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"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
This is like putting salt in the wound.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
Nitpick: The “Firebird” is the name of a distinctly different bird in Russian folklore, not an interchangeable word for Phoenix (though phoenixes are strictly speaking “fire birds”, yes). Assuming the title’s meant to refer to resurrection, I’m actually really bugged that they didn’t go with simply Phoenix or From the Ashes or something because Firebirds don’t resurrect.
So, more Moltres than Ho-Oh?
I’m wondering if this will have any connection at all to Snow, since it’s established that she has a connection with birds.
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Nitpick: The “Firebird” is the name of a distinctly different bird in Russian folklore, not an interchangeable word for Phoenix (though phoenixes are strictly speaking “fire birds”, yes). Assuming the title’s meant to refer to resurrection, I’m actually really bugged that they didn’t go with simply Phoenix or From the Ashes or something because Firebirds don’t resurrect.
You’re so right. And if Firebird=Pheonix, they are doing some serious mixing metaphors. At least in Slavic folklore, not only does the firebird have nothing to do with resurrection, but it also usually spells major problems for the protagonist (i.e. it’s a quest item in Slavic fairytales, where the protagonist has to go fetch said bird after finding a feather, usually for someone else, and running into all sorts of trouble on the way). Anyway, unless they meant it that way, the Firebird usually is a lot more trouble than it’s worth 😉
Nitpick: The “Firebird” is the name of a distinctly different bird in Russian folklore, not an interchangeable word for Phoenix (though phoenixes are strictly speaking “fire birds”, yes). Assuming the title’s meant to refer to resurrection, I’m actually really bugged that they didn’t go with simply Phoenix or From the Ashes or something because Firebirds don’t resurrect.
You’re so right. And if Firebird=Pheonix, they are doing some serious mixing metaphors. At least in Slavic folklore, not only does the firebird have nothing to do with resurrection, but it also usually spells major problems for the protagonist (i.e. it’s a quest item in Slavic fairytales, where the protagonist has to go fetch said bird after finding a feather, usually for someone else, and running into all sorts of trouble on the way). Anyway, unless they meant it that way, the Firebird usually is a lot more trouble than it’s worth
Wouldn’t be the first time the writers have mixed up mythologies, if they do go for the Firebird=Phoenix route.
Nitpick: The “Firebird” is the name of a distinctly different bird in Russian folklore, not an interchangeable word for Phoenix (though phoenixes are strictly speaking “fire birds”, yes). Assuming the title’s meant to refer to resurrection, I’m actually really bugged that they didn’t go with simply Phoenix or From the Ashes or something because Firebirds don’t resurrect.
You expect these writers to be familiar with the nuances of world mythology?
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Seeing the latest set photos, I’m willing to bet that the title is referring to the jacket, and that there will be a flashback showing the origins of how Emma got said jacket. The strange new character here appears to be wearing it, and it looks like Emma is donning her “Tallahassee” era glasses. Maybe the new character Emma meets here goes by the nickname “Firebird” because she wears that jacket or Emma creates the nickname for the jacket herself.
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