Actually Was

Articles and shows about characters who actually were always fascinate me.  Sometimes, there's a bit of stretching to be done to link a story to an historical personage, but sometimes that just doesn't matter.  Humans as a species search for and create and oddly adore *relationships* - correlations we can make between two things which catch our interest.  This is why conspiracies capture our imaginations - even if we don't believe in them.

Here are a pair of very interesting posts about characters who actually were.  One, about Snow White (timely, indeed, with Snow White and the Huntsman coming out right now!).  The other, about the son of that favorite, perhaps, of all the actually was-ers:  Vlad Tepes.  Enjoy these - I did!