You ever wonder what REALLY happens when you subject an opera fan to Chobits?

[honoumiko]

So, the story behind this is that Freia is being taken away from her sister Fricka (married to Wotan) because since Fasolt and Fafner (two giants) built the city of Valhalla for Fricka and Wotan, Wotan rather stupidly put his sister-in-law in as part of the pact, because those giants want to get paid. Also part of the pact is the Ring, so Wotan goes out to steal the ring from Alberich (who is so ugly, the catch of renouncing love to have power over the ring actually doesn't matter because he's not gonna get any to begin with). Now, the rest of this, I am quoting the great opera comedienne, Anna Russell.

Of course Alberich is simply furious, so he puts a terrible curse on the ring. But Wotan takes no notice, he takes the ring up, and gives it to Fasolt. And right away Fafner kills Fasolt to get the ring for himself. So Wotan knows that the curse is working. And this worries him, so he goes down to ground level to consult an old fortune teller friend of his called "my friend Erda." She is a green-faced torso that pops out of the ground. At least we think she's a torso because that's all anyone's seen of her. And she says to Wotan [parts of the German libretto that I am too lazy to figure out or look up] which means "Be careful, Wotan, be careful."
She then bears him eight daughters.


So yes. I was watching Chobits, saw that their names were Freya and Erda/Elda, and was like... OMFG WAGNER.



And it's also what happens when there aren't really characters to put in for Fricka, Fafner and Fasolt. You wind up with really disturbing looking silhouettes. Hideki almost looks like Jiima but that's just because of all the armor and stuff. And what's really funny is that Erda is a contralto, and the Chobits character just is NOT. So if you all wonder why I say "Erda" instead of "Elda," it's because it really IS Erda, not the Japanese putting R's where they aren't supposed to be. It was the subtitlers who probably didn't know about the Ring Cycle
*Strong Bad voice*
Jeez, I didn't ever think of Wotan as being sexy. Did I draw that sexiness? *makes out with paper*
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*sings* They're coming to take me away, ha ha, they're coming to take me away, HEE HEE TO THE FUNNY FARM WHERE LIFE IS BEAUTFIUL ALL THE TIME~~~

Comments

[eat-sleep-row.livejournal.com]

Do Freya and Fricka have a third sister named Flicka? :P I knoooow...laaaaame jooooke, Beeeth...

[honoumiko.livejournal.com]

See, they SHOULD, lol... that's like up there with the joke about "Supplies!!!" I forgot how the rest of the joke was but whatever. XD

[honoumiko.livejournal.com]

By the way, you would LOVE Anna Russell. HILARIOUS. Next time you're online I'll send you the album, unless you prefer I burn a copy for the next time I see you.