#paulinchen

[justice-for-general-schmitz]

Everyone whose story I've rewritten to have them live (so far)!

[cityoftheangelllls]

Can you do 67- Rotting Wounds with the cats saving Paulinchen by crying over her before she dies?

Here you are! I actually went and drew the aftermath :)

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[incorrectoldgermanstoriesquotes]

Paulinchen: My cats Minz and Maunz are natural-born tree climbers. Friederich: Let's learn to climb just like them! Paulinchen: Of course, they usually have grappling hooks, ropes and utility belts. Friederich: Hey, here's a great tree for climbing! Let me get on your shoulders so I can reach the first branch, ok?(Friederich climbs onto Paulinchen's shoulders.) Paulinchen: Geez, how many bricks do you have in your pockets?! Friederich: Whoa! Hold steady, you weakling! I've almost got it! Move up, move up! Paulinchen: Hurry and grab it before my spine telescopes. Friederich: (grabs the branch) Got it!… hey, don't let go! Hold me up! Paulinchen: (letting go of Friederich) Forget it! You can support your own weight, bowling ball butt. Friederich: Mmph! Mmph! I can't get up! Give me a boost!(Paulinchen unties both of Friederich's shoes and takes them off his feet.) Friederich: Hey! What are you doing?! Don't take off my shoes! Are you nuts? Hey, stop! (Paulinchen starts tickling Friederich's feet.) Friederich: Aack! Oh no! Don't tickle! Pbth! Eek! Hee hee ha ha! Stop it! I can't hold on! (Falls from the tree and lands right on Paulinchen) Paulinchen: Nice landing. I'm probably paralyzed. Friederich: All except your mouth, obviously. I'm not sorry at all. Give me back my shoes. Paulinchen: No.

[dogandcatcomics]

This is one of the stories of the German children’s book Struwelpeter. The girls name is "Paulinchen" and the cats are called "Minz" and "Maunz". It's starts with Paulinchen was alone at home. Both of her parents were out. As she sang and skipped through the house she found her father's lighter....the rest is history. The cats tried to warn her but she wouldn't listen. 

[cityoftheangelllls]

If I'm not too late for the six fanarts challenge... Paulinchen?

Of course!

And just like that my first six fanarts challenge is done!

I'll definitely do this again in the near future but for right now I want to focus on some other projects, such as my Greek mythology series. Thank you to all who participated!

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[incorrectoldgermanstoriesquotes]

I love cats. They should be rewarded for not being people.

Paulinchen

[cityoftheangelllls]

How about Paulinchen (aka Harriet) for the ask meme?

Okey dokey!

For those of you who are unfamiliar, Der Struwwelpeter is a German anthology of stories for children written by Heinrich Hoffmann in 1845; each of the tales concern children either misbehaving or not taking care of themselves, often with disastrous or gruesome consequences. Paulinchen/Pauline of "Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug/The Sad Tale of Pauline and the Matches" is absolutely no exception.

Favorite thing about them: The fact that she has talking pet cats! (Or at least that's what the story seems to communicate). I've always thought that was so neat and I wish that I had the ability to communicate with my pets or at least understand what they're saying.

Least favorite thing about them: I mean, not to say that pretty much all of the stories in Struwwelpeter aren't dark to some extent to get their cautionary theme across, but her story in particular is just so sad and disturbing. Even though she shouldn't have played with matches, she didn't deserve to burn until she was nothing but ashes. And this is coming from someone who gets nervous around fire and thinks that burning alive is one of the absolute worst ways to die.

Three things I have in common with them:

I'm very curious.

I have cats.

I have really long hair (something I have in common with the ways she's depicted in some of the illustrations)

Three things I don’t have in common with them:

I've never caught myself or something else on fire.

My cats can't talk.

I've never played with matches.

Favorite line: "Oh, what a pity! For, when they burn, it is so pretty; They crackle so, and spit, and flame; And Mamma often burns the same."

brOTP: Her and her cats, Minz and Maunz!

OTP: I am refraining from shipping this character with anyone as she is a child.

nOTP: Her and matches (haha, I'm SO funny)

Random Headcanon: I really like @suppenkasparcrazy 's rewrites of the tales in Struwwelpeter, as they are far less disturbing than the ordinal tales yet retain the cautionary aspects. In their version of "Pauline and the Matches", Pauline does still catch on fire after her mishap with the matches, but the flood of tears from her feline companions puts out the fire before anything disastrous can happen, and she still learns about the dangers of playing with matches. As I prefer to align with this version of events, I have a headcanon that Paulinchen avoided matches after the incident, to the point where she got nervous around fire, even the smallest of flames, as well as matches, of course.

Unpopular Opinion: Okay, this opinion may not be necessarily unpopular, per se, but, as I stated above, her fate was overly gruesome and, although she should have faced the consequences of engaging in something so risky in some way, she shouldn't have burned to death. To be fair, none of the children who were punished for their actions deserved to be punished in such outrageous ways (I initially thought that the racist kids who were dipped in ink were an exception, but then I remembered that they were only children and most likely learned their ways from the adults around them. Struwwelpeter really went above and beyond when pushing their cautionary agenda, and I'm wholly convinced that the purpose was to scare children into looking after themselves and listening to adults. As we have learned so much more about children over the past century and a half, such as how impressionable they are and how they should be taught about the consequences of their actions in ways that don't frighten them out of their wits, I believe that, if Struwwelpeter had been published today, the children in the stories would have survived and/or learned less deadly or emotionally scarring lessons about not misbehaving.

Song I associate with them: I unfortunately can't think of any at the moment. Unless it's "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys, but that would only be as a (vary dark) joke.

Favorite picture of them:

These particular illustrations for Struwwelpeter are my favorites, and this is my favorite depiction of Paulinchen. I love the arsenic green of her dress, her braids, her hair ribbons...it's so delightedly Victorian! And of course there's her cats trying to appeal to her.

(Should this be captioned " Disturbing Photos Taken Seconds Before Disaster"?)

[justice-for-general-schmitz]

The Struwwel kids are singing All Star by Smash Mouth

Who started it?

Philip Lehmann

Who joined first?

Kaspar Fuchs

Who is singing a parody of the lyrics?

Paulinchen Meyer

Who convinced someone to join?

Hans Schuster

Who had to be convinced to join?

Friederich Wagner

Who is disgusted?

Peter Hoffmann

Who left?

Konrad Zimmermann