Why gingerbreadman?

Sometimes someone who has not something better to do simply summons my attention to the fact that he has no understanding of why anyone would use a word like gingerbreadman as his alias. And I usually reply as I do now:
Because "ginger bread man" and "gingerbread man" were already taken.
:D


O.K.

Now, when the part where i try to humor you is over, I will try to explain my fascination of names of near obscure fairy tale creatures.

For example Rumpelstiltskin (or Rumpelstilzchen for you German purists). The poor chap decides to take the first babe of a daughter of a very vain miller on whose outrageous claims a very greedy king decides to lock up the daughter. And the rest of the story can be read from the Grimm's book. But what i felt was wrong was
1) The girl getting it for her father's vanity.
2) The king's outrageous greed.

and is if I hadn't already mentioned the above two enough, the fact that they ended up living a happily ever after.

But the one felt wronged the most was Rumpelstiltskin. He spares the hopeless girl a stupid death and dies one which is remarkably more so. But was he the villain?

That's where I think the new guys misinterpret the old guys. They never said he was the big bad wolf out after li'll red ridin' hood. They never said he was the villain. They never expected a horror movie to be made in his name. They, probably in all certainty (or so i may assume) never expected a thing like movies.

All the people living their happily ever-afters were the real villains, if I subscribe to the morals today's world is trying to teach me. And just because he was a handsome king and she a beautiful maiden doesn't give them the right to destroy the life of a hideous little talented man.

But in all sincerity, I'd still like to see a fair couple on-screen.

But that's just me, right?

As far as gingerbreadman goes, well he gives the best outlook on me: an escapist.
:)