The Packages
So I went back and played through the last 4 episodes in anticipation of the finale and decided to take a closer look at some of the packages in the Tweedles' office. Turns out that there's some intriguing stuff there, especially in the context of the later episodes.
First package was marked "J.D." who we now know is the Jersey Devil. And inside was a nondescript book. Not much else going on here.
Next, this package was marked "Deliver to Crooked Man" and contained a weird bauble thing and a note reading "For Your Collection."
This one was a little tougher to figure out. Best I could find is in Episode 4, Beauty and Beast have a similar thing in their apartment.
Again, this doesn't tell us much that we don't already know (which is that Beauty and Beast are in debt to the Crooked Man), but I thought it was a cool touch.
Alright, next up is something marked "Butcher", who we now know is Johann, and containing a glass vial. Maybe ingredients for the glamour lab?
This last one confuses me the most. It's marked "Hold for B.C.W." and contains a mushroom in a glass case.
I've been racking my brain but can't figure out what B.C.W. stands for. It doesn't match up with any names or locations I'm aware of. Boy who Cried Wolf, maybe? Though I'm not really sure what he'd need a mushroom for. Also, sorry if I'm late to the party with this stuff. Feel free to delete if this has been gone over already.
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Wow, I didn't pay much attention to the packages, nice...
It's definitely the boy who cried wolf. That's what his model is called.
I also prefer going to the tweedles office, you find out so much more there.
The butcher is really bloody mary, as Johann says himself.
So your saying Bigby goes by "the boy who cried wolf"? Even at his home? A little confused here. ..
I'm mistaken. I though BCW lived in the woodlands.
The "baubles" are Faberge eggs. At least, the one at Beauty and Beast's apartment is. The other one is Faberge egg-ish, but it looks like some kind of contraption. Some Faberge eggs have clocks inside, so maybe this one as some sort of dual function or something. They're very valuable, so I assume that the Crooked Man is a collector of them. He clearly has an interest in collecting rare and valuable things, judging by the "For your collection" note and the fact that he runs Lucky Pawn.
And what is the significance of them do you think?
I'm not sure, they could just be for collecting. The second one, the one at the Tweedles looks different though. It has weird symbols on it. It's not a traditional looking Faberge egg. I think that Beauty and Beast's one is very standard looking. I don't think that one means anything significant. I wonder if the other one is magical though because of the characters along the side of it.
Faberge eggs are super rare. There were only several hundred made and they were all made by one guy, Faberge (I can't remember his first name). They were made for the Romanovs in Russia before their downfall (aka slaughter). There are myths surrounding Anastasia, the youngest Romanov daughter and whether she survived.
I'm guessing that those eggs came from the Homelands. They could just be inspired by Faberge eggs (or the other way around) and not actual ones. The Crooked Man's one may be a magical contraption. That's all I can really speculate. Faberge was a real guy, so that's would be merging Mundy history with Fable history, which would be kind of unusual. Does anyone know when they fled the Homelands? If we knew the year, then maybe we could make more sense of their meaning.
I'm looking for alternatives to the Boy Who Cried Wolf being BCW. (Mostly because BCW isn't BWCW, but also because what would BWCW want with a fly amanita?)
So far all I have found that is even remotely close is "Blue Caterpillar of Wonderland," who does have a thing for mushrooms, but I don't think BCW is Caterpillar.
I just asked my mom, because I'm visiting for Independence Day weekend, and she said, "The Black Cat Witch." To which I said, "Who's that?" "This witch that would turn into a black cat. She's the one that puts the curse on you when she crosses your path or something... I don't remember, I'm going to bed."
Not sure if she was making that up, really tired, or both. Oh well.
I'll keep looking and post on this thread if I find anything before the last episode releases. My book of Swedish folklore is missing, which probably means it's in there.....