Why do you think we call stuffed bears “teddy bears”????? Asks Alec. Who thinks everyone is a bugbear.
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According to Alec every major historic character was a bugbear!
He better have been a bugbear! That’s even more bitchin!
Now I want to see more historical figures as Medallion holders.
This could be fun. In Carrie Vaughn’s series about a werewolf named Kitty Norville, Kitty convinces herself that a certain Civil War general (Sherridan?) was probably a werewolf. Who in history, or on the fringes of history, might we similarly say was likely a gryphon, or centaur, Nemean, or whatever?
I freaking LOVE that series; excellent writing, and I remember that bit.
You know who I can actually see as being a bugbear, despite his lack of furriness? Winston Churchill.
You now have my mind working hard on ideas, Lynx-Eye.
Genghis Khan as a Centaur
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, as a Bohemian Lion
Napoléon Bonaparte as a Common Gryphon
George Washington as a Nemean Lion
Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace as a Bohemian Lion
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley as a Bugbear
Margaret Thatcher as a Buggane
Manfred von Richthofen as a Pegasus
I remember hearing that the first half-dozen or so planes Richthofen destroyed were German. If he was used to flying under his own power, it might explain how hard it was for him to learn how to fly mechanically — and how he survived those first failed attempts.
I have a character in a super-hero RPG campaign who’s a were-ratel (honey badger). She’s convinced that Rasputin was a were-ratel as well. It would certainly explain his apparent immunity to cyanide. She also suspects that World War II hero Audie Murphy was one.
(In real life, there are many plausible reasons why the cyanide-laced dessert didn’t kill Rasputin; the most likely explanations are that the cyanide had been neutralized by the high sugar content, or didn’t work because of digestive issues caused by a previous assassination attempt where he was stabbed in the stomach. His actual death was caused by being shot in the back twice with a .455 Webley pistol after the cyanide failed. All the other stuff about being poisoned, beaten, and shot before being drowned, were all embellishments by Prince Felix Yusupov.)
Speak softly, and scare the everloving crap out of everyone else…
Wait, you’re implying we didn’t do that? I swear that’s how the quote went…
(I kid xD)
maybe, but only MAYBE there was indeed a bugbear historical figure, who hated humanity so much that he wanted to destroy it with a war, i won’t say his full name but only his beginning letters: A.H
That’s canon in Grimm, actually.
He’s not shown as wanting to destroy all of humanity; just those who refused to grovel under his heel.
Hey here’s a fun new guideline: let’s not talk about Hitler.
amen
Maybe not presidents or kings, but I could well believe that some silent behind the throne councilors are medallion holders.
That actually is easier to believe. People with big secrets should preserve their anonymity, but that doesn’t necessarily rule out all access to power.
I could totally buy John Dee being a Bugbear.
I thought you were going to say Jon Deere
“We have nothing to fear except SCARY BUGBEARS! AAAAH!”
That would explain how he crossed a river riding on the back of a moose: he scared it into submission!
No, Theodore was a Badgerlord. :D
He even had a pet badger that roamed the white house and had a habit of biting the ankles of congressmen that annoyed Teddy….
(apparently true fact…But I’d have to dig to find the source again after two hard drive crashes.)
Can we send a badger into the White House after Trump? **hopeful** A honey badger, maybe? With a toothache? One that hates loud blonds and is easily startled?
Teddy was scarier than any mere Bugbear…
**grins** “There is nothing to fear except fear itself,” eh?
YESSS THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR!!!
Just wanted to say: I know Bugbears are supposed to be terrifying and all that, but Teddy Roosebug– err, ‘scuse me, Roosevelt– is freakin’ adorable.
This is perhaps the most delightful pic yet, for me. And that with plenty of competition.
Does anyone else but me want to see the Founding Fathers as mythical creatures?
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According to Alec every major historic character was a bugbear!
He better have been a bugbear! That’s even more bitchin!
Now I want to see more historical figures as Medallion holders.
This could be fun. In Carrie Vaughn’s series about a werewolf named Kitty Norville, Kitty convinces herself that a certain Civil War general (Sherridan?) was probably a werewolf. Who in history, or on the fringes of history, might we similarly say was likely a gryphon, or centaur, Nemean, or whatever?
I freaking LOVE that series; excellent writing, and I remember that bit.
You know who I can actually see as being a bugbear, despite his lack of furriness? Winston Churchill.
You now have my mind working hard on ideas, Lynx-Eye.
Genghis Khan as a Centaur
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, as a Bohemian Lion
Napoléon Bonaparte as a Common Gryphon
George Washington as a Nemean Lion
Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace as a Bohemian Lion
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley as a Bugbear
Margaret Thatcher as a Buggane
Manfred von Richthofen as a Pegasus
I remember hearing that the first half-dozen or so planes Richthofen destroyed were German. If he was used to flying under his own power, it might explain how hard it was for him to learn how to fly mechanically — and how he survived those first failed attempts.
I have a character in a super-hero RPG campaign who’s a were-ratel (honey badger). She’s convinced that Rasputin was a were-ratel as well. It would certainly explain his apparent immunity to cyanide. She also suspects that World War II hero Audie Murphy was one.
(In real life, there are many plausible reasons why the cyanide-laced dessert didn’t kill Rasputin; the most likely explanations are that the cyanide had been neutralized by the high sugar content, or didn’t work because of digestive issues caused by a previous assassination attempt where he was stabbed in the stomach. His actual death was caused by being shot in the back twice with a .455 Webley pistol after the cyanide failed. All the other stuff about being poisoned, beaten, and shot before being drowned, were all embellishments by Prince Felix Yusupov.)
Speak softly, and scare the everloving crap out of everyone else…
Wait, you’re implying we didn’t do that? I swear that’s how the quote went…
(I kid xD)
maybe, but only MAYBE there was indeed a bugbear historical figure, who hated humanity so much that he wanted to destroy it with a war, i won’t say his full name but only his beginning letters: A.H
That’s canon in Grimm, actually.
He’s not shown as wanting to destroy all of humanity; just those who refused to grovel under his heel.
Hey here’s a fun new guideline: let’s not talk about Hitler.
amen
Maybe not presidents or kings, but I could well believe that some silent behind the throne councilors are medallion holders.
That actually is easier to believe. People with big secrets should preserve their anonymity, but that doesn’t necessarily rule out all access to power.
I could totally buy John Dee being a Bugbear.
I thought you were going to say Jon Deere
“We have nothing to fear except SCARY BUGBEARS! AAAAH!”
That would explain how he crossed a river riding on the back of a moose: he scared it into submission!
No, Theodore was a Badgerlord. :D
He even had a pet badger that roamed the white house and had a habit of biting the ankles of congressmen that annoyed Teddy….
(apparently true fact…But I’d have to dig to find the source again after two hard drive crashes.)
-Badger-
Theodore Roosevelt having a badger as a pet is legit. There’s multiple webpages documenting this.
Presidential Pet Museum page on the badger
Theodore Roosevelt’s Josiah
http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/theodore-roosevelts-josiah/
Can we send a badger into the White House after Trump? **hopeful** A honey badger, maybe? With a toothache? One that hates loud blonds and is easily startled?
Teddy was scarier than any mere Bugbear…
**grins** “There is nothing to fear except fear itself,” eh?
YESSS THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR!!!
Just wanted to say: I know Bugbears are supposed to be terrifying and all that, but Teddy Roosebug– err, ‘scuse me, Roosevelt– is freakin’ adorable.
This is perhaps the most delightful pic yet, for me. And that with plenty of competition.
Does anyone else but me want to see the Founding Fathers as mythical creatures?