• samus12345@lemm.ee
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    21 hours ago

    The “donkey” in the story is able to “throw off his ass’s skin” and is a human underneath. Definitely not the same character.

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      21 hours ago

      And Shrek is Scottish compared to almost every other fairy tale ogre lol. There is no meaningful point to be made there.

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        20 hours ago

        The point is that there’s no reason to think that this particular talking donkey character from a Grimm’s story inspired Donkey in Shrek in any way.

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          20 hours ago

          and the donkey in the bible was only temporarily vocal in order to speak a specific message to one dude. again, no conclusion to be found here, only to point out that OP is misinformed.

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              20 hours ago

              nor did i. nevertheless that is the premise this hypothetical works under. just being silly and exploring the relationships of these media as an exercise.