“Born a Fool” Episode 4
If you are a new reader, you might want to subscribe to “Holiday Wars” as well as start reading it from the beginning.
On the surface we have an origin story for The Fool, but there is a lot of other mythos-related stuff being set-up for future storylines. The biggest of which is the introduction of Robin Goodfellow… aka Puck. For those of you who are not familaur with the character he’s from Shakespeare’s “A Midnight Summer’s Dream.” He’s a fairy prankster in service to the fairy king and queen. “Fairy” sounds like a soft word and brings to mind the usual image of a pixie with wings, but in this case I mean “Fairy” in the sense of Faery, The Fey, The She, etc… check Wikipedia if you aren’t sure what I mean. He’s a very prominent character in literature and has appeared all over the place, including in “Disney’s Gargoyles” and Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman.”
So why is this story so important to mythos? Two folds: 1) it means that The Holidays aren’t the only supernatural entities in the “Holiday Wars” Universe and 2) The Fool really is part Fey which is why he seems so much more powerful and different from the rest of the other Holidays. In terms of his lineage we will learn a lot more about him and his past, but it won’t be till Volume 2 or later.
Coming up next week in “Tales of Holiday’s Past” we have “Team Beth,” another four part story being done by the regular “Holiday Wars” team. Just as “Born a Fool” was a mythos piece, the next one is a character story. I’m not going to say anything else about it cause I don’t want to spoil anything.
Why didn't anyone tell me that since daylight savings switched over the comics have been posting at 11p.m. instead of 12a.m.?
Are people really sold now on that 11p.m. time or can I go ahead and switch it back to midnight for the autopost?
Aaaah, that makes sense, in a way. So since Shakespeare and Puck made the holiday, that means that they are technically Fool's "parents" and he takes his Faery lineage (And power) from Puck.
As for the autopost, I had no idea it was an hour ahead or behind or whichever it is.
This is a very cool reveal of his lineage. Knowing that Holiday's are the only supernatural forces will definitely change things up.
The thing is he still answers to the Bunny so it makes you wonder what his actual end game is cause he could over throw 'ole flop ears anytime he wanted to. But then again the Bunny does answer to a higher power as well, so maybe April Fools is trying to play it safe until he can figure out who the top dog really is.
I can't wait for the next Tales of Holidays Past. These are great origin chapters, very exciting.
Mm I have to say I like this Puck, amiable fellow, though Gaiman's still got you beat on appearance hehe.
That issue of "Sandman" is my all time favorite issue of "Sandman." The only other incarnation better than that one is the one done by Shakespeare.
I do like Garth Graham's version in Finder's Keeper's. :3 Something about him is just charming.
But does April Fool's speak'st aright? Is he also the merry wanderer of the night?
Oh, I love it when stories end and it's the beginning of something else.
It will be awhile before we learn what this is the beginning of, but when we do it will be HUGE.