So...I still don't understand how fables die

[easonchu1993]

*Spoiler Alert*

But I think at this point, everyone has already known how it goes actually.



Faith said that "it's a good thing that fables are hard to kill."

When Bigby and Woody were fighting on the street, Faith swung the ax in Woody's head. And Woody's still alive. However, when Georgie tried to stab Bigby and got stabbed instead, he died because he lost too much blood with the huge wound.

I mean doesn't the ax in the head seem more fatal than the wound of the belly?

Faith, Lily, and Vivian's deaths are quite clear (you can count Crooked man in if you killed him). Fables die when their heads fall off and I think it's reasonable. But what about Jersey at the pawn? Bigby stabbed him in the belly with his horn while Woody swung the ax in his head and Jersey still made it out okay?

Prince Lawrence shot himself in the chest and he didn't die until he shot himself in the head in the second attempt unless you stop him.

I just don't understand what way is more fatal for fables because I think the ax one should be fatal too.

[You takin notes]

Fables that are well known by mundies are nearly immortal, but the ones that are not very well known, can die from normal injuries.

[GrizBe]

Originally posted by Confused Potato:

Fables that are well known by mundies are nearly immortal, but the ones that are not very well known, can die from normal injuries.

Pretty much this, though its never actually 100% confirmed in the comics.

Its kinda part willpower of the character, part what the character actually is, then part popularity too.

Bigby, as we've seen has tremendous willpower.. multiple shotgun blasts and still moving. Plus, He's the Big Bad Wolf, so a big tough critter anyway. Then of course, he's very widely known, so the popularity plays in.

Georgie however, is pretty spineless... His own nursery ryhme describes him as something of a wimp, and he's not very well known... ergo, he dies easy.

But its believed that fables are very long lived in their homeworlds anyway... so they're immortal to a degree to start with.

As said though, popularity of the fable does seem to play a big part as in the comics, Goldilocks for instance get hits by Bigby's 'Huff and Puff' breath, hit in the head with an axe, thrown down a cliff, hit by a truck, thrown down another cliff, and lands in a fast flowing river full of rapids, and she still survives.

[Vzzdak]

Adding to what people have said, a popular fable is akin to having Wolverine's regeneration ability. To varying degrees, fables will gradually heal from severe wounds, though they do have Dr. Swineheart to help with difficult wounds.

In the Fables universe, Earth is somewhat of an anomaly because it appeared to be entirely populated by Mundies (i.e., non-Fable creatures and peoples), and the only resident fables are ones that have travelled through hidden portals from other realms.

Unclear to Fabletown, mundy traditions and fairy tales describe Fables from these other realms, and it has been observed that fables that are well-known amongst mundies have a kind of magical regeneration and are difficult to kill.

An unobserved phenomenom is the rebirth of a fable. In theory, if a fable has been killed, then they will be reborn somewhere in the myriad fable realms. This rebirth is not so much a duplication of the fable, but rather the birth of a person or creature that takes on similar aspects of the given fable. For example, when Prince Charming was reported KIA in the war, at his funeral they spoke of the belief that he would be reborn somewhere in the fable realm.

[GrizBe]

And to add to that... its been suggested that there is some kinda of 'repocusions' if a popular fable does somehow die.

In the comics for instance, the three little pigs are killed, and to make sure that there are still three little pigs in existance, they transform three giants into the new three little pigs. Soo.. it could be plausible that fable regeneration is some kinda of mechanic to keep the universe together... or something.

I will point out on the rebirth thing that after Baby Bear was killed in the comics, Momma Bear found out she was pregnant so there became a new Baby Bear.

[NecroMaster]

What about Bloody Mary. She is about as Well known as Goldilocks if not more. Wouldnt she still have been able to live.

[easonchu1993]

Originally posted by Wilson the Gentleman Scientist.:

What about Bloody Mary. She is about as Well known as Goldilocks if not more. Wouldnt she still have been able to live.

I thought about that too.

'Cause people say that when the last Mary died, there was blood in Bigby's mouth. However, If you look closely, each of her clones died with a mist of blood. In my opinion, I do hope Bloody Mary is somehow still alive. Her character deserved more stories.

[NecroMaster]

Then is it possible that the real marry could have slipped out while her clones were fighting.

[MorningLightMountain]

Originally posted by Wilson the Gentleman Scientist.:

What about Bloody Mary. She is about as Well known as Goldilocks if not more. Wouldnt she still have been able to live.

Except she isn't more well known than Goldilocks. Bloody Mary is an urban myth in a couple of countries and Goldilocks is a universally known character.

[Vzzdak]

Bloody Mary? From my perspective, that's the name of an alcoholic drink, and the folklore reference is obscure, at best. But clever enough for the sake of the story. They needed an interesting (yet disposable) villain for the final showdown with Bigby (the son of the god-like North Wind), and her abilities needed to be amplified accordingly to raise the stakes.

[NecroMaster]

Wait if popularity is what fuels into a fables power. Wouldnt the woodsman be just as powerul as Bigby since its a shared story.

[Vzzdak]

Originally posted by Wilson the Gentleman Scientist.:

Wait if popularity is what fuels into a fables power. Wouldnt the woodsman be just as powerul as Bigby since its a shared story.

You're trying to say that being in another fable's story equates with being popular. The woodsman is just some guy who happened along to resolve the story. He's probably only more interesting now because of his supporting role in WAU.

[MorningLightMountain]

Originally posted by Vzzdak:

Originally posted by Wilson the Gentleman Scientist.:

Wait if popularity is what fuels into a fables power. Wouldnt the woodsman be just as powerul as Bigby since its a shared story.

You're trying to say that being in another fable's story equates with being popular. The woodsman is just some guy who happened along to resolve the story. He's probably only more interesting now because of his supporting role in WAU.

However Red Riding Hood the protagonist of that story isn't shown to be powerful.

[GrizBe]

Originally posted by MorningLightMountain:

However Red Riding Hood the protagonist of that story isn't shown to be powerful.

As said, its not just as simple as 'popularity = power'. Its part the will of the character, part what the character actually is, and then the popularity effect.

[MorningLightMountain]

Originally posted by GrizBe:

Originally posted by MorningLightMountain:

However Red Riding Hood the protagonist of that story isn't shown to be powerful.

As said, its not just as simple as 'popularity = power'. Its part the will of the character, part what the character actually is, and then the popularity effect.

The popularity theory doesn't relate to the power of the character anyway. It only relates to physical endurance. Bigby's power is due to his lineage. It is also only a theory and one which is also contested in universe.

[easonchu1993]

So fables ARE reborn after their deaths.

Then why is Aunty Greenleaf so pessimistic about the death of the Crooked man, saying "yes another one of us to erase from the books." And why did they mark Faith "deceased" in the first episode. Is it because it's nearly impossible to flee from Homelands to Mundy World after the takeover?