[OC] Rumpelstiltskin Jr. 2

[u/Aquatoon22]

[u/Intelligent-Heat8141]

Oh this got continued but I got a question what is it with them and a person first born child

[u/Goldenrupee → u/Intelligent-Heat8141]

In ye olden days in a lot of cultures the firstborn kid would inherit everything, or at least the majority, when the parents died. It's more or less a way for the trickster to play the long game, because if they raise the firstborn they can effectively get everything they gave in the deal back along with whatever else the person has.

[u/Coidzor → u/Goldenrupee]

Also due to high infant and mother mortality, you weren't guaranteed to get another viable heir.

[u/skytl3 → u/Intelligent-Heat8141]

I always assumed it was cause that way someone couldn't go back on the deal by just not having any more kids after one.

[u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC]

I mean, it guarantees her his firstborn on a realistic and legal level.

[u/Dazed_and_Confused44]

This dude:

[u/TheCraftyGrump → u/Dazed_and_Confused44]

"Gold and a magic girlfriend? Sign me up!" apparently.
A surprisingly good amount of fairytales/fables have an ending that could be summed up as something like that, with marrying royalty/nobility often tacked on. (That's here too but he doesn't know it yet)

[u/Coidzor]

Well, that's one way to speedrun the misunderstanding.

[u/Key-Swordfish4025]

So comic three wil be about Rumpelstiltskin Jr. Jr. ?

[u/Coidzor → u/Key-Swordfish4025]

Rumplestiltskin III, just in time for a crossover with Lupin III.