that are said to be all light and no shadow.
Also, the idea in the original comment is a very profound one. When times are hard, heroes rise. Once those heroes win, and things become better, then there is - not a world, perhaps, but a place that no longer needs saving. Without that pressure, the virtues that built this place die out - and it falls into decay again, causing the hard times at the beginning of the cycle. When times are good, we become self-destructive.
"Your shadow is not your opponent, but your untrustworthy guide." Holy shit, that hit the nail on the head center mass. Absolutely beautifully put. With this sentence alone, you've just earned a new subscriber.
Great video.
Andersen, huh? I remember crying alot as a child after we read "The Little Match Girl"
Becoming the shadow and letting the former shadow take control is a perfect analogy for addiction. It's hard to explain and come to terms with, the fact that in the end everything horrible you've done is your responsibility, but your true self wasn't in the driver's seat while it was happening, your shadow was.
And instead of wedding cannons you hear the bell of the executioner
this explains ptsd really well unfortunately lol. part of the brain literally splits off to hold trauma memories then takes control when triggered. its not you acting, its that traumatized piece, and people dont understand that its not easy to control and can take years of therapy so you end up isolated feeling like a monster who will never be loved because you destroy everything around you.
that got dark. my mental health is totally stable lol
How does one beat the shadow?
YES!!!
@@poopsiepop4179 You have to be ready and realize you're powerless over your addiction. Seek help from others, attend groups with like minded people and find ways to spend your time.
This hits close for me, for the past 2 years I've been a lost soul. But I think it might be time to "confront my own shadow"
Easier said than done. Most people don't even know what it is.
What ever it is you're going through, you can do it, we can't all jump into things, my mum always tels me take one step at a time and that's what I think you should do.
If I've missed something and you're not going through anything, oops :)
Like any demon, either banish your shadow or make a deal with it. Either way, you'll have to know what it's capable of before doing anything.
Good luck mate
And get executed?
"The shadow is the seat of creativity". This quote reminds me of something a heard years ago. "People compare art to flowers. But it's actually more like a mushroom. It grows best in the dark with its feet in sh!t."
My brother used the tale to make a character for a superhero game that we had. His character was an offspring of the shadow and therefore had the ability to ask shadows for help when needed. The sessions were interesting whenever it was used.
"[This monster] is sitting right next to you, menacing you in ways you can't imagine."
*Slowly shuffles away from my puppy*
😂😂
Puppies are the real deals
The history of most fairy tales is dark, it's only in modern retelling that they've been disneyfied and made into children's stories. They were originally dark life lessons to teach the children about the evils and the horrors of real life and story format
funny: even the old "kiddified" Disney films were alot darker, back then.
for example: the imagery in Snow White is pretty grim, sometimes.
Disney was and is a sick twisted opposite from what really is
The Discworld book Hogfather is all about this. In one scene, the Little Match Girl story is mocked for its cruelty by having the Grim Reaper (who's temporarily taken over Discworld Santa's job) take the Match Girl and give her a safe home instead of having to reap her soul.
Yep most Fairy Tales are screwed up ex.:
Some versions of Cinderella have the sisters mutilate their own feet to fit the shoe.
Beauty and the Beast is a gothic horror story with some body horror and murder.
Bluebeard is litterally about a dude who murders his wives if they find out his secret.
Prince Lindworm is about a prince born dragon outright devouring his wives out of dissatisfaction.
Each one is a little bit screwed up in some way.
Not every fairy tale was a fairy tale worthy of the Brothers Grimm, to be perfectly honest. There are light stories and there are dark stories, and there’ve always been flavors of both in every culture ever. Stories are just different framings of the human experience, and all that that entails.
If my shadow ever dares to talk back to me I will whoop his ass.
This made me cackle 😆
💯💯💯
My shadow and I have been good friends for over a half century now and, even if unreliable, it has been far more honest and forthcoming than most light-time humans I have known. It is the monster to my angel and has come to serve me and respond to my call. Those of us with the most gentle nature and the biggest hearts need to know we have a protector to prevent us from raising the drawbridge and sending others away. Every person who has known me well enough to speak deeply of such things has commented that my shadow makes them feel both protected and simultaneously, uneasy.
are you being serious? do you really speak to your shadow?
@@ladylancelot663 Yes. Do you not?
Wait I thought I was the only one who has their shadow as their imaginary friend even at the age when imaginary friends are not a thing. Granted I don't talk to mys shadow anymore but sometimes I do look at it and feel comfort and like everything is going to be alright. "We are going to be fine! We are going to get trough this."
I mean, you did say Hans Christian Anderson? The same guy that had the mermaid die and turn into sea foam. Yeah.
And the girl that just fucking freezes to death on Christmas because she’s afraid of coming home and getting abused
Or have the tin soldier melt into a blob? That story really messed with my childhood expectations of how a "fairy tale" should play out: the Anti-Disney.
@@hannamakela6989 I read that one when I was little
@@aquamarie3117 I listened to an audio version from a cassette tape with an accompanying illustrated booklet (that particular multimedia format was a 1980s thing). It was unlike any other fairy-tale or children's story I had come across at the age of five. I am still kind of traumatized. ;)
@@hannamakela6989 i was too little to fully understand it
tbh I was expecting the shadow to disperse the moment its true master dies.
that would've made for a delicously ironic end
From now on that'll be how I end the story, should I tell it.
@@qfqfsaa6558 yes
I thought either that would happen or the princess would figure out who the real shadow was and marry the master instead.
@@sarafontanini7051 That would be a good ending for an alternative take on the story if Disney or any animation studio ever wanted to make a movie about this.
insane, i wrote an analysis of this tale a few years back in college and reached the exact same conclusions about the messages. you worded it way more eloquently though lol
Celeste the game is a beautiful example of this type of story of befriending your shadow.
I remember reading 'The Shadow' as a comic/graphic novel adaptation when I was a child and I found its themes quite intriguing. And I remember the artist had chosen to do the adaptation in black and white which really added to the experience.
I'm glad to see this story get some attention from other people than myself ^-^
Love from Denmark, the home of Hans Christian Andersen
I literally read this story a couple of days ago...weird coincidence. The whole thing reminded me of Carl Jung.
@@needinspiraion470 he said “the shadow”
"You can't escape"
It reminded me very much of Omori
My thoughts exactly
Maybe Jung read this tale earlier in life and subconciously used it to name some of the concepts in his theorem?
And, the moral of this story is, Don't let your shadow start getting delusions of grandeur, or, you'll be the one who gets put out, when the lights are turned off!
This was actually one of my favourite fairytales growing up but I have never met anyone who remembered it. For a while I thought I just made it up, I'm so glad to see it being talked about
It strikes me that there are multiple interpretations of this story, and from what I can tell, all are correct. This is a deep and straightforward tale, with multiple layers at once working in tandem for impact. It's rare I see a story so....so clearly made with multiple definitions
"your shadow is not your opponent, but you're untrustworthy guide. I will take you where you need to go, even while it attempts to fleece you for everything you got."
so basically... Pyramid Head?
Exactly
That’s intriguing, thanks
Silent Hill is known for psychological metaphors isn’t it
Yes!!! (but only in Silent Hill 2)
This has actually been the best explanation on how to handle the concept of "the shadow" that i've yet come across, at least for me personally. thanks!
Reminds me of the poor boy and the prince story, where they switch places for fun and giggles because the prince who lived in luxury all his life doesn't know suffering, and the poor boy who suffered all his life, once living in luxury, doesn't want to hand it back to the prince. Some versions have the prince executed as a liar when he tries to regain his place.
Ngl, all I can think of now after hearing the story is Persona.
bruh
I guess that man really did get a Palace, huh?
Yeah this is literally the theme of Persona 4
I thought about Persona and Silent Hill, since both franchises explore the theme of the Shadow in their games in one way or another.
He even locked himself in a Jail
When I was trying to understand Jung’s idea of the shadow, I thought of it in a way this story reminds me of. There are a lot of people in the world who think of themselves as a “good person” and “I would/could never do bad things”, but are actually more cruel than most. When they act in a cruel way, they come up with some reason or excuse as to why they did. They never take ownership of it, they’re a “good person”, so if they act cruel, it must be the target of the cruelty that’s the problem.
Everyone has good and bad things about them. But the more shameful you are of your less than perfect aspects, the less you want to acknowledge them. But when you turn a blind eye to your darker side, it can get up to a lot more trouble because you aren’t watching it, just like we see in the story. You can do whatever bad things you want if you aren’t taking ownership of them. You’re letting your shadow run amok, and when you’re telling yourself it isn’t you, it takes over your life and replaces you.
Basically, we embody our shadow when we act in those negative ways, but the shadow we embody is only as bad as we define it. We learn shame of our negative actions early in life that makes us think it’s a lot worse than it is. So bad that we can’t even attach ourselves to it and we look the other way rather than keeping it under control. It’s easiest to understand with this example I told myself:
Someone who says “I never get angry” thinks of anger as so bad, they can’t even see it as part of themselves. These people have the worst anger when it does come out. They define the emotion of anger as extremely negative, so when they embody it, they act extremely negative. They also never see it coming because they think they’re incapable of being angry or “above” being angry. There’s a shame about anger that both overly vilifies it, and distances it from us because we don’t want to think we are bad.
Compare to someone who says “I get angry just like everyone else, so I try to be careful of my response.” They don’t see anger as that bad, even natural, so they’re able to own it. When they embody the shadow that they define as “not that bad”, it comes out as not that bad, or even no different from how they normally are, like someone calmly expressing “that really upsets me” and trying to communicate the problem. They’re not ashamed of the negative aspect of themselves that everyone has. Probably because a parent or formative event didn’t put that shame in them and tell them that their negative aspects make them unacceptable and unloveable. That’s how we come to think of the negative aspects as “so bad that I can’t think of it as part of myself.”
More poetically, the farther away from yourself you see your shadow, the greater it grows. The closer you are to it, the more you see that it matches you exactly. When you try to escape your own shadow and stand by the light, the shadow covers everything. When you approach your shadow and try to embrace it, (like standing against the wall where your shadow is) you cover it completely. You’ve replaced it and now you cast no shadow at all, or the shadow you do cast is just you. In this story, that last thing is happening, except the other way around; the shadow is approaching the main character and is no longer casting a person. Rather than the shadow you cast just being you, the person your shadow casts is just your shadow. That’s what it means when it takes over your life.
Idk maybe this is harder to understand than how Jung put it, but it was how I explained it to myself, and it’s why the story reminded me of it before you even mentioned Jung. To me, this is what the author was saying, regardless of whether they were conscious of it or not.
Love this
This is extremely eye-opening
@@cartermmccrea6700 Wow that's great, I thought it would be unreadable lol
What an underrated comment!
@@Hcs586 ty! I'm so glad anyone understood what I was talking about
I'm so glad you spread the word about Andersen's work, especially this tale.
One of the (if not the) most influential authors of my childhood and this particular piece I really resonate with.
"The ugliest part, but not the weakest."
I am going to remember this for the rest of my days. We all have an imperfect side of ourselves, but even in our flaws and weaknesses, we can find beauty and strength. God this was actually so inspiring.
Basically the man’s life in this story goes from; the true, the good, and the beautiful, to; the false, the bad/evil, and the hideous.
the bad, evil and hideous was always there, just suppressed deep down
I was a avid reader of fairy tales growing up, so I had actually read this one as a child, and remembered taking it as a particularly harsh cautionary tale against keeping bad secrets from bad people and that one should stand up and do what's right even when it's detrimental to you. It wasn't until I reread it as an adult that I immediately associated it with Jung, and thought of it less as a warning of standing up against outside forces, and more an example of why you need to master your own darker desires, less they stop becoming what you want and become what you are.
I am very glad I stumbled upon this video. Definitely something I needed to hear. I used to write poetry as a way to cope with depression but at times I let it consume me. If anything, I identified with it. ‘The Shadow’ is the perfect analogy for this and was definitely a gentle reminder that we must befriend ourselves in order to truly be happy 💚
I feel like this guy doesn't understand how shadows work.
Absolutely incredible, the message held by this tale is breathtaking. This definitely proves how certain psychological actions and courage to face yourself are indeed a necessity in order to evolve and proceed in life basically. I will definitely use this in any future writing projects. Thanks for letting me know about this story !
Wow. This story also resembles a relationship with a narcissist, in a lot of ways, as well as the allegory you told.
Doesn't it, though??
Just found your page and I'm in love. I'm immediately binging everything of yours!
I've been trying to find this story for years! I'm glad to hear it again
I know im projecting here but I feel a parallel between this story and my own with addiction. Slowly feeling myself replaced by a dark manipulative version of myself and less and less in control of my own life. Ive been in recovery for years now and things are good for me but I do not ever let my guard down around my shadow anymore.
It was really cool watching this, because yesterday I finished writing a fairytale-style story about a shadow, without ever having heard of Andersen’s tale. I love the themes you went into, and about embracing the darkness within. It’s a bit ironic, since Andersen’s story is largely about a person who loses their shadow, while my story is about a shadow that loses its person and finds itself without a purpose. I find it interesting all the different subjects you can tackle with the same basic idea. Andersen’s story involves dominance and submission, while mine’s about codependence.
Thanks for making this video. This was one of my favourites.
this is the first time I found this channel, and congrats to everyone involved, assuming there's more than one people, but this is amazing
I just discovered your channel, and I love the handrawn robot style you use for characters. I'm definitely invested.
I love how this guys voice really matches his character
I've found the best way to have a hero confront his shadow is to acknowledge that it's a part of him and make it a useful tool. In a drama, he'd use it to achieve his dream or restore some order; maybe even improve himself. In a horror or action story, he'd unleash it from its binds in order to enact a necessary evil to bring about a new good. In a comedy, such a character can be used for many a funny moment where his weakness is the butt of a joke and even his greatest setup for a different punchline.
A Shadow only has power in its solitude if you reject it; treat it as a curse or a demon. The only way to defeat the Shadow is use it similarly to your arm: it is a tool to engage a challenge. It is to be understood as such because its darkness can even be a useful tool to achieve something greater for himself or those around him. Like a hand, one must know when to raise it as a fist, shape it to grip or manipulate, or when to keep it in one's pocket. It will only destroy you if you reject it. Yet, letting it loose with no control or greater understanding, will lead one to ruin as they succumb to darker desires.
I'm honestly surprised you don't have more subscribers, I just watched your content earlier morning, binging your vids as I saw it
Thanks for shining a light on this fairy tale! I'm going to use this fairy tale for my philosophy homework. This really caught my attention at the last moment possible but I'm glad I've come across this!
I only just found this channel recently, when I came across the story of, "Where the Dragons went", but I greatly appreciate the raw beauty of this channel, and I cannot articulate at this point in time why that is exactly. It just is. Not to mention, the stories and topics covered here are very much of high intruige to me, and the animation makes it even better. Keep up the good work, I have found myself a new channel to love. 💖🌌
What kind of eldritch horror story?
Still, a powerful story about autonomy and self-control. Never let something or someone else conquer the soul!
The shadow is the key to change, as well as the object that requires changing.
Find the shadow, accept it, and it will naturally assimilate into you, changing form entirely.
And then you will be aware of those things which your shadow hid from you.
And then you will be whole, the entirety of yourself acting as one, no conflict.
I love your videos, they're so unique and creative as well as so relaxing and soothing, I watch your videos mostly when I'm suffering from insomnia and it zonks me off to sleep so thank you ❤❤
My father told me this story once I still remember lying in bed and him siting next to me holding a book and reading out loud. As someone who grew up with a father who was rased and lives in Austria these tales were the thing I loved the most in my early days. He also red stories like the true storie of rapunzel to me and he still tells me how I was just fascinated by them.
I don't want to sound edgy but I really feel related to the learned man's story, this "shadow" I have... I've always treated it as a separate entity, But now I realize it is just a different version of me, I've sent it to the place I cannot go as myself, or maybe the places I'm too scared to go because of the repercussions? This shadow is the one that has all the attention, all the glory and company, whilst I remain alone in the dark. Maybe I should change that, or maybe it is too late, and I'm already the shadow.
stop acting so edgy smh...jk
Saying "I don't want to be edgy" and the saying "maybe it's to late for me" is kinda funny
@@territ7859 Sorry hahahaha, I'm not like this usually, but Tale Foundry makes me want to speak from my heart, and te result is weird
@@speedb.bernard5404 Well, I didn't mean "Too late for me" but rather "Too late to change the current state of things" but yeah It sounded edgy hahaha, sorry for that...
@@CesarARodriguez yeah I thought you ment that I just thought it was funny and worth pointing out no need to apologize
I love this way of looking at it. Incredibly significant and powerful.
"What a great man he must be to have such a clever shadow"
This is funnily enough the complete opposite of the Shadow character in Celeste: there, it is not the desire to go, and do, and be, an untrustworthy guide to wondrous places, but an embodiment of fear and doubt that holds you from them. I think the lesson is ultimately the same, though! I wouldn't want to spoil more than that, I can only recommend anyone reading this play it 👀
Scrolling through the comment section, it's cool to see that others made the same connection to Celeste that I did. It makes me wonder if the person who developed the game was in any way inspired by this story, or at least this particular interpretation of it.
Can you go into the mental effects of the original Brother’s Grimm books vs the Disney ones?
The mental effects studied a while back can be telling for kids who have illnesses and issues.
This sounds really interesting, but I have a hard time finding anything about such a study. Do you mean the research by professor Angus Fletcher? Or was it someone else?
... do you have a source for your profile picture?
@@WildRose92626 not quite sure myself, I heard people talking about it on ‘why gore matters’
@@WildRose92626 video: “the value of gore”
@@Alizudo Are you asking about mine or Silent_Stalker's?
Just found this channel and honestly I’m already in love with the storytelling and the channel itself, thank you boredom for allowing me to come across this channel😭😭😂
Thank you for sharing the story and your perspective on it.
When I read this story years ago, my first impression was that the shadow personality was what he put before the world. This shadow, or mask, takes over his public life, and even his wife, the princess cannot believe in the real man, the things he values about himself, and has him put to death..
"To most of us, our shadows are among the scariest monsters we'll ever have to face... But it's impossible to live a whole, fulfilling life without confronting your shadow at some point... You must first confront your shadow, and then befriend it."
This is the plot of Celeste
Glad I'm not the only one who thought of Celeste when he said that
I love the art in these videos. It's definitely a great style.
it's like that one episode from regular show where the new guy started copying a worker until he convinced everyone the imposter (he) was the real one. but he is tricked into doing something the real worker wouldn't do. its scary .
I just discovered this channel, and geez, the flippin’ amazing animation combined with peak storytelling and the wonderful genre of horror, while also making videos such as “Here Be Dragons”, this is already one of my favorite channels. Just a few videos in and I’ve subscribed and recommended to all my friends.
0:41 this was said EXACTLY while as was passing by my mother, i just looked at her and said "SO YOU ARE THE MONSTER" and explained to her what happened (she wasn't paying attention) and we laughed.
Such a wonderful video and dissection my friend!
First Tale Foundry video I ever watched 💛
Unless I am mistaken in my interpretation of the tale, it seems to have a similar moral to that of "the Boy Who Fed on Nightmares" from the Korean Drama "It's Okay to not be Okay"
Thoughts anyone?
This channel is gold thank you.
Shows how giving into the corruption may be an easy way to succeed in life, whereas focusing on the good seems to only bring pain.
I'm no writer. I scarcely even read (short attention span) but I love listening to audio books and love many kinds of fiction, so I have LOVED listening to your videos. heck, it was your videos that convinced me to get a full collection of H. P. Lovecraft's work in audiobook form.
You may in your life become wealthy, but you will never be "my shadow can afford their own shadow" wealthy.
I just found this channel and I’m really glad I found it
Good job
I think it's sad because we all have experience with someone taking the credit for our work as well as the idea of by ignoring problems they often become bigger.
this was AMAZING! The illustrations were so good, and the story narration was so emotionally well put to perfectly tell the moods and tones. You're so underrated, and I can tell even though you use a static character, you put a lot of effort into the animations, editing, and new illustrations that you make. It was such a treat. Thank you for this, and I hope all of you do well in this career!
I still love the fact that the many fairy tales we widely known are only extremely filtered and PC versions of the original. And thus, many kids read different versions of the classic fairytales. And kids who grew up reading the closest to originals were traumatized but also probably a horror fan as well.
Little mermaid- the prince married another princess, the sisters wanted her to murder the prince to turn back into mermaid. But she couldn't, so she threw the dagger and herself off the building into the sea and became foams.
The red shoes- the protagonist was so tired of dancing she begged a butcher to chop off her feet, but the shoes, now with her amputated feet, are still dancing and hunting her. An angel came down and killed her so she can finally be in peace.
Snow white- the queen was punished by forcing to wear red hot metal shoes and dance till she die.
Snow white in the glass coffin was creepy enough on its own.
>The poisoned apple bite stopped on her neck and put her into a coma.
>She was in a coma for years, physically aging in the process. She is 13 in the beginning of the story.
>The prince literally thought she was an attractive corpse and took her to his palace, likely to put her on display.
>No true love's kiss revival thing. The coffin shook while being moved and the apple bite came out of her mouth.
>There is a big chance she was adolescent after the coma, not even reaching the age of a young adult.
Bravo 👏 This is one of my favorite pieces in your content, and it meant a lot and it has a crazy amount of depth, I'm going to try to figure out how to integrate my shadow before it becomes me.
Thank you again 👊🔥
I find it bizarre that he doesn't have millions of followers, his videos are so high quality and interesting! I thank you for making my summer so scary 👹
This reminds me of an anime "shadows house", where the shadow is the master. This also kinda reminds me of peter pan. The ending wasn't surprising. I actually somehow knew that their roles would be reversed and one would die.
I’ve been told in school, that this tale’s just Andersen riffing on the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (and it seems to me, especially, his use of pseudonyms).
What an AMAZING video. Thank you ❤️
That was an excellent story! This should be taught to more people so we can overcome certain things like biases I think
Thats very beautiful. As someone who has, to some limited degree, confronted their shadow before, I can say it is a worthwhile thing to do. Often best done in pieces to avoid being overwhelmed. I still have some of my shadow to confront, and doubt I will ever finish wholly.
you got suddenly reccomended to me just now, and i really adore the aesthetic you have going on. makes me think of bioshock infinite.
I love your videos because they’re so relaxing and well done
I have read both the tale and the essay for school, but I always took them at face value as cautionary, thank you for enlightening me in their hopeful side.
I'm getting all sorts of fodder for inspiration today! Thanks, Tale Foundry, for giving me more ideas.
I think your art stile is really cool! I really like drawing characters with all white eyes but when I was younger a lot of kids and a couple teachers thought it was creepy. That was really hard on me back then so it's cool to see someone else with a similar art style.
oh the chills down my spine, i love it thx for the content
I always wondered what would happen in these stories about shadows if someone just stood in the middle of a bunch of lights and made a bunch of shadows around them.
Ooh I LOVE the art style you decided on for the shadow, btw
I love your animations!
I think there's also some commentary in this story about the difference between the wise and the corrupt in society, and the responsibility of the former to confront the latter. The learned people are often ignored by society (or so it sometimes feels), while the shallow, corrupt people find success because they cater to society's expectations of success. However, these corrupt people will take advantage of society, and the learned people, despite all they know and can offer, will be trampled underfoot so long as they do nothing - it is the learned person's responsibility to confront corruption when they see it, or everyone will suffer.
Also, there's a lesson on the importance of not missing opportunities when they present themselves - whether it was the man entering the mysterious house full of knowledge, confronting his shadow's wrong-doings, etc.
Tale Foundry:Not only this monster is real, it is right next to you
Me looking at my right at my puppy: You monster, what you about to do?