Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31883133-20180114001435/@comment-14909251-20180115082958

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: I've heard many people saying they're Hansel and Gretel. Honestly, is there anything to assume that? The only think I can see is their names, and their names are not even that close, neither written nor pronounced.

Gretel and Gretchen sound completely different past the 1st syllable. And Hansel and Hazel are pronounced completely different before the 2nd syllable. Their names are written similarly and it is a brother and sister duo whose last name is of Germanic origin. I'm just running with it myself. Granted, looking deeper it seems only newer adaptations have an alternate ending where they end up eaten, though that would hardly stop RT from making that consideration since they used the Disney film for some of Blake's details. Also they aren't exact adaptations, but more allusions. Really, I am just going with that idea as it could make him being damaged beyond healing more logical. If there was the added element of him knowing Ozpin prior to that and asking him not to bring her into this then it would make his hatred of Ozpin specifically more understandable.