[ Momo has provided him an incredible amount of detail to consider. Twenty minutes pass as Stiles digests the information thoughtfully. This has definitely jogged his memory. Or, at least, the repeated motif of snakes has. It seems like the myth is probably the same between their versions of Earth. ]
The name came up recently. I vaguely remembered researching it before – there was a stint where I was looking into Japanese myths and legends, so I must have read about it then.
[ It’s as much as he’ll share on the subject. ]
Are snakes, toads, and slugs actually natural enemies or something? It seems like a weird combination of animals.
[Even the little bit of detail helps - Momo wonders, with the number of people here from Earth myths and history, if it's not another similar case of that coming up.]
I mean, snakes eat both of them and toads eat slugs...but snake, toad and slug is the oldest hand game we have in Japan We got hand games from China and then the West got them from us as scissors-paper-rock~~ I think the slug part was a mistranslation of centipede though? In which case whoops (Ｔ▽Ｔ)
We call it rock-paper-scissors, actually. At least, I’ve always heard it in that order. Anyway, I didn’t know any of that. “Snake-toad-slug” huh?
[ Interesting. Probably totally unrelated to what he saw in the mirror, but fascinating nonetheless. Nothing piques his interest more than useless trivia. Honestly. ]
So, it seems like the Orochimaru dude is almost always a villain, right?
Really? I have heard that version, but I think I've heard other orders too... (・・？) Might be a European thing
[He definitely works in Europe more often than America where places that use those names for the game are concerned.]
Anyway, yeah, the main difference is usually whether he's a villain because he willingly took the snake's power or because he was possessed against his own choosing. So there's the food for thought bit, I guess~~
[ Food for thought indeed. Stiles takes two points away from this conversation: Orochimaru is associated with snakes and often cast in an antagonistic role. For all he knows, neither could apply to the world he’s trying to compare the myth to. It’s useful information, either way. ]
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The name came up recently. I vaguely remembered researching it before – there was a stint where I was looking into Japanese myths and legends, so I must have read about it then.
[ It’s as much as he’ll share on the subject. ]
Are snakes, toads, and slugs actually natural enemies or something? It seems like a weird combination of animals.
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I mean, snakes eat both of them and toads eat slugs...but snake, toad and slug is the oldest hand game we have in Japan
We got hand games from China and then the West got them from us as scissors-paper-rock~~
I think the slug part was a mistranslation of centipede though? In which case whoops (Ｔ▽Ｔ)
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[ Interesting. Probably totally unrelated to what he saw in the mirror, but fascinating nonetheless. Nothing piques his interest more than useless trivia. Honestly. ]
So, it seems like the Orochimaru dude is almost always a villain, right?
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Might be a European thing
[He definitely works in Europe more often than America where places that use those names for the game are concerned.]
Anyway, yeah, the main difference is usually whether he's a villain because he willingly took the snake's power or because he was possessed against his own choosing. So there's the food for thought bit, I guess~~
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Thanks, Momo. I owe you one.
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I'm glad I could help! ˚✧₊⁎( ˘ω˘ )⁎⁺˳✧༚
[But also he operates on cycles of favours a lot back home, so he'll totally take being owed one.]
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[ Take it and use it, Momo. You've earned it. ]