January Day 21 - Samedi
I'm one day behind, I know ^^'
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Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Theory: Grim is Baron Samedi
This theory was originally posted on Reddit in 2019 by a now deleted user, and I only read it a few months ago but I've been obsessed with it ever since.
Essentially, it goes something like this: in the show, Grim has a Jamaican accent. Something that was improved by his voice actor and became a staple of the show. But the deleted user proposed this is just one sign of several that point to Grim being a Caribbean death spirit, maybe even Baron Samedi himself. See his points, and some of my own, under the cut:
The keypoints are:
Grim is mischievous and can be quite the trickster, depending on the episode.
Grim has a Caribbean accent.
Grim loves sweets and other simple comforts that mortals enjoy.
Grim would naturally identify himself as "The Grim Reaper" because that's what two American children would understand, and likely the name "Samedi" wouldn't register with them.
Note that these are his points, not mine. I have a very limited understanding of Vodou, Voodoo, Hoodoo, Juju or you. People who actually know the culture may be able to reinforce these points or debunk them.
Some additional points I would add myself:
Baron Samedi is something of a "Grim Reaper" himself, said to guide souls to the underworld when they die.
Samedi is associated with magic. Grim's magical abilities and trinkets are regularly used in the show.
Samedi is characterized as rude, boisterous and crude. Traits that Grim shows in certain episodes.
Samedi is said to bargain in exchange for his services. Grim's first episode is all about bargaining with Billy and Mandy for the life of Billy's hamster.
Samedi is said to be into mortal women. Grim has had a few flings throughout the show.
This is the clicker for me: the first time Grim meets the pair, he challenges to a game of limbo:
This is a pun. But Limbo comes from the Jamacian word Limba, which means "to bend." Limbo competitions happen prominently in the Caribbean islands. Note also that the limbo board is up of two totem poles with very Tiki-like skulls.
Again, I could have gotten a ton of things wrong, and if I did I hope someone will correct me. But the way it looks now, this theory seems pretty solid. I think you could make a good argument that Grim is meant to be, at least partially, based on Samedi.
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Fast As You Can (click to read on AO3)
by revenant_oozi
"So… yeah. I’m carrying the baby of my best friend who isn’t speaking to me and her husband I was cheating on my husband with. And I’m just here, I guess, trying to figure all that out.”
After her husband & lover die in an accident, Laura agrees to be Audrey's surrogate and then things get worse.
Meanwhile, Laura strikes up a friendship with someone she thinks might be a bigger jerk than her.
A series of bad decisions as time ticks by.
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Anthony Fineran (B 1981), Gilbert Tunic Samedi, 2023
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#deepinthebowl le #samedi sur le 107.5 FM et DAB+ à #Mulhouse de 20 à 22h CET🎧🎼👽 radiomne.com partout ailleurs #radio #dj #music #house #djlife #Basel #linkinbio #bio 🌻🌞🏄 #motoco (à Radio MNE) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cogy-31KjQo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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If one day you will ever find yourself at the Girac hospital in Angoulême (I really hope not, please, stay safe and healthy 😉) from now on you can find a 3,68 x 2,10 meters big mural painting in the main entrance that yours truly has freshly made! 👯 Swipe to see the details and few pictures IRL! 🙃 I always loved books like the ones of Richard Scarry, miniature cities of model railways and last but not the least, the micro-world of the Sylvanians families. Even if I'm an adult lady, if I see one of these picture books or a miniature city I could spend hours in trying to figure out every single detail. That's why it was an absolute pleasure to invent a little "Angoulême in miniature", in which patients in the waiting room can relax, pass the time in watching the mural painting and say: "Oh! I know this place!" or "Look how cute that dog is" and maybe think about something else rather that their health problems. I hope that patients, nurses, doctors and everybody who has to go or work in the hospital can have, just for one teeny-tiny moment, a little sparkle of joy, a reminder that good days will be there again. 🌻 The project was promoted by the @cite_de_la_bande_dessinee and the Centre Hospitalier d'Angoulême, and the printings were beautifully made by Photiplans. A huge huge "Thank you" to Elisa Laget (I’m with her in one of the last pictures of this post) who coordinated this project with precision and kindness, I really enjoyed working side to side with you! ✨ Ps. If you want to see the whole illustration, link in bio! #angouleme #girac #hospital #health #illustration #miniatureworld #giorgiamarras #citedelabandedessinée #tinycity #french #frenchcountryside #market #marché #samedi (presso Ctre Hosp Angouleme Hopital de Girac) https://www.instagram.com/p/CljgT_fLU5r/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Samedi mélancolie
Il y a des poèmes plus difficiles à écrire que d’autres. La beauté fulgurante vous coupe les mots.
Il y a des poèmes qui jaillissent pour s’éteindre aussitôt. La vision demeure, elle, imprimée; sérigraphie vivante des secrets du cœur mis au jour.
Il y a des yeux qui percent votre être comme la mer irisée pénètre l’orée du bois, pénombre à peine dorée.
Il y a des couleurs indescriptibles, des verts de pupilles aiguisées, des gris de murs aux quatre vents, des marrons de nectar forestier.
Il y a des genres impossibles mais vrais, par delà les mots, les larmes, les rires, les rêves.
Il y a des montées qui sont des descentes au paradis, les perroquets aux parapets, mes fantasmes interdits, ces instants fugaces qui durent.
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